The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-09
SEVERAL OTHERS SPEAK
Bryan Declares Reorganization is an
Internal Remedy.
OUTSIDERS CANNOT ReoRGANIz6 US
The Democrats Were Never in Better Fighting
Form Than Now. Nonopolies Will Be-
come so HurtfuI Repub leans
viii RepuGiate Them
(By the Associated Press)

Chicago, Jan. S-William ]. Bryan was
of the Andrew Jackson League held to-
night at the sherman House. There were
several hundred present. Mayor Harri-
son was toast master. Mayor Rose, of
Milwaukee, spoke on Party Loyalty
and Samuel Aschuler, Democratic candi-
date for Governor of Illinois in the last
campaign. on THE State we Live In"
Mr.. Bryan began speaking after mid
night:
Il take this opportunity to express the
hope that this club and others which have
borne my name will substitute for my
name the name of some Democrat saint,
or a name descriptive of principles rather
than men.
II am now a private citizen with OK
cellent prospects of remaining such.
THE Democratic party was never in
better fighting condition than 1T is to-
day. and / rejoice that ! have many
years in which to participate in the strug-
gle between human rights and the usur-
pations of greed. Our party stands for
well defined and positive policies, and is
prepared to wage an aggressive warfare
against the plutocratic tendencies of the
evils against which jefferson contended
century ago, and against which Jackson
rought thirty years later.
reorganization is an Internal remedy
and it cannot be applied externally. Those
who have lost their party standing be-
cause of their desertion of the party can
didates end unfaithfulness to Democratic
doctrines. as defined by legitimate au
,,rsF fla
fore any attention will be paid to their
pretensions of interest. Those within the
party lines have a right to voice in
the making of the platform and change
in the organization or machinery but any
desired change shall be openly proposed
and fairly presented. Party organizations
are framed for party governments and
derive their just powers from the consent
of the governed.
THE defeat the party recently suffered
ought not to discourage any one who be-
lieves in the principles set forth in the
Kansas City platform, for if right when
written and endorsed by nearly six mil
lions and a half voters, they are right
st:il
THE Democratic party has been DC
feated before, but defeat has neither de-
stroyed its hone nor its tenets. The de-
| feat of 1886 came at the close OF an adj
mnistration entirely satisfactory to those
most anxious to reaS|ganize the party,
| and defeat in 1894, which occurred under
a similar administration, was more dis
astrous than any since.
1--WE can face the future with the de-
! termination to make the party a faithful
exponent of the views of those who be-
| lieve in equal rights to all and special
| privileges to none.
whether the money question will figure
prominently in future campaigns will de-
| pend upon circumstances
What is desired is sufficient quantity
of money to keep pace with the demand.
''Monopolies will ultimately become so
hurtful that the Republicans will no
! longer be able to defend them. Even to-
day their defence is more secret than
open A colonial policy must finally be
repudiated by the American people. If in
The cases now pending the court holds that
the Constitution follows the flag, large
portion Of the Republican party will op
pose the retention of the Philippine
Islands, and if decided the other way
many Republicans will be able to realize
what Imperialism means