Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-13
0UR NEXT PRESIDENT
Lentz So introduced w. J..
Bryan.
BANQUET HELD IN COLUMBUS.
The sebr .sisan sIade spe.sch st the
eeIspt',..nn ot fIneoin's Birthday, BY
the 1.nersae. .iaeesen ami Lincoln
leaga,. al Cotatnbns.

Columbus, o.. Feb. l3.-1he ninety
second anniversary OF tie birth Of
Ahlailsilu Lincoln was celebrated
here last night by the Jefferson
jackson atfd Lincoln league with Il
aollar ainGer 1T the Columbus audi
forum There were fully 1000 PEG
pie seated ut tables, winch occupied
the floor Of Inc immense hall, aud
1000 more seated in the galleries.
which had been thrown open to spec
tators. Many ladies were noticed
among those at the tables. The bill
| of fare Was not elaborate There
were no cigars ana no beverages
1 stronger than coffee.
The feature OF the evening was the
demonstration III honor of William
| j. Bryan. He was received with loud
applause when he entered the hail
but the crowd fairly went wild whe:l
Mr.. Bryan was introduced to speak.
| Men climbed upon chairs and cheered
again and again, and it was some
minutes before the demonstration
subsidized. Congressman John j.
Lentz, the POSTMASTER, introduced
| Mr.. Bryan.
The last time" said Mr.. Lent.
Il had the pleasure of introducing
Mr.. Bryan to you | introduced him rs
the next president of the United
| States | again introduce him to yon
as | did them
| In the course of his speech Mr..
! Bryan said:
| Never has this nation been more
! in need than it is today of an earnest
and thorough revival of Jeffersonian
principles. While other statesmen.
appearing ut different crisis and meet
ing the responsibilities of their re-
/ spectiye times. have made partial ap-
| plication of Democratic principles.
Jefferson is the only one who formu-
lated a democratic code applicable 70
all times, all situations and all PEG
! pie.
Though a champion of the com
mon people, he was born among the
aristocrats and was as intimately ac-
quainted with the members of the
! house of have as was those who
struggled to meet by daily work their
daily wants
He was called demagogue by
moral courage which none of his de
| tractors has ever possessed, and in be
half Of a righteous principle he would
| oppose the world
Two years before he wrote the
Declaration of Independence he pre-
pared summary view of the rights
OF British America which was bold
reputation of the authority which
England claimed That was not the
| work of a demagogue.
'Lie attacked the laws of primogen-
iture and entail and saved Amercl
from landed aristocracy That was
moi the work of a demagogue
He condemned slavery when the
system was popular in his state and
in tile nation, and he did it three
! quarters of a century before enamel
patton crowned Lincoln with martyr
dom and immortality. That was not
the work of demagogue
He organized the Democratic
party and by the strength of his lead
ership overthrow an opposition in.
treuched in power and bulwark by
the business and social forces.
SO successful was his administra-
ton that his reelection was practi-
cally unanimous. and for years the
executive chair was filled by men
unto whom he had been a GamaIiel.
AT this time, when the money
changers are in absolute control Of
the government, and are shaping the
nations financial policy in their own
interests, without regard for the well
| fare of the people at large. we need
TO recall .Ieffersons scathing arraign-
ment of those who demand the sur
render into their hands of the sover,
| eign functions of government
! .He pointed out that the safety of
the people lay in a policy that would
| driy the banks out of the governing
| business.
''At this time. when corporate
monopoly is fast extinguishing indus
! trial independence. we need a revival
| of the Jeffersonian spirit (which de
mands government administered
according to the doctrine Of equal
| rights to all and special privileges to
none.
AT this time. when commercialism
is soaring the conscience of the ma
ON; when the worship of mammon
is leading the people to ignore inalfen.
| able rights: when the Ideals bought
| with blood and sacrifice are to he
/ bartered away for the specous and
| delusive promises of empire-at this
/ time. | repeat we need to have ou~
| faith in man as man and our love
| for man as brother rekindled by the
! memory of this mighty patriot.
| philosopher and Democrat. whose
brain comprehended the heighth AMI
depth and breadth of government
and whose heart embraced the hu.
man race"
The only speakers who failed TO