Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-28
TO THE
DEMOCRATS
Of EAST
political REGENERATION RE-
CURED TO MAKE A DEMO
Graf OUT OF AN ARIST0-
Graf" SAYS NEBRASKAN.

EulEneQ OraLOES parts VI lAAC
United States as they delivered addresses
upon the principal political issues of the
day from the Democratic point of view.
The speech making followed banquet,
the first % be given by the recently organ
ICED Naw England Democratic club, In the
Rock1ahd hotel. at which about 1,6OO
were present. The program was intended
TO give the membership of the club which
embraces many leading Democrats of
New England. a fitting Introduction to the
public. To this end the list OF speakers
was made as notable as possible and the
league was able to present Hon. r. A
Collins, former consul general to London
and now mayor of Boston, as presiding
officer, and William ]. Bryan, twice DEM
ocratic presidential candidate, Edward M
Shepard, of New York, recent candidate
for mayor Of that city, and Senator +. w.
Carmack, of Tennessee, to make address
es. Senator ]. w. Bailey, of Texas, was
expected TO attend but he sent a letter
instead.
From the first, the committee tried to
keep constantly before the interested the
fact that the league did not propose
TO boom any candidate for the presidency
To quote Secretary Henry T. Hollis, The
New England league is simply organized
to harmonic all Democrats and to con-
duct the congressional campaign in every
one of the New England states. We ex-
pect to elect a Democrat in ex-Speaker
Reeds district in Maine and also one in
Rhode Island. There will be no issue Of
silver or gold"
Mr.. Bryan's Speech.
The Hon. William J. Bryan responded
to the toast, "The Basis of Harmony"
He said:
I'm view Of numerous harmony dinners,
and the discord they have created, it may
not be out OF place to consider the basis
OF harmony. The word harmony is
euphonious, and the idea which it conveys
is a delightful one. Harmony! How 1t
sooths the ear and calls up visions OF
peace and love and joy. Harmony, wheth.
er emong the heavenly bodies whose
movements make the music of the spheres
or among the bodies terrestrial with their
conflicting interests and varying moods,
who can resist it's claims or dispute it's
sway? Harmony is but synonym for
order, and is not the result Of chance,
but a product Of memorable law. The
musician must learn the scale and prop
erly arrange the notes, or harmony, no
matter how earnestly wooed, can never
be won.
Harmony in government is likewise
the result Of fixed and Interchangeable rules.
Jefferson states. two of these rules-name-
ly, absolute acquiesence In the will of the
majority and frequent elections-the sec
ond aids the first by giving hope of a RENE
dy from present ills, however grievous.
II he were living today his observation
would probably suggest a third rule,
namely, the ascertainment of the will
Of the methods so direct, so fair and so
honest that the minority cannot doubt
that that will has been actually expressed.
Jefferson also laid down the rules by
which, and by which alone. real har-
mony can be secured within a party. I
f,v hat hnv INV
not be considered worthy of the name
which, like the harmony temporarily ex-
listing between the confidence man and
his victim, is purposely employed for de-
ception and injury.
There Are But Two Parties.
1.-THE great founder of the Democratic
party whose profound philosophy sound
ed all the depths of human nature and
measured the height and breadth of hui
man government not long before the end
of HIS eventful life, said in a letter to
Mr.. Lee that there were out two perma-
nent parties, the aristocratic and the
democratic; that these two parties ex
listed in every country and that where
there was freedom to think, speak and
write these parties would become APP
parent. With the aristocratic party he
classed those who fear ana distrust the
people and wish TO draw all power from
them into the hands of the higher
classes With the Democratic party he
classcd those who identify themselves
with the people. have confidence ia them,
cherish and consider Jnem as the most
honest and safe, though not the most
wise, depository of the public interests
Every well informed student of history
will recognize this distinction. In every
community you can draw a line separat-
ing the aristocrat from the democrat.
1t viii not be perpendicular line, nor
will IL be a horizontal one; it viii not
separate those of illustrious lineage from
those of humble birth; it viii not sep
arate the rich from the poor; IL will not
separate the educated from the unedu-
Gated; Il win not be along lines of voca-
ton or occupation; but 1t will separate
those with the tastes, spirit. assump-
ton and traditions of the aristocracy
from those who believe in a government
controlled by the people and favor polit-
ical and legal equality.
Jefferson was born Of refined and we'll
TODD parents. He was even rich for one
OF that period, and he was educated far
above the most-of HIS associates. He was
a lawyer, and his social connections were
favorable to aristocratic ideas. but he was
a democrat. He believed in the brother
hood of man; he asked for no privileges
that could not be granted to all; he claim
ed no rights that all did not enjoy, and
he sought for himself no governmental
care that he did not demand for others
He believed in the rule of the people, in
their capacity for self-government and in
their right to the control of their own
affairs. He did not doubt that they would
make mistakes, but he knew that they
would bear punishment for their own
mistakes with more complacency than
they would endure punishment for the
mistakes Of others, and he was certain
that their errors would be unintentional
ones. He knew that, as they found no
profit in bad laws, they would strive to
correct them and would profit by expert
,ence He was a friend of everything that
helped the people, and the unrelenting foe
Of everything that injured them. He was
identified with the masses, and considered
that in so far as by inheritance or by his
own efforts he possessed any advantage
over others he held that advantage as a
trustee for those less fortunate. The peo-
pie loved him because he first loved them
He organized a party that has lived for
more than a century, and he so impressed
his ideas upon the party that no defeat,
however overwhelming, has been able to
crush its spirit or disintegrate It.
How Harmony Is Possible.
There can always be harmony among
Democrats who have the purpose that
Jefferson had and are willing to employ
the methods that Jefferson employed.
There can always be harmony among
Democrats who believe in government
Of the people and are willing that all the
departments Of the government shall be