Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-17
TO UNITY DEMOCRACY
DRIFT OF SPEECHES AT JACKSON
DAY BANQUET.
E. N. Shepard, Jndson Harmon and
Representative De Almond Chief
Speakers in Chicago.

olSpatch from Chicago last night says:
Prominent democrats from every part Of the
country gathered today to attend the an
nual jackson day. banquet Of the Iroquois
Club at the Auditorium Hotel. Preceding
the banquet many notables in the party
held long talks together. discussing sugges-
tions for the presidential campaign Of next
year.
The speakers at the banquet made pleas
for unified party and for the adoption OF
platform that would meet general ap-
prevail. Mayor Carter H. Harrison. who
was today renominated by the democratic
city convention. was the first speaker. At
ter welcoming the visitors to the city, he
responded to the toast, The City OF Chi
cago." He was followed by Edward NJ.
Shepard OF New York, who spoke on Pres-
ent Duties Of a Patriotic Opposition"
Mr.. Shepard said in part:
Il should rejoice to hear the democratic
party propose not general revision OF the
tariff. but removal or reduction to reve-
nue. basis Of the duties on goods the produc-
ton of which Is today practically monopo-
liked. Instead of dealing with the whole
problem of free trade and protection; IN
stead Of introducing doubt into almost every
business. the democratic party may Wen
deal with the few schedules In which
through such practical monopoly vast FOR
tunes have been made by taxation upon the
masses Of the people. For that campaign
public sentiment is ready. In that cam
paign every argument in favor of economic
freedom can be readily made clear to the
American people.
Its essential conservatism will readily
appeal to the average American cltiZen
whatever he may scientifically think OF Tree
trade. Nor is this the whole Of democratic
duty and opportunity at present NO wise
man can fail to see that the republican es,
tablishment Of a new system OF colonies helo
for the American republic by force Oh arms
and at enormous cost is but another phase
of the Capitalization of power ana olSpar-
agement Of equal rights.
1.-The republican party has, OF late years
affected to be the guardian of sound man
ciaI policy. Whether the party which made
greenback a legal tender and passed the
Sherman silver law deserves that phrase
even from gold republicans or golo oemo-
Gratis Is well open to question. But II IS
beyond question that the republican party
does not today deserve the phrase lts ieao-
ers have deliberately. If not cunnlngly' re-
fused to give the national bank note cur
rency the sound and normal ELASTICITY lhe
business of the country requires.
For any sound relief of this klnd the
country will, believe, have to look 10 the
democratic party" n
jackson AMI the Renewal Of the BANK
Charter was the topic chosen by Judge
Judson Harmon OF Cincinnati, Attorney
General under tn, second Cleveland ao.
ministration. After IAN exhaustive reVle"
Of the American financial system MI
Harmon said: 75Ht
1.-The attempt to trace remote or indirect
benefits to the people at large from spe-
-cial favors granted at their expense IS q
false pretense. IF the people are able 10
thrive in spite 9oi the imposition, creolt
is claimed. If they are not, then the re-
suit is laid to. other causes. Is It possioie
to fool anybody into believing ne gets d
benefit from being made to pay more Tor
almost everything he9has to buy than the
same makers sell the same things FOR
abroad? Let the farmer. for instance. Try
to figure out his gain from paying an aver
age Of "a per cent more for wire and wire
nails than the trust sells them Tor TO LOT
eigners -.-
1.-THE excuses and extravagances of these
parties, with the unfair results which 1oi-
low. have always driven the country back
to democracy for the relief afforded by
return to equal rights and diminished our,
dens. The time Is at hand when It VIII
again knock at our door,. All we need 90
is to see to it that the party has not moved
away and Is at home.
And we can afford to smile when the
authors of the troubles we are called TO
cure try to lay them to us because they
had not fully broken out whp we TOOK
charge, as in 1893. The people will not b.
deceived They will know that it is not
the democrats.
like bank was ever again established. Our
present national banks are not monopolies
Anybody can start one on the same terms
as all others Unlike the old banks thy
not consolidate except in the same city.
Attempts to authorize branches have al
ways been defeated. The continued exist
ence and usefulness of these banks has
been due to the Jacksonian lesson.
1T Is not pleasant to imagine trust or
combination of the banking business of
the country, nor to think of all that might
have happened If Jackson had lost his bat
tie with the bank and its dangerous prin.
cfples had been perpetuated to our day"
referring to the present banking system
the sneaker claimed that Jackson's fight on
the United States Bank made this system
possible.
In responding to the toast Looking to
1904 Congressman David A. De Almond
of Missouri aroused the 300 banqueters to a
high pitch Of enthusiasm. Congressman De
Almond concluded by saying:
Time and events will point out the man
for us in 1904. What thoughtful man can
doubt that he must be one who was in the
democratic column in 9S and again in 1900?
This Is not only justice, but 1t is necessity
as we'll Be assured the man Of the hour
will be found and meanwhile let us strive
to heal sores, not to tear open old wounds
Let us invite recruits to join the party and
not do anything in folly or bitterness to
drive them from it. Let us rally where the
party flag flies. Let us act charity rather
than preach too much about it. Let us rec
Of quarreling with it. Let us learn well the
lessons of the past, that we may meet well
the duties and responsibilities of the pres
ent and the future. Let him who did much
before for the party and its principles strive
to do more in the future. and let him who
did nothing for his party cause in the days
of dissension and division. or who then did
aught against his party's battle-scarred
millions. spare no honorable effort now or
in the future for his party's complete tri-
umph Nothing will heal old sores like the
balm Of victory won fighting together"