The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17
Famous Newspaper Man Of CaIifor.
MIA, Illinois and New York.
THE FAvORITE CANDIDATE
OF the Far West for Presidential
Honors-lincoIn Dinner at Column
bus, Ohio, an Enthusiastic Gather
ing-Bryan, Tom L. johnson and
Governor Budd, of California.

At Columbus, Ohio, on February
~, a presidential boom in favor of
William r. Hearst. and a bitter at
tack on alleged deserters from the
democratic party by William J. Bry-
anwere the dominating notes at a
barbecue given by the Jefferson
Jackson-Lincoln league, organized a
year ago by former Congressman
J. Lentz and others. Twelve hun
dred people. men and women were
present. The program of toasts was
as follows:
Local Self Government for Cities. -
Mayor Tom L. Johnson. Cleveland.
Address, The Plain People and
Their Champions" Ex-Governor Jas.
H. Budd, California.
Address, The Test of Democracy"
Col. w. J. Bryan, Nebraska
Clarence S. barrow. counsel for the
United Mine Workers. who was to
have responded to toast, The Indus
trial Slave telegraphed during the
day that owing to his speech before
unable to come.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. H. Bigelow, the Cincinnati cler-
gyman. who made an unsuccessful
run for secretary of state on the dem
ocratic ticket last fall.
Former Governor Budd. of Ca]ifor-
MIA. responded to the toast, "The
Plain People and Their Champions !"
said in part:
1 might say that l have no objec-
tons to persons asking to be leaders
who themselves, though not openly
supporting the parties of trusts and
tariff eXactions have split the ranks
OF their friends and lead to victory
that ought not to have been at any
time carried. I want them in the
ranks
4 want them to fight with us, but
| want banners in the hands of such
men as Lentz or Bryan or Johnson or
Bill Hearst Of New York.
Each locality has it's man that 1t
looks up as champion and l find that
in the far east those conservative
men who desire to lead democracy
again are picking out their champion.
But | have not seen of those under
whose smirk of labor you could not
mark the breast plate of trusts. Not
one of them that have champions like
Lentz. You have champions like
Tom johnson. of whom we have all
heard, and we in the west have our
champion, man that we believe next
to yourselves has done more for the
people, the man in the fight when
treasurers deserted you, who came to
your succor and stood an able lieu
tenant under your orders. The man
who has fought all his life for ma
tional eight-hour law, for an income
tax, for education, for national appro-
priations for schools, for doctrines
preached by Bryan and the farmers.
the man born in our state and a ma
tive son whom we regard as one of
the greatest of the times. William
Randolph Hearst, congressman-elect
OF New York There are others,
many others, but for me these are
enough. | do not wish 10 go further.
because | know that | might fare
worse.
In every city of Ohio there should
be club of the plain people, who
should adopt as its constitution the
constitution of the league that has
given this magnificent dinner tonight
and if that is the case, Ohio. in the
next presidential election. in nv CON
sideration its vote for president of
the United States for one of the four
gentlemen whom | have named as
its Champion
The ovation rendered Mr. Bryan
was the most enthusiastic OF the eve
ming
He asserted that if there is any one
man IN the country who has suffered
on account of lack of democratic har-
mony he is that man. and charged
that 1t was the opposition of demo
Gratis within the party that brought
him to defeat in 1896 and 1900.
He said that he knew all the men
who had gone astray in those years
and that time they had suffered Sc
we're heart burning
II it is such serious affair to the
condition of the party allegiance,
Mr.. Bryan said, Il hope these men
will stay out of the democratic party
There can be no harmony between
democrats who carry knives for each
other and hate each other. There
is better chance to make democrats
out of republicans than out of Pal
mer and Buckner democrats.
These men can never be in har
mony with us unless they or we
change our political convictions. l
still believe in the platform adopted
at Chicago in 1896 and in Kansas
City in 1900. have no thought OF
surrendering my convictions. Our
principles were true then, they are