Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-01-09


democracy which is not Jacksonian put on
its boiled shirts last night and tackled the
shrewsburys on half-shell, the mousselins
de sole gras, the salad la Macedoine, the
pistachio nuts, the sauterne. the claret,
the real grape and the oratory OF j. Ham
ilton Lewis Of Chicago, who wished to be
president. but didn't succeed OF w. II.
Thompson Of Grand Island. who wished TO
be governor but didn't succeed; OF Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock Of Omaha, who wished to be
congressman and did succeed; Of W. d.
Oldham OF Kearney, who wished to be SUI
preme Judge and did succeed and Of others
Occasion and Guests.
It was the twelfth annual banquet OF the
Jaoksonian club, and 1S2 sat at the tables
in the Paxton dining room from Q o'clock
until chore time in the morning. w. J.
Bryan was to have been present, but was
detained in Oklahoma. Waldo winterstecn
of Fremont was another scheduled speaker,
but couldn't leave his new daily paper
Among those present from outside Omaha
we're: r. o. Adams. Grand Island; George
Horn, Cedar Creek; A. F. Seybert, Cedar
Greek; w. NJ. Kaufman. Brownvile; 7. F.
Lasch. Lincoln; John r. Thompson, Grand
Island; George +. Corcoran, York; A. A
Plummer Craig; G. w. Smith, Rising City;
d. ]. Smith, Rising City; ]. A. Howard
Benson; Frank NJ. Barrow, Des Moines; j.
II. Smell, Ashland; Judge w. II. Westover
Rushville; Benton Maret, Stuart; John G.
Maher, O'Neill; NJ. +. Harrington, O'Neill;
A. NJ. Morrissey, O'Neill; Mayor Frank f
Morgan, Plattsmouth; Judge J. ]. Thomas
Seward; Judge B. f. Good. Wahoo; w. H.
Kelligar, Auburn DR.. Harvey o. Link,
Millard; f. ]. Ewes, O'Neil; Judge w. d.
n "A
Columbus; c. ]. Bowlby. Crete; NJ. D..
welch, Lincoln; NJ. II. Weiss, Hebron; Dr.
p. L. Hall, Lincoln; Nick Fritz Pender
Speakers and Speeches.
Harry O'Nelll, as toastmaster, tapped the
oratory reservoir shortly after IL o'clock,
calling on Mr.. Thompson, who spoke in
part as follows, concerning Democracy
and its Duties"
Democracys status has too often been
misstated, and the misstatements passing
for fact the battle has been fought on a
false basis and lost, where otherwise the
victory would have been won. 1t is in
every campaign charged with being a free
trade party, when in fact II never adopted
such platform. nor did one of its presi-
dents ever present such a message to con-
gress Cor nearly forty years. The party $
position is a tariff for revenue, which of
itself would give incidental protection and
that this should be so adjusted as to lend
its aid to the infant industries, and bearing
most lightly on life's necessaries.
II has been further charged that democ-
racy is opposed to corporations. Not so.
They simply oppose monopoly, whether
owned and operated by a corporation or an
but opposed to what this child OF the law
! without flesh and blood is permitted to do
with the child of the nation of flesh and
blood
1t was also charged in 1896 that we were
! in favor of a 5O-cent dollar. Not So We
advocated the quantative theory of money
and the government issue thereof, so that
! no man or set of men could corner the
| nations money or Curtail the amount
thereof. The ratio of sixteen to one was
/ but an incident, as IT was the ratio and
/ the highest ratio, and one at which all
/ the governments debts had been con-
| tracted, save and except the bonds issued
! under the Cleveland administration, and
| the ratio at which the government had
| agreed TO pay. The party has always ia
vored coin issued by the nation as against
| paper issued by the banks. No full legal
] tender dollar issued by the government was
| ever worth less than 100 cents. We still be-
| lieve In the volume of money theory, and
! the people. through their president and
/ congress- can better be trusted with this
| grave and important duty than any bank
1t was charged in 1896 and 1900 that we
| were opposed to the courts, which was
unsustained by the platform or by what
| was said on the stump What we did con-
! tend for was that one accused of being
\ guilty of contempt of court, In a case
where an Injunction had been allowed,
! should have a fair and impartial trial by
a jury of his peers, demanding that equality
| before the law is vouchsafed to each citizen
! of this grand country, which, for the lack
of such an Enactment one so charged is now
| denied.
| The cry of the republicans that the tariff
| must be reformed I'm the home of its
| friends is TO admit the needed reformation.
wholesome doctrine of public ownership
| of public utilities, and, as an assistant,
/ there should be advocated the Initiative
/ for sANVpa Va1n Nha In
! the hands of the people to compel obedi-
! ence to their wishes. With these should
| be associated the advocacy Of the election
| of United States senators by direct vote of
! the people.
Hitchcock on JacISsOninnism.
Mr.. Hitchcock, the second speaker, had
| as his topic "Jacksonians." fragment OF
his two nonpareil columns of remarks fol-
/ lows:
! I am not a socialist, but believe II the
modern tendency TO impoversh the great
mass of the people by the enactment and
| maintenance of laws for the enrichment OF
4 the favored classes goes on we will some
/ day have a struggle in the United States
1 between the extreme OF socialism on the
one side and plutOcraCy on the other, The
/ JaCksOnian democrat is a conservative who
seeks to avoid the impending struggle. He
! stands against legislation I'm favor OF any
| class. He believes I'm the money OF the con
| stitutiOn, gold and silver issued by the
/ government of the United States. He be-
/
! created in home manufactures the tariff
] should be taken away. He believes In the
| election of United States senators by direct
| vote OF the people.
j. Hamilton Tears Things.
| Wanted, a Constitutional Party" was
| the scheduled theme of J. Hamilton Lewis,
! who put the republican administration en-
! tirely out Of commission and teetered the
| British throne half of Its foundation in his
arraignment Of those things which are not,
in his opinion, constitutional. Among his
! remarks were these:
| 1t has been a customary pastime OF our
! critics 10 insist that the democratic party
| is looking for a Moses to lead IL out OF the
| wilderness. The democratic party Is not
| seeking a Moses. 1t is not iE the wilder
| ness-it might be well for rs future II IL
| rather described as the train we'll on the
! track, out upon the open highway, dashing
| through space at ungOyerned speed, along
! strange distances; up and over strange
| divides; careering with mad recklessness,
| with the engines throttle thrown wide
| open and blind man upon the box. II is
| because OF this that too many Of our pas
! sengers, In desperation, are leaping for
| their lives from the platforms.
! Concerning Asset Currency.
| We have submitted by the congress OF me
| United States, with the threat Of its pas
| sage, law which creates for the people a
| money known as an asset currency I'm
| other words, 10000 banks can at once be
| orga niZed under the Fowler bill, with
| charters from the federal government, and