The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-13
HEARST is DOOMED
TRICK WAS TURNED AT RIG DEMO-
CRATIC BARBECUE AT
COLUMBUS.
BRYAN'S BITTER ATTACK
ON ALLEGED DEsERTERs FROM
PARTY, ANOTHER FEATURE.

Great Gathering of Democrats at
which William Randolph Hearst's
Name Was Launched - Ex-Gov.
James Dudd of California Spoke of
Him as True Democrat and Friend
of Working PeOpIe-Henrst Was
Not There-BryanTa Talked with Us
unI FOrce-scOred the Palmer and
BucLner Democrats - Don't Want
Any Wall street.
Columbus, o., Feb. IA presiden-
tial boom in behalf of William r.
Hearst. and a bitter attack on alleged
deserters from the Democratic party
by William J. Bryan, were the domi-
nant notes at the barbecue given to-
night by the Jefferson Jackson Lincoln
| League, organized a year ago by ex-
Congressman John J. Lentz and others.
Twelve hundred people, men and wom-
en-, were present.
The programme of toasts follows:
Toastmaster's address of welcome,
John ]. Lentz.
Address Local Self-government for
| Cities" Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, Cleve-
land.
Address, 'The Plain People and Their
Champions" ex-Gov. James H. Budd,
California.
Address, THE Test of Democracy"
Hon. William ]. Bryan, Nebraska.
Clarence S. barrow, leading counsel
for the United Mine Workers, who was
to have responded to the toast THE
Industrial Slave" telegraphed during
| q hnf ha
present.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, the Cincinnati
clergyman, who made an unsuccessful
campaign for Secretary of State on the
Democratic ticket last fall
Ex-Gov. james Budd of California,
responding to the toast THE Plain
People and Their Champions" said in
part: Each locality has 1t men that
1t looks upon as champions. But have
not seen name mentioned by them
under whose smirk of labor you could
not strike the iron breastplate of trusts.
Not one of them. In this state you
have champions like Lentz. You have
champions like Tom Johnson, whom we
have all heard.
Hearst Their Champion.
"And we in the West have our
champion, the man that we believe,
| next to yourself has done most for
the cause of the common people, the
man who was in the fight when the
traitors deserted you. came TO your
| succor. and stood an able lieutenant
under your orders, the man who has
fought all his life for national eight
hour law, for an income tax, for edu-
cation, for national appropriations for
| schools, the doctrines preached by
Bryan and the fathers, the man born
in our state, and native son whom
we regard as one of the greatest men
of the times, William Randolph
Hearst Congressman-e of New
| York"
w. r. Hearst, who had been invited
to address the banquet, sent his re-
| grets in a telegram in which he said
in part:
THE three men whom you meet to
| honor are the representatives of the
plans, and thoughts, and beliefs of the
| American nation as a free nation.
| Washington made American self
| government possible, but jackson, JEFF
ferson and Lincoln directed American
government into its popular Democratic
channel and made it true.
Until very recently jefferson, jack
son and Lincoln could possibly be call
ed typical of both of our great political
| parties. All three of these men stood
| for the rights of all the people and
their views have been represented in
every great political movement until
| these latter days.
| ut cannot be denied that to-day one
of the political parties has divorced it.
self from American principles. and from
! these great American statesmen.
1T is the duty of the Democratic
| party to return the power of govern
ment to the people by aligning itself
with those popular political forces best
! able to accomplish this result
The ovation rendered Mr. Rrvan was
the most enthusiastic OF the evening.
| He said that If there is any one man
| in the country who has suffered on ac-
| count of lack of Democratic harmony.
| he is that man. and the opposition of
| alleged Democrats, within the ranks of
his party had 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 since that time they had
suffered severe heart-burning.
IF it is such a serious affair to
! change party allegiance" Mr.. Bryan
! said, II 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 a better chance
to make Democrats out of the Repub-
licans, than out of Palmer and Buckner
Democrats.
"These men can never be in harmony
with us unless they. or we, change
our political convictions. 1 still be-
lieve in the platforms adopted at
Chicago in 1896 and in Kansas City
in 1900. l have no thought of sur
rendering my convictions. Our princi-
Piles were true then; they are true
now.
II would not change If I could
Neither would l surrender my princi-
pies to win any victory, however
great, for my party. A party, like
a man, needs a character, and a menu
bership that knows what is right, and
viii do it, in the advocacy of political
principles"
Mr.. Bryan said he did not propose
to take his Democracy from any Demo-
cratic leader who received his train
ing from Wall street.
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