The Saint Paul globe., 1903-03-17
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SHOULD BE
UNITED
This the Burden of Speeches
at Jackson Day Banquet in
Chicago-E. W. Shepard and
Congressman De Almond
Preach Genuine Democra-
tic Gospel.

Democrats from every part of the
country gathered today to attend the
annual Jackson day banquet of the
Iroquois club at the Auditorium hotel
Preceding the banquet many notables
In the party held long talks together
discussing suggestions for the presf-
dental campaign of next year. The
speakers at the banquet made strong
pleas for unified party and the adop-
ton of a platform that would meet
general approval.
Mayor Carter H Harrison was the
first speaker. After welcoming the
visitors to the city, he responded to
the toast 1.-The City of Chicago"
He was followed by Edward M.
Shepard, of New York, who spoke on
Present Duties of a Patriotic Organi-
zation.'' The address was devoted
largely to the trusts and contained the
following:
"The Democratic party has never
made, and never will make, an attack
upon the freedom of those who have
lawfully made fortunes, to make them
larger. And very certainly the Demo-
cratic party, made up in so large part
of wage earners, can never be other
wise than loyal to labor organizations
or stand otherwise than for its useful
ness, its moral and economic necessi-
ties, its rights and it's general benev-
olence.
Il believe the economic efficiency of
our own country has vastly been in
creased, and justice promoted, by
trades unions. Can anything involve
more danger to conservative interest
than un-Ameriean interference with
personal liberty, such as was Illus
trated by the injunction order granted
in st. Louis the other day by a federal
judge of ability and character? Is 1t
anything less than calamitous that in
the armory Of law weapons should be
found to restrain that kind of freedom,
when thus far the armory of law has
been ransacked in vain for weapons
equal to the prevention of deeds ex-
pressly forbidden by statute?
Tariff Revision.
II should rejoice to hear the Demo-
cratic party propose not general re-
vision of the tariff with all of Its diff
culties and complications and with all
of the widespread popular belief,
faulty, as l believe it to be, of great
masses of American business and Ia
boring men in the protective tariff, but
in the first instance removal or re-
duction to a revenue basis of the duties
on goods, the production of which is
today practically monopolized. Instead
of dealing with the whole problem of
free trade and protection, instead of in
PRODUCING doubt into almost every
business, the Democratic party
may we'll deal with the few schedules
in which through such practical mo.
nopoly vast fortunes have been made
by taxation upon the masses of the
people. sss
Upon this programme let us make
our campaign: The establishment Of
equal rights, the abolition of special
privilege, the maintenance of Demo-
cratic self government. The programme
means resOlute tariff reform, beginning
with the goods which have fallen un-
der monopoly, resolute and practical
prevention of interstate commerce
preferences and abuses, rigorous re-
duction in cost of administration, the
promotion Of Philippine self-govern-
ion of fair and secure, normal and
normally distributed currency by all
banks which hold banking charters
from the government" 80
Jackson and the Renewal Of the
Bank Charter" was the topic chosen by
Judge Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati,
attorney general under the second
Cleveland administration.
Stirred Up by De Almond.
In responding to the toast Look
ing to 1904" Congressman David A.
De Almond, of Missouri, aroused the
800 banqueters to a high pitch of en-
thusiasim. Mr.. De Almond said in his
address:
FLUSHED with victories unmerited,
drunken with power usurped and
absurd, barnacled with abuses steadily
increasing, under mighty but bad in
fuences constantly growing worse, the
Republicans rely for success upon the
unscrupulous activity of the classes
whose interests they have fostered at
the public expense, hoping they may
again delude the masses whom they
have betrayed. Undaunted by defeat,
still confidently depending upon the
people, still refusing to sacrifice the
many for the selfish favor of the few,
however powerful, still cherishing the
principles upon which the party, as
we'll as the structure of our free in
sttutfons, rests, the undying Democ-
racy gives promise that it will con-
duct the coming campaign with the
strength and ardor and wisdom and
unselfishness which so often gave it
the victory. l most sincerely wish that
all who would rescue the republic,
from the prof1igate, reckless, un-
American rule of the Republican party
may unite in one grand, harmonious
effort for victory for Democratic prin-
ciples, under the proud old Democratic
banner.
Let us look into the past without
blinking and into the future with hope
and courage. Let US remember that in
1896 and again in 1900 the Democratic
party suffered defeat because too many
who professed its faith acted and vot-
ed with the enemy. Most likely divis-
ion in the future would bring defeat as
it brought it in the past. Let no one
who hopes for Democratic success in
the near future assail the Democracy
of those trying times. If he did not or.
cannot agree with them upon all the
issues of those campaigns, for the
good OF the party now let his dissent
be in sorrow and silence
Among the other speakers of the
evening were ]. NJ. Dickinson, of Chi
cago, and Samuel Alschuler, of Aurora,
Ill. Telegrams of regret at their in
ability to be present were received
from United States Senator Bailey, of
Texas. and M. E. ingalls,, Democratic
candidate for mayor of Cincinnati.
Owing to the large number of Demo-
Gratis who Travelled to Chicago to at
tend the banquet and because of the
small number of toasts at the banquet,
luncheon was arranged this after
noon at which number of t-of- town
Democrats answered TO impromptu