Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-23
Declares Democratic Party Has
Had Enough of "Clevelandism".
LAUDS SENATOR STONE OF MISSOURI
Nebraskan Declares That During His
Two Campaigns for President No
Party Plank Was as Great Burden
as Was Cleveland.

Kansas City, April 21-"Betrayed by
these thermometers and deserted by
Cleveland and his followers in our
time of greatest need, we must now
bear the burdens that these mistakes
have brought upon us. The democrat
ic party is ready to receive into it's
ranks any who believe in its principles
and who will Loyalty support them, but
it has had enough of Clevelandism,"
With these words w. j. Bryan, two
times candidate for the presidency of
the United States, denounced former
President Cleveland in an address de-
livered before the members of the
Democratic Jackson club and the Mis-
souri, Press club here this morning.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech lauded Sen
ator w. j. Stone of Missouri, the guest
of honor
Banquet Holds Long.
Last evening the members of the
club and guests, followers of w. j.
Bryan, gathered in this city for the
banquet held in honor of Missouri's
former governor. The affair was one
of the most elaborate ever held in this
lefty and was largely attended by dem
| ocrats of this and other states. The
speeches did not begin until long aft
| er midnight. Mr.. Bryan responded to
the toast Democracy and upon aris-
ling to address the assemblage was
| greeted by round of applause that
broke forth at intervals during the adj
dress of the Nebraskan.
Compliments Stone.
| Mr.. Bryan in the opening part Of
his address paid a warm tribute to the
Hon. w. ]. Stone and eulogized him
as man of both moral courage and
great ability.
Arraigns Cleveland.
| His attack upon Grover Cleveland
was exceedingly bitter and he denounc-
ed the ex-president and his followers
who were making plea for harmony
among the democrats of the country in
most emphatic terms. He said in
part:
The democratic bed is wide enough
for all who want to come in. We in.
vite all who strayed from the fold to
come back if they so desire, but we
want them to stay in after they come.
Enough of cleveIandism.
we have had enough of Cleveland
ism in the democratic party. We had
four years of Cleveland, and after his
administration was over we found our
selves weaker than we had ever been
! before, because we had been betrayed
1 by these so called thermometers. Cieve-
land his followers showed their near
ness to republicanism by deserving us
/ in our hour of greatest need and sup
/ porting the republican party.
Betrayed by cleveInad.
1.-THE democratic party won a great
| victory in 1892, which gave our party
an unprecedented opportunity. Cleve-
land, however, betrayed the democrat
| ic party, and l carried the burden of
his administration through two nataea.
/ al campaigns. and there was not
plank in either platform that was such
a detriment to me during those two
4 fights as was that burden of Cleveland,
Great Opportunity.
cleveland had the best opportunity
to redeem the democratic party ever
offered to any man since the time of
i Andrew Jackson, but instead of being
true to his party he disgraced himself.
i Must Be True.
"As a party we must stand true to
democratic principles, and if we do.
/ believe democratic victory will some
day come, and it will be here to remain
i when it does come