The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-13
Former Governor Budd of Cali
fornia Names Him
AS His Choice for President in
1904.
COLUMBUS BARBECUE.
Col. Bryan Shows No Sign of
ReIenting
Toward Those Whose DesertiOn
Caused His Defeat.
OLUMBUS BARBECUE.

Bryan were the dominating notes at the
barbecue given last night by the Jeffer-
son-Jac kson-L Lincoln league organized a
year ago by former Congressman John
J. Lentz and others. Twelve hundred
men and women were present. The pro-
gramme of toasts was:
Toastmaster's address of welcome,
John J. Lentz. Columbus
Address, Local Self Government for
Cities. Mayor Tom L. johnson, CIeve-
land, Ohio.
Address, The Plain People and Their
Champions Ex-Governor James H.
Budd, California.
Address, The Test of Democracy"
w. ]. Bryan, Nebraska.
Clarence S. barrow leading counsel
for the United Mine Workers, who was
10 have responded to the toast The In
dustriaI Slave" telegraphed during the
day that owing to his speech before the
strike commission in Philadelphia he
would be unable to come. The invoca-
ton 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.
Former Governor James Budd of Cali
fornia, responding to the toast, The
Plain People and Their Champions
said in part:
Il might say that have no objection
to any people asking those to be Lead
ers who though not openly supporting
the parties of trusts and tariff exactions,
have split the ranks of their friends and
led to a victory that ought not to have
been at any time carried. I want them
4 in the ranks, l want them to fight with
US but 1 want the banners in the hands
of such men as Lentz or Byran or John
son or Bill Hearst
Each locality has its men that it
looks upon as champions and I find that
n no e1ar ~
who desire to lead the Democracy again
are picking out their champions. But
nave not seen name mentioned by
/ them under whose smirk of labor you
could not strike the iron breast plate 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 Of And we in
the west have our champions. The man
that we believe next To yourself has
done most for the cause of the com
mon people, the man who in the fight
when the traitor deserted YOU came to
your succor and stood an able lieuten-
ant under your orders, the man who
has fought all his life for q national
eight hour law, for an income tax for
education. for schools. the doctrines
preached by Bryan and the fathers; the
man was born in our state and a ma
tive son whom we regard as one of the
greatest of the time is William Ran
dOlph Hearst, Congressman-el elect of
New York.
There are others. many others. But
for me these are enough I do not wish
to go further. because I know that 1
might fare worse.
In every city of Ohio there should be
a club of the plain people who should
adopt as its constitution the constitu-
ton of the league that has given this
magnificent dinner tonight and if that
is the case. Ohio in the next presidential
election in my judgment, viii cast it's
vote for the president for one of the
four gentlemen whom I have named as
/ its champions.
w p Hearst. who had been invited
4 to address the banquet sent his regrets
I IN telegram, in which he said in part:
The history of a country is really the
4 history OF q few great men. In these
men are crystallized the country's real
! life and worth. Theirs is the genius
/ which gives expression and reality to
the convictions and principles of the
people whom they represent The three
names that you have chosen to be rep
resented in unison are the greatest
names in the American peoples history
save. Of course, the foundation name OF
Washington.
Washington stands apart. He repre-
sents the struggle against foreign SUI
premacy. The three men whom you
meet to honor are the representatives. of
/ plans and thoughts and beliefs Of the
American nation as a free nation.
Washington made American self.
! government possible. but Jefferson.
JACKSON ana Lincoln 01IeCIeQ American
government into its popular democratic
channel and made it true
Until very recently. jefferson. Jack
son and Lincoln could possibly be called
typical Of both Of our great Doliticas
parties. All three os these men stood
for the rights of all the people and
their views have been represented il.
every great political movement untn
these latter days.
1t cannot be denied that today one of
the political parties has divorced itself
from American principles and frOns
from American principles and from
1T is the dutv of the Democra tic
party to return the power Of govern
ment to the people by allying itself with
those popular political forces best able
4 to accomplish that result.
What force in the United States is
today most in harmony with the true
democracy and best able to compete
with this financially organized usurpa-
ton or governments
To succeed the Democratic party
must work under the inspiration of
great names and thoughts of Jefferson
Jackson and Lincoln And it must work
in cooperation with the organized man
hood and Independence of this country
the greatest democratic force of today
The ovation rendered Mr. Bryan was
the most enthusiastic of the evening.
He asserted that if there is any one
man in the country who has suffered
owing to the lack of Democratic har-
mony he is that man, and charged that
II was the 0ppOSltlOn OF alleged Demo-
Gratis within the ranks of his party
that brought him to defeat in 1896 and
1900 He said he knew all the men
who had gone astray in those years.
and that since then they had suffered
severe heartburns.
If it is such a serious affair to
change party allegiance Mr. Bryan
said. i hope these men viii 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
10 make Democrats out of Republicans
than out of Palmer and Buckner Dem
ocrats.
These. men can never be in harmony
with US unless they or we change our
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