The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-19

tho Democratic Party. He had tributes fc-> Jefferson and Jackson and other Southern men whom he said had made the Democratic Party great. He point ed out the achievements of the country under Democratic leaders from the adop- ton of the Constitution, the Louisiaiaa Purchase, the annexation of Texas and | the acquisition of Florida. He said that | he had been criticised for going out now and making Democratic speeches. I've been making this sort of speech for twenty years and I don't know how to make any other sort" he said. And | wherever I've seen the footsteps of an enemy, I've struck out, no matter wheth- CT inside or outside the party. I don't want any oflce. I do not want to be l delegate to St. Louis. If I ever want office again I'll go out among the old 1 rosin-chawers and ask them to give it | to me. They never have refused, but I'm not going to ask them. and I don't think ever will again.
 With both hands showed deep in his pockets Mir. Stallings walked to the foot lights and. looking quizzically at his audi ence, said:
 'They tell you that we are starting a Hearst boom. We'll. they've had Cleve- land boom all over the country for the past four or five years, and immediately cotton dropped 250 points. don't want that sort of a boom, do you? Oh. you remember the days of 's3 and 'e4. the days of Cleveland, when the only music in the court house squares of our towns was the slang of the auctioneer's ham, mer, knocking down household goods with nobody to buy. Oh, you remember the Cleveland boom with 4-cent cotton and $40 mules. Any old sort of second hand boom will suit me better than a Cleveland boom"
 He followed this with a protracted at- tack on Mir Cleveland. He argued that only the supporters of Bryan should be given a voice in making the platforms or in selecting candidates.
 Tom is the Clown.
 "And yet they call Tom clown fof preaching this sort of doctrine. Not me but Tom," he said. pointing his long fin- ger at his companion. ard the crowd howled with laughter.
 He declared that to some people there was only one possible candidate for the Democratic nonlination-Grover Cleveland If the name of German, of Parker. oi Mcclellan, of Bailey. of Hearst, or of any other Democrat, was mentioned. storm of abuse would follow.
 The young man who had reported his
  he said, had made a mistake in saying that he was leading the Hearst fight
 Personally, I am for Mcclellan" said the speaker "T had rather see the brainy young Mayor of New York who has won the only great Democratic vic tory in eight years receive the nomination than any other Democrat north of Mason and Dixon's line. The laurels are yet fresh upon his brow and they foretel other victories"
 German, he said. would make a strong candidate and was entitled to consider ation, but as soon as Germans name was mentioned in connection with the nomi- nation a storm of abuse would be poured upon it from certain quarters.
 They will have you believe that there is but one sacred name in the seven mil lion members of the Democratic party. If that Is true let's furl the flag and take down the wigwam and go out of business as a party"
 He recurred again to the statement that he was at the head of the Hears, movement in Alabama.
 "I am leading no faction" said the speaker. q am not for any breaches in the party. I am for any Democrat who can poll the united strength of his party. l am for that sort of a Democrat that fl you lick him he will get up and say you did 1t fair. I am for the old fashioned ! copperas brooches and brogan shoes De mocracy."
 How about postodicesT' asked some fellow from the gallery. ..t
 ''Oh. Cleveland is the postoffice man but femme tell you, he'Tl never distrfbuts postoffices no more.' replied Mir. Stall Ings.
 Stallings Lauds Hearst. The former Congressman then got tc the Hearst portion of his address. He Ia t,tr eulogy on the New Yorker. For full quarter of an hour he lauded the newspa- per man.
 He laid aside his humor and facetious' . ness and earnestly praised the New Yorker for his record. He went far enough bacl to commend Senator Hearst of California the father of William R. Hearst. for tn, stand that he had taken on the force bill.
 'If you want tc make the fight betweer the sage of Princeton and this young Go i, Hath of Democracy. then lay on. lay or l and damned be him who cried holC enough" exclaimed the speaker. , Mir Stallings went on to say that ht ? was a member of the hardshell Baptist church, although he was not at the pres , ent time in good standing. He said tha :: in the hardshell church they would take : a man back if he backslided, but they , would not allow him to pray in public until he had shown that his reformation , was thorough They would not let hin come up in the amen corner, but they would make him take a back seat unti he had proved his frame of mind. He sai6 that ths policy should be pursued to- wards the Democrats who had favored , Palmer and Buckner.
 2 "Just say to 'em,' said the speaker "YouIl have to vote once. You can't gel on the ticket now. We love you just as good as we ever did but we don't love you as well as we do the regulars. We've got a chair turned down for them at tn, table with a nice clean handkerchief fol them to wipe the bitter taste out oi their mouths. They mustn't come 1T saying, We are going to govern or wC won't stay in If they do we will say stay where you are"
 He closed with an appeal against third termism, on which he said the Demo cratic party had been on record since the days of Washington And with this ap- peal he urged his hearers, as he express sed 1t, not to slap in the face the six and a half million vot' CTS who had supported Bryan
 He was given long round of applause as he took his seat.
 Hehin Was Applauded.