The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-02
FUTURE OF
DEMOCRACY
fThis Is Theme Of Representative
DeArlnond at Jackson
@I4 Day Banquet.
REUNION Re: OF THE He + FACTIONS :; I N
9"Gold' and Silver Democrats
to Amalga11atc for Election
81 Democratic President.
REUNION OF THE FACTIONS I
nxNAsanrininti t,ress.l

(Ty gAssociutcht rress.)
hundred Democrats OF Nebraska to-nisht
celebrated tho anniversary o. hhe NV.
Orleans, and incidentally the 'hirtea,',l
nnninl banquet OF the Jacksonlan Club
OF Ncbraska.
THO event was the best attended and
most enthusiastic Of any IN tho history
OF the club. Tho speakers were all men men
Irrancis G. Newlands. Of NEVADA; Con-
A s,ressr1an David DeArmond, OF MISSOURI
and Congressman Hitchcock, OF Ncbras SKA.
1hc occasion was OF special Significance
to Nobraska Democracy because Oh a ~.
union az tho factions that have been
hnown formerly as gold and silver.
Democrats. The latter have Tor 4! scVerui
rcars been a largo majority, but the op'
position Included many prominent A eii' ~
Gratis OF the State. q. a,,,,,
Frank L. Weaver, president OF ti,e c w
acted MS toastmaster. Congressman 6 l,.
horI Ar Hitchcock, Of Nebraska, took
for his theme '"rno Laggard Lazy v, III
FRESHMAN David DcArmond, OF missouri.
IA 4 ddressed the nsscmblagc on Nii''it -
our Future?" as follows: 5
8 DeArnond's Speech. I,
Congressman DeArmond . e M 81 VII
In responding to the toast. " ' it = ~
~: aitfG 4 Que Question dc Of the ages and tho
nres win repeat it until time shall pc no
moro. 1t is the question OF ufnp ,n =, - y
hop 81 iear q h ove 81 great
email. OF. good and bad. But, as nssisn ~;
,o'mo thiaa evening it may appr,o ,I.. ,hS
be treated as a. question: as ION 'oue14"s - -
o1ai19h Il the vi Democratic party win the
coming eIection2 Yes, WIN the s,lreJ
20 That i not 50 s What he party
viii sny.nfd do when next 1t convenes III
national natl M Convention. il sshal! wisely
ADDRESS itself to the ISSUES OF ome ING
ior. nothing. aud shall name FOR ~ hr mons
noes moi, who ought TO DC nnd. tnG e;d Gtc
M be acceptable T. e FolT FaR t kre '1
lis past, its recent past or It needessiy
antngonizcs and drives away el e1tttt q
which wero not WITH IT or which &c ICY ,h ~
III as and eie Q; condition win prove deu-
go 80 no CANDIDATE.
r..I have no platform to suggest. no can.
didates to commend to the exclusion .G O.
others AS one who followed enthusiast =;
cally the party flag. borne 50 !, noDiy ., ~
jng, even with sweeping victory as me
price Of the bascness. to say ght or az
Ought In rcpudatlon t.ae man i,e wlo aes
who Followed tho party banner IN ~: ~ OF
1900. But 81. with its stirring actlvitles.
is In the great ocean, Ef ,a aine !nI nj
!
our duy. and this is The year OF our
pressing political duty. and inviting pol!t
r ical prospect. IN IA " ~ .,,,,,n.
cation so would not be proscrlptive.
would welcome .nll' who come to battia
on our side for what now Is IN Issue, dnu
nave now. because We did not get 1t IN
Would welcome those who came to US
nrst in .sb, after anretme Of opposition y;
No
4 Sncereiy desire to be with us nov, VIII
come with words. q denunciation u l1r1,
ihd lips g se oes s,n ,ean ones Who
should find hearty we.come and fnil
Fellowship. sre those who would be with
US now TOR the country,s g9od. because e, tSe
ugnt now on. IS right Those. Il there
be any. who would come to ask US 10 re
rudiatc our past and humbly gioriIy. th zen,
Tor their past. either are utterly wanting
in sincerity. or arc too vain and too
uistatortal, too narrow and HenEetul 10
pc s Fl ga!u I1I + Ehs stpPF6RrEp PARTY
II am one OF those who believe that that no no
man who did not support the u, tcK TsIo1 N
rs Or 1880 can BE- ayallaRo for inc rea Fes
evident that any specification would be
,resome as well as usel LESS; Sut inc IS,
nigh pitch of zeal and energy. we hhal
stand for tho reforms So ardently desired
by many. so vital 10 many ~
THE country Is ripe for u change. Inc
Republican party has been tried, and
y surely has been found wanting, sadly
wanting, Labor and capital bid 4 fair to
dard bearer. Our platform should tell
4 tho world that in our party the criminal
trusts shall find Il foo not to be. nppeased
or diverted. We should voice the senti-
meht Of Democracy and OF fairness tor a
revision OF the tariff; not to destroy, but
to save from destruction. Extrayag ance
should give place to Democratic cconmy.
without which governments, become In.
HtoIerabIe The fairs OF these United
Il States should engage the best considcra,
9 Ilon OF our ma atoms statesmen, and Wild
projects peyond the seas should no longer
absorb our substance or undermine our
noble institutions. NJ
s''praatical Democratic sense will win"
Senator Ncwlands Of Nevada, spoke
to tho toast, Democracy In 1901" rs
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