Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
DEMOCRATIC FEAST
Colonel Mcclellan, Mayor of
 New York, Honored.
HE ASKED FOR UNITED, LOYAL PARTY
eve stand For Right and Justice and That We May Restore the
 Rule of the People In It's Truest Sense."

Truest Sense."
 NEW YORK, Jan. t.-Democrats of prominence from the city, state and nation assembled here last night at the dinner i'll honor of George B. Mcclellan, the newly installed mayor of New York city, among those present being Richard Olney of Massachusetts, ex- Governor David B. Hill of New York, Congressman David De Armond of Missouri, Charles A. Towne, ex-sena- tor from Minnesota; exGoyernor R. B. Pattison of Pennsylvania, William A. Gaston of Boston and Charles F. Mur- phy, now leader of Tammany Hall. Grover Cleveland, Judge Alton B. Par ker, Senator Arthur F. German of Ma- ryland and Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama sent letters of regret The speakers included Mayor Mcclellan, Richard Olney, David B. Hill, Charles A. Towne and Congressman De Armond.
 Ex-P President Grover Cleveland sent his regrets at not being able to be pres ent.
 It was with some difficulty that he was persuaded 10 let the matter re- main in abeyance until late day. when he wrote a letter explaining that "vexatious indisposition' prevented him from attending.
 The three notable features of the dinner were:
 The practical nomination of Grover Cleveland for the presidency by his former secretary of state. Richard Ol- ney.
 The letter from Mr Cleveland in which he said in substance that the success of the Democratic party na- tionally this year depended largely upon the administra ton of Mayor Nc Clellan.
 That the reception of the name of Judge Alton B. Parker exceeded in en- thusiasm that of any other name men, tioned, even that of MT. Cleveland
 MT. Mcclellan, introduced as '.the illustrious son of an illustrious sire,' said in part:
 Tt was my good fortune two months ago to lead the Democratic party to victory in this city. It was my for tune to be the standard bearer in the firsta successful skirmish preliminary to the great battle which is to be fought this year, and so in hearing your cheers feel that they are not intended so much for the man who stands before you as for the cause which he had the 1 honor to represent And for that cause I ask you to join with me in sending from this great Democratic gathering, in this great Democratic city, the glad news to our brethren throughout the land that we Democrats of New York are resolute in our purpose to Wrest the state and nation from Republican misrule. Because we are capable of much, much is expected of us; because much has been given to us, much will 1 be required. Let us, then, at the be- ginning of this presidential year. pre- sent to the country the spectacle of a united and loyal party striving earnest ] ly to be worthy of the name of Demo crats. Wherever they are--in the east or the west, in the north or the south l let all Democrats hear our avowal. 1 Sinking every sordid and selfish and unworthy motive, united for com 1 mon object and in common cause, as l were our forbears in the days gone by, ] we stand for right and justice within and without the boundaries of our country, that we may restore the rule of the people in its truest sense and insure to ourselves and to posterity the blessings of liberty
 l Congressman De Armond and former Senator Towne both spoke enthusiastic ally of the Democratic outlook. At the conclusion of his address MT. De Ar mond read a message of greeting from
 William J. Bryan sent by wireless from the White Star liner Celtic, or which MT. Bryan is q passenger return l ing from Europe.
 The message, which was received l when the Celtic was off the Nova Sec 1 tian coast. read: William ]. Bryan sends greetings to the Democrats as sembled at Sherry's. wish you hap py new year and hope you will have g brilliant success. My heart is with you l Do not forget the western Democrat ] who polled 6,50O,OoO votes in 19O0' Tremendous applause followed thu ! rpsfjuy If MT Rrvan'S words