The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-12

New Haven, Jan. 12.-villiam j. Bryan
was the principal guest at a banquet in
Warner ham. at which about $50 Demo
Gratis. mainly OF this city were present.
Governor Garvin OF Rhode Island Cell
gresham De Almond OF Missouri. Fred
w. Plaisted OF Augusta, Me-, and Colonel
A. c. DTinkwater of Braintree Mass,
were among the guests from other states.
The occasion took the form Of celebra-
tion Of Jackson day. and was also de-
clared by some of It's promoters TO be in
tended as a sort OF prelude to the opening
of the presidential campaign In New Eng
land w. III. IL Hewitt was POSTMASTER.
Among other prominent New Haven
Democrats present was Alexander Troup.
former member of the Democratic nation
al committee.
Mr. Bryan left this city at 1905 a. m.
Tor Washington.
Mr.. BRYAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan's topic was "A Conscience
Campaign lie said I'm part:
THE word campaign suggests warfare.
II Is good tactics to strike the enemy
where he is weakest and TO use the
weapons that are most effective.
The weak point of every bad policy Is
interests, and today to prove a system
evll we have only 10 show that II vio-
lates a sense OF justice that Is satisfied
with nothing less than equal rights 10
all and special privileges to none. The
only appeal that is permanent I'm its eff
fectiveness and enduring in its useful
ness is the appeal TO conscience and while
II seems weakness TO the brutal and folly
TO the sordid IL arouses a response that
Il at least irresistible.
MAN AND MAMMoN.
IF We would touch the conscience Of
others we must give evidence that our
consciences have been quckened. The
great issue at this time is the issue be-
tween man and Mammon between plu-
tocracy and Democracy All surface ques-
tions of policy, OF taxation and of regu-
lation OF finances are but phases OF that
century-long that worldwide struggle be
tween the common people and organized
wealth To say that II does not pay for
q nation TO violate the rights OF the peo-
pie OF another nation involves SO much OF
addition. subtraction, multiplication and
division, that many get lost I'm mass Of
mathematics but 10 say that The wages
OF sin Is death ~ 90 give an epitome Of
history that accords with each person =
experience In dealing with the trusts.
with finance, with labor problems, and
with all the other questions at issue, we
must view them from a moral standpoint.
and arraign every evil Al the bar of the
public conscience.
GOVERNOR GARVtN.
"viu n VIM Nothing else will give
permanent success. As the martyrs. who
iso0 years ago kneelng in prayer, while
hungry beasts devoured them, invoked "A
power mightier than the legions OF Rome,
go today II Il not only possible but neces-
sary 90 appeal TO that mortal sentiment.
which when aroused will prove more po-
tent than the purse
After Henry q. Newton, a Republican.
who is a personal friend Of Mr.. Bryan
and who sat at his right at the banquet
table had spoken briefly upon Andrew
Jackson. Governor Garvin OF Rhode Isl.
and was called upon. Governor Garvin
said IN part.
Formerly New England was half Demo
cratic. while Vermont Massachusetts anr
Rhode Island we're In the Whig column
Main. New Hampshire and Connecticut
inclined TO Jeffersonian Democracy At
that time the population was more rural
and more native-conditions which one
would naturally expect TO have favored
Whig supremacy.
Notwithstanding the Increase OF urban
ana manufacturing and foreign born
population, all OF which changes should
count for Democratic gains, New Eng
band today Is solldly Republican. How
can such an apparent anomaly be ex-
rlained2 Wholly. I believe by the I'm
creased power " money IN elections. ac-
companied. as u has been by the drift
cf nearly all men of wealth into the Re
publican party
MOULD SENTIMENT
The innuence of money IN determining
re result ~ an election ie almost IN
n"unded' ln the hrst place the daily