The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-11
TAGGART AND
 BRYAN SPEAK # Jackson Rsdquet at La
 fs';tte, Ind. REvysH OF THE CAMPAIGN National Chairman Says He Was Loyalty Supported. Nebraskan Declares that the Demo- cratic Party at Present is Great
 ly In Need of the Spirit of
 sold Hickory,-
REvy$N OF THE CAMPAIGN

Lafayette. Ind. Jan. 10.-Several national leaders of the Democratic party and many prominent State Dem- l ocrats broke bread tonight at the | eighth annual banquet of the Jackson Club held in honor of the memory of Andrew Jackson. Following the feast there were addresses in which William J. Bryan received the lions share of | applause, but National Chairman | Thomas Taggart was also accorded an | ovation. It was expected that Sena- | tor Ben Tillman of South Carolina and Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago
 would be present but neither put in
 an appearance. W. R. Hearst also l failed to attend. There were many
 prominent Illinois. Ohio and Michigan Democrats present.
 Thomas Taggart, Democratic na- | tional chairman, in responding to ''The Future of Democracy" said in part: Speech of Taggart.
 "As you know 1 was elected chair | man of the national committee by the
 unanimous vote of that body and was given authority to name such commit tees as was necessary to conduct the
 campaign. I exercised the authority
 after full consultation with our dis | tinguished candidate and the execu- tive committee was appointed with | tHGlT IuIt dppTONdl. tlCc~SndlTIfldIls
 Mir. Delaney Nicoll, also sanctioned by
 me, and the officers of the executive committee. especially MT. Sheehan, MT. | Belmont and Mr.. Peabody, sacrificed their personal interests devoting their | entire time to the work of the cam | paign.
 Tt Is but fair that should say
 on this occason that I received from
 the executive committee not only ear-
 nest and loyal cooperation, but from
 every member, at all times, courteous | and considerate treatment. There was
 never the slightest friction nor was there even the slightest attempt on l the part of any member to usurp any of the functions of the national chair
 man. In view of many publications | on the subjects in newspapers, I deem | it duty to make this statement fWhile our committee fsoiicfted no money for corrupt purposes, 1t had | ample means for the legitimate pur-
 pose of the campaign There was no l lack of literature. The best Demo- cratic orators in tine country were
 everywhere upon the stump and to
 them on this occasion I wish to extend
 my thanks and appreciation of their
 valuable services
 Bryan's Valuable Services. And, in this connection I want to say that no man in America rendered more valuable service, more untiring,
 unselfish and effective service than did
 that distinguished gentleman. present here tonight, the Hon. William J.
 Bryan. And as the head of the ma
 tional organization, want on this oc- casion to make proper acknowledge ment and to thank him.
 But with all this--an apparently
 compact organization, a candidate
 whose personal character was irre- proachable-ample means for all le. gitimate purposes, all the. literature | that could be used, and with the coun- try abIaze with unsurpassed orators.
 we encountered a political reverse al- most unparalleled, a disaster caused by hundreds of thousands Of Demo- crats falling to vote, and by many
 others voting the opposition ticket" MT. Taggart said in 1904, Judge Par
 ker's nomination was favored by many
 who "hoped that the nomination of
 an Eastern man of high character who had not faltered in support of the | party's nominees in 1896, and 1900. whose official asd personal life was
 without blemish would win an old time
 victory. Unfortunately or fortunately
 as you may happen to look at 1t. Mir. Parker's candidacy was espoused by
 many prominent men. some of whom
 had contributed to the election of Mo-
 Kinley and Roosevelt. platform was
 adopted in convention, MT. Parker was
 nominated. then came the celebrated
 gold standard telegram and H. G. Davis was nominated for vice presi- dent.
 Democrats Not Satisfied. "In the campaign which followed
 the results prove that a very large proportion of the Democratic voters
 were not satisfied with the work of
 the national consention and on cleo ton day they made their protest. Still I do not believe that any other
 candidate on any platform could have been elected There was no objection to Mir. Parker's personality, but those who were in the battle of 1896, felt
 that they had been called upon to re- treat rather than to advance, and de- clining to retreat revolted."
 As to the future Chairman Taggart said:
 "To be successful tho people. the | rank and file must interest themselves in the situation and the affairs of the party organization. There should be such rules formulated for the holding of primaries and conventions as will assure every Democrat that he can and will have a voice in directing tho des- tinies of the party in the future. Then let every Democrat turn out and ex- press his will as to candidates and platforms. Let the people register
 their wills and let us all follow their leadership.
 William Jennings Bryan was the last speaker of the evening. For some time the applause that greeted him as
 he arose continued. MT. Bryan spoke In part as follows:
 Speech of Bryan.
 ''What the Democratic party most
 needs today is to be animated by the | spirit of Andrew Jackson as 1t ap-
 breaches pending problems It suffer ed overwhelming defeat last Novem- Der and the prime cause of that defeat | is to be found in the fact that 1t lacked | this spirit. It cannot hope either to
 win or deserve success until 1t be- comes in reality a Jackson party and. like old Hickory, Is ready to take the peoples side of every question without stopping to count the cost or to meas
 ure the prospects of immediate. suc-
 cess.
 ''The party's position upon the labor