Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-10
DEMOCRACY IS CHEERFUL
jackson Day an Occasion for Rsviving the
Spirits Of the Faithful
sXTtLN1H ANNUAL BANQUET OF CLUB
L. It. GenuRR OF GIeBwoOd, Iowa, the
Bright, Particular star I'm the
speechmaking Line-Otheru
All Local.

All Local.
| Nebraska democracy gathered around the
| banquet board at the Paxton hotel Tues
| day evening to commemorate the birthday
/ Of the famous leader of the party, Andrew
jackson, by the sixteenth annual ban
/ quet OF the Jacksonian club. over 100 Of
/ the faithful were present and enthusiasm
ran rife at all times especially when the
name Of Nebraskas democratic leader, w.
]. Bryan, was mentioned, although Warren
/ switzler, one Of the speakers, brought out
the fact that the democratic party was
greater than any leader. Letters OF regret
were read from A. c. shallenberger and
w. J. Bryan, Mr.. Bryan's letter was as
follows:
| LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. q. 1SOS-Mr. e.
p. Bergman, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir;
regret that IL is impossible to attend the
Jackson Day banquet given by your club.
| Each year we can celebrate Jackson's
day with more enthusiasm, for his demoo-
Is more and more evidence that his views
| respecting the evils of corporate domination
Of politics. were right and that his ideas
with my compliments to the members
and with best wishes for the success Of the
banquet am very truly yours RyAN
The affair was held in the banquet room
of the Paxton hotel which was decorated
with the pictures of Andrew Jackson and
w. ]. Bryan at the head Of the tables.
The tables were in the form Of horseshoe,
with the speakers at the toe. c. @. Cum
bingham was POSTMASTER and all the ex-
pected speakers were present except A. c.
shallenberger.
Mayor First on the List.
| Mayor Dahlman was down for the first
| toast and said:
For sixteen years since these banquets
were started l have never missed one. |
started Iggy Dunn in the business. Here
Hitchcock-when 1 was running for office
my wife asked at supper what was going
to talk about. When I promised to ask
| Hitchcock what to say she was satisfied.
| am as good democrat as ever was; l
/ have not a blood relation who does not live
in Texas. Jackson stood for the common
| people not only in his public acts but
| was able to back II up privately. II has
| taken years and years to prove the demo-
cratic party stands for the masses and
men along in years are hard to change. You
must appeal to the young. w. J. Bryan
is the leader of the democratic party and
Two responsibilities confront Office holders
to be economical with public funds and
to keep, the pledges made before election;
We will elect w j. Bryan president and
then we will need the Auditorium to hold
a banquet.
Warren Swltzler said he was about to
deliver a set speech which had been handed
to the reporters when Mr.. Hitchcock asked
him not to do so. but to speak from the
shoulder. He said:
| 1t is a good omen when those who have
| differed in the past should gather together
| around the banquet board, when gold and
| silver should meet together. l nave been
| thinking of the past and / have thought Of
a deceased brother in democracy, Hon
James E. Boyd. l propose toast to his
| memory.
All arose and clicked their glasses to the
memory of James E. Boyd.
1t has been a distinct honor to democracy
! to have had a man like James y. Boyd
| in the party. He and l never believed in
fusion. think we made distinct loss when
we Joined destinies with the so-called popu-
list party We lost Mr.. Hitchcock two years
| ago by fusion. Fusion in state and national
politics has never been of advantage to
| took up fusion he was divorced from Office.
| No party has yet appeared which has the
right to walk side by side with the demo-
cratic party.
That our party is badly disorganized will
not be gainsaid. II will serve no good
purpose for us to discuss the causes for
this situation. There are those round this
board who will differ on this point The
part of wisdom is to drop anchor, consult
the compass and seek a haven where we
may repair the ship. There are in all
parts of the country able men fully COM
petent to bring the situation into a happy
Issue. and Il will be an high day in the
democratic party when it realizes that no
one man in the party has monopoly of
all civic virtues or combines all there is
In wisdom or craftsmanship.
West the Home of Democracy.
Hon. G, NJ. Hitchcock spoke in a facetious
vein for a time and, becoming serious.
said:
The west is the natural home OF democ-
racy; the natural place where the demo-
cratic principles should find development.
We have had enough of those institutions
which wax fat by taxation. We ask moth
ing from the country except to be let alone.
We insist that Iowa, Kansas and Ne
braska should be democratic states in
were settled by soldiers Of the army of the
north when the war ended. They came
west because military service had made
them citizens of the world The national
OF the west and they were taught il was
fashionable to be republican Now all is
different. What republican leader have We
had to protest against the tax on lumber ;
Are the policies which are enriching the
east the things we should advocated? The
future soil for democracy is in the west,
where some day we shall see triumphal
democracy.
To c. ]. smyth was given the toast, I'm
Memoriam." He spoke of DR.. Harvey Link
of Willard, who had passed away since the
last banquet He told OF his arrival in
Douglas county fifty years ago and added
1T is most fitting we should take a moment
on this Joyous occasion to pay tribute to
his worth"
GenunE Makes a Hit.
The hit OF the evening was L. T. Genung
of Glenwood, Ia, who kept the visitors in
an uproar while at the same time pouring
out some broadsides against the dominant
party. He said:
There are not so many of US democrats
We cannot become acquainted. The Bible
says, Whom God lOveth He chasteneth"
and He surely must love the democratic
party for He has made II hard for us.
cannot help but admire the organization
| of the republican party in Iowa, a party
which never allows its members to express
their opinions until after election. Who
can help but admire a party which car
line up all factions, a party which, when
It declares for prohibition, has every saloon.
keeper in the state working for II. Talk
about proselyting that kind OF people, you
might as well go to hell for virtue.
We know we have the widest prosperity
we have ever had and yet everyone knows
there is a feeling OF unrest. The people are
ready to rebel against bosslsm. Roosevelt
stands for the trusts. Have We got t.