Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-27
BRYAN HAILED As
PARTY LEADER
Cordially Greeted by Friends
at Banquet Last Night.
MEETS WITH ENTHUSIASM
Eminent Nebraskan Says He Will
Accept Presidential Nomination.
DONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT
Addresses by Prominent Representa-
tives of Democracy-Commis-
sioner West POSTMASTER.
DONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT

| William Jennings Bryan was halled o.
the democrats of the District and by som
of the leading democrats of the countr.
at the Raleigh Hotel last evening as tn
party's leader in the next presidential
campaign. He was eulogized in enthu
siastic speeches by ]. ]. Hagan of Tam
many Hall, Representative Ollie James o
Kentucky, Representative SulZer of New
York District Commissioner Henry l.
West and Representative John Sharl
| Williams the minority leader of thu
House. Every reference to his name wa:
cheered to the echo by nearly 600 guests
seated at the banquet board. 1t was the
tribute OF local democracy to the man i,
believes will be the next democratic nomi-
nee for the presidency, and will be elected
to that high office.
Modestly and with the statement that
it would only be if the rank and file OF
his party believed it for their best inter.
| ests Mr.. Bryan said he would accept the
| nomination if it came to him. Warmly
and sincerely he thanked the party for the
| honors it has already heaped upon him,
! and assured those who had just hailed
him as the peerless that he needed no
| further evidence to convince him of his
| party's regard than the evidence of the
| past, and needed no further reward. He
| had been called a dreamer, he said, by
many prominent republicans, and he was
| willing to abide by their decision. He de-
| clared he was not afraid Of being q
dreamer, but Of never beholding the real
ization of his dreams.
1.-THE Point Of View"
After a few minutes of talking in this
strain, he plunged into the middle Of his
address, the subject of which was THE
Point of View" His theme was the
difference between the 'aristocratic'' at
titude of republicans toward government
as opposed to the democratic and JEFF
fersonian ideas of his party. The demo-
cratic party regarded society as being
built from the bottom up. he said. while
the republican party regarded it as be-
ing suspended from the top. The greater
part of his speech had to do with his
estimate of President Roosevelt as a
statesman. He discussed at length the
stolen from the democratic party, the
democratic doctrines which Roosevelt has
failed to indorse and the undemocratic
doctrines which Roosevelt Is indorsing
today.
He spoke for over an hour. and only
stopped at 2:05 am. because he had to
catch a train. When he said he must
stop. although his hearers had been in
their seats since pm, there were loud
cries all over the big hall Of Keep on !;
keep on, we ii stay All mig
Mr.. Bryan was seated in the center OF
the hall in full view of all Of the guests
On his left during the first part of the
evening sat Mr.. Willis ], Abbott, chair
man of the reception committee. which
had charge of the banquet. When the
speech-making began Commissioner West.
the POSTMASTER, took the seat on his left.
On his right was Representative VIII
liams. The other speakers had seats OF
honor near by, as did large number OF
L. H. txN-ex Coz 70 try0
The hall was beautifully decorated, and
at the proper moment, during the address
Of Representative Sulzer. big portrait of
Washington melted away, leaving one of
Bryan In its place.
Commissioner West Introduced.
Commissioner West was introduced by
Willis ]. Abbot as POSTMASTER at II
o'clock, and at once inaugurated the
speech-making feature Of the program.
Mr.. West had the following to say Of the
democratic party:
Nowhere else In the world where repr-
sentative government obtains can be found
such devotion to a partisan organiZa ton,
and our own political history affords no
counterpart of such remarkable party
vitality Years come and years go, but
ask the reason why? 1t Is because the
democratic party Is founded upon princi-
Piles which are in themselves vital and
eternal, and upon which alone, in our
fully be maintained. We believe, with
Jefferson, in the largest rights Of the
state and the curbing Of federal power
within the strictest constitutional limits.
We stand, with Jackson. against high
tariff which creates and fosters monopo-
listtc corporations. We demand, with
Tilden. rigid economy and honesty in
federal administration; and, above all, We
uphold, with Bryan. the preservation of
the rights and liberties Of the common
people. We may not. as democrats, agree
with each other at all times and on all
things. Democracy-unfortuna some
times for the party supremacy-means in
dependence, not subservience; liberty Of
thought and action. not the shackfes of
dictation and bossism."
Tammany Halls Representative.
]. ]. Hagin Of Tammany Hall, the
first speaker. began by quoting saying
| Of the late Senator Vest: Whatever may
be said Of the Tammany tiger it's claws
are always dripping with republican
blood"
Representative Ollie James of Ken
| lucky touched and loosened the inclina-
ton to enthusiasm by paying his respects
| to President Roosevelt for his action in
leaving the words I'm god we trust
| The republican party has destroyed
all the ideals of the revolutionary
fathers he said. 1.-THE final act is TAX
ing the words In God we trust from the
| gold coins-the symbol of the United
| States as a Christian nation. We may
| suppose Roosevelt will favor the substi
| tuition of the Teddy bear in the place
| of these words. But it may be said thai
the people of the country may we'll trust
in God now, as the republican party has
become a party of panic instead of pros
perity.'
Representative Sulzer of New York de
voted the time allotted to him to lively
criticism of the banking system of the
country. THE worst banking and cur
rency laws ever devised by the incom
potency of the human mind was hi:
summing up. He advocated Legislation
which would inject elasticity into the cur
rency supply and the establishment Of
for the present stringency in the money
market h placed on "a few bankers ant
a few individuals boarding money
Mr. Williams Speaks of Courage.
Representative John Sharp Williams
minority leader in the House of Repre-
sentatives, bespoke more courage for the
democratic party now than for many pas
years. Nothing but the democratic par
ty could have survived all the mistake:
you and have made. But 1t is the hop,
of the republic"
| While Mr.. Williams bore testimony thai
democrats in Congress outworked ant
outtalked the other side. But the trou
BILE is that you can't get eight of then