Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-30
from the Democratic club and intro
ducing the mayor.
Applause Greets Harper


Applause Greets Harper
A storm Of applause greeted Harper
as he arose Cheers came from Repub-
licans and Democrats. we voted for
you, Arthur" they yelled. you're all
right, old man." and Harper called for
silence.
Never in my forty odd years of life
have I craved more the power Of
speech than at this time" said the
mayor.
"This is certainly an animated bunch
of gentlemen" and the crowd howled
It's appreciation of the remark.
For twenty years / have attended
banquets and have never seen a better
body of men. l see here the largest
crowd of Democrats have ever known
to assemble at one time. Men of busi-
ness affairs, attorneys, judges, physi-
clans, the backbone of the states
honor. l also see Republicans Oaugh-
ter and cheers), the war horses of the
Republican party. I don't know why
they are here, but I will wager that
they are willing to listen to this hon
ored guest, and having listened will
vote for him.
Il can only conceive of one kind
of man who would vote the Republican
ticket, and that would be a sick man.
There is great physician among us.
and if they listen to him 1 will wager
that by tomorrow's light they will
have deserted that party and will have
become good, clean, honest men,"
POSTMASTER introduced
Toastmaster John W. Mitchell was
then introduced. His address was very
short and he toasted the president,
every man standing to drink the toast.
He then introduced Senator Del Valle
who responded to the toast, 1.-THE Pres
ident."
THE executive power of the United
States shall be vested in the president"
said Mr. Del Vale. 80 says the con-
stitution. Those forms of executives
vested in secretaries are parts of that
office, parts of the one man.
THE American citizens are the great
est people of the earth. Never have
they elected a man to that great office
who has proven unworthy of the trust
TO select man to protect Americanism
and its virtues.
The president is greater than anv
king or executive body and none, thank
God has ever abused his power. 1t is
also great thing that even in the
heat of political strife no man has ever
forgotten himself after that president
has been elected no matter what party
he may have been of to bow to the
I'VE honor this president for the way
he has guarded his people, for the pros
perity he has proclaimed, for the peace
he has established. But there is an
unwritten law that says no man shall
thrice accept the office another that
says that a great man who for two
terms lived in advance of his party and
failed of election shall succeed the
third time and obtain that office.
THE man who will succeed to the
presidency is the ideal American, our
guest, William Jennings Bryan"
"The Party"
Silently and solemnly a great tribute
to great man, a toast to the dead
Stephen NJ. White was offered and
George S. Patton responded to The
Party"
Mr.. Pattons speech was brief. He
told of the founding of the party, of its
of its greatness.
The works of Jefferson" he said,
have been our billowy cloud by day,
our pillar of fire by night to direct us
to political Immortality.
I'VE find Democracy strong in a new
age. There can be but one point that
establishes the certainty of the nation
coming soon under one mighty plat
form for right.
Read the platforms of the Demo-
cratic party for 1896, read it again for
1900 then read the presidents message
of the last year and deny if you can the
far reaching potency of Democratic
IDEAS"
Commoner Brings Message
Belief that William Jennings Bryan, |
the acknowledged leader of the Demo- |
cratic party would bring a message to |
the Democrats not only of Los Angeles |
HI Of 1,tI |
the country was confirmed !
when the great commoner delivered |
his long anticipated address at the |
banquet given in his honor last night |
While Mr.. Bryan will neither deny |
nor confirm the assertion that he will |
be the champion of the cause of De-
in the national campaign |
which will be conducted during the
coming year, Democrats generally even |
now accept him as their leader. and |
the pronouncements made by him last |
night previously had been accepted as
arguments which they will accept as |
Democratic doctrines in the forensic |
battles which will be waged in the |
ensuing year.
Mr.. Bryan did not dsappoint the
several hundred Democrats and nu- |
merous Republicans who gathered last |
night to listen to his remarks in de- |
llNeflng an address winch was dis |
tinctly Democratic and which, they
expect, will have an i'm
portant bearing upon the coming cam
paign.
For a Filipino Republic
Possibly one of the most important
declarations of Mr.. Bryan was that
he favored republic in the Philippine
islands.
He declared that he was confident,
in years past, that the Filipinos We're
capable of government, and that
after his recent visit to the islands
he knew for an absolute certainty that
they We're not only entitled to such an
institution, but that they were capable
OF sustaining it,
Mr.. Bryan said that even the Repub-
lican president had declared that IF"