The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-06
BRYAN BOOST
IS LAUNCHED
At Coming 0ul" Banquet Of Loyal
Democrats in Washington.
OPTIMISTIC SPEECHES
Nebraskan Dissscts Views of Roosevelt,
Praises the Democratic Donkey and
Discounts Republican Elephant.

banquet and reception in Washington
Tuesday night by The United Democ-
racy of the District of Columbia"
Five hundred democrats partook Of
the SO dinner, and more than double
that number participated in the recep-
ton and feast Of oratory, which fol-
lowed. While the capacity of the Raj
eigh hotel banquet hall placed COW
er limit on the attendance, the
'Iid" was completely off, as to enthu-
siasm, and the long speech Of Mr..
Bryan afforded opportunity for repeat
ed and continued demonstrations of po-
litical accord and personal regard for
the guest of honor.
Mr.. Bryan's nomination was predict
ed by each of the several speakers,
and each time the prediction was re-
peated 1t brought forth instantaneous
response.
Mr.. Williams, the minority leader in
the house, bespoke more courage for
the democratic party now than for
many years past. ~
It was half hour past midnight
when Mr. Bryan began his speech of
an hour and a half in length. Mr. Bry-
an was greeted by wild cheering and
It was some time before he could make
himself heard.
Mr.. Bryan utilized the occasion to
set forth at length a closely reasoned
analogy between the policies of Presi'
dent Roosevelt and those he believes
should be adopted in the administration
Of the government From his view
point, Mr. Bryan's speech was regard
ed by prominent democrats who heard
It as a decidedly important and timely
party deliverance.
Mr.. Bryan's analysis OF President
Roosevelt's political views was unique.
Four of the Roosevelt policies, he said,
were democratic, and four Of them
were undemocratic, while there were
four other democratic principles which
the president did not advocate. Rail-
road regulation, the enforcement of tbs
laws against the trusts, an income tax,
and arbitration as the method Of set.
ting disputes between labor and capital
were all advocated by the president,
Mr.. Bryan said, but had been advo-
Gated by the democratic party long be-
fore the president took them up. AS
to none Of them, he maintained, did
the preside at have the support Of re-
publican party leaders.
The four democratic doctrines the
president will not endorse, the speaker
gave as tariff reform, the election Of
senators by direct vote, the promise
of ultimate independence to the Fill
pino and the restriction of the use
Of the injunction in labor disputes.
The four undemocratic doctrines
which the president does advocate, Mr.
Bryan named as being the national in
corporation of railroads and other in.
terstate commerce corporations; the
right Of the federal government to in
terfere by treaty with state rights,
ship subsidies and asset currency.
Added to this, Mr.. Bryan said, the
president has manifested a military
spirit
Before taking up the serious presen.
tation Of his subject. Mr. Bryan re-
ferred to some of the remarks made
by preceding speakers and apropos Of
Mr.. Hagan's suggestion. that Tammany
tigers would make better playthings
for children than Teddy bears, he said
that party emblems, as we'll as politi-
cal toys, had their places, and he
spoke a word in defense Of the dem
ocratic donkey.
"The donkey" he said, "is really a
better emblem than the elephant for
a party. He is not an aristocrat.
Whether you visit the mountains of
the west, the densely populated regions
Of the orient, the fertile valleys Of the
Nile, or the sacred soil of the Holy
Land, you will find the donkey-pa- 4
tient, persistent and always at work |
The elephant, on the contrary, is only
to be found in certain ATTITUDES, and
is seldom seen except on dress parade. /
II greatness is to be measured bylI