Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
DECLARES FOR BRYAN
District Democratic Associa-
ton Goes on Record.
GOLD DEMOCRAT APPROVES
Advocacy of Local Suffrage and Self
Government.
MISSOURI MANS PREDICTION
Believes Majority Of Electoral Vote
of Nation Will Be Cast for
the Nebraskan.
MISSOURI MANS PREDICTION

| transaction of routine business the even
| ing was devoted to speechmaking. the
themes being the nomination of William
Jennings Bryan for the presidency and
local self government. Addresses were
made by President Newman of the asso-
i citation, Representative Lamar Of Missouri,
| Louis P Shoemaker. Charles S. Benton
and Barry Buckley. The audience seemed
| filed with enthusiasm and the speakers
were generously applauded. marked
feature Of the evening was the declara-
| ton in favor of Bryan by Mr.. Louis P.
| Shoemaker, a gold democrat, who an
| nounced that he was prepared to accept
and support the democratic leader as
| safe, upright and reliable man.
| An additional list of vice presidents and
| honorary members was read and adopted.
Opens the Speechmaking.
In starting the speechmaking, President
Newman said:
| IF any one in this audience has any APP
| prehension of the success of the demo-
| cratic forces that have determined upon
| the nomination of Mr.. Bryan at Denver,
let him consider these facts: Nine states
| have held their state conventions. Every
| one has instructed it's delegates to vote
! for Bryan first. last and all the time,
with tho single exception of Rhode Island,
which elected eight delegates. of whom
seven are we'll known to Mr.. Bryan's
| closest friends to be devoted to him and
to the cause which he represents"
| He then said no state convention thus
far has declared for any candidate except
Mr.. Bryan. There have been meetings.
doubtless exert certain influence upon
the conventions to follow. But with
| three exceptions every state committee
that has met has Endorsed Mr.. Bryan and
asked Its members to urge that the con-
ventions should instruct for him.
| THE exceptions" Mr.. Newman stated.
ARE the state Of Minnesota. in which the
| friends of Mr. Bryan expect to get
ton: the state of New York. which never
| instructs. and the state of Pennsylvania,
which is always doubtful. Our immedi-
ate neighbor, West Virginia, through its
Bryan and the state of Virginia. from in
formation which l have. is ready to In
dorse and instruct for him."
Believes in Bryan's Patriotism.
Upon being introduced Mr.. Louis P.
Shoemaker said, in part:
| II am lifelong citizen of the District
of Columbia, and believe. irrespective Of
the fact that the Congress of the United
States has exclusive jurisdiction. as stated
in the Constitution. over this territory.
| that it is the bounden duty. the moral
duty, the educational duty and national
| duty Of Congress to set up here and to
maintain and establish republican form
of government. most typical in it's char
acter, and which will be- Of course. re-
sponsible to Congress. but with the ex
! ercise of liberties for the people of this
community. so that that form OF govern
ment should be an example. not only to
the people Of this country, but an exam
pie to the civilized world.
Il am what is known as gold demo-
crat. and l really hope-l really believe
that am not politician in any sense
Of the word But. after all. viewing your
chosen candidates career-and l believe
everybody is going out to Denver in
structed to nominate him-I do not know
Of a much better patriot than he. l dis
agree with Mr.. Bryan with reference to
his ideas on the subject of the currency,
but that is out of the question. l believe
that he is a straight. square, reliable
man; and l shall lend my strength and
my voice toward his election"
Mr.. Barry Buckley spoke very strongly
in favor of suffrage for the District.
Touches on District Suffrage.
Representative Robert Lamar of Mis-
souri, was the next speaker He began
by saying that. not being on the District
committee, he was not as familiar with
the situation in the District as he should
| be. He knows less about It, he said,
than he does about almost anything else
before Congress- because, being a local
matter, he had taken but little interest
In 1t, although the situation has always
appealed to him as being rather anoma-
lous.
1T occurs to me- he said. that it is
q strange situation. in government such
as ours, where the government is sup
posed to rest originally with the indi-
vidual, who is the unit of our whole CIV
ilization, that here. in the very capital
of the nation, the people are denied their
citizenship.
Coming. as I do from Dick BANDS
old district in Missouri, l am an adnlirer
of Mr.. Bryan, and hope that he will be
the next President of the United States.
sincerely trust that the six delegates
from this District will be instructed for
Mr.. Bryan at Denver.
II trust and pray that we will learn
next November that old Missouri and a
majority of the states of this Union have
cast their electoral votes for Mr.. Bryan.
and that we can inaugurate him on the
9Th of March and seat him in the White
House to serve us for four years"
| Friend of the Soldier
Upon being introduced, Mr.. Charles S..
Benton said he is personally acquainted
with Mr. Bryan. "A year ago. at my
request" he said, "he came here to WASH
ington to deliver an address before En-
campment No. Ill of the Union Veteran
he replied he could not think OF coming
here to address an audience for pay. This
was on the occasion of the celebration for
the man who is, in my opinion, the grand
est character that this country has ever
produced, Abraham Lincoln. Mr.. Bryan
is friend of the soldier. That was an
| example of 1t.
THE old soldiers vote of this country
gentlemen, does amount to something. 1t
is 100000 strong. 1t is not the vote of
the old soldier alone. but it is the vote
of his sons and of his grandsons. you
might say, and his son-in-law, and SO
forth. We can control 100000 votes in
the United States, and we are going to
cast majority Of them for William Jen-
nings Bryan"
The association then adjourned.
Added to the Rolls
The additional list of vice presidents
and honorary members elected at the
meeting of the District of Columbia Dem
ocratic Association is as follows:
Vice presidents-Lee Hutchins, M w.
Sullivan, Thomas G. Allen, Lloyd Sud-
warth A. S. Dulin, NJ. J. Whelan, W. w.
Parker, Rev. DR.. Donald Mcleod ]. l.
Weller. Dwight Anderson, Edward L.
Wilson. Claud D. Clayton, Andrew Will
son, Noel w. Barksdale. Howard Boyd
A. r. McChesney, j. r. Swain. A. +.
Shoemaker, George Field I,loyd Everett