Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-09
Jackson Day Banquet Of
Chicago Jefferson Club
Shows Good Feeling.
THE CHIEF ADDRESS
Indiana and Other States Send
Greetings and Unite in
Cause.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-What is considered
the opening gun in the Illinois CAM
paign of William Jennings Bryan for
the democratic presidential nomina-
ton was fired last night at the Jack
son day dinner of the Jefferson club
at the Auditorium hotel, when demo-
Gratis of all the warning factions in the
state buried their differences and toast
ed the Nebraskan as "the building star
of 190S,' as William E. Dever, toast
master. phrased it. Mr.. Bryan respond
ed in an address in which he advanced
the harmony idea. He devoted much
attention to the principles of Jefferson
and Jackson, attacked the republican
leaders. as ''aristocrats" and therefore
unable to understand the needs of the
country, assailed the tariff, attributed
the recent financial stringency to the
republican party, and wound up with
the utterance that all that is necessary
for a democratic victory next fall is
for the democratic party TO convince
the public that it will be truly demo-
cratic if intrusted with power.
Words of Washington.
Considerable attention was also de-
voted by Mr.. Bryan to federal en-
croachment," a phrase extremely popu-
lar with the members of the jefferson
club, which had blaZoned on its menu
cards such quotations as:
THE spirit of encroachment tends to
consolidate the powers of all the de-
partments in one, and thus to. create,
whatever the form of government, 4
real despotism." Wa ashington.
T 1.-THE aristocrat would substitute ma
tional remedies for state ones because
predatory wealth can protect itself
from national Legislation more easily
than from state legislation" said Mr..
Bryan. "The democrat would add the
national remedy to the state remedy
and thus give TO the people the pro-
lection of both the state and federal
| government"
| jefferson Quoted.
| This drew burst of applause from
all the tables, and later on Toastmas-
tier Dever took occasion to read from
the menu cards another quotation on
somewhat similar lines:
What has destroyed the liberty and
the rights of man in every government
which has ever existed under the sun?
The generalizing and concentrating all
cares and powers into one body."-Jef-
ferson.
In passing reference TO the money
question, the Nebraskan shot the fol-
lowing bolt at the republican leaders:
''If the republican leaders had spent
half as much time in trying to make
depositors secure as they have in try
ing to increase the profits of the bank
ers, We would not have had any panic
at ALL
Guests Number 80.
The address was applauded by $50
guests, nearly every section of the
state being represented at the banquet
boards. All factions were on hand.
The Burke men were there in full
force. The Sullivan faction was well
. represented by State Chairman Charles
Boeschenstein and others. Roger c.
Sullivan. himself did not attend, the re-
port being that he was suddenly called
9 to Mount Clemens, Mich. The regular
county organization had a deputation
of over 100; the jefferson club and the
! Iroquois club filled several tables; the
Dunno men were there, and the fol
8 lowers of Carter H. Harrison, also the
leaders in the Hearst movement fouI
years ago. Added to all these ele
ments was large sprinkling of down
state democrats. The leaders said that
i, the attendance was substantial evi
dence that all the Chicago democracy
: have clambered into the Bryan bant
). wagon.
;, banquet With Water.
v One feature of the banquet was tina
!. it was an "Apollinaris" dinner y,
drinks were served with the feast.
Il Taggart I'm Line.
The democratic party of Indiana wa
represented on the program by
speech from John w. Kern. who ind
Gated during his remarks that tn,
n democrats of the state are with tn
U Nebraskan. On account of the int
i. macy between Mr.. Kern and Thoma
Taggert the remarks of the Indiana
n. were construed by those present a
O. rejecting the views of the chairma
,f of the democratic national committe,
~ Senator w. ]. Stone of Missouri hal