Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
JEFFERSON CLUB
ISADDRESSED BY
FRlENDOF BRYAN
GENERAL 4ARTIGAN BRINGS
CHEER FR0E NEBRASKA
sTAuNcH SUPPORTER OF STATE
MILITIA IDEA
Nelahbor of Great commoner lntl-
mates That Strength Of pemoe-
raoy's chleftaln Is Not
Thing Of the Past

With many of the characteristics
of true orator. and some Oh
the eloquence of William }. bryai'
whose friend and neighbor he is, Aall'
Gen. John c. Hartigan of Lincoln
Neb., addressed the Jefferson elup at
its dinner in the dining room OF lle
Hol1enbeck hotel yesterday at noon
Cen. Hartigan took as a theme the
relation of progress to true Demoe-
racv Maid eloquent tribute to Cali
fornia and his own state as heids OF
opportunity and centers OF the spirit
of Americanism, complimented South-
ern Californians on their advancement
and Democrats Of this region on thelr
steadfastness to the principles OF the
party and to its leader In the past
Jew years, and took occasion In the
course of his speech to ride his. own
hobby-the improvement or the state
militia and the augmentation OF Its
advantages and benefits.
When introduced by President lsieor
Dockweiler, Gen. Hartigan said; l
am glad TO be here to face Such
gathering OF Democrats. We of Ne
braska have asked you to follow the
banners OF one of our citizens in three
national campaigns and the time may
come again, il present indications are
read Alright, when you will be invited
to enroll under the leadership OF a
NeDGaSkAn-OuF pI6S6nl BtSelb anu
good Democratic governor.
Lauds Los Angeles
''The growth of Los Angeles is phe-
nomenal. 1t may be like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to bring you recog-
milton of your greatness and achleYe-
ments, but if familiarity dulls your
appreciation allow me to assure you
again that to the dusty and travel
esfof,aad roiIprif11 from q porOSS the Rockies
your smiling land is indeed Para
disc"
The speaker spread a word-picture
of the beauty and fertility of Ne
braska's fields before his hearers, and
described as inspiring the commingltng
of the grunts and squalls of their fat
hogs with the protestations of their
Republican neighbors over thhe latest
tariff bill.
"There is one product-and I believe
California and Nebraska have it in
common-on which no party or set of
Lawmakers can impose a tariff, how
ever" he went on, land that is its
men, Like those in California, ours in
Nebraska are blue blooded, confident
and liberty loving; grandsons of the
men who shook from the throat of this
people the bloody hand of tyranny;
men whose fathers preserved to the
union the right of universal suffrage;
men who themselves have resisted the
encroaehments Of commercial greed
and have reasserted their independ-
ence from political or commercial
domination. We are proud of our
state, but I am compelled to admit
you are-from the youngest newsboy
10 the most staid matron-the greatest
bunch Of boosters I have ever met.
Frontiers Are Gone
Neither you in California nor we
in Nebraska are living on the frontier
now. We have new problems to face.
The east has her labor complex ties,
the south her race problem, you in
the west may have a yellow peril In
the middle west, where we are farther
from trouble and more settled in our
prosperity. may we not be called on
in the future, perhaps in the near fu-
ture to sit in judgment on your diff
culties and by our impartial decision