The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-29
THE DEMO RALLY IN
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Carolina In 1867, ard had he lived unit
the present year of Grace, lie woul
have been nearing the end OF his 144t1
, year. He was the seventh Presiden
J OF the United States, and was one o
J the ablest and most picturesque of TIL,
eminent men who have filled that of
flee. He was great soldier, Tough
many battles without sustaining sin
gle defeat, realized the strength of TIL.
| Federal arm and did not hesitate Il
use IT, although inclined to peace wa:
! yet Of a distinctlvely militant disposi.
4 ton devoted to his country but ever
| tenacious of the doctrine that to the
/ victors belong the spoils. he has long
! been regarded as the Patron Saint OF
! the Democracy. When we have wished
TO celebrate some great Democratic
| victory we have done 1t in his name.
and on the nth of January all the
great men OF the Democratic party
Will assemble in Baltimore to burn in
cense to his memory. That day
has been selected because it was in
Baltimore that he was first nominated
for President, and to that city, there.
fore. the Democratic tribes will go up
to pledge anew their undiminishel
loyalty to the political faith which
the hardy old South caro1inian pro.
fessed; government of the people by
the people.
1t was first proposed that conven-
.tion be held in which prominent Demo
Gratis from all over the country would
join for the purpose of taking
counsel together as to the best means
of conserving the Democratic victories
gained at the recent elections. There
was objection on that ground that the
persons invited to the convention
might rot be thoroughly representative
of the party, Mr.. Bryan making the
point that the Baltimore Sun, which
first suggested the convention could
hardly be regarded as representative
of the party III view of the fact that it
supported the Republican candidate
for President at the last election in
stead of the regularly nominated
Democratic candidate. There was also
the fear in some quarters that the
men behind the movement might pick
and choose their Democrats so that
the convention would be of factionai
instead of general or representative
character. The desire of the thought.
full men of the party is to make ii
solid for the great race in 1912, and it
has been decided for this reason to
abandon the convention plan and tc
hold instead a grand ratification meet.
ing. to which thousands of Democrats
will he invited. These Democrats will
represent every phase Of Democratic
thought throughout the country
Mr.. Bryan will be there and Senator
Bailey. Dix and Harmon and Wilson
and Baldwin and Foss and all
the rest of the noble army
Of victors in the late elections.
ana Norman Mack, Chief Of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, and
Champ Clark. the Speaker of the next
House of Representatives., and the rest
of the men who have been prominent
in Democratic affairs Mr. Clark is
reported to have been instrumental in
| having the convention called off and
this nationwide rally substituted fol-
ii. 1T is to be a celebration of our
recent victory" he said on Sunday.
No resolutions will be adopted or
policies formulated We hope that 1t
viii prove the biggest .get-together in
the history of the party. do not see
how anybody can possibly offer any
objection TO the proposed monster iol-
lilication and ratification meeting at
Baltimore to celebrate jackson Day ;"
some of the more fearsome i'll Wash
ington, however think that there
may be some dynamite lying about
and that the meeting may break up in
a row; but there will be no occasion
for trouble the approaches TO the
feast having been carefully guarded
so that only the mind fatally bent on
mischief will he able to make mis-
chief The idea is to get together, and
no one who has the good of the party
really at Heart Will attempt on this
suspicious occasion to break any Of
the party china, All that is needed
now is a long pull, strong pull and a
pull all together
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