The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-19
II is time to call a hal, in pension
legislation.
"ruE DEMOCRATIC PRESS,

were actually seated at the twenty
TWO tables in the Firth Regiment Ar
mory in Baltimore Tuesday night 1,
eeicprate the birthday OF that Erea
south Carolinian, Andy Jackson. "rhc,
seen their duty and they done II.
There was never anything like il be.
fore In this country. certainly not 70,
''e iast fourteen years or so, and i, i.
"o' surprising that after eating 20,
pounds of diamond back terrapin. S. 0ot
i'ShfhaNen oysters, 500 canvas bach
ducks, 229 Jersey capons, 80 smithiield
Mans 200 Parisienne potatoes. sc
bushels OF pearl hominy. 500 loavcs OF
bread. 500 punches of Western celery
'"e "hoie seasoned with fifteen gal
IONS OF mushroom sauce, cooled with
Loo individual dces, warmed with "a
gallons OF coffee, swcctcned with l.UVu
c"oes OF sugar, washed down with i
~ truc-truc jackson cocktails. 1OO
bottles of sautcrne with sherry nm ,bo
sue ana 500 quarts of champagne: II
is not surprising, we say, that after
disposinE of all this In the course of
lttie less than three hours the mag
nihccnt company present SHOULD have
reached tho conclusion that further
preaching of the Democratic rospc,
was III no sense necessary TO the con
tinued success of the Democrats party.
Through the clouds OF smoke from 3 :
3'2 fragrant Hnvana cigars wi,h
q: in
smokes this mighty host OF the I'm
terrified caught visions of the expand
Ing glory of the Party of the Constitu-
ton and the People. ana visiting around
among their friends. they were un :
afraid of megaphonc ana Toastmustcr
and Committee OF Defence. 1t turned
out that for all these twelve thousand
and three hundred reasons and others
somo thoughts that were intended TO
breathe and burn did not find voice in
the tubilation OF tho night. night
that VII! ever be memorable in Demo-
cratic annals For example. there was
Mr. Speaker Clark. who was to take
the place of The Senator from indiana
or the gentleman from Oyster BAY. the
same being the Hon. Martin w. Little
ton, reserved what he would have saI1
to more convenient season, and there
was The Democratic Press" which
sin has leave to print This was the
text assigned 10 a representative from
the South who would have said. ii lie
had possessed voice enough to spcal5
against the tumultuous Joy OF the great
occasion something like this:
There arc nearly twenty three thou
sand newspapers published in this
country, about one fourth of tho whole
number being published in the Southern
states; the main reliance of the Demo
cratic party in National politics. The
illitcracy In what IS called the CONT
mental United States, amounts to ut
tie more than 100 to the thousand popu-
laiion. according to one of the reports.
The iilitcratc among the native whites
of ten years Of age is sc to the thou
SAND; among the foreign born whites
IN TO the thousand, and among ina
negroes, AL to the thousand. Tha
great mass Of tho foreign born whites
hNe In the Northern ana Western
states and practically all the neGroes
are affiliated with the Republican
party, especially when delegates arc 70
be chosen TO the National convention,
OF That party. Down South they are
counted for purposes or representa-
ton In Congress and up North ,hcv
arc counted for representation in party
assemblies.
II has been partly through tho
faithful work of The Democratic
Press" that this stand off has been Of.
feetcd. and. largely through the innu-
cnce ana work of the Democratic
newspapers that so many of those who
have achieved fame and fortune in
pubic lie have been able to catch and
mold the attention OF The people the
great celebration at Baltimore would
have utterly failed in Its purpose but
Tor tho Press of the country. There
were assembled there more than thou
SAND men, feasting on Democratic food
III pure iackson!an simplicity. speaking
her thoughts and planning for their
stakes and their work would have end
ed there but for the millions OF pco-
pie on The outside who have only learned
through the newspapers Of what was
SAID there and what was done nj that
gathering of earnest minded men, in
tent at heart only upon saying the
things and doing the things which will
give to this nation a new birth OF free.
dom and assurance to all men every
where in the words of Abraham Lincoln
that government of tho people. by tho
people. for the people. shall not perish
from the earth"
Before 1T can lead wisely, the Demo.
crahis press must know better what
II believes and why 1T believes IT, tina,
it really counts for moro than lhc
beneticiarics Of it's favor. that some.