Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
DEMOCRATS HOLD
HARMONY FEAST
Party Leaders Attend Banquet
In City of Baltimore.
MANY NOTABLE MEN PRESENT
Democratic Love Feast Proves Bril-
liant Affair-EIeven Hundred Plates
Laid for the Diners at Ma
tionaI Conference.

Baltimore, Jan. 18-The much ad-
vertised national Democratic confer
ence here developed radical differ
ence of opinion between Senator Bal
ley of Texas and Champ Clark, speak
er-to-be, over the method that the
Democrats shall follow in revising the
tariff. Otherwise, it was a perfectly
proper harmony conference and full
of good cheer
Eleven hundred plates were laid at
the banquet and the diners included
most of the new Democratic members
of the house of representatives and
many senators in official life. Among
the speakers at the banquet were Dr.
mer Senator Blackburn, Representa-
tives A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl
vania, James c. Hemphill of Rich
mond, Va, and T. NJ Bell, of Cali
fornia.
Seated on the stage of the Lyric
theater at the opening session of Bal
timore's Democratic celebration were
many notable men. Gov Crothers, Of
Maryland, presided and on his right
sat Gov. Judson Harmon, of Ohio, the
presidential possibility
On the governors left sat Champ
Clark, speaker to be. Senator Till
man, Of South Carolina, was there, It
only the ghost of the "Pitchfork Ben"
known to the Democracy Of the past.
Others on the stage were Perry Bel
mont, Senator Foster Of Louisiana.
Senator Bailey of Texas, Senators Ray
ner and Smith of Maryland, and host
of Democratic representatives in con-
gress. The absence, however, of the
new faces among the party notables
of such men as Woodrow Wilson Of
New Jersey, Gov. Dix of New York
and Gov Foss of Massachusetts, was
noted by the immense audience. Hon.
w. J. Bryan did not attend.
Speeches were made by Champ Clark
Gov Harmon of Ohio and Senator
Bailey along the lines Of revising the
tariff, Mr. Clark contending that revi-
sion should be made by bills, taking
up the most obnoxious schedules first,
while Senator Bailey held that the
proper way would be to enact a law on
broad Democratic lines and the repeal
of the Aldrich-Payne law.
Gov Harmon said among other
things:
"The people have now decided to
try the Democratic party again after
an unusually long interval, and it is
for us who are chosen to act on its
behalf to justify their confidence. We
can only do it by each one individually
devoting his time and talents to the
public business with an eye single to
the general good and by all acting in
cordial harmony to accomplish the
common purpose. Personal prefer
ences, jealousies and ambitions must
not be allowed to spring up and breed
confusion in council. We are not only
on trial, but it's limited trial We
must be faithful in the few things en-
trusted to us before we can hope to
be given more or even to keep what
we have"
John A. Thayer, Democratic con-
gress-elect of the Third Massachu-
sets district, has called a meeting of
the eighty-three newly elected Demo
Gratis of the house at his home in
Washington today to talk over their
status. The spirit of revolt among
the Democratic ongressmen-elect is
strong in spots and the Thayer meet
inf may furnish the basis for trouble
in the Democratic caucus which has
been called for Thursday to select the
majority members of the ways and
means committee of the next house.