The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-09
ENTHUSIASM AND
HARMONY MING[E
At BIG BANQUET
Not Whiting Memory of DEM
ocrat Has There Been
Such Gathering
Mr.. BRYAN SAYS NICE
THINGS OF CONGRESS
Hearst Says Roosevelt Is
Clown to Roots Panta-
loon and Big Stick
Is Slap-Stick
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-Not wttht
in the memory Of any Democrat now ],
living has there. been 10 enthusiasts
a gathering OF leaders oil the party
AZ was assembled at the jackson Lay
banquet at the R&ieikn this evening.
Almost every great leaaer OF the party
governors. senators and men
in the nations AFFAIRS. sat
side by side on the daM, and at tins
hundreds of small tables. and wildly
oheered at the telling points maos IN
the speeches and at the notable men
OF the party a. they entered the
brilliantly decorated banquet hall
The speeches were for the most part
short and pointed and all brsatned
fne spirit OF confidence that seems TO
I'LL the air..
One OF the most notable Of the in>
ctdents Of the evening was the ar.
rival of William Randolph Hearst
who sped from the West on . spe-
cial train Tor the purpose OF speaks
ing 1T the dinner.
When Mr.. Hearst entered the hall
his path was obstructed by dozens OF
Democrats. who rose to congratulate
him and the applause when he look
his seat was energetic and cons
cnuous.
Mr. Hearst was Immediately SUR
rounded by q group Of the leaders OF
the party, who warmly shook hands
with him. When. In his speech. he
pledged every force and every reason
at his command to the man VINO y
to lead through Democratic princi.
pies to victory next year the applause
Was deafening.
Rlg stick IL Slap Stick.
Again when he characterized Roose~
vslt - playing clown 70 Root pAn-s
tnloou and said that R0oseEsiA Cas-
rfed NOT 4 biz sssck. but 9 slap attEis4
there was round Of applause thas
was Joined in by every man In thS
room.
In all these speeches there was =
sentiment of harmony that was cons
tagious. Many men who have been
rivals In the past Joined hands ana
declared their intention OF working
for the success OF the party. Two
MEN, who have borne its standard.
William J. Bryan and Alton b. Par
aer, spoke from the same PLATFORM
with men who may In the futura
carry tha same banner To victory
It was midnight when Mr.. Hearst
made his address. following Senator
John D. Kern, Of Indiana, who was
Mr.. Bryans running mate in the came
paign OF 1903.
Just preceding Kern was Woodrow
Wilson, who spoke more at length
than any Of the speakers. save only
Bryan. whose address was the cons
Guiding one OF the dinner.
Wilson dealt largely with the polit~
icai activities OF the corporations.
received.
All Seem Harmonious.
From the time when Chairman
Mack told the Democrats that It was
time to stop lighting each cther ana
begin to fight the enemy. there was
no indication OF any disposition to
do anything but Just that.
The big portrait of Andrew Jack.
son that hung just behind the toast
masters chair seemed to smfls with
approval on the men who spoke In
praise OF his achievements as sot-
der and his still more importane
achievements as q statesman. and 70
the earnestly spoken pledge Of toI-
lowing In his footsteps. and making
the party as invincible as It was IN
the day when, far eight years, h.
upheld the principles OF DemocrAays
In the White House.
AT the conclusion Of the dinner. In
the early hours Of the morning. thu
crowd streamed out OF the hotel
declaring that never had Democrats
prospects seemed 20 bright. never had
. Congress done 50 much for II -
the Congress Just passed, and never
had a speaker done more for real
Democracy than Champ Clark. who
was one Of the speakers. and who
snsda.auaz Of the NEST stirring Ads
dresses Of the evening. 9 'r7'T'.4>'Ss' z,
Among the guests were William c.
McAdoo. John Temple Graves. Clar.3
ence J. Shearn: Arthur w. Little. e0-S
itor Pearson's Magazine; Charles -
Murphy. John J. Fitzgerald. MartinE
b. Glynn. Albany. and Francis Bur-.
ton Harrison.
Nearly all OF the members OF the
national committee. which Is now m
session In Washlngtons were ats0S
numbered among the guests. a1W1Ee
many high officers in the army and
navy Mayors Of some OF the leAdes
Ing cities of the country. chief among
whonr r., Ma y0~a fssstsg ssssld, ct .R0stusSzs
were also seated at the tables
Thousand at Table.
Fully one thousand OF the leads'
Ing Democrats Of the country hon
ored Andrew jackson ana AZ tnes
same time congratulated each otheG!
on the coming victory of the party
as they sat about, the table. ~
Never before In the history Of III
party has there been 80 brilliant ~
gathering. Democrats from 1eyexs
great city, even from the dfstant o.
suiar possessions, were there. MI hal
Action of the land. from eve1a
II. MI enthusiastic, oil iHspared
u common purposes ~
Tho new banquet hail Of the H0el
Raleigh.s where tho dinner was3 hel
had besn gorgeously decorated
the occasion. Tho Stars and
were everywhere. over the Aean
tho speakers: draped about -
on which they ut. intertNtn
the fris&s around "A yn1aG
folding the nne portra1t - ..
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