The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-11
JACKSON DAY
BANQUET HELD.
PARTY LEADERS GATHER
AT WASHINGTON AND
DISCUSS ISSUE BE-
FORE COUNTRY.
WILSON AND BRYAN
Political Situation Complicated
BY Presidents Letter, Sit
alton Reviewed By
Writer.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Such a night
Twelve speeches, eight hours of ban
quoting, no booze, very little eating
mostly speaking, mostly ccldemnine
the other party and boasting of tht
achievement of their own party, full
Of challenges, plenty of militancy, anC
a free-for-all sort of an expression or
what the issues should be!
All this until long after o'clock in
the morning with more than 1000 din.
ers filling the big banquet rooms Of
two big hotels, cheering, enthusine
and demonstrating just as if it were
the national convention of the party
alra ly assembled.
This was the Jackson Day celebra-
zion by the Democratic party, unique
III the historical history of America.
There were many speeches made by
Democrats such as, for instance Gov.
Cornwell, of West Virginia, which
mi.gl. Just as well have been made at
republican banquet. He criticized
tine ;dmir stration for the Adamson
act. verned against socialism and the
tcleraiicn Of a.ly labor autocracy, and
spoke = The conservative thought of
Middle Western democracy.
There were speeches like that of
Attorney General Palmer, which gave
generous praise to the Republicans
for their support of the war and at
the same time ridieuled the reward"
Of $4,000 offered by Chairman Hays
for Republican platform Indeed,
the Attorney General smilhgly said
he would enter the contest and read,
j amid laughter, a proposed Republi-
can platform which would undo every
thing the Democrats had done in the
last seven years, including the Feder-
al Reserve act, the farm loan board
and many other measures which the
Democrats hold sacred.
If he won the prize, Mr.. Palmer
said, he would return the mdley to
the Republicans, as "they might need
it to get votes in Michigan"
But while domestic issues brought
out a wide range of opinion, from
Ambassador Gerard, who said labor
unions had come to stay. and had
emancipated the workers from indus
trial slavery, to William Jennags
Bryan, who said it was easy for those
present to pay six dollars a plate to
come to banquet, but the toiler
wasn't getting a full share of his
work and should have more money
to meet the cost of living, there was
in the background and the foreground
the paramount question of foreign
policy--the ratification of the peace
treaty and league of nations.
President Wilson's letter had the
unquestioned approval of most of the
speakers at both banquets Senator
Underwood acclaimed it, Senator
Hitchcock praised it, speaker after
speaker paid tribute to Woodrow Will
sons national and international lead
ership.
Along came Brother Bryan in the
wee hours of the morning with
discordant note, but he got good
reception. He put in practical form
the question of postponing action cll
the treaty till after the next election.
He said it would take fourteen months
to install Democratic Senate of the
people voted for the Democratic con-
tention in the next campaign and he
wasn't sure that the Democrats could
get two-thirds control of the Senate
at that.
Senator Lodge, the Republican
leader and foremost in the fight
against ratification of the treaty with
out reservations, which it is contanded
will "Americanize" it, takes wholly
opposite view, and has issued a for
NAL statement declaring that the
Senate might compose its difference
of opinion and ratify the treaty
protected by the principles set forth
IN the fourteen reservations"
An appeal to the people at the polls,
the Republican Senate leader de-
clared in his statement, would to him
"be most cordially welcomed
Bryan Is Vigorous.
Mr.. Bryan showing all the old
time vigor with which he led the fight
for the presidents nomination at
Baltimore In 1912, declared that the
Democratic party could not 20 before