The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-18
BRYAN, HERO OF DEMOS DINNER

men who are not present and cannot
come to a place like TINS. Then he
went on In u familiar Bryan frenzy
OF denunC.atlon. lie denounced mo
nopoly, capital, the railroads. special
privileges.
AS 4 dramatic performance at
half past : In the morning 1t left
ihe politicians worked up and IN a
STATE OF mind not to go to bed, but to
stay up the rest of the night and
discuss it's significance.
aside from this sensational clash,
The jackson day dinner was laid out
IN the program was only mildly
thrilling.
Chairman Homer Cummings told
the diners that he looks forward
with utmost confidence but exam
bassador Gerard was much more can
did when he said quite frankly that
the trend Is running against the
dem Ocrats. And Chairman Cum
mings, when the circumstances led
him to be more naive, at the formal
meeting Of the national committees
during the day, revealed his more
spontaneous mind by appealing to
the committee not to be discouraged
and to have confidence in It's leader
ship. lie laid repeated emphasis on
y
need IS aEgr ess. .ycness.
There were twelve speeches. and
twelve times during the evening did
100000 men cross 5000 miles OF
l-bOat infested Sra one really felt
that the fact that the demacrati tic
party did all the fighting and bleed
ing and dying was Just Il little too
much emphasized to be in perfect
taste.
Cite Democrats Achievements.
Senator owen probably put IL in
the broadcst form when he enumer-
ated the achievements Of the admin
stration with some length and metic-
ulousneSs. including tho fact that
dards, and ended up by saying that
he democrats negotiated peace
treaties with all the nations OF the
world except the German allies,
whom they conquered in war Sem
ator Hitchcock repeated the same
long catalog Of democratic achieve
ments, and put the impressiveness OF
outstretched arms and impassioned
features into 30 simple a statement
as that the democratic party enacted
food and fuel legislation
Senator Hitchcock got his first
clear and spontaneous tribute of ap-
fAhAof NAl'l ne AHIl' " Nlfi'AIlk III
the peace treaty and said with all the
Implication Of authority belonging
with his position as democratic lead
er In the senate: i believe that the
difficulties in the senate will be over
come
"The speech OF Gov. J. J. Cornweil
Of West Virginia would have been re-
garded as almost sensational II the
Bryan episode had not so far eclipsed
II I'm that respect, Governor Corn
well started with the advantage Of
being a man OF obvious dtrectness Of
character. lie has an open and can
did countcnnnce and forebrirht
eve. HIS speech was tho downright
expression OF simple convictions hon
est'v held.
"He expressed with complete cour-
age and candor n point Of view much
ore conservative than Is held by
most ~ his hearers. and far more
conscrvat tive than most politicians
care 70 eNnrpss even when they do
hold g. But he received as much APP
pl1use as any event Of the evening
whom he said. T honestly believe
that Il IS now. rs II has ever heer
since the founding, the mission or
the democratic nariv 10 stand bv tho
PRINCIPLES ~ individual rights iu4i-
vt'ua' liberty and the irfiv,luo'
owuNrsh'p ~ p-00ertv when that
nr0n"~tv IA honestly and lawfully ac.
quired.'
fornWp'I Cots Ovation
Governor COrrwcll uttorpd that
sentiment vdth tho r,arns~ NJ nro-
fourd conviction md received an
amount ~ apnlauSe that was ov.
p~essive NJ helief In bis continents as /
~ admiration for his courage ana .
tho simple dircctness ~ his person |
ali'v.
"lIe went on to critlclse his party |