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The Commoner
'APJIIL, 1914
19
Mr, Bryan's Birthday at Chattanooga, Tenn
Sixteen years ago "The Bryan!
Club" was organized in Chattanooga,
Tenn., and for a number of years
they havo been meeting around the
banquet tablo on the anniversary of
Mr. Bryan's birthday. Tho Chatta
nooga News gives the following re
port of the club's celebration this
year on tho evening of March 19:
"Expressing confidence in tho
policy of William Jennings Bryan and
admiration for his high standard of
character, and at the same time urg
ing party harmony in Tennessee, a
group of representative Chattanooga
democrats gathered around tho ban
quet board at tho Hotel Patten
Thursday night. The occasion was
in' honor of Secretary Bryan's birth
day, and was arranged by a commit
teo composed of F. A. Hood, chair
man, G. W. Chamlee, J. S. Shoff and
Col...W. R. Crabtree.
"Mr. Hood acted as toastmaster,
and during the evening there was a
number of short addresses. A- feature
of the occasion was the reading of a
letter from Congressman John A.
Moon.
' "In his preliminary remarks Mr.
Hood referred to the progress the
democratic party is making national
ly, and declared that by uniting the
democrats could make a' clean sweep
in Tennessee. The Bryan club, of
which Mr. Hood is president, was or
ganized in Chattanooga during the
great commoner's first campaign for
tho presidency.
"Mr. Hood outlined the democratic
legislation of the past year and
UPWARD START
After Chnngfug from Coffee to PoHtum.
. Many a talented person ia kept
hack becausa of the interference of
coffee with the nourishment of the
body.
This is especially so with those
whose nerves are very sensitive, as
is often the case with talented per
sons. There is a simple, easy way to
get rid of coffee troubles and a
Tennessee lady's experience along
these lines is worth considering.
She says:
"Almost from the beginning of the
use of coffee it hurt ray stomach. By
the time I was fifteen I was almost a
nervous wreck, nerves all unstrung,
no strength to endure the most
trivial thing, either work or fun.
"There was scarcely anything I
could eat that would agree with me.
The little I did eat seemed to give
me more trouble than it was worth.
I was literally starving; was so
weak I could not sit up long at a
time.
"It was then a friend brought me
a hot cup of Postum. I drank part
of it and after an hour I felt as
though I had had something to eat
felt strengthened. That was about
five years ago, and after continuing
Postum in place of coffee and grad
ually getting stronger, today I can
eat and digest anything I want, walk
as much as I want. My nerves are
steady. - , . ,
"1 believe the first thing that did
me any good and gave me an upward
start, was Postum, and I use it alto
gether now instead of coffee."
Name given by the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with
cream and stfgar, makes a- delicious
beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
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showed how the party had carried
out its pledges. During his address
ho said, in part:
" 'First, this club was organized in
1898, sixteen years ago, in honor of
W. J. Bryan, the great progressive
leader, and he has been tho progres
sive leader ever since 189G, and from
that time until now the democratic
party in every national convention
has taken advanced positions on pro
gressive policies and principles, and
now we have a progressive demo
cratic administration. We havo the
most progressive, ablest and aptest
president the country has ever had.
President Wilson is a man of cour
age, of the highest honesty and great
wisdom. He knows what to do, and
does it. He has in the first year of
his administration put more good
legislation behind him than any
president has done in four or eight
years. There are two great meas
ures to his credit the revision of
the tariff and the currency bill. The
tariff measure is one of the best
measures we have ever had. The
currency and banking bill is the best
that has even been signed or that
has come from the hand of any presi
dent, and when it becomes fully ef
fective it will be far-reaching, a cure
for panics. It will give us a safe,
stable currency and banking system;
it witf taken the control of our "na
tional finances out of the hands of
private individuals and a few men
can no longer block tho progress of
tho country.
" 'We have the incotne tax law,
and that is a good law. It puts a
part of the burdens of the govern
ment where they belong, and whero
they are easiest borne.
" 'Mr. Bryan has for sixteen years
been advocating the election of
United States senators by the people
and now they are elected by the peo
ple, which brings that branch of gov
ernment closer to the people.
" 'There are some minor acts of
legislation that I have not time to
dfscuss, and some trust legislation
now in process that is intended to
unscramble the big ones, unshackle
and give more freedom to business
and commerce. But I think -that I
am selfish about President Wilson's
administration. I am selfish to want
to see his administration the best
the country has ever had. I am so
selfish that I want to see the country
progress anJ prosper more under .his
administration than under any former
one. I want to see better business
and fuller dinner pails, and I am
again selfish to want to see, under
his administration, the completion of
the Panama canal, which will give
us a shipway through the Culebra
mountains and commercially join
the two great oceans, and then the
United States will oqcupy an island
position which will give us a close
frontage on the markets of the whole
world, and our goods and wares will
go out quickly and cheaply to all the
markets, and no part of the world
will be benefited so much as the
United States and North America.
" 'Under democratic administration
the government will do some rail
road building for Alaska from tide
water to the interior, and that will
mean great progress for Alaska;
that will give the common man a
chance and he can go there, build up
and develop that territory. Alaska
will give homes to and eventually
take care of fifteen millions of people.
" 'My friends, while this 1s a day
of democratic success and progress,
behind all this progress stands
Bryan, the great progressive demo
crat. For eighteen years with faith,
honesty, courage and great wisdom
he lias pressed the fight for progres
sive princfples and policies, and the
people have accepted them and they
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are now the fixed policies of this
country. For eighteen years he has
heen pointing the nation towards the
harhor of safety, and now under the
greatest president we are entering
that harbor, and if it is not a new
birth of freedom it is a birth of
safety.'
"Col. Crabtree was tho next
speaker. He referred to the change
in opinion as to Bryan that has taken
place since he first ran for president.
He attributed it to the fact that
Bryan was misunderstood, and de
clared that the wisdom of his opin
ion and policies was coming to be
more and more realized by the think
ing people. Col. Crabtree said that
Bryan was coming to be recognized
as the greatest champion of the peo
ple's rights against the powers of the
few.
"Col. Crabtree then told what he
believed Bryan would do if he were
a citizen of Tennessee. He declared
that he believed the commoner would
stand for such reforms as barring all
campaign funds and eliminating the
participation in political affairs by
railroad and 'Other corporation attor
neys. He would favor, Col. Crabtree
believed, a public service corporation
commission and would stand against
political schemes hatched behind
closed doors.
"Judge Moon's letter was then
read, expressing his regrets at not
being able to be present. He de
clared that the occasion should call
forth a full and free expression of
opinion on state and national affairs.
He said that the national democratic
party was united and was consistent
ly carrying out its pledges to the peo
ple. "Dr. M. B. Mocre, John M. John
son, Geo. M. Cha ilee, J. W. Hall
berg, T. C. Latimore, Geo. F. Milton,
T. C. Betterton, Judge N. L. Bach
man, and others also made short
talks."
The new compulsory education bill
passed by the lower house of the
South Carolina legislature provides
that district school trustees shall
furnish clothing and text books for
poor children. Trustees are required
tor investigate all cases of alleged in
ability to attend school for reasons
of poverty and are authorized to. fur
nish necessities, paying for them
from the public school fund.