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Patron Saint of Democracy Jeffersonian Banquet
The Jeffersonian League held its first annual banquet at Knights of Columbus hall with about 200 attendees. Speeches praised democracy, attacked imperialism and trusts, and supported the 1900 campaign led by Benj. I. Shively and William J. Bryan, featuring Hon. Benj. I. Shively, Hon. S. E. Cook, Hon. R. K. Erwin, and John W. Kern among others. A regular league meeting followed with out of town visitors and candidates in attendance.
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Jeffersonian League
Knights of Columbus
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Shakespeare
Anthony Wayne
Democracy
Edward Nicodemus
O. P. Eversole
Eversole
Sao
Benj. I. Shively
Indiana
Shively
Washington
Jefferson
Republican Party
Edward Rosenthal
Chicago
The
Philippines
Democratic Party
Whitneys
Brices
William Jennings Bryan
William J. Bryan
McKinley
Sherman
Alger
Mark Hanna
Republic
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Benjamin F. Shiveley
Kern
Andrew Jackson
Hendricks
March
Tickinley
Congress
Tom Reed
United States
Deckson
Lincoln
Valley Forge
Kossuth
Kosciusko
God
J. M. Barrett
Allen Zollars
Henry Colerick
Senator Bell
League
Lew G. Ellingham
Decatur Democrat
W. V. Whiteleather
Whitley County’ Central Comittee
F. J. Heller
Strong
Columbia City
Quisenberry
Bloomington
Ill
Messia
A. 3. Robinson
E. Mentger
John F. Neizer
Monroéville