St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-14
PAIR or DEMOCRATS,
The Faithful Of Minneapolis
Honor Thomas Jefferson
and Judge Loehren.
Hon. Thomas Wilson Delivers
the Speech Of the Even
ing.
Witty and Solid Remarks by
Various Other Old Time
Democrats.
Other News of the Flour City
Gathered by Globe Re-
pOPterS.

! next pension commissioner. The mem
bers of the Hennepin Democratic
league banqueted at the Holmes
hotel and entertained representatives
| and senators from the state legislature.
and old-time Democrats of Hennepin
! county, who are all too InfreQuently
seen in Democratic gatherings. For
! that reason the banquet was quite
| unique in its way. Among the guests
! CT the Hennepin Democratic league
were: Gen. Thomas l.. ROSser, of Vir-
ginia; Judge Thomas Wilson, of
| Winona; Judge John w. Willis.
of st. Paul; Judge j. j.
Egan, of St.Paul; State Senators Brown,
La Due. Mayo, Lienau, Craig, Craven
! and McHale; Judges Seagraye Smith,
! Thomas Camty, c. NJ. Pond and John
! Z. Rea; Hon. j. n. Castle, of Saltwater;
Hon. John S. Ives, of St.Paul, and about
! fifteen members of the lower house of
| the state legislature. Besides these
/ guests from out of town, the presence
was noted of Il dozen Old-time Demo
| Gratis like S. Z. heller, K. z. Russell,
| L. B. Janney and Daniel Bassett, men
who have not been seen at public
/ gathering of political character for
/ years.
Preliminary Reception.
The guests began to arrive at the
! Holmes at S. Judge Lochren held an
| imprOmptu informal leyee in the hotel
| parlorS for an hour and a half.
! Every hand was stretched forth to
! grasp the hand of the rOtund
| judge, congratulations for him were on
| every lip, and almost every man had
| something to say to his neighbor in
commentator of Grover Cleveland's
! good sense in selecting one like Judge
| LOchren TO administer the affairs of the
| pension department.
1t was nearly $50 when the dining
room doors were thrown open and the
guests introduced to Manager Waits
hotel. From oysters to coffee every
article on the menu was artiStically pre-
pared and faultlesSly served.
At IL O'Clock the dinner was not yet
over, but several feryidly Democratic
boSomS were bursting with elOquence.
A. L. Ankeny noticed this. As he was
| POSTMASTER. he declared the p0Spondial
exercises open for business. He intro
duced P. B. Winston, president of the
Hennepin Democratic league.
Mr.. Winston responded like a good
Democrat. In felicitOuS phrases he
welcomed every Democrat to Minneap-
oils, and to the hospitality of the Hen
nepin Democratic league. TOaStmaSter
Ankeny called every man to his feet,
and the toast, Thomas Jefferson" was
drunk with a will. Hon. Thomas Will
son responded to this, and said:
Thomas Jefferson.
It is we'll for Democrats to celebrate
the birth of the great apostle of Democ-
hn in, Anxr Of
intelligent, patriotic statesmen, not
one of his contemporaries had
such clear appreciation of the duty
and rights of the citizens of
free government-such unbounded faith
in the common sense of the people, or
such perfect confidence in the policy
and duty of so framing and administer
ing the government as to insure equal
ity TO all men, of whatever state or per-
SuasiOn, religious or political.
As was said by political opponent,
| she was saturatd with democracy in
| its rankeSt form. and he remained to
the last day of his life a servile wor-
| shipper OF the people. In this was the
| radical difference between him and his
| political opponents. And though the
| form and complexion of the ques-
| tiOns dividing political parties have
| already changed, and will doubtless con-
| tinue to change, the Democratic party
| muSt-Or else abandon the faith of its
| fOunderS-inSist that the people shall
| be trusted, and every citizen guaranteed
| equal rights in and under the gov
| eminent. Its duty is not done by
| adopting such plank in its
! political platform. That would be mere
empty words. New occasions teach
new duties. No on insists now, as they
did in the days of jefferson, on modi
| fed form OF monarchy, or on an ariStoc-
racy. Influenced and aided by our
democratic institutions, we have become
the richest nation on the globe. Blu
our unprecedented poSterity ha
come laden with dangers, and
! imposed on us new duties and increased
| vigilance. To illustrate by few in
stances: The use of money to influence
elections and legislation has been truth
! fully said to be the ''cOrrOding worm at
| the root of the tree of public liberty"
Its use for such purpose is al
Blow at Free Institutions
1t is idle to say that men have equal
| rights il their voices can be Silenced,
! their votes be outweigbed, and their
| influence neutraliZed by the ducats of
the rich. 1t is the duty of every good
| citizen, every lover of genuine democ-
racy, to aid in exposing every one who
! thus lays his profane hand On the ark
of the covenant of our liberty, 1t is
undenable that it is Of late not uncom-
mon for men to use their money un-
! bluShingly and effectively to obtain
| places they could never reach by the
! free, unbiased voices of the people;
and the very fact that the people fail
! spontaneously to rise and demand the
| exposure anu disgrace and punishment
| of such men tends to prove that DEM
| Ocracy is already in its decadence.
"Such occasions as this tonight should
! be revival meetings to stimulate US to a
more fearless and vigilant performance
| of our duties as Democrats and citizens.
AS good Democrats we should apply to
every candidate the JeffersOnian test,
and make 1t sine qui non to his cleo
tiOn-iS he honest, is he cOmpe-
| one seeks to OBTAIN an Office
| by disreputable means, should itself
| cOndem him and insure his defeat. We
| should never forget that every citizen
owes certain duties to the state that he
! has no right to pretermit, anu that are
| no less honorable than those of war.
| John Hampden, IN resisting the illegal
collection of ship money by Charles l.,
did as much for good government and
| Tor the race as when he met Prince Ru-
| pert in mortal combat"
! As lie closed, Judge Wilson turned to
! Judge LOchren and, in a few eloquent
words, referred to the MinneaDOlitan as
living example of the workings of
pure Democratic doctrine. His appoint
ment to high Office came unsought and
unintluenced by partisan motives.
Other Speakers.
"The President of the United States"
was the toast Frank d. Larrabee was
chosen to respond to. In the beginning
Mr.. Larrabee related an expert
ence at an Elks' social SEES
sion. the only time he was
ever called handsome until TOastmaster
Ankeny introduced him as the hand
soonest Democrat in Minneapolis. Mr..
Lavallee spoke of President Cleveland
as the man who has been studied more