Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-19
D|[MO|jRACIB Warned
Ex. President Cleveland Urges Party
to Return to Its Fundamental
Principles.
Great Victories Never Won by Cater.
ing to Transient and Unsound
Issues.
The Party Only Strong When Right
The Jefferson Club
Banquet

Brooklyn, April 19.The annual din-
ner of the Brooklyn Democratic Club
was held last evening. The following
letter from Grover Cleveland was read:
Princeton, n. j., April - l9oe.To
Louis f. Brrchard-Dear Sir: regret
that am unable to accept your invita-
ton To attend TIE dinner to be given by
the Brooklyn Democratic Club on the
18th inst, To commemorate the birth of
Thomas Jefferson.
When those who profess the demo-
cratic faith meet TO celebrate the birth
lof the man who first gave that faith a
distinct formulation, their pride in the
achievements and triumphs of the party
which he founded should not entirely.
Eaisplace all thought of the present situ-6
lation and the conditions wilich,8in the.
light of experience. appear to be essen
iial TO its success.
Tho the faults of the party in power
are many and thosits offenses against
the political health and safety of the
mot encourage us to base am expectation
Rpf success and II hope for the restora-3
|stion of wholesome administration upon.
the shortcomings Of our adversaries.
. We should too wei understand their
liability to attach to theil. fortunes the
powerful contingent of selfish interests,
to place confident reliance upon the
weakness which ought to be the penalty
of their misdeeds.
Besides, none Of us can close our eyes
to the fact that the democratic party is
lBonly formidable inits own strength. Its
power 10 win victories has always been
found 10 depend upon a sturdy and con-
lsisteGt adherence 10 its time honored
principles. Which have proved sufficient
10 NEE every emergency of our national
life, Whatever successes may have al 4
tended party OF opportunity. With
sails spread for every transient breeze
Of popular sentiment or excitement, ex-
perience has demonstrated abundalltly
that democracy is so constituted that it
isgonly strong when courageously in the
right and only victorious when forces
are marsnalled under its old and we'll
organized standards.
Our principles are so simple. and
ltney accord 50 We'll With the honest
American disposition which loves free
dom and cares for the public welfare,
that they are easily understood by the
democratic masses. As a result of this
there has revefEbeen a time when false
! leadership af our party and a departure
4 from simple Democratic faith have not
been quickly discovered and ruthlsssly
rebuked by listless support. pronounced
4 defection and bitter defeat. These con
i sequences have thus far been so inevi-
liable that lessons they teach can not be
without inviting calamity.
The healtllfulness of our party may
We'll be aues toned Whensit shrinks from
i such an exan.inationof lis position as
4 viii ena BILE itftoaavoid disaster, by keep
ling in a course of safety, under the
guidance of true democracy.
Therefore. those who claim TO be fol-
4 lowers of Thomas Jefferson viii fail to
sdischarge a solemn duty. if ID this time
of doubt and temptation. they neglect
such an examination ant. If this disclos-
es tendency in party control to suhor-
jdinate the principles of pure democraG,:
and to distrust their conauer,ng power
Itflen conditions should not continue
without a grave ard early democratic
1 protest.
81 have addressed these words to fell
4 low democrats in the fun consciousness
4 thatsI am far removed from any intiu-
5lyence in party management hut I love
4 the old democratic party and have
4 written under the sanction of that
freedom ot speech which Thomas
Jefferson placed among the cardinal
y factors of ourS democratic creed Yours
very truly, GROVER CLENELAND.',
IIx-Gioyernor James L. Campbell OF
Il Ohio SPOKE as follows:
The political party founded by
Il Thomas Jefferson can not survive halt
democratic and half populistic. There
must be either dissolution. or restora
4 tien of pure democracy II is true that
many thousands of US Will again sup
Z port the nominees of our party, no mat
II ter into What mistakes ii may fall, but
Z ~ is equally true that many other thou
3sands Will forever abandon the partysit
q II again suppiants truth with error
Democracy means the opportunity, ele.
4 walton and reign of the Individual, bu,
populism is that perverted form of So
lcialism which can lead only to the
thralldom of the Individual and the en-.
thronement Of the plutocrat
The Chicago platform enunciateC
NJ many Siedl AM enduring tfutfS, nut II
ii coupled them 10 tleast one fatal erroI
THE n-Jeffersonian and Cunder exist.
ing mining and commercial conditions,
1.-The Impossible proposition of '16 to l.,
majority of the electors of the
country We're binletallists Forced Il
y choose between the true forms of mon.
n ometallism they chose gold. by thi.
choice they We're not only saddled witt
1.-The gold standard, but also With {
& financial bill which creates that mos
a powerful and dangerous of all trusts
FL money trust. II is sufficient TO know
that rs to 4 is dead, and that just Sc
long as we proclaim our Intention Il
\ resurrect it, just that long will our res.
direction be postponed :
Mr.. Campbell declared the army Of
voters had plenty of work at COCO
wages. Continuing, he said:
4 1T will be hard to enlist their co.
operation to destroy oppression in Por.
to Rico or stay imperialism in the Phil.
ippines unless we first abandon the
a menace to their own prosperity.
Not only did the fusion with popu.
lism result in disaster, as all departures
4 to such issues are sure to do, but de.
feat did not seem to teach US anything
The party Of Jefferson has ever since
continued to masquerade In the livery
OF populism, swearing eternal fealty tt