The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-13
an INpEoRTAL TRIUMvIRATE.
AItEeId on Jefferson,
JACKSON, and Lincoln.

Jackson, and Lincoln.
COLUMBUS. 0hIo. Feb. l3.-The Je1er-
u-Jaeksou-EIncoln Ciab honored the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln at q banqusr
here last night. Ex-Goy. J. ?. Altgeld, Of
Illinois. vas the principal speaker. In
this address he compared the three great
men. He said in part:
why do we reverence the memory of
Andrew Jackson? Why ask the young
men to emulate his career He vas not
a literary man. He was not an orator
He did not have an extended military ca
reer. Ia each Of these fields there We're
thousands Of men who surpassed him
Yet. these men have all passed away and
left no impress dPOn their time Orators.
writer's. politicians. generals. judges.
Governors have come and gone. have
slipped away into Oblivion and are To- got
ten. while Jackson stands ZIP against the
sky Of history one Of the greatest figures
IN the annals Of America
1t is worthy of notice that three of the
greatest characters that America has pro-
duced and who have since ben cauoGized
in the temple o. immortality we're d.
uounced in their Gay as demasoEues sim
ply because they dared 70 stand erect AMI
demand fair treatment for the toiling
masses
When Jefferson advocated and secured
the abolition of primogeniture in Yirginfl
he was denounced as = denagosue. S'h N
he advocated and secured the cstabI sh-
ment OF religious freedom n y Tg MA. ana
Inc overthrow OF the power OF JGe State
Church he Was denounced a an enemy of
GCd and an emissary Of Satan md when
he advocated and secured the esJafIish-
mcut Of a free common school system in
which the rich had 10 contribute for the
education of the children OF the Poo- h
Was denounced as a demaEoEue. an agi,a-
ter, a socialist, and ii dangerous char
acter-
a third Of a century later the same N
teresis and the same classes that had de-
nounced Jefferson. rose IN their might and
hurled torrents Of abuse upon Jackson
Another third CT q century LATER, The
same Interests and The same classes ana
the same influences denounced Lincoln as
a cheap demagogue d common. ignorant
vulgar fellow AHG sim another thi.d of
a century later. the same Influences and
the same classes and the same interests
rose in their might and denounced VIII
liam J. Bryan as cheap demagogue who
T.
Jefferson. Jackson and Lincoln. whose
names have been selected in christening
your club, were the exact opposites OF
Grove" Cleveland and William Mckinley
Those men fought the great money power
and enGeayored to protect the people.
while Cleveland and Mckinley were mere
conveniences for the money power and be
trayed The people.
4 am asked Ehat would Jackson do to-
day If he were alive2 He would do ex-
actIy what he did in his day lie would
do exactly what jefferson did IN his day
He would do exactly what Lincoln did in
his day. He would work and fight for the
interests OF the tOIIiEg masses OF America
He would oppose the brutal and vulgar
strut Of miIitarism- He would fight the
parasites and vampires Of imperiaIism-
for imperialism never made a blade Of
grass grG,y. IL never planted and it never
watered- It IS simply a highwayman. II
contributes not one cent TO support gov
erament It simply makes burdens for
others TO carry.
1t robs others OF their rights. It acts
the role OF a bully. IN the last aIlI7sfs
the debts and expenses of government
must be paid out of the products of the
field and the products OF the shop The
cost of Imperialism all falls on the back
OF labor As a rule the men who adyo-
cate Imperialism IN America. contribute
nothing 10 support the Government. for
they do not work with their hands. As
a rule they are parasites.
jefferson. Jackson and Lincoln were
radicals in their day TIE knew that
the world progresses; tina. u:en outlive
institutions and that government must
from time 10 tim" @""1t Itself to new
onditions. They
f. Is of man-EeYer
T. -ey were not agi-
tar.~. eSmen- It was
new institutions
fhe difference be
the statesman is