The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-04-15
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS.
Celebrated Tooth Anniversary oi
Jefferson's Birth.

cipa Speeches Made my Hon. An.
drew Mclean of Brooklyn Citizen,
Hon. Martin w. LittIeton and Form.
er Senator David B. Hill.
Albany, April lathe State Demo
cratic Editorial association last night
celebrated the birthday of Thomas
Jefferson with a banquet at the Ten
Eyck. At least 100 Representatives OF
the Democratic press of the state Were
in attendance.
Hon Daniel E. Frisbie of Schoharie,
former Democratic leader in the as.
sembly and president of the associa.
ton, presided and made an address
Speeches were made as follows:
Hon. Andrew Mclean, editor of the
Brooklyn Citizen, on THE Day We
Celebrate"
Professor Duncan c. Lee of Cornell
university and editor of the Ithaca
News, on Jefferson and Education"
Hon. John N. Carlisle of Water
town, chairman of the executive com.
mittee, on THE State Committee"
Hon. Eliot F. Danforth en- "The
Declaration OF Independence"
Senator Thomas F. Grady on "The
Legislature"
Hon. Andrew Mclean of the Brook
lyn Citizen, speaking on "The Day We
Celebrate" outlined the essentials Of
the Jeffersonian principles and argued
that the Demlcracy would be free to
formulate new positions on the cur.
rency, the Philippine question, etc,
unhampered by former utterances. He
attacked President Roosevelt as incOn.
sistent in his attitude on trusts and
tariff, and said he was now as So
licitous against injuring them "as
Mark Hanna himself"
Speech of Martin w. LittIeton.
Hon. Martin w. Littleton of Brook
lyn spoke en- Jefferson CT Today" Mr..
Littleton said in part:
eve are approaching the time
when the Democratic party must de-
fine it's position on public questions
and present candidate to be voted
on for the presidency. The position
of the party en- such public questions
is about OF equal Importance with the
kind of candidate to nominate.
mo platform or man can hold the
support of the people and at the same
time fail or refuse to let go of is
sues which the people regard as
fought out and settled.
THE Democratic party cannot de-
serve the approval of the ordinary
citizen and at the same time keep
as it's foremost policy a proftless
quarrel between those pre-eminent in
its past life but in no wise indispen-
sable to its future. 1t cannot de-
serve success if it eXhausts its energy
in a barren effort to decide which Of
its policies in the past was best or
worst, CT which of its eminent men
in the past made the most or fewest
mistakes.
1T cannot deserve success if its
divided factions continue to divide it's
leadership and therefore divide its
strength. Those Democrats who at
tempt to win the national election in
1904 by ignoring Mr.. Bryan and his
supporters will experience the same
disappointment that Mr.. Bryan expert.
enced when he attempted to win by
ignoring the gold men in 1896 and in
1900.
These Democrats who attempt to
win the national election in 1904 by
measuring the Democracy of the can
didate or the platform by their agree.
ment with the platform or the candi-
date of 1896 or 1900 will get about the
same result as was gotten in 1896 and
1900"
Former Senator David B. Hill.
Former United States Senator D. B.
Hill spoke at length on "The Empire
State Democracy In his speech he
attacked the prominent policies of the
present Republican administration in
this state, especially assailing the vari-
GUS measures adopted to secure the
abolition of direct taxation for state
purposes. These he characterized as
measures designed to cover up de-
felt in the state treasury, to which he
said he had himself called attention
last year. He declared that indirect
taxation would inevitably lead to high
or local taxation and that its benefits
were greatly exaggerated
The present legislature he declared
to have been unfaithful to the public
to a degree hardly ever before ex-
ceeded. No partisan job has been too
rank for it. 1t has created a host Of
useless Offices to rule over the peO-
pie and eat their substance, has stolen
powers from Democratic mayors and
added them to Republican mayors. 1t
has placed the control of the state in
sttutons practically in the hands Of
the executive or his personal repre-
sentative.
He assailed the Republican policy of
road Improvement as undemocratic
expensive and unsystematic.
The excise increase law Mr.. Hill
denounced as purely partisan leglsla-
tion, designed to punish large Demo-
cratic cities, especially New York, for
holding to the principles Of the Demo-
cratic party.
He rdiculed the policies Of Presi
dent Roosevelt as vacilAting and I'M
duly tender of the great monopolies
and said the whole Republican ad.