Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-04-20
FOUNDER or DEMOCRACY IS
EULoGIzED BY NoTA5LEs.
CALLED A PATRON SAINT
Senator Hoar Speaks at Washington
Dinner on Author of Declaration Of
Observation-Disclosures of Every Po-
Iitical Opinion Find Confirmation
of Their Doctrine in him."

Washington, April 14.-W. ]. Bryan,
Senator Hoar and Former Postmaster
General Smith OF Philadelphia were
the principal speakers at the dinner
last night of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial association in celebration Of
the Tooth anniversary of the birth of
the author OF the declaration of inde-
pendence. The dinner was not OF
political character. Senator HOar re
spOnded to the toast, The Author of
the Declaration of independence. The
senator found sure proof of Jefferson's
greatness in the TACT that men OF ev-
cry variety OF political opinion, how
ever far asunder, find confirmation OF
their doctrine in him.
Every party in this country today"
he said, ''reckOns Jefferson as its pat
ron saint" and supported this state
ment by citing facts bearing on the
claims of all parties from the days of
his youth TO the present. The senator
declared Jefferson had a steadfast and
abiding faith in justice, righteous and
liberty, and upon it, as on a corner
stone, he laid the foundation of the
republic"
Mr.. Bryan addressed himself TO The
Statute for Religious Freedom. The
speaker said that Jefferson recos-
nized that religion rested upon love
and that love is the very antithesis
of ciolence and brute force. 1t is well
TO remember the declaration of indie
pendenCe itself rests upon the same
foundation which supports our relig-
ions; namely, love, and those who
deny the doctrine of human brother
hood are not apt to respect the creed
of inalienable rights and natural
equity embodied in the declaration of
independence and constitution of the
United States.
Jefferson was the greatest states
man known TO history. He believed
in the rights of the people and had a
heart large enough to take in all hui
mainly. He hated tyranny, whether
it manifested itself in religious or sec
ular affairs"
Former Postmaster General Smith
responded TO The Louisiana Purchase.
He said there are three master facts
upon which Jefferson's enduring fame
chiefly rests; first, he was the author
of the declaration of independence;
second, he was the founder and leader
of the party and school of political
thought which, under various names,
has divided the nation from its begin
ming to the present time; third, he
made the Louisiana purchase"
Remembered in New York.
Albany, April 14.-SOme representa-
tive members of the democratic press
of New York sat down at a banquet
of the state democratic editorial as
sOciatiOn nj celebration of the birth
day of Thomas Jefferson. Former
United States Senator Hill was one of
the speakers. The empire state dem
ocracy cam in for its attention and he
attacked the policies of the present
republican administration in this
state.
He ridiculed the policies of Presi-
dent Roosevelt as vacillating and III
duly tender of the great monOpolies,
and said the whole republican admin
istratiOn was clamOring for delay in
dealing with the trust question. His
final plea was for democratic har-
mony, which he declared would assure
a victory for the party.