The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15
new Y|I''O||.||R.|K'S |
TRIBUTE TO
JEFFERSON.
Harlem noCratic Club
Celebrates j # s Birthday. ;.1
;VIRGINIAN MADE
ELOQUENT SPEECH.
Congress . 4 g. G A. Swanson.
Was the Orator. 81.
APPEALED FOR RETURN
TO CARDINAL TENETSl
------. 3.S
With economic Administration and
Returnto Democratic Principles H "a
9 Believes That the Democracy
81 Can Sweep The Country for
Conservative Nomi- 5
nee for President.
APPEALED FOR RETURN
TO CARDINAL TENETS
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, "A pril 1.-THE birthday.
of Thomas Jefferson was celebrated by
the Harlem Democratic Club at Harlem
Casino tonight with q brilliant banquet.
Distinguished men were gathered from
ali over the country to do honor to the
apostle Of Democracy.
Ex- Governor Robert E. Patterson, Of
Pennsylvania. and Congressman Claude
A. Swanson, Of Virginia, responded to
the toasts. The Day we Celebrate and
s"Thomas Jefferson, /, the Brilliant Son of
the Old Dominion State" 81
Mr.. Swanson said In part: ss9
\ Mr.. Toastmaster and Fellow-D Democrats:
Il am, indeed, gratified at this opportunity
TO meet "a portion Of the splendid Do-$
imocracy Of this city. I share with other
Southern Democrats great admiration;
s for Ia m1nanys Hal which has ever been
true and loyal to the National Democracy
I both In shad dow and In shine. Ill re- joicc
with you at the splendid victory achieved
I at the last State election In u this city,
II the State OF New y ork is not blessed
to-day with a Democrat IN Governor and
Ia Democratic adn1inistrat don, tho fault
lies with others. not with you.s T he splen-A
dors Of Tammany's s magnificent victory
still illulnne the Democratic$sk skies, Civ
ing hope und courage to the entire party,
promise Of brighter days and of victory
in 1904 E4 ]58 II 4.
II The task you assigned me upon this oc-s
caslon5is one always pleasing to a Vir-
ginian, especially Virginia Democrat.
There is nonetof Virgina's distinguish
ed sons whom she has followed more
closely and CHERISHED more highly than
Thomas Jefferson. When Il d. .fferencesl
arose between Washington n and III effer-g
son, Virginia almost Invariably followed
Jefferson. 4 333
THE BEST-GO GOVERNED,
Jefferson was a firm believer in the
creed that those people are best govern
ed who are least governed. He encour-
aged the activities of the individual in
preference to the activities of government
He believed In leaving to individual on
5terprlsc all things except those which 1t
was clearly proven the government could
best and more safely administer.
He was opposed to5all paternalism in
government as perverslve of Its func-5
stions as destructive Of individual rights.
making the citizen a dependent instead
iof the master Of government. The Re-
publican party is an earnest advocate OF.
this pernicious doctrine. Already has 1t
put upon the statute books laws greatly
with the Individual. obtr',d-
Ing into their private affairs seeking
to regulate their private business and
make the citizens dependents upon gov
.ernmental favors and bounties, Tho time
Is ripe for n reaffirmationFo of this Jeffer-
sonian Democratic principle, 1t Is sui
icidal ever to surrender this fundamental
Democratic doctrine to short lived pop
5ular clamor.
Let the Democratic party fearlessly and
r Ia fnVs 1,n1 hntS Var
rights Of the individual in his life and In
: his business against unnecessary Goven-
mental interference, and It will strike
popular chord, it will appeal to the thrift
and the enterprise OF the country, touch
the conservative and patriotic thoughts
and bring to the party Increased conf
dence and strength.
The trucking of the Republican party
to British influences, the gushing friend
ship or It's leaders for emperors and i'm
perial rulers must be accounted he
lated apology on their part for the mis-
guided conduct of our Revolutionary fu-
thers They tell us the Declaration Of
Independence, the greatest chart of hll.
man liberty ever penned hy the hand
OF man, Is splendid piece OF rhetorlc'
but tunsuited to modern government.
s Tho government Is so rapidly collecting
In the treasury money needed for busl-
ness and commerce that the gravest ap-
prchensions arc entertained for the fu-
ture Money stringency and financial
panics occur with the regularity of sea-
sons and crops, All thntgstnnds between
financial chaos and wreck to-day Is the
Secretary OF lhe Treasury Undor pres
en( conditions financial case is depend
ent, not on the thrift and enterprise Of
the people, but the whims OF a Secretary
The remedy for this serious evil Is simple
and direct, Apply the Jeffersonian Demo.
cratic principle. reduce the taxes until
receipts and expenditures once a year
meet; when this is done the dangerous
surplus will disappear,
The births OF trusts monopolies coin
.cident with the passage OF the Dingley
BILL warns us that we must lower its
high duties IL we expect to escape indus
trial slavery. Democratic hopes center
around the imperial State Of New York
The Southern Democracy Wishes to put
no Stumbling blocks In your path, 1t
does not desire to add to yonr difficulties.
We believe 1t Is time for harmony not
discdrl; for reconciliation, not reerimi-
nation; for healing old wounds not open-N
ing new ones; for uniting on present liy-9
ing Issues not dividing onlpasr dead ones.
we have no Individual ambitions to
crafty, no candidate TO present; we are
satisfied that the welfare OF our common
country demands return of the Demo-
cratic party to power, and we are willing
~ make sncrifices and give our, best ~