The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-04-22
JEFFERSON DAY
IS CELEBRATED
Jollification at Chicago Over Election
of Mayor Dunno.
NOTED ORATORS PRESENT
PRINCIPAL THEME WAS MUNICH
PAL OWNERSHIP.

nHICAGO, April 13.-Subjects of ma
tional significance to the Democratic
party were discussed by foremost
orators Of the party at the Jeffersonian
banquet held at the Sherman House to-
night in commemoration of the birth
day OF Thomas jefferson. The din
ner. however, in measure, re-
election of Mayor Edward T. Dunno. VINO
is a director Of the club and was among
the speakers who responded to toasts. All
of the speakers in their diseourses re-
ferred to municipal ownership and to
Mayor Dunre's recent election on that
platform,
William J. Bryan and George Williams
Of Massachusetts were The principal
speakers. Mr.. Bryan chose for his sub
ject Thomas jefferson" and his remarks
were greeted with unstlnted applause
Mr.. Bryan took advantage of the occasion
10 congratulate Mr. Dunno on his recent
election as chief executive of the city OF
Chicago. t---.
Mr. Williams took for his theme Equal
Rights to All and Special Privileges TO
None"
Mayor Dunne's Speech.
Mayor Dunno spoke on Municipal
Ownership" After a lengthy discussion
of this subject, Mayor Dunno ended ms
remarks by appealing TO the Democratlc
party to incorporate municipal owner
ship plank in the platform to be ADOPTED
at the next national convention OF iIe
party. His speech in part was as hol-
lows:
THE Democratic party won in the
spring election because it's platform PLAIN
~, clearly and truthtully declared Tor
principles which were for the pest sni IN
terests of the people. It lost last ran
because it's platform was a compromise
and because the people believed that II
dealt in platitudes rather than primer
piles. -
.'The results of these two elections
should teach the lesson to the men who
stand high in the councils OF Democracs
that evasion, insincerity and retrogresslon
should have no place in the platform o.
the Democratic party. The party must
lake and hold TO advanced positions. II
must keep pace with the march Oh eFents.
1t must declare against monopoly IN any
and all forms; against special privileges ia
Private corporations have seized and
ia ken possession of the means OF trans
portation and the conveyance OF lntorhd-
ton light and power all of them monop- |
lies requiring the use of public property. |
BY possession of these monopones tnSg
have been despoiling and plunoerlng the |
people of this country.
''The people have at last awakened 10 |
the fact that such monopolies are unfalr'
iniQuitous and dangerous to the repuplIG'
The blow struck in Chlcago VIII De III
lowed by blows of like character through
out the cities of the United states. II
will also be followed, in my humble 1uus-
ment, If the Democratic party IS wise
and prudent and incorporates n ils HSAs
platform ringing declaration in favor OF
government ownership of interstate ralI-
roads. telegraphs and express transporta-
tion. by a decisive victory in favor OF the
common people of this country.
IF the protective tariff be abolshed
and the government takes possession OF
the means of transportation of convey
ance of freight express packages and IN
formation every dangerous trust IN /
America will die a natural death IN i've
years"
Tom L. Johnson OF Cleveland was the
next speaker. He also spoke Of municipal
ownership.
Among others who spoke during the
evening were J. Hamilton. Lewis. and
Clarence S. Darrow. Mr. Lewis spoke on
"A Constitution to Fit the Institutions.