The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
HONOR JEFFERSON.
TWO GREAT G ELEB R A
TIONS.
Democrats in New York and
Chicago Gather Around the
Banquet Board and Revere
the Memory of the First
Great Democrat

At the Waldorf Astoria. in
Now York City. on Thursday of
last week, over seven hundred
Democrats, many OF them of nat
ional reputation, gathered to do
honor to the memory of Thomas
jefferson. The affair was under
the auspices of the Democratic
Club Of New York.
In the banquet room portraits
Of Jefferson were conspicuous.
In addition to Mr.. Parker the
Speakers were United States Sen
ator Newlauds, of Nevada; Mayor
George b. Mcclellan. of New
York; Congressman Henry T..
Rainey. of Illinois, and j. j.
Willett, of Alabama. Senator
Carmack, of Tennessee. was the
only one of those expected to
speak who could not attend.
Alton b. Parker, the late Dem,
ocra;ic candidate for the Presi
dency, was present and made he
principal address.
After speaking of the Demo
cratic defeats between 1860 and
1876, "when IA great wrong
which was far reaching in its
effects upon morals and justice
left the party i'll II minority for
another eight years." Judge
Parker referred to the political
complexion of the South, saving:
Surprise is sometimes express
ed that the South has remained
solid, and yet no student, what
ever his prejudices, could over
look he fact that in politics there
is a sense of gratitude, not for
favorS expected, but for uuSelfSh
and commanding services to hu
manity. Indeed nothing in all
the recorded history of mankind
has been more pathetic, more
heroic. more deserving of ADM
ration and sympathy than the
attitude of the South since 1865.
AS fate would have it. their de
feat i'll war was the smallest of
their woes because it could neither
threaten nor bring diShonor.
But the new cOnteSt-with par.
tiSan rancor, with military power
with theft and robbery, with pow
erty aud the enforced domination
of race lately in slavery-forced
as 1t was without time for recov
cry, and that, too. in their own
homes, required courage little
less than Superhuman
WHY PARTY HAS BEEN TRUE.
"Malntaining the struggle with
the one great and almost insol
uble problem of our time, work
ing under the most serious diff
cultleS, courageous in the face of
many diScouragementS, he Sc
people have manfully represented
the hopes, the ideals and the ira
ditiOns of their country and the
logic as well as the heroism of
our national history. If any man
Is SO foolish as to ask why the
Democratic party has been true
TO the South in its time of trial.
and why this attachment has been
lequitted, it must be because he
knows little of history and less of
human nature.
Judge Parker then spoke of the
administrations classification of
good" and "bad" trusts and
SAID that although there had been
much Tuning and fusSing, little
had been accomplished. He then
said:
The plain truth is that there
has been no time during the past
eight years, since the abuse al
legged became fragrant. when they
could not have been eliminated.
Nothing has been so much needed
as IA right, honest, unyielding en-
forcement of the law, both civil
and criminal. But instead of
going on with the enforcement of
the law against rebates by put
ting the railroad officials resuon.
sible for them behind prison bars
precisely as we do other male
factors, their misconduct made
an excuse for further concentra.
ton of power in the Federal Gov
ernment."
Judge Parker said that the
evil could be reached in two
ways-tiTst under existing statute
and common law, and, second by
removing all tariff duties on
articles made by any great com
bination so long as it violates the
law, or while it discriminates ia
price against the American Gus
toner in favor of the foreigner.