New-York tribune., 1906-04-17
MAYOR ATTACKS HEARST
UNNAMED. BUT OFT HIT.
Veiled Thrusts at Socialist" Theme
of Jefferson Dinner.

dred men at the dinner was well aware that
the main purpose of the dinner was to side
track Mr. Hearst the Democratic candidate
for Governor this fall 1t was evident. too. that
fear Of Mr. Hearst in the minds OF some OF
the speakers.
Mayor Mcclellan. the main speaker at the
feast. disclosed the purpose of the dinner in att
taclins MIR. Hearst without naming him. When
he referred. faelingIy and with clenched fist
pounding the table. to sewers Of the seed of
anarchy in this country men armed with
the most powerful weapons for the deliberate
perversion of humanity" his hearers knew that
he meant Mr.. Hearst and his newspapers and
when he said they men with the single
ambition of personal elevation to feed their
mOnstrous vanity" and sought to wreck the
party to which they claim allegiance" the Tam
many men. who We're present in large numbers.
wtnked and applauded and said 70 each other
across the tables:
THE Mayor knows how TO soak HIM"
While Charles F. Murphy and some OF his
closest Tammany friends were not at the dinner.
the Tammany organization was represented by,
twenty-four Of the thirty-six district leaders
and many other men of prominence in the or
ganizatiOn. and the applause for the Mayor was
hearty enough to dispel any suspicion that there
had been purpose to show Tam1nany disap-
proval of him. John Fox. who presided at tho
dinner. referred to the Mayor IN fattering
terms. and at the guests table with them sat
two Justices OF the Supreme Court, Morgan j.
OBrien and Charles H. Truax with ex-Justics
Augustus Van Wycl. August Belmont John d.
Crtmnins. Herman Ridder Controller Metz ex-i
Controller Myers. Senator Clark OF Montanar
Senator Latiner. OF South Carolina; ez-Cover-
nor Warfeld OF Maryland Senator Gearin OF
Oregon; Professor Woodrow Wilson, of Prince
ton University. and Judson Harmon. who was
Attorney General in President. CIeveIands Cab
met.
State Senator NcCarren. Thomas F. RYAN.
Congressman T. D. Sullivan, ]. Edward Sim
! mons. Patrick keenan,. Borough Presidenti
Ahearn. Corporation Counsel Delany, Bernard
j. York. Charles ". Dayton. Samuel Unternayer,
| Edward c. Sheehy. Thomas L. Feltner, Willianr
P. Mitchell and Thomas F. Smith were prom
inent among the Democrats on the committees
| for the dinner
| CLEVELAND LETTER CHEERED-
Before the speechmaking began a letter frons
ex-President Cleveland was read. and the ap-
plause which greeted it was almost equal to that
which was bestowed on Mayor Mcclellan. The
| letter was follows:
regret it is impossible for me to accept tns
Invitation Of the Democratic Club OF the city OF
| New York TO attend the banquet TO be given on the
18th instant IN celebration OF the 16sd birthday OF
Thomas Jefferson.
cratic fath and his patriotic service teaehex
In the school Of Democratic doctrine, should all
4 lowers reyerent remembrance and warm apprecia-
Of Thomas yefsrson sho1fd be eee6rsted Ss wIt
enthusiasm and in a spirit Of Democratic hero wor-
ship. Those who profess still TO follow the party
| standard which he first held aloft may well con-
gratulate themselves on the revtving influence OF
such an occasion and on their claim OF fellowship
/ with such hero.
best and most important results If it should not
inspire its participants with increased and mora,
ton Of the Jerersonian beliefs and purposes. upon
which rest the structure Of sound, genuine and
benefcent Den ocracy.
These beliefs and purposes are eternal and un-
changeable-htted TO every condition affecting our
peoples welfare and adequate TO every emergency
The Democracy Of to-day viii best honor tho
memory OF Jefferson by refusing to invent or bor-
cure Of popular ailments-often deunagogio and
highes mission Of benefcenc will Ser tsa ahs sres ss
protection TO our peoples rights and interests. and
countrymen @ W when It resents the suggestion that
either time or circumstance can make obsolete the
foundations OF the Democratic party
Mayor Mcclellan was introduced to speak to
the toast Democracy"
MAYOR MCLELLANs SPEECH.
He began with denunciation Of "charIatans
and demagogues' who had taken the name OF
Jefferson in vain. Then he continued. saying in
part:
WHICH g TTles tbe state today is that ours Was buiis
upon the living rock Of right and theirs upon the
shifting sands Of opportunity. Time and again
we have strayed from the path OF duty. and re-
ceived and deserved defeat Time and again We
in the senseless effort TO Outbd our opponents IN
an unworthy appeal 20 the passions and preiudices
TheT. is a spirit OF disorder and lawls;ssness and
the world. spirit which masks under the names OF
for its object the subversion OF existing law and
order and ultimately manifests Itself by the fam
ing torch and the red flag OF anarchy. Nation
after nation has met II. and in panic has fallen
back and tempOrized Nation after nation has been
weak enough compromise.
day, taking advantage OF conditions brought aboue
by opponents Under Republican rule IN the
nation govSrnnens mas oeSn en- 1 s y nlLssea
-or the enrichmenr OF the rev ana rOr tne oppreS.
sion OF the many First under the protection OF
shown without the coUntenance Of law az all. the
people have been pundered until a field has been
the seed OF diseased thought And the sewers who
sow The seed without GosCISe or 'noush1 { OF G
weapons the deliberate perversiOn OF humanity.
With the single ambition OF personal elevation 20
feed their rnonstrous vanity they would not only
hut would without scruple place upon this country
the curse with which every civilized nation IN Eu-
nen-God save the mark-cau themselves Demo-
The wave Of anarchy which is sweeping toward
US IS foreign institutions and foreign 70 our
overcomes US it will be because have succumbed
without struggle, Kept2lcan greed Is ar5siy re-
Of which anarchy has been quick 10 take advan-
Democracy must make tne fight. and Thomas
Jefferson has placed In our hands the weapons with
timidty or weakness or concessions. We must
not copy the met%hods % eft. Of the part party in power We
nlsts and Opporturisrn knows principles. There
Is S tba foo If we ignored f. o or oyen we 1
nnized it. II IS serious. extremely serious II IS
gaIiantiy waged. and II the forces OF honesty are
neanS Tsny q eb Bound to assert ITSELF and tSa eomo
sense. brushing the cobwehs from the brain OF
away forever the unhealthy fallaces OF anarchy
and reasSert IN ., rs noesty ana VirliLy the clear