The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-09
DAY DENIS
SHOW NEW STREAK
JACKSON DAY DINNER MARKED
BY REMARKABLE FEDERATION.
The Vague Nature Of Party Lines at
Present Is Shown by Applause Fol
lowing Utterances Which Would
Have Been Condemned as Rank Her
esy Ten Years Ago.

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Democratic doctrine of an entirely
new variety was the feature of the
Jackson day dinner given by the JET
ferson club at the National hotel last
night. One or two years ago, utter"
ances heard last night would have been
considered high treason in democratic
gathering. Last night they were APP
plauded.
. In view of recent developments, To-
cal and national, these utterances and
expressions of evidently popular ideas
troll and ownership of public service
corporations was the popular sentiment
of the gathering and the keynote of
most of the addresses, there was sink
ing of the sharp party lines that have
always been clearly drawn before at all
: democratic gatherings. 70 ascribe any
good to any republican was treason. all
wont to be drawn from the hall of
fame of the democracy. .--ss'a
Last night there was mingllng OF
the men Of both parties. HWhat We
need is more of the La Follettes, Folks
and Weavers,o was an, expression often
heard. The speaker of the evening,
/. Louis F. Post Of Chicago, gave the
three great democrats Of American his
tory as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jack
son and Abraham Lincoln. Heretofore
the suggestion of combining OF
forces With republicans of any breed
! was reasonable, but last night speak.
ers freely stated that they believed
that realignment of the parties OF to-
, day is not only imminent but desirable.
| ~ Governor on Realigament.
Governor johnson spoke Of the trend
toward realignment.. ''lf there IS no
formal realignment, - said be-, tine
same ends can still be accomplished. II
are right and democratic. If the pres
, emit president of the United States has
usurpe the democratic. platform, let
him usurp it, and we will stand on II
with him.''
This was greeted with the most en-
thusiastic applause by the 200 guests
Two years ago no Democratic toast
master at democratic gathering woulo
have dared insinuate that any mai
last night there was no objection Whe1
the toastmaster said, "And some of u:
voted for Roosevelt Judge A. B
Parker g name was not mentioned dur
ing the evening, but the mention o!
WI. Bryan was greeted with cheers:
Following the elaborate dinner, Or
Musgrave, president of the club, intro
| duced -. Il. Farsous, ae 'o@9Cti1o :
Frank D. Larrabee spoke on IS Munlcl
pal Franchises" He gradually led VI
to the conclusion, citing legal decision
to sustain his point, that the power +
condemn public utilities is inherent il
} all government, and that the state a
any time may revoke a franchise en-
tered into with private party or COZ
poration. He applied this principl
to the local municipal corporations.
Richard Tattersfed proposed memo
rial to the city council, strongly anti
unanimously adopted. T. T. Hudson o
Duluth, national democratic committee
man from Minnesota, gave an interest
ing address on the pernicious int1uenc
Of public service corporations In pol
tics. He concluded after few sting
|, ing remarks concerning the Unite
States senate with the expression of tn
hope that some day it might be popula
to be honest.