The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-26
MEET TO HONOR
GREAT DEMOCRAT
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Mrs. T. ]. d. Roundy Of Salt Lake
gave a carefully prepared paper on
Home Life of Jefferson" that was
| listened to attentively and gave an in
I teresting insight into the personal
character and intimate doings of the
great Democrat
Mr.. Martineau introduced s. r. Thur
man of Provo. after exhibiting the first
Democratic badge ever made in Utah.
Ii belongs to VIII STnoot of Salt Lake,
and was worn by him when Mr.. Thur
man was the Democratic candidate for
congress IN 1883.
Where He Went Wrong.
AIr. Thurman gave delightfully."- hui
morous talk, that contained much his
torical data as well. He said he OBJ
served ''the first struggle of embryonic
Democracy to break the shackles of en-
vironment and insist upon American
politics in Utah at a Peoples party
convention in 1882 when Scipio Afri-
canus Kenner, one of the delegates,
asked the question: How long is this
roaring farce to be kept up?' From
that time on, Scip and I were warm
political friends and partisans until 1
went wrong few years ago by re-
naming in the Democratic party" said
Mr.. Thurman.
AS leadehs in the movement for the
first territorial Democratic convention,
Mr.. Thurman mentioned Judge Dusen-
berry, DR.. Pike, w. II. King, Owen
Smoot, John B. Miner. Joseph l.. Raw
Inns, Ben Sheecks, S. A. Kenner, Had
ley d. johnson. H. ]. Faust land scores
Of others equally valiant in the cause
of Democracy, some of whom l will not
mention for the further reason that
they would not thank me today for
mentioning the fact that they had ever
been Democrats"
Mr.. Thurman confessed that he was
the candidate for congress chosen at
the convention that met in Salt Lake
oct ., 1855, land had the distinction
of receiving less votes than any party
in the territory that had ever placed
ticket in the field"
Better Days Coming.
In closing, he said: I'VE have come
up through great tribulations. There
will be an end of Democracy's dark and
gloomy night, evea now the day is
beginning to dawn. The next cam
paign will be fought on the issues of
tariff reform, curIailment of the power
and privileges of the trusts and the
ipviolability of the sovereign rights of
the states. Upon these issues. unin-
numbered with matters of doubtful i'm
portance, every true Democrat can
stand ard when such has been the case
in. these United States since Thomas
Jefferson was elected president of the
United States there has never been any
question as TO what the result would
be.
Whatever may be our conclusion as
to what course we shall pursue In our
local politics, let us keep alive the spirit
of Jeffersonian Democracy, and in. 1903
let the voice of Utah be heard in the
national Democratic convention in the
nomination of William Jennings Bryan.
the greatest American citizen today
among the ranks of the people"
Jerrold r. Leteher, called unexpect-
eddy, on account OF the absence of r.
W. Sloan, TO respond to IF Jefferson
Came to Utah?" began by saying; eff
Jefferson came to Utah, of course, he
would be dee-lighted." Mr.. Letcher
continued by saying he believed that if
Jefferson should come the spirit of the
gathering present would make him feel
at home, and that Jefferson would
counsel the Utah Democracy to be of
good cheer and good spirit, because the
principles are just as good now as
when they were enunciated by Jeffer-
son.
Old Style Expansion.
Speaking to "Jefferson-the Expan-
sionist." Frank Il. Nebeker of Logan
compared Jefferson's idea of expansion
with what the Republicans today call
expansion. Expansion is healthy. or
ganic growth; imperialism is a fatal
humorous enlargement" he said. JEFF
feTsonian expansion marches forward
under the flag and hand In hand with
the constitution; Imperialism despises
the constitution and desecrates the
flag"
Speaking of Jefferson's method of
acquiring the Louisiana purchase ter
ritory, Mr.. Nebeker said:
From the standpoint of the present
incumbent of the presidential chair,
the method adopted by jefferson to
solve the perplexing problem was. and
is no doubt, wholly inexcusable and en-
tirsly indefensible; for why should the
nation accomplish by honorable diplo-
macy what it might do, however re-
mote thu chance, by force and coer-
cion? Why buy the property of your
neighbor and pay for 1t when you can
just as well hit him with a big stick
and take it away? Then. besides, what
profit Is there in expanding into a con-
tiguous area where the climate and all
facilities are the natural heritage OF a
young and growing nation, when the
nation can by expanding untold wealth
and sacrificing the lives of its citizens
travel thousands of miles from home
into the tropical zone and annex an
alien people in order TO be known, for
sooth. as world power; that, like the
monarchies of the old world, the ma