The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-27
Sentiments Not Previously
"Heralded" Given Voice at
Jefferson Day Banquet.
CHURCH HAS NO RIGHT TO
INTERFERE In POLITICS
Nearly Two Hundred Guests at
Banquet Given by Woman's
Democratic Club.

Although it had not been announced
that some strong advocates of American
| party principles would respond to toasts
at the dinner IN honor of Thomas JEFF
ferson, given by the Women's Demo
cratic club at the Commercial club
rooms, Thursday evening. some OF the
addresses urging non"interference IN
State politics by the dominant church
formed one of the features OF the oc-
! caSlon,
One of the first speakers remarked
that Democracy was jefferson s re-
lipion, and having noticed that the sub
iect of one of the addresses was, "
Jefferson Came to Utah, he invited
the speaker to whom that subject had
been assigned to say if, IN his opinion,
the great commoncr would here be per
mittcd TO live his religion, unFor-
tunately. r. w. Sloan. who had been
invited 10 respond TO that toast, was
not present, and j. r Letcher, who was
asked to speak on the subject. did not
reply 10 the question.
But one of the most emphatic anti
Mormon addresses was delivered by
John Dern, who spoke on William ).
Brvan' Abiding to the leading po-
litical issues in Utah, that of church
interference in politics, he said that it
was essentially an American party-Re
publlCdn 111H1Is Tic Jup1l tOlu VI Hl III
stance in which churchman IN one
OF the villages called on his neiGhbors
5nd told them that IT was rhe WISH OF
the church that they vote the Repub-
lican ticket ''We must protest against
that. said he. "lt is our duty as
citizens TO condemn such action He
urged his fellow Democrats to wage
their political contests for principle and
not for office
The efforts of the members of the
Woman Is club were crowned with a
remarkable degree of success, as the
dinner was attended by nearly 200
guests and the programme was entirely
dent of the club. presided, and Lyman
r. Martineau was POSTMASTER Music
was rendered by an orchestra and by
". II. Bywater, who sang solo.
Indefinite Defeat
After he had been introduced by Mrs.
HAYWARD Toastmaster Martineau made
n few remarks. in which he drew conso-
lation from the reflection that it would
not be the fate OF the party TO walk
in the path of defeat indefinitely. With
BRYAN as leader he predicted that the
Democrats would soon achieve victory,
He read a telegram from Mrs Powers
saying that although Judge o. w. Pow
ers was still very i'll of pneumonia
and confined to the hospital, he sent
greetings. BY unanimous vote the
greeting was reciprocated with au ex-
preston of hope for Judge Powers 8
speedy recovery.
Stephen l.. Richards responded to the
toast, Thomas Jeffereson-Demo-
cTst,' alluding briefly to church inter
ference in politics, and among other
things he read portion of Jefferson s
faith of Democracy. Mrs, L. j. D.
Roundy, who was introduced as being
familiar with the Smoot machine. al
though she had never seen IL, read an
interesting paper on ''The Homo Life
OF Jefferson, Honorable Samuel R.
Thurman spoke on Utah 3 First De.
mocracy,' subject which he said
the assumption that he was the first
victim to be sacrificed on the altar by
the party, ''Some say that the party
was formed by the pioneers who first
came to Utah. said he, ''while 9th
ers are equally positive that it was
formed by the aborigines many moons
ago. He then gave the history of
the party in Utah, interspersing his ad
dress with humorous anecdotes.
In the absence of h. w. Sloan, the
subject ''If jefferson Came to Utah, -
was assigned to j. r, Letcher He said
Utah he would be |" delighted, F" for
the spirit manifested AT the meeting
would encourage him. He would not,
he said, fold his tent and silently steal
away. but would call for fiddle aud
play good old Democratic tune.
T, x. Nebeker spoke on Jefferson
the Expansionist, aluding TO the
Louisiana purchase as being the great.
, est, diplomatic achievement of the age,
and saying that expansion is one thing
and imperialism quite another.
Constitution Overstepped.
Hon. G. S. Varian, in an address on
The Proper Relation of the Nation
to the State criticised the Beveridge
child labor bill and the interference of
President Roosevelt in the case of the
Japanese exclusion from the California
schools az overstepping the bounds pre-
seribed by the Constitution. He eX.
planned, however, that the purpose of
the Beverdge bill was commendable.
Commerciahsm. he said, was breaking
down the line of demarcation between
State and national sovereignty
Thomas NJ. Taylor of Provo, in speak
ing on the subject, "Why n Democratic
Party deplored that the Republican
party claims the credit for reforms
which are originated by the Democratic
party.
; Hon john Dern then advocated the
opposing of church interference in Utah
politics while speaking on the subject.
Mrs, Rebecca Brown read an original
poem on "Why | Am a Democrat, -
which was received with applause
Capt. Fisher Harris spoke on "The
Dollar or the Man., the subject having
been changed at the last moment from
that of "The Man With the Hoe MI,
Harris said that he would prefer the
dollar to any man with whom he is at
t present acquainted Some men, he said
: can be rich and yet have qualities that
will keep them out of the penitentiary.
but he could not understand how man
can be really happy unless he Is in debt.