The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-05
President Of Princeton Says,
That Is Only Proper Way to Il
Deal With Heads Of Trusts
Who Violate Law-De-
sccndants Of Signers @
Celebrate.

Governor Hughes, the centre figure,
was given an enthusiastic welcome.
His tribute to Roosevelt brought
forth demonstration. but the blows
he struck at political machines and
his confidence expressed III the su-
nails for even greater demonstra-
tions. sl X
Review In Lee Parade. Ss
The review on Lee Parade, consist-8
ing Of National Guards, United States
regulars. marines from the battleships
and United States Cavalry, was Wit.
messed by Governor Hughes, President
Wilson, Governor Swanson, President
Tucker. of the exposition: Lieutenant
Governor Ellyson and other of11ciala.s
a Messrs. Hughes and Wilson spoke
under the auspices OF the Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial Association. the exer-
clses being held In Convention Hail.,
and this meeting may be termed the
official celebration of the day here,
for nowhere else was anything in the
form of certmony attempted. Thn
Thomas Jefferson Association was hap
py in the selection of the speakers 4
Both OF them being national figures,
they We're no strangers 10 the vast
audience which they addressed, and
they Were cheered to the echo. @
HuEhcs's Admirable Address.
Governor Hughes said in part:
he Immortal words the preamble
Of the Declaration of Independe nce
recorded more than q protest "a gainst
We're more than an assertion OF the
right of the colonies to be independent
States. They passed beyond the neces-
Iperhars, In their broad import the sem
ttiment of many. who. eXasperated by
tvrannica1 demands. Were ready to. re-s
have the perennial value Ola political g
creed voicing in terms of conviction
the aspirations OF humanity. They
suggest to us the long struggle against
the usurpations of power and the in1-I
positions of avarice and cunning. They
have been ridiculed as fallacious; they
have sustained the assault OF those
mental and moral inequalities, have
sought to obscure the profound trt,t4,,
Of equality before the law and the in-5
ard by which we may judge the sue
cessful working Of our institutions.
And, gathered upon this historic spot
him. we may fittingly pay our tribute
to the author Of these words. In the
language Of Lincoln: All honor to Jef-$
ferson--to the man VINO. In the concrete
pressure Of q national struggle for In
dependence by a singie people. had the
cooness, forecast and sagacity to ms
troduce into merely revolutionary
document an abstract truth, applicablas
balmed 1t there that to-day, and In all
coming days, It shall be rebuke and
stumbling block to the very har-
bingers. of, reappearing tyranny and
Tribute to American People.
'We may properly congratulate our-
selves upon the marvellous record OF
the nations progress. With reslstlesa
energy the vast domain between tha
oceans has been developed. and Its res
motest parts have been knit togetheE
by mutual needs and the multifarious
activities of an ever-increaslng COM
invention, endowed with boundless ans
bition and rare capacity for organiaa-
t!on, has made available our natural
wealth. and has made our Industrial
Our development has intensified th1
sentiment of national unity, and despite
our wide extent of territory, and not-t
wlthstandlng the many. differences eS-
hiblted In our populations, we, are
people united, not merely In form or
by convention, but In interest and sen-5
timent. An unparalleled prosperity
has blessed our efforts. And never has
the sun shone upon q. moro Industrious
and happy people. enjoying to a larger
degree equal rights and equal oppor-
tunities, than those who gather to-day
under the Stars and Stripes to conn-
memorate the birth OF American Lbs
erty.
All Spiritual Sons.
sour interests are inseparably con-
lnected. We cannot by arbitrary legiss
Ilation afford to disturb our Industrial
enterprises. There are millions OF
wage earners who depend for their
daily bread upon the stability OF our
business interests
"But there Is no reason why rapacity
should not be restrained and public
obligation enforced,
"Those who are loyal to the ideals
of popular government arc anxious
that the people should yindicate their
supremacy. and in so doing should
safeguard their essential interests. This
may be done II they use the powers
OF government deliberately and Justly.
The people of this county are not az
war with business or With honorable
business organizations They have nc
desire TO fetter lawful enterprises Or
to impair the confidence which Is as
sential to the maintenance Of cur pros-
perlty. They do desire to thwart every
attempt TO secure or retain an itn-
proper advantage through unjust DIS
|crimnations or governmental faYosis-2
Ism If those who arc sympasnetio
with this desire viii encourase the
just and reasonable disposition OF eaen
question upon its merits and pfo:hoso
the rule Of common sense, we shall a Z.
racy from suffering at its own halias,
| 1--WE stand In the presence or those
rotated by blood to tho yillustrinns
signers OF the Declaration Of Independ-
| ence. They rejoice In their dist e
lguished lineage. But We arc al. tns
Spiritual sons OF these fathers of on
liberties. we haveia priceless hefitaSa