The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-14
STRONG TALKS
BY DEMOCRATS
SPEECHES MADE AT JEFFERSON
BIRTHDAY BANQUET IN
NEW YORK.
BACK TO THE LAWS
Should Be Demoeracy's Battle Cry,
Says Woodrow Wison--Cries
For More Principles and Less
Candidates.

New York April t3.-Democrats
prominent in state and nation to the
number of four hundred gathered to-
might ar the dinner of the National
Democratic Cub IL celebrate the
llC5th anniversary Of tie oifth of
IThomas jefte's"'.
The p,:ec;pa! speakers wcrc Sen
ator oven, of Okiahnind Senator
Simmons. - North Cala'il a. and
Presidert Woodrow Wilson 0; Prince
ton un;2ersity-
Senatpr ~ en- said in p5 [ There
are said u, ! ever six nlIiInn driven
by ea3ncmtc need mGt Of tic homes
ioi Anne trl tjts'da Of douestic ser
vice, compelled % earn their daily
Drean IN competition with ~ wages
Of man. Hundreds of thousands Of
young men and tender children are
being sacrificed to the grinding process
Of modern monopoly and the eXacting
demands o fthe corporation owners
who cry for dividends, dividends, diyi-
Idends on watered stock, of which only
| a fraction is honest capitol entitled to
| interest The time has come in the
| United States when the great doctrine
| of equality should be recognized In
our state craft. 1t seems TO me that
lit would be unwise to destroy the
great corporations which have been
1teF ann
so-called captains Of industry. We
| have a perfect right, however, to con
troll these monopolles legally, morally
| and 1t IL a patriotic duty to do so.
And they should not be permitted tc
tax the American people IN excess Of
a fair interest on the capital actually
Invested. II they were so controlled.
lit wanld give stability TO wages, we
lwouid hear no more of over prudln
| ton nor of under consumption, but
these enterprises would proceed upon
rational lines and work for the vel
fare of all people of our common
country"
Senator Simmons said: IF you ask
nv NndN SUN VI IL lptiilptIdL We HUphiu
nominate for president, my answer
would be, we should nominate a Dem
ocrat who can say in truth and In
fact, I am a Democrat. Democrat
out qualification, explanation or apollo
gies. He should be a democrat who,
when the national convention In its
platform interprets and declares what
Democracy means and stands for to-
day, will get on that platform with
both feet and stay on it with both
feet 1t cares not what his name, nor
from what state or section he halls
so he can restore harmony in the
Democratic party reunite its divided
elements and with its forces marshall
ed in solid phalanx confront the co
ports of Republicanism. whether led
by the presiden in hos own proper
person or in the person of his secre
tary Of war The situation calls for
a bold and unequivccal enunciation of
principles aud policies for which the
party stands and inyokes the support
of people" Continuing, the speaker
criticised the president for alleged In
reference win the Legislative and
judicial branches of government, and
Iconcluded Just let this thing 90
on as it Is going on as II has been
going on with ever accelerating mo-
mentum during the last forty years
Of Republican government and some
fine morning we win all wake up TO
find the state boundaries oblterated
to find state sovereignty extinguish
ed. to find congress and the courts
.subiugated and a magma charta. bill
OF rights. and all our boasted privil
'eges and immunities OF American citi
2enship gone. with the spectre of old
King Gee rye stalking abroad in the
land, and his incornated spirit seated
in power in the White House"