The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-09

his First Inaugural Address. those mas
terpieces of constructive craftsmanship in
which are contained the cruX of. every
political principle necessary for the guild
truths contained in those documents are
as applicable today as they were at the
dawn of our national existence.
Jefferson succeeded in finding and in
the two extremes. whereby the govern
ment was given ample power for all le-
glumate purposes ana at the same time the
rights of the individual were sufficiently
safeguarded
Here Mr.. Nebeker read from Jefferson's
inaugural address the paragraphs quoted
by Mr. Roberts, which appear at the head
of this article
Here in a single paragraph" continued
Mr.. Nebeker lis condensed more political
wisdom than can be found in dozen
noisy state papers such we are ac-
customed to in these strenuous latter
days. These. indeed are the fundamen-
tai principles of Democracy as well as of
all good government, call them what YOU
may: no Democrat need apologize for
them, and if he finds himself INDUCING
in the delusive thought that those prin-
ciples are not sufficiently up-to-date. t
is political stock taking time for him; he
may find that he has on hand some very
old political wares which long ago were
cast away, but which have been painted
over and polished up and sold to him
by some second hand dealer calling him
self a progressive or constructive states
man.
A Jeffersonian Democrat.
after all, good Democrats are born. not
made; there are those who call them
selves Democrats who in fact lack those
finer feelings of human sympathy which
so characterized the craftsmanship OF
Jefferson. There are others who go by
the name of Republicans who have To
maintain alright partitions between their
good political principles and their bad
political practices. Rightly understood.
no higher compliment can be paid to
man than to say that he is true JEFF
ferSOnial Democrat" for such a Democrat
must be appreciative of the worth and
dignity of every individual and must
strive sympatheticaliy for the uplifting of
his fellow men, ne must believe in and
practice the doctrine, now more hOnOred
in the breach than the observance. of
equal rights to all, special privileges to
none In brief, he must eXemplify those
qualities OF universal good will and broth
erhOOd which are the browning results
attained in the human struggle for a
higher and better civilization"
Short addresses were also made by
John r. Tolton of Beaver and W NJ.
Roylance of Provo. The following letter
was read from ". J. Bryan by Mrs.
+. j. D. Roundy. secretary of the Wom-
ems Democratic club:
Mrs. Z. J. ID. Roundy. secretary WOmen's
Democratic Club. 542 East First North
Street. Salt Lake City, Utah:
Dear Madam am in receipt of your
invitation ia attend the banquet which
your club will give on the anniversary
of the birth of Thomas jefferson. I re-
gret very much that it will not be posi-
bic for me to attend, but | am so ardent
an admirer of jefferson that I can attend
all Democratic banquets in spirit. even if
I can attend but one in flesh.
At this time there is special need for
the application of Jeffersonian ideas about
the government, and / am satisfied that
his teachings We're never more popular
than now with the masses. If the Demo
cratic party will be true 10 the spirit of
JeffersOnian Democracy, if will soon con-
vince the country of its wOrthiness to be
trusted with power, and that proof is all
that is necessary to insure success.
Thanking you for the honor you do me
in sending the invitation, / am, with best
wishes for the success of the club.
Very truly yours
W. J. BRYAN.