The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-14
HONOR JEFFERSON
New York Democrats Celebrate
Anniversary Discussing
Roosevelt.
THE ALMIGHTY POLITICIAN
United States Senator simmons Secs
Shade of Old King George Stalk
Ing in the Land.

New York, April lS.-Dcmocrats
prominent in the state and nation 10
the number of four hundred gathered
tonight at the Hotel Knlek6rbocker.
where the 165th anniversary Of the
birth Of Thomas Jefferson was ccle-
brated with n dinner by the National
/ Democratic club Illness prevented the
attendance of two OF the promised
speakers, Senator Robert l., Taylor of
Tennessee. and Edward NJ. Shepard.
who was to have responded to "Jeffer-
son and the Democratic party"
Judge Warren w. Foster of the court
of general sessions presided and the
principal speakers were United states
Senator owen Of Oklahoma, u. S. Sem
ator simmons Of North Carolina, and
President Woodrow Wilson OF Prince
ton university.
President Wilson spoke to the toast
Law or Personal Power"
Senator simmons responded to tho
toast "The White House and the DEM
ocracy." He said: III you ask me what
sort OF a democrat we should nominate
for president, my answer would be- wo
should nominate a democrat who can
say IN truth and fact I am demo-
craft democrat and nothing more, d
democrat without qualification, explain
alton or apologies.
THE situation calls for a bold and
unequIvocal enunciation Of the princl-
pies and policies for which the party
stands and invokes the support of the
people.
If you tell me that the courts have
not yielded to the executive behest,
they will stand firm. and there is no
danger viii answer you nay, how
ever honest, however firm. however
courageous an executive appointed
judiciary may be, 1t cannot stand for a
long time against executive power The
judiciary Is a breakwater against ex-
ecutive usurpation, but at best It is
only temporary breakwater. The
only permanently effective breakwator
is the president himself.
1.-THE president Is mighty man. Po-
) litically speaking he has become an all
mighty man. Bigger than anybody
bigger than everybody. He says &c
this one go and he goeth and to that
one do and he doeth II. He says &c
the house pass this law and pass thai
law and they say all right Mr.. Roose
welt, and they pass II. He says to tn,
senate pass this law and pass tha
law, and they say all right Mr.. Roose
welt and they pass it.
'He says I don't want to be presi
dent a third time, but ! want Taft t,
be president and they say all right
Mr.. Roosevelt, we will nominate Taft
'And we all know, if he shall at an,
time before the convention change hi
, mind and decide to take the nomina
, tlon himself, they will say all right
u, and third term traditions, and MI
6 TAFT will be Dlckod and Forakerlzed.
, Just let this thing go on as 1t i
, going on; as 1t has been going on will
ever accelerating momentum durini
, the last forty years of republican gov
eminent, and some fine morning W
q will all wake up to find state bounda
ries obliterated, to find state sover
6 eighty extinguished to find congress
a ana the courts subjugated and thu
A Magma Charta, the bill OF rights and al
h our boosted privileges and immunitie
: OF American citizenship gone with tn
spectre Of old King George stalkin
abroad in the land and his incamate
b spirit seated in power in the Whit
v House,