Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
SUFFERS DEMOCRACY
New York Representative De-
fines Party Principles.
JEFFERSON DAY DOCTRINES
Currency and Tariff Reforms the
Great Need.
REPUBLICAN REMEDIES FAIL
Free Trade Is Impossible, But a Re-
vision of the Schedules Is I'M
peratively Necessary.
REPUBLICAN REMEDIES FAII
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
| BUFFALO. N. y. April 11-Represent-
alive William Sulzer of New York city
was the principal speaker tonight at the
Ellicott Clubs celebration of jefferson
day. and delivered ringing speech upon
| the principles of the democracy, which Is
regarded as outlining the issues upon
which the democracy will appeal to the
| people In the coming presidential cam
| palgn. Mr. SulZer said. in part:
There never was a time in all our his
| tory when the teachings and the policies
| and the principles of Jefferson should be
| more adhered to by the people than at
| the present time. He was the people
| friend and stood for the masses against
| the classes. We should be true now more
| than ever to Jeffersonian principles He
voiced the longings, satisfied the hopes
and realized the aspirations of the OPP
pressed He knew their woes, their mis-
| cries and their wants. He enunciated
| their principles and lived to see them
successfully triumph. Jefferson believed
| the people had sufficient capacity and suf-
ficient intelligence to govern themselves
He trusted the people, and proclaimed
that all men are created equal and en-
dowed by their Creator with certain in
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and
that governments are instituted among
men to achieve these blessings, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the
governed.
Democracy Defined in Sentence.
If l were asked today to define in a
single sentence the cardinal principle Of
the democratic party l should say it was
| Equal rights to all; special privileges to
none That great principle Of true JEFF
fersonian democracy Is now and ever
should be the keynote Of our political
faith 1t is as true today as when JEFF
ferson enunciated it, and its application
to pending political problems would solve
of all the people. Special privilege is
the bane of our political life, and CEN
tralization of wealth and power follows
1t like the night the day. Every man In
the country who believes In the teach
| ings of Jefferson should set his face
against these two evils of special prlvl-
lege and Capitalization. Most of the
evils that we complain about today are
the results of this undemocratic policy OF
special privilege to the few.
u am a democrat because the democratic
party stands for this great principle OF
Equal rights to all and special privileges
| to none" The republican party Is the
party of opportunism and special privilege
and the party Of Capitalization OF wealth
by means of special privilege which robs
| the many for the benefit of the few. and
does it all under the cloak of law"
Banking and Currency.
Mr. Sulzer vigorously attacked the re-
publican party's position in the barking
and currency questions. declaring that
the existing laws on those subjects are
"a yeritab.e crazy quilt of republican
patchwork" He continued:
The so-called 'Aldrich emergency cur
rency bill to allow few favored nation
al banks to issue 100000 more banK
notes. will not remedy the evil. but only
accentuate it, 1t is another little patch
on the banking crazy quilt. 1t is not
merely a makeshift; 1t is a miserable mis-
take. and in the end will do more harm
than good Its passage would indenniteiy
postpone further serious consideration or
currency reform. Better no legislation
than this Aldrich special privilege for the
few. The so-called Fowler bill, for an
asset currency. will not cure the evils. 1t
| is so complicated that no one seems to