Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-09
REGENERATION
OF THE DEMOCRACY
Prominent Members OF Party
Holding a Two Days Ses-
sion at Saratoga.
ALTON B. PARKER CHAIRMAN.
Need Of the Hour T. UpbuiIding Of
Party 50 Fundamentally sound
People win Flock to IL.

saratcra, \. Y, Sept e-Derno-
cracy's proposed rcjuvenation under
taken by a committee OF Democrats
who are not in accord with the party's
present management in New Nork
state promises interesting develop
ments during the conference which be-
gan a two-days' session here today.
The organization leaders were not
invited to this conference although
those instrumental in bringing it about
declared that The gathering WAS nut
against the present party organiza-
ton or against any leader. state or ma
tional. but was rather 10 forward the
true interests OF the Democratic party.
Prominent among the conferces are
Alton y. Parker, former chief justice OF
the court Of appeals and DemOcracy's
presidential candidate in 1904. eX-Jus-
tice -. Cady Heriick. who ran for gov
crnor the same year. Edward NJ. Shep-
ard. who was defeated for mayor OF
New York oy Seth Low; Thomas NJ.
Osborne OF Auburn: ex-Justice Morgan
J. O'Brien, Augustus w. Van WyCk
and Dist Atty jerome.
JUDGE PARKER's VIEWS.
Judge Alton b. Parker was chosen
temporary chairman. In assuming the
chair he said IN part:
Who can doubt that the need Of the
hour Is the upbulding OF "a party so
fundamentally sound that the people
will select IL as the instrument TO drive
from power the party that has seated
its money changers in the temple OF
liberty whore they have bought and
sold the privilege ~ collecting nom tho
people IN one form or another tho rich
Is In which they riot.
only few years ago We had our
hrst billion-do Congress. Now We
have two billion dollar Congress. The
original cost OF the Erie canal vas
sL000.ooo. Now the federal government
spends within three days what IT cost
70 build that canal. Our speculative
prosperity boomers are raising values
In strength OF unusual crops. Secy
Wilson estimating the value Of our
wheat crop AZ ss20.OOo 900. and the hay
crop at s62l .oo0ooo Vet the appropria-
ton Of the federal government for this
year exceed either and are equal 10
hve-sixths Of the total value Of both
crops
Again. $4,000. 200 OF this Increase in
expense is occasioned by the addition
In the last eigN years Of %. 2ss federal
offceholders. a larger army than our
present standing army. which also has
been unnecessarily increased during
tho past few years
The total appropriations of the last
seven years exceed 5000 900 900. while
the total appropriations for four years
OF civil war were only s3.i2s. 900. 900.
But the waste OF public funds by no
means measures the wrong done 10 the
people by that party. II long ago FORM
ed an alliance with protected interests
which was strong enough to enable the
Republican leaders in Congress 20
trample upon the platforms pledge to
the people.
President Tsft's influence secured
some petty reductions through the
conference committee. but In the main
people were thwarted by the trusts and
combinations. which. controlling both
raw material and manufactured prod
uots. are enabled by the aid OF ex-
cessive duties 20 collect from the peo-
pie more than the fair value Of nearly
every manufactured article"