Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-14

| WILL NOT TRUST PARTY
After its scandaious betrayal of the people
/ and breach of It's pledges contained in the
Pain act. the pople ought not and will not
| trust 1t again. To trust 1t again in the revis-
| ion of the tariff Nould be foolhardy as
to submit the revision of the laws against
piracy to a band of pirates.
We have in the virile middle west of TIM
country class OF men who have In the
past been voting steady the Republican
| ticket, but who are OF such character that
| they are prepared to place patriotism before
party and principle before pelf. We call
| them there the insurgent Republicans. whose
most prominent leaders are Senator'S la Fol-
| lette of Wisconsin and Cummns OF Iowa
and Representatives Norris and Cooper IN
| the house of representatives. understand
that you have here in California men OF
| like character who haye also become dis
| gusted at the duplicity of the "stand-pat-
ters'' and the rapacity of the privileged
classes who are now controlling the Re-
| publican party. Whatever name may be
| given them, whether insurgents or Lincoln
| Roosevelt Republicans, they are men VINO
are emphatically opposed to robbery OF the
people. They are struggling manfuliy withih
their own party to bring about REFORM put,
| In my judgment. II will be in vain Iha'
party now in the east is under the DOM
ination of the tariff robbers, led IN the SEN
non.
In your state Il is dominated by the
vested interests of the western slope. and
particularly by the Southern Pacihc com
I
burdened your state with excessive frelgh'
and passenger charges but has through tne
control of the nominations maze oy lne
Republican party filled the offices or the stale
with what ] am reliably Informed are SUD
servient tools, who have utterly failed TO
execute the mandates of the constitution
and laws of your state, which plainly ana
emphatical1y require that railway trelght
and passenger rates shall be reasonable ana
just and shall be applied by the rallWays
without rebate or favor to one ciuzen OF
next election these men be replaced by men
of sufficient independence, courage and 10y
atty to the people to secure the passage
and enforcement of laws which snail remove
the incubus of extortonate charges placed
upon and maintained against the prosperity
of the state and its people by the southern
Pacific company -,
country has arrived The Republican party Is
In the clutches of the most unprincipled syn
dlcate of financial pirates that ever ruleo a
great country The protests OF the honest
rank and file will not prevail Mammon is
the god of the present Republican party
and its priests and acolytes hold all the
places of trust and power
MANY ELOQUENT ADDRESSES
Preceding the speech by Mr.. Dunno,
there were several eloquent addresses
by Judge D. X. Trask, president of
the club: Mattison B. Jones, toast
master; Judge John e. Raker, who
George f. Church, whose subject was
present Day Democracy; Theodore
A. Bell. who delivered an extremely
interesting address on 1.-THE Function
of Government" and by Prof. l.. A.
Handley, who told of the need OF edu-
eating the nations younger generation
In the principles of good government,
and who condemned the trust mag
mates who endow with ill-gotten gains
nj
versities.
All of the addresses were received
with much interest, but unfortunately,
space will not permit their publlca-
ton.
D. K. Trask opened the discussion by
explaining the functions of the Jeffer-
son club, which he said was organized
to pay tribute to the author OF the
Declaration of Independence, and 10
promulgate the principles he expound-
ed. He declared Thomas Jefferson was
the greatest political philosopher the
country has ever known, and said that
as on the principles of Jefferson the
party was founded, so these principles
will again prevail, despite many tenn
poraly backsets.
The toastmaster. Mattison B. Jones,
was then presented, and contrasteo tne
seriousness of Judge Trasks remarks
with MANY humorous anecdotes, Incl
dentally scoring several hits in his
elucidation of the principles of Democ-
racy. He said that while the party had
gone to defeat many times 1t could not
be said by any one of its critics that IL
ever had gone to defeat in hishonor
I'VE are here to observe the lottn
birthday anniversary of the greatest
constructive administrator the natloii
has ever known" he said.
'"rhe art of government" he contin-
ued, sis the art of being honest ana
that is one of the fundamental peIeIs
of Democracy" -
MT. Jones, during the evening, read
many letters from various party lead
ers, expressing their regret at pelns
unable to attend. and embodylng I'M
pressive statements of the status anu
nroeress of the Democratic party.
Among the most encouraging letters
ba road were those from William Jen-
nings BRYAN, addressed to the Jenersoh
clubs of two of the largest eastern cit
les and letters to the Los Angeles clup
| from James D. Prelan or san frdh-
cisco. Congressman Champ Clark GOV
Thomas r. Marshall, Senator Robert +
T,avlor. Senator It. P Gore, Presidenl
Woodroy Wilson of Princeton and oth-
ers. --.,,o,,
+tare will he no more Taft and no more
GRO ~ - wrote Senator Gore, whose let
fer elicited uproarious applause, as dlo
also the letters of William ]. Bryan and
other noted leaders.
RAKER FACETIOUs
John e. Raker of Modoc county then
addressed the audience and told
several humorous anecdotes, aptly IL
iuetratins his definition of present-day
conditions. He emphasized the 1act
that honesty in government is the pn'- prln-
ciple for which the Democratic party
in california stands, and that the al
fairs Of office should and must be con-
Quoted as the citizens would CONDUCT
their affairs of home
"a Democracy that appeals to the
heart and home" was the burden or
his address. With this kind of Democ-
racy. he said, the party will get re-
sultS. He brought the message from
Northern California that the people
there believe the party will elect a
Governor and congressman at the next
election If it can assure the voters that
II Is able TO carry out the present pro
cram and give to the citizens of the
State the honest and efficient govern
ment demanded by Californians.
'GThe people are now looking to the
Democratic party" he said, for re-
lief from the conditions brought about
bv rampant, disrupted and corruptiVe
Republicanism."
George e. Church of Fresno was the
next speaker, and delivered a most
eloouent address. He was followed by
Mr.. Bell, Prof. Handley and Mr..
Dunne, all of whom ELECTED tremen-
dous applause in their utterances.
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