Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-14
William J, Bryan, Woodrow
Wilson, John A, Dix, Senator
0'Gorman and Mayor Gaynor
Among Speakers.
CHAMP CLARK SENDS
TELEGRAM OF REGRET
Brilliant EuIogieS are Pro-
rounCed Upon Patron Saint
of Party by Men Who Are IN
troduCed as Next President,


/ IBy Morning journal specIaI Leased Wire ]
/ New York, April l3.-Democrats
! high in the councils of the party in
! the nation and state were guests to-
| night of the National Democratic
lclub at dinner given at the Wal
/ dorf-Astoria in celebration of the
! l69th birthday of Thomas jefferson.
/ The speakers included William J..
! Bryan, Governor Woodrow Wilson,
! Of New Jersey, Governor John A.
Dix. Of New York, Senator James
O'Gorman and Mayor William J.
! Gaynor.
; High tribute was paid to the mem
ory of jefferson, founder of the
democratic party, and the speakers
asserted that were he alive today he
l'wculd advocate the principles for
which the present day democracy
stands.
What would jefferson do" was
the subject of Governor Wilson'S adj
dress, while Mayor Gaynor took as
Sis text What Would jefferson
EaN?'
Colonel Bryan was received with
much applause when he came into
the banquet hail. Both Governor
Wilson and Mayor Gaynor were
greeted as "our next president
Thomas f. DonnelIy, president Of
the National Democratic club, read
h letter from Speaker Clark. who
wrote:
You may rest assured that it Is
with very great regret ! discovered
,ff
ence just AZ the time when ! hoped,
in company with the gallant demo
Gratis of the Empire state, to be a
lowed to add my humble tribute tt
the imperishatle services that
Thomas jefferson rendered not only
to American democracy, but to the
sacred cause of free government
throughout the world.
My regret at my enforced absence
from your dinner is the greater be
cause had hoped to extend hand
Of cordial good fellowship to your
other guests, whose names like m
own viii be presented at Baltimor'
for the nomination by the demo-
cratic party as it's candidate for IA
presidency. 1t is not for us to pas
judgment on our respective merits
That belongs ana may be safely lef;
to the delegates selected for that
purpose by the vast army of faithful
democrats throughout the union.
TO the standard bearer thus
chosen and to the platform adopted
tN that convention all loyal demo-
Gratis viii rally as one man, forget
ting all past differences in support
of the standard bearer and the ban
ner confided to him to carry to
tory"
Mayor Gaynor was given an
ovation. Applause continued at in
teryals throughout his speech which
was chiefly i'm criticism Of judicial
decisions. Colonel Bryan was CLOSE
ly attentive to the mayors address
ana often participated in the APP
plause.
Governor Dix spoke on Tariff Re-
form" Governor Wilson was likencd
to jefferson by the POSTMASTER ir-
He was received With
applause.
Mr Eryan was received with = big
upthrrst OF applause a. n arose t.
address thC banquet. He said.
The speech of one Of tho gu, sts
here tonight illustrates the fact that
the eduCcted men are following |
ThpHgs Jefferson mcre CLOSELY t,,i.Ay !
than ever before ana trust t1at I
this will be bat the tnrcruuner OF an /
army Of learned men ,,no shall /
recognize that the heart and not the |
mind is the moving influence II I
man have been IL. Nrw York be 4
fore. bur never under such favor /
able conditions.
My subject T.. 'Democracy's pp-
but after hearing Cf I
What jefferson Would say. and /
W nat jefferson Would Do. / feel !
like changing It To What Would the /
People de To jefferson ir he WEI 1
here now ! know what they did Ia /
men when ! tried my best to initiate /
Jefferson. and I wonder what they |
would de- to jefferson in New York |
today.
What greater tribute could br I
paid to the democratic party than !
the fact that in defeat IL has domi- /
mated th,. opinion of a nation p"
Mr. Bryan said he would ventur.
the prediction that the next prcsi-
dent would be- nominated by the peo-
pie and elected by tn. people.