The Cairo bulletin., 1912-04-14
Caynor, Bryan and Dix Tell Of
Achievements Of President, Who
Founded Party
MAYOR HITS AT COURTS
New York Executive Declares De-
cisions Nullifying Laws, Create
Socialism


high in the councils OF the party of
the nation and state tonight were
the guests of the National Demp-
cratic Club at dinner given in cele-
bration of the one hundred and
sixty-ninth birthday anniversary of
Thomas jefferson.
Speakers of the evening included
William Jennings Bryan, Gov Will
son of New Jersey, Gov, Dix of New
York Senator O'Gorman and Mayor
Gaynor, Highest tribute was paid
to the memory of jefferson, founder
of the Democratic party and speak
ers asserted that were he alive today,
he would advocate the principles for
for which the present day Demo-
cratic party stands. ri r
Mayor Gaynor made an excellent
response to a toast, He said in.part:
"What would Jefferson say?" is
the toast you gave me. Yes, what
would Jefferson say? He was pro-
gressive man, but prudent and care
full. He picked his steps lie did
nothing headlong. But he was con-
scious that the world moves. and he
tried to move with 1t. He was a
radical, if you will, but not the kind
of radical who wants to pull every
thing up by the roots, or every pillar
down, before he has something bet
ter to plant or put in its stead, He
was neither demagogue, nor hum
bug, nor self-seeker. He wanted 10
do good to his fellow men, and knew
that good in this world was growth,
not stagnation He knew that all
good growth, physical, mental or
moral, was gradual and often slow
growth. How gradually the tree
grows and natures, and the blade of
wheat, and this body of ours, and
how long and patiently the Almighty
sat brooding over this world of ours
way how gradually things mental
and moral grow and mature. He
knew that the universal law in all
things was either growth or decay.
He only smiled at the stupid con-
servatism which proclaims that
everything is right just as it is, and
has held up its hands a cried out
in all ages, Don't disturb the exist
ing order OF things" He knew that
the existing order of things is often
a bad, and sometimes the worst pos
sole order of things. The existing
order Of things In this country even
within the memory Of many still liv-
ing was that one human being
might own another. He was a pro-
gressive, but felt his way, and blazed
his way, all the time, that we might
follow.
Obstructive Decisions.
Yes, what would Jefferson say OF
things today?
There is a provision in all of our
constitutions, national and state,
that no one shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property without due pro-
cess of law, except by the law of the
land, as it is sometimes expressed.
This safeguard is not new with us.
We derived it from England. 1t Is
expressed in Magma Charta Nor
Is It peculiar to English-speaking
speaking countries. 1t Is common in
one form or another to every ciyil-
lied government. No one ever
thought of giving 1t anything but its
plain meaning until in recent years,
since 1870, in this country. Then
some court attributed an Indirect
meaning to these words liberty and
property. The phrase to deprive one
of his liberty had always been under
liberty to mean to interfere with the
liberty o fthe person, to put one un-
der physical restraint by some form
of interference, arrest or imprison-
ment And to deprive one Of his
property had similar plain mean
ing. No one In England or in any
other place except here has ever
thought of their having any other
meaning. But since 1870 In this
country courts have been interpret
Ing these words Oh the eseCnstitntion