New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

swung out of her onetime Isolation anu
had Joined the family of nations, ceaslhs
TO be the simple. homogeneous, rural ma
ton she was in Jefferson's time. NOW hei
affairs were shot through with emotion anu
the passion that came with strength anu
growth and self-contidence But, he salu,
had jefferson lived In our time he "ouiu
have acted upon the facts as they were
Governor Wilson went on:
We are constantly quoting Jefferson
fundamental thought; il was that no policy
could last whose foundation is narrow,
based upon the privileges and authority OF
a few. but that its foundatl3ns must oe ad
families and neighborhoods that 1--we uIlIer
IT, Monopoly, private control tne auInoI
ity OF privilege, the concealed MASTERY vi
a Few men cunning enough to rule without
showing their power-he would have at
once pronounced the rank weeds when
we're sure TO choke out all wholesome Ire
in the fair garden OF aitairs. re smoI d
rectly sometimes indirectly, sometimes
openly, sometimes subtly; hut whether ne
merely mined about them or struck direct
ly at them, he would have set systematic
war against them at the front or all MS
As regards the real influences that con-
troll our government, he would have asked
, first of all: Are they determined by the
direct and open contacts OF opinion? lie
would have found that they were not; that
on the contrary, our government as ,,I mas
with a hundred coverts and ambushes; tnat
the opinion Of the nation makes little noise
i'm the committee rooms or legislatures;
that II is certain large special interests ana
not the people who maintain the lobby;
that the argument Of the lobby - otten-
times louder and more potent than the ar
gumcnt OF the hustngs and the floor or the
REPRESENTATIVE body. He would have found
moreover that until very recent years opln-
ion had had very difficult access If any
at all, in most seasons; 10 me prlshue con,
chosen candidates for both administrative
and legislative office. and that in the private
conferences where II was determined VINO
should be nominated and, therefore, or
course who should be elected. the same IN
fuences had established Themselves Wh,cn
ruled in the legislative body. Ihat money
the money that kept the whole orgailza-
ton together flowed in not from the gem
eral body Of the people but from those VINO
wished to determine I'm their own pIl!a.e
interest what governors and lesislatoIs
should and should not do.
Mayor Gaynor, beginning with the PueS-
ton What would jefferson say?' repeated
i'm practically the same words the leading
Ideas Of a speech made by himself on
March 26 at the Aldine Club, Introducing
again toward the end Of his speech, his
advocacy of the abolition Of holding COM
pdnieS as the root or uuStS'
The recent Interpretation by courts OF the
words liberty" and property attrlout-
ing TO them an indirect meaning never
sought in them before, created a tendency
TO obstructive court decisions, Mayor cay
nor said. explaining:
But since 1870 I'm this country courts nave
been interpreting these words OF the, on or
stitution In their widest sense And tnio
| ClG
ra pdly that necessary social ana econ0In.N
progress IL being blocked by court dec'Slols
What would jefferson say to II! we .kmoId
what he would say re opp Dppos ny he he courts
while he was living. and said that II az,
lowed to run their course the 'ons ,iiI''IIr ~
and our form Of soVern n cents "P Iu their
natural tendency 10 aggrandize themselves
with power over the-legislative ana eNecu-
tive branches OF government
Senator O'Gorman delivered a eulosy
on Thomas jefferson, then attacked t"e
present administration for its alleged 'X-
travaganCp. and incidentally had ""ro
IA say concerning the ASPIRATIONS OF Co'o-
mel Roosevelt ON this last point senator
O'Gorman said:
Jefferson believed that the Pres dency
should be limited to two terms; re ~
lowed the precedent established by wash
ington. and refused 10 accept thlrd term.
although the Legislatures OF I'VE states
urged him TO accept reorganization, whlch
,yould be equivalent 10 an election. NO az
tempt 10 violate one of the wisest trdnl-
lions OF the Republic was made untll the
case or General Grant. who. after an IN
teryeninC term, was suggested for re-eicc-
lion I'm 1850 The disaster which that
project invited should be needed by DIS
tjnguished citizen Of this state. VINO Is @
ceIvIng himself with the hope tlat tne
American people will confer upon nm
bower which Washington and JEFFERSON
would not accept. and which was den'ed
90 tho greatest of American soldiers.
Thomas f.. DonneIly presided. and on MS
right sat Governor Dix and Governor VIII
son. on his left Mr. Bryan, Senator OGor-
man and Mayor Gaynor. Others al the
guest table were Simeon f., Baldwin, James
H. Hawley. the Right Rev Monsienor La
yelle Herman Riddcr Norman o. Mack
Justice Edward f.. Mccall, Samuel Inter
myer Justice Warren w. Foster, the Rev
Joseph Sllverman. Justice Henry Dugro'
Archibald r.. Watson, Justice Francis Is
Pendleton George NJ. Palmer. John H.
StsnchGeld. Representative william Sulzer'
William 4. Clark. Justice James W. Gerard
Charles A. Culverson. Police Commissioner
waldo. August Belmont, John NJ. Mc'ooeY'
John W Keller and Eckford G. De Kay.