The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-14
GARRISON SPEAKS
 ON DEMOCRACY
PAYS TRIBUTE TO THOMAS JEFF PERSON FOR HIS PART IN
 FORMING THE REPUBLIC.
Declares People Should Support the Government and Not Permit 1t to Be SubVertetd to Benefit of Some People.

New York, April 13-Indley M Garrison. secretary Of war, delivered an address on "Democracy" at the Jefferson Day dinner of the National Democratic Club at the Hotel Savoy in this city tonight Mr. Garrison said:
 "One hundred and seyenty-two years ago Jefferson was born; eighty nine years ago he died. Between those dates nation was born, passed successfully through it's early perils, and had grown lusty and strong He took great part in all that went on and had much to do with the way it went.
 He was very quick to observe the manifestations of the newborn spirit of mankind, to realize the immense importance of it's awakening, and to endeayor to give it proper form and substance.
 From these sources and by these causes Jeffersou's own conceptions were formed, his political philosophy was formulated, and he became the founder of great party which has survived every sort of political vicissi- tude and is today strong, Wrile and militant.
 This, of course, could not be if there were not something vital and nourishing in its ciples-some- thing that got into the blood and minds of men and made them cling to it and cherish it through the days of Encouragement and defeat From these depths it never would have arisen had it not been for the great principles which had given it birth. principles towards which mankind had been tending for long ages-ages of tyranny, of suffering of blood and tears; principles born of mans con. science and his manhood. evolved in his agony and defended with his life; principles which spell liberty and op. portuuity and hope to all who em. brace them and can enforce them.
 Let us go back and dwell a while in the atmosphere of those early days We will no doubt be aston~ ished to recullect that what has be- come customary and apparently self. evident to us, was novel, extraordi. nary and entirely revolutionary then. Then practically all the nations of the earth were governed by self-imposed rulers. Knowledge then, as now, was power-but only the powerful had knowledge. The great mass of man. kind was inert. The burdens of the world were borne by it-but as to the direction in which they should be borne. the mass of mankind had noth- ing to say.
 Slight reyolts on too narrow foun- dations had taken place. but nothing of importance had been achieved.
 But the seed of change had been sown and from this seed was born the idea of democracy-tha life and opportunity and hope were the heri- tage of each and all equally; that when men gathered in human soce. ties and formed governments, justice must be the foundation and the cor. nerstone and the pillars and the roof. Justice-which means liberty to each equally; which means mo preference or favor for any; nothing given toI one and withheld from the other; equality of voice in the making of theI laws and in their enforcement; equal. ity of voice in the naming Of those to administer the laws; and an equal opportunity uuhampered by unjust laws, to expand and develop and ob- tain just returns for what talents, strength and skill each possessed.
 This is what democracy with a little d means, and what democracy with a capital ID stands for.
 'The essential foundation of such a philosophy is sturdy citizenship; a which believes that the citizen should support his seh-crcated and not permit the gov ernment created by all tha people to be subyerted to the personal profit or benefit of some of the peope lta ,vo agents are representative government and home rule.
 "The least government that is con. sis,ont with the proper doing og those