Show JEFFERSO VIEWS II I I ReplYing to the invitation to attend the banquet of a goldite club which retains re-tains the name Democratic although it as an organization and its members as individuals tried to wreck and did defeat the Democratic party two and a half years ago lIr Bryan says The antagonism between our posi tons is so great that we cannot with propriety join in a political banquet given in honor of Democracys patron saint Jefferson stood for certain well defined principles I your vies area are-a correct reflection of his ideas I fear that my voice would sound a discordant discord-ant note at your banquet I on the other hand the Chicago platform applies ap-plies as I believe it does Jefferso alan principles to present conditions then your conspicuous presence at the Jeffersonian banquet would not honor the memory of the worlds greatest Democrat The two preeminent leaders the founder and the ptftron saint of the Democratic party are Thomas Jefferson Jeffer-son and Andrew Jackson The later in his faewel address used the following fol-lowing language My humble efforts have not been spared during my administration ad-ministration of the government to restore re-store the constitutional currency of gold and silver and something I trust has been done toward the accomplishment accomplish-ment of this most desirable object Some question is raised by alleged Democrats as to the position of Tomas Jefferson on the question of bimetal hem a discussion which 11 Bryan calls up in his letter I appears of eec ord however that on Nov 6 1S13 Thomas Jefferson in a letter to John 1V Eppes wrote these words As to the public these companies have banished all our gold and silver medium which before their Institution we had without interest which neyer ould have perished in our hands and would have been our salvation now in thehour of vaciiistead of which they have given us200000000 of froth and bbble on fcl vd ar t p y th i heavy interest See Jeffersons works vol iv pp 217 and 218 AgaIn ne s ys I 1s sad ouraperisas gqd as silver sil-ver because we may nave Silver for it at the bank where it issue This1s not truAs As a mater or fat from Teferson to this day the Democratic party has never wavered or failed to stand for gold and sliver dollars as the mme of the constitution And i may be observed further that no president of the Unit States from Washington down to Hayes ever opposed op-posed the silver dollar as a component part of money coinage of this country |