Show II THE JEFFERSON DINNER The Democrats of Utah and their friends will on Thursday evening give a dinner in celebration of the birthday anniversary somewhat belated of Thomas Jefferson The dinner idea is isa Isa isa I a good tood one It will serve to bring the Democrats of the state together to re renew reI renew I new new their fealty to the prin principles principles and to proclaim again their de ae devotion e to the par S patron saint It If the number of acceptances that have h ve been received may be taken as an in indication Indication the dinner will be a tremendous tremendous tremendous dous success from that standpoint And it will be a success from other standpoints too There are to be talks of a timely ly nature from some of the I best best known leaders and the in interchange InI Interchange I of sentiment cannot fall fail to tobe tobe I be beneficial to t all J l that have the good fortune to be present Do you know 1 there must in the very nature of things be something in Democratic principles that is enduring Do po you believe that the Democratic party could havo have survived the series of defeats it has suffered s in this city in this this state and fir In the nation 1 if it its principles had hadnot hadi hadnot i not been worth while No special amount of devotion is re required required required to belong to a victorious party Darty For the victors there are always spoils to be divided For the privates in the ranks of the victorious political army array some crumbs always fall from the tables of the captains The minority party has nothing but hope nothing but a firm belief in the eternal justice of ot its cause caus to sustain It There Is no prospect of ot reward no front place at tho pie pic counter for the minority jo 0 o when a minority goes on and on through defeat after defeat disappointment disappointment after disappointment clos cbs closing closIng ing up the vacant vac nt places the pie hunt bunt hunters hunters ers era have left in the ranks and pressing forward towards the next battlefield it must have haye everlasting principles to support it For ourselves we believe the day will come when the nation will grow weary W of wandering away from Democratic truths And when that day comes the returning travelers travel rs will find the good old Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic house swept and in order the tim lamps trimmed and burning the place spick and span from cellar to garret made so and kept so by ty the gallant old guard suard that long since eliminated the word surrender from its lexicon |