Show JEFFERSONIAN I SIMPLICITY 1 Robert U ii Roosevelt an Active Democrat and Uncle of President dent Says it is Gone GoneA A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 0 n Representative Democrats from nil all Parts of the lie Country Countr Honor Jeffersons J s Memory lc lOr lOrow Now ow York April of ot Jot are over OUT forever according to Hobort U n undo of ot the tile president nt Mr HOS ent who whit whitIs Is l I nn an active Democrat expressed l this belief bellet In III un in address before the tue Thir Thirteen teen club nt at a I celebration c of ot Thomas Jeffersons birthday In III arranging tho the banquet hall every precaution Willi talc tak taken en Oil to set at naught time the superstition against 13 In time the course of or his hIs hili speech Mr said sald The Tile days of ot Jeffersonian J simplicity are arc over oer I have u a sympathy with them but I 1 am mun far tar from tram quarreling with tho thIe thoman map man who thinks and feels old and a ld sometimes 1 I havo have had 1111 doubts about tho ho sincerity of ot the simplicity of oC which we have heard so much Was there hero not llO a I little too much In ill up to the time tol toh hitching the horse to a post and a 1111 stepping Into the tue courtroom to take tile the oath nt ot Would our citizens approve It If tho the chief magistrate of ot tho the great greal and powerful notion nation were today so 80 to tu disregard tho ho proprieties am amenities us to follow follo these examples Tho rhe simplicity of ot the days duys when few te ow had n a dollar and no ono one cared carell whether he had 1104 It or not ilot havo hao passed on Can anybody say lOY this IK is altogether bad bal Can we have any un better bettel out oct than the power to accumulate and better government than the th vise wl o self seif Interest l lot of ot wealth I 1 am fill nut not childlike enough to suppose that time the world Is going to pause on OIl account of ot my m 81 prejudices or lit going to stop Mop determined rich aich because wo we 0 dont know how ho JEFFERSONS Chicago April 13 Ways r nd means to bring success to tho the Democratic par party parmy ty my In tile the presidential campaign this fall fail were vere discussed ell by prominent Demo Democrats representing every overy part putt of ot tho 1110 country countr who attended the Iroquois club banquet at the Auditorium tonight In celebration of ot Jeffersons birthday Tariff reform antagonism to trusts Independence for tor the tho Philippines anti and rigid economy In public expenditure were some of time the suggestions offered by the lie speakers to bring about this re ro result suit sult FROM CLEVELAND A feature of the tho banquet was tho the tel fol following lowing letter from a Grover rover Cleveland I very elY much regret the thc necessity which compels me Inc to decline your cour Icons Invitation to tl attend tho thie celebration thou tion of Jeffersons birthday under tho hue thon auspices n of ot tho the Iroquois club It Is ht es especially fitting nt nl thus thin tuna of ot contti cont confusion sion In Iii political Ideas antI and misapprehension hension h as II to tho the meaning of ot truo Democracy that the limo character of ot the tho great exemplar of ot Democracy should bo ho fully tull and ond that his po flO political opinions should be better bettor Inter Interpreted understood lila His devotion to Urn tile Interests of ot tho the people his Ills iao conservatism and amid his 1111 hl constant adherence to tho the public good always the tho guiding star of at ills career commend comme his acts and Ind Ms Ils beliefs bellet to tho time careful study stud of those thORe who In tn these the thedOs days dOs patriotically seek till the welfare of or atour our OUI country through the of ot safe and sane lIone Democrat Trusting that the celebration of ot tho tile birthday of this tills great leader will prove to ho both bolh a 1 source of ot pleasure rind and profit to those who participate I am amory amery very ory truly trul yours CLEVELAND When tho the t Introduced Gen tien Nelson A Miles MI s the th 00 banquet ers ore rose rosa In 0 a hotly body bOIl and amid n lid greeted the tile for tor former mer head of ot tho the United States army with decided den Oen MIles In Ill his response to 0 tho the Our COlin Coun Country try made a 1 forcible argument against t Imperialism and his hili words met the lie ap nil approval proal provo I of ot tho the audience United Senator of ot Tennessee took for tor his ills theme Thomas Jefferson Tho The Democratic Party was the lime sub soil jeet discussed by II for former or ormer mer mner ico president of ot tile tho United limited States Hotel Mr Ir Stevenson pleaded for tor a n united party timid and the tho of ot living Issues In tho tue platform at nt the lie St Bt Louis convention cOil Jot L Li F I F C of ot Island responded to the toast Democratic Success Martin W V Littleton of 01 New Now York who took for tor hits his subject et Tho The Empire I State the Hope of It Democracy de do declared elated that hint If it Judge r were select cd ell OH nil a n lender leather tho time party was sas bound bOUtHI to triumph LETTER LI rho Tho following letter from William J 3 was WILli given to the tho press but Jul not miot read nt It the time banquet I thank you for tor tho the Invitation and and regret to say sn that hut I shall not be to III attend 1 I trust however that those thosa present will take tuko tul o advantage of ot tho the oc occasion elision casion to present to tho ho country tho time Importance of ot maintaining Democratic principles as rue they thoy tile were set se et forth hi Im I t tho Ito platforms of ot 1600 1013 fluId 1900 The merger mentor decision shows how closely cloel tho the supreme court Is divided and amid II till how easy It Is for tor or those who sympathize with corporate wealth to tl find plausible reasons ren to tn r ho bo exploit tho the people Under our Constitution tho the president appoints Judges and those who have hae watched tho time decisions In tho tile contest In iii time the Income t tax x cases in lIm time tho trust cases and In III tho the discs cases Involving tho policy of ot the time gov government OV In the B cannot doubt that It Is 18 as 18 Important to have havo Judges judgeR who sympathize c with Iho tim people peaple as 18 to 1110 Judges learned In tile the law lawIn II In Ill the Iho present nt struggle between plu phu plutocracy Democracy tho the corpora are nrc seeking to control tho ho court and If it they timey can do 10 that thud tho time Of ot representatives tho time senate and 1113 president atO amo powerless s to protect tile the people I trust roust that hint those who are honored with an 1111 Invitation to penk at your our banquet will bill raise a n note noto of warning against tho the attempt now nn being mado by h the money mone magnates to tn control the tho th Demorn convention and to secure tho the nomination of It n a Democratic date who will 11 bl be obligated In advance not to betray tho the hopes of ot tho the Demorra to tic masse Very Ver trulY trimly yours W J 3 A letter also was I read from rem John fl 5 t Williams of lC Mississippi Democratic leader lelder of ot the national house hauso of ot ONe representatives tI National Morality WAil ws the subject discussed dt by I United States Senator of cut Texas William V F 1 VIla Vilas of ot Wisconsin for tr former mer pier responded rE to the toast tOR lit Faith ami nn mint hops Hope Cj closed with n R letter from Franklin K Lane Lano ot of California |