The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04
"CAST OUT ALIENS"
DIR. WOODROW WILSON TELLS vIR-
 GINIANs WHAT TO DO.
The Populist Element Must Be Set Aside-southePneD Shown Great OpDortunity-Can Perf0rm Na- tfonal Service In DeHSandfng
 1. Rehabilitation of the
 National Party.
New York Herald.

Woodrow Wilson, President O Princeton University, in speech at th' third annual dinner of the Virgtnians in the Astor gallery of the Waldorf Astoria last night. called on the De mocracy of the South to demand a re mobilization of the party on old line:
 -the only lines that can restore 1t tc dignity and power.
 Also. Dr. Wilson declared emphat- ically for the casting out of the Bryan element-the Populist and radical the- orists-and the substitution in the councils of the party of the leaders who were honored and followed before the political upheaval of 1896.
 After brief address by the toast- master James W. Alexander, President his address devoting himself principal ly to a discussion of political affairs In the South.
 Tt would be impossible" he said, "at a meeting of representatives of an i'm portant section of the South not to think of the present political situation of the Southern States and the ques- ton of their political future. No one can wonder at the present impatience of the Southern political leaders at finding themselves without real inde- pendence or influence in the politics of the country. the only section of the country which did not make a real choice of its political actions in"the re- cent election.
 But the only remedy suggested would put the Southern States in a still worse position. To act independ- ently of the old party affiliations, as some of the leaders have recently pro- hox vynp1d tn lxo them, if they still chung together and acted in concert. third party in the politics of the country, and not a par ty of principle at that, but geograph- ical party, sectional party. which would act in isolation and draw upon itself afresh old enmities and suspi- cions.
 For Great Service.
 The real opportunity of the South is of another sort. It has now quite unique opportunity to perform a great national service. As the only re. maining part of the Democratic Party that can command a majority of iti votes in its constituencies, let the Soutf demand a rehabilitation of the Dem ocratic Party on the only lines tha' can restore it to dignity and power.
 Since 1896 the Democratic Party ha: US haiuC lO pS uoOu by hiti who ought never to have been admit ted to its councils-men who held prin ciples and professed purposes which i had always hitherto repudiated.
 By themselves and under their prop CT designation as Populists and radica theorists, contemptuous alike of prin ciple and experience. these men coult never have played any role in nationa politics but that of a noisy minority Since they forced themselves into thu councils of the party and got the us' of its name every doubtful State ha! been turned into an enthusiastic sup porter of the Republican Party.
 Until it has read them out of ht' party as an alien faction there will b. no doubtful States again.
 Tt Is now high time that the South which has endured most by way of hu initiation at the hands of this faction should demand that 1t be utterly an6 once for all thrust out of Democratic councils; that the men of New York New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachu- setts, Indiana and the prosperous States beyond the Mississippi who wish for reform without loss of stability should join with 1t to re-assert the principles and return to the practice Of the historic party which has always stood for thoughtful moderation in the affairs and a careful use of the powers of the Federal Government In the in terest of the whole people of whatever class or occupation.
 Revolt Has Come.
 There is no longer any Democratic Party either in the South or in any Northern State which the discredited radicals can use. The great body of one-time Democrats that musters strong enough to win elections has re- volted and will act with no organiza- tion which harbors the radicals-as the radicals themselves did not in fact act with the organization they themselves had discredited in the recent campaign, Party was still without definite character and make up.
 The country as it moves forward in its material progress needs and will tolerate no party of discomfort or rad ical experiment, but 1t does need a party of conservative reform, acting in the spirit of the law and ancient in- 
 Hosts of voters are waiting and ready to flock back to the standards of such a party when once they see 1t come upon the field properly purged and authenticated. The old Democrat ic Party stood by the South through good report and i'll; the South has now an opportunity to requite its thankless services by recalling 1t to its old coun- sel and spirit. To do this would be to render a real national service conceiv- ed in the interest of the whole country