The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
DEMOCRATS CHANCE IS NOW
DECLARES PRESIDENT WILSON
OF PRINCETON.

sees signs That the People Are sSSa 10
r,agu to the nemOcratie Party Tor
Remedies feg Thear Iils- Relatlen
20 0Overnment 20 the CSrpSFaaiSns.
ELIzABErH. N. j.. March 70.-Dr
woodrow Wilson. president Of Princeton
University. was ch0ered Wildly by moro
than 600 Democrats at the dollar dinner
% the Democratic executive COMMITTEES
| tonight. when he declared that the time
had come for the Democratic party "a
give the country tho right kind Of tarih
regulation. TO reduce high prices ON com
modities and 10 remedy the existing con-
ditions in tho State and nation. and that
10 was evident on all sides that the people
did not like the article Of government the
Republican party was handing out A
new era was at hand. he said. and Il was
UP 10 the Democratic party TO take ad-
vantage Of their opportunities.
Addresses Wsre made by United states
senator Thomas r. Gore 81 Oklahoma,
State senator George silver Of Middlesex
county. the Rsv. DR. Otis A. Glassbrook
of Elizabeth and Charles y. y. O'Brien OF
Jersey City. l.. I. Russell Of this city was
POSTMASTER.
DR.. Wilson said that the signs Of the
time indicate that men who are anxious
for the welfare Of the country are turning
against present policies and that the
day when the Democratic party must
take charge Of affairs 10 almost az hand
He said that Il would be n great mistake
90 consider this A. merely a party op-
porsunity. These circumstances should
1 -
Of succsss-of its duty for the prpsent and
for the future The speaker said In part:
The Republican party has sou ght to serve
the nation by showing It's confidence In
those who are the most conspicuous leaders
OF the country business and Of it, economic
devslopment. whatever their thought may
have been their action has shown that
their confidence WAS not In the views and
desires of the peog.se whole bat In the
promotion Of the interest Of the country
at the hands Of those who chiefly control its
resources. II has been their first thought
to safeguard property and establish enter
prise. Our position. take Il. Is not Ia the
least hostile to property &C established
enterprise No wise man o. right minded
statesmAR would think OF putting these
In unnecessary jeopardy. The affairs Of
the nation stand fast in proportion ~ every
interest ~ sAfeguarded and one interest u
I
1 But our fundamental Law or constitutions
themselves afford abundant protcrtion TO
| property and established enterprise. tn
everything that rests upon valid title OF
legal contract. The structure Of the Gov
eminent and the nbre Of our institutions
are hrm and stif and enduring. We need
not fear TO strain them by pressing forward
20 -ecure the things which are meant TO
| serve the people a whole rather than
I ma 0asai 4 n rarfe IL
less and our duty TO show our faith in the
people by serving them. not IN grOup- and
1 sections but a. q whole.
! In the second place u H. Oar conVi' ton
that the interests. by which mean the men
| whose energies are concentrated upon
particular enterprises. established under
4 the conditions Of the existing Law. cannot
zse the welfare OF the country q whole
OF IN the true proportion or perspective
4 third fundamental principle upon which
! believe Democratic party action should
rcsi h that the individual. not the corpora
ton. the single living person. no. the arti-
nciai group 81 perSons existing merely by
permission Of the law. b the only rightful
pozse~sor alike Of rights and OF priviieF-s
The corporation b convenience. not a
natural member OF soctety
l do not mean Of course. to be guilty Of the
| egOti~m Ut aUdActty % putting forth q pro-
| xrAmme 81 specific measures hat do think
At possible in very definite terms 20 state
| the character should wish to give TO
legislation
/ In the first place we should " ish not merely
to curb the trusts and above all we should
not wish 60 regulate them IN such a way
a. Will make them either partners or crea-
lures Of the Government itself Wesh0uld
wish TO square their Whole action and re-
sponsibility with the general interest. re-
| garding them not objects IN themselves
hut merely ~ COnvenien"e- in our economic
life and development Recent proposals
| Of regulation have looked too much Ike
wholesale invasion by government itself
Of the field of business management Il
/ n imperatiVeiy necessary n government
II 20 be kept pure and impartial that it-
officers should not themselves be- made
partners or managers of the great corporate
enterprises through which the public u
served our regulation of public interests
must bs legal regulation and not direct
! management
In the second place IL H. Clearly our duty
a. soon get the opportunity. 20 take
the Government out Of the business OF
patronage. the business Of granting favoru
and privilege Of arranging the Laws ~
] that this. that or the other group II men
may make large profits out Of their bust
| ness and draw IL back 10 the function Of
sAfeEuarding rights general. not par
! ticulAr righIs. the rights which make not
90 much for the prosperity which makes
small groups Of individuals pile up enor-
nous fortunes for a general stimulation.
q universal opportunity for enltRhtenment
and Justice. was thinking OF course
Of tariff Legislation.