The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
0fM0CRACYS
GREAT HOPE
s.,s;og Courage of Woodrow
wilson fits Him for Presidency
Ais IDEAS OF REFORM
..,,s From Various Speeches Made
.. Him During The Past Few Months
Index to His Theories

a. wish that every right-minded
,n v" citizen could find time to
'.sS the series of public utterances
l' "a. hv Governor Woodrow Wilson
S,;so the few months that have passed
.'.s he won his single-handed victory
!, nooular government in regenerated
S.v jersey's memorable session of the
ns legislature. 49,.
~ fnture. we count it no eXaggeration
! decIare our opinion that no other
Imsrican has approached more nearly
= Jefferson and Lincoln in wonderful
s,|jty and felicity of stating the prob
Ims which touch real Amerlcanlsm
nom every angle.
Thu The people will hear much privilege
..nrpd censure of Woodrow Wilson as
,demagogue, an ambitious self-seeker
md ali the like WORKOUT methods of
,,tsrk unyaried from the days of the
Cnecbi to those of Roosevelt and La
HdIette, whenever a formidable advo.
ate Of popular rights and exponent of
wOular aspirations has risen.
N advance of such certain misrepre-
vutaiions we have taken the liberty of
hd|eting Woodrow Wilson, the man
nd bis ideals and purposes in his own
words. We have endeavored to do this
h grouping scattered extracts from
| fifteen Of his public addresses as follows:
I'VE, the people, have not free ac-
ua enough to our own agents or direct
nough control over them. There are
barriers to break down and processes
b simplify, which we liberals believe
We know how to get at. We mean, by
zoe change or another, to make our
govemment genuinely popular and
representative again.
I'VE are cutting away anomalies, not
Institutions. We are clearing away
tie Jungle and letting in the pure light
and air, not destroying the wholeso me
forest or creating waste places where
here was productive growth.
Such tasks are typically American,
|.lt has always been our privilege and
nr happy capacity to show how they
nn be dOne-without revolution, with
out strife or hatred or injustice, with
out the necessity of drawing, in De
l&queville's memorable phrase, "a
Jingle tear or a single drop of blood
tOm mank ind. "
The main object of what we are at
empting, both in state and nation, Is
10 establish a close connection, very
sensitive connection, between the peo-
pc and their government, both in their
shtes and in the nation, in order that
Mnay restore in such wise as will sat
MY Us again the liberty and the oppor-
unity in whose interests our govern
nents were conceived"
But sumo men put false interpre-
htion upon this. There is certain
reasonable fear in the air, as if the
Focess we have been going through
Iere, in some degree. vindictive; as II
we're had been bitter feeling in 1t and
o. intention to discredit those who
opposed it,"
The crash of political organization
Z, been only the crash of those that
not comprehend, but resisted when
pefe was no right reason for resisting,
20 forgot that their very reason Tor
Hlng was that they might serve op'n-
% and the movements of the people 5
sa II any systems of political prac-
%e have collapsed, only those have
%npsed which were unsuitable to the
@|scts which they professed to serve,
we are no longer in the temper Oh
u1ck. We are ready for remedy and
!!stment, and begin to see where 10
g'h and in what direction to move
promise of craftsmanship follows a
steat OF revolution. There can be no
slaklng this. Programs are taking
place of phlippics; and programs
. De soberly examined and assessed,
unqualified criticism and denuncla-
@ns cannot be-"
We look beneath the label to the
"a and his thought. Whichever par,
proves most fit to conceive and put
ss sSugn wise progressive program
sN become the liberal party Of the ma.
~ Tories will be welcome to resort
a'e other and enjoy the privilege OF
what is necessary in order to rectl-
ne whole mass of business OF TINS
- 1.-THE trusts) is that those who con-
u should entirely change their
~ OF view. They are trustees, not
srs' Of private property, not only
rs' sase their power is derived from a
4. .stude of men, but also because IN
Investments it affects a multitude
men. 1t determines the devalop
or decay of communities. 1t IS
NJ means of lifting or depressing the
y The whole country. They must
su themselves as representatives
public power. There can be no
nsble jealousy of public regulation
aca matters, because the oppor-
:SHee OF all men are affected. F."
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