Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-09
WOODROW WILSON
GIVEN OVATION
As DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE
Governor of New Jersey
Speaks at Banquet in Den.
yer and is Acknowledged
Presidential Material.
SPEAKS ON COMMISSION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT

NV EVENING Vrrntd \. y. Leased Wtrr'
Denver. colo. MAY Last night
~ banquet rendered In his honor
hy the civic organization. Woodrow
Wilson was hailed as ~ probable
democratic candidat. at the neXt
election. by President Charles john
sen, OF the Denver chamber of com.
mere" an introducing him. An oNa-
lion lasting fuilS ave minutes or more
WAS rendered him, cquailing or even
exceeding that given to Theodore
i,oosclcvt In the same room last year.
Eight hundred persons attended the
banquet and the galleries were pack
I'd Governor Wilson said In par,
he country a. 10 be cnngrat ulaiei
uiun The fact that the atmosphere
81 politics has changed within the
last few years. ion few years ago
there was danger that reform would
BE- the source of continue, unoasincsS.
because II all seemed negative IN
character rs object was 10 correct.
To restrain. Ia punish The tallI was
%, murauding corporations and great
combinations OF wealth intended Ia
crush the common man. al the abuse
di their power by railroads; of re-.
Datos and sccrri rates and privileges
yiv.n 10 the big shipper o. AGAINST
rho snall one oi the nonopoliIing
~ ,ho markets by gigantic trusts aud
combinations These things sldl
trouble ~. of course. and are siill IN
'hr background OF 4 great deaf thn'
W. AIN about. aud our motive ~ a
f..a.I a. "a
rect the abuses which have arisen by
these means but happily 'hc whole
program OF reform has become less
negative and more constructive j.
Is becoming evidou, thar We shall not
he satisfied With merely prohbitivc
statutes and penalties imposed upon
those who do not sufficiently regard
m. public interest In the conduct OF
their business. Ne sac that what W.
are really after Is Il rcconstruciion ~
our methods at action. NOT only IN iho
field OF business. nut also IN The field
~ politics The picture H. very much
enlarged before rs, and We are sceb'
iDg larger ends by inyiporntinr con
7truCiiv" means.
4 great people cannot afford 20 y"
mcrelS ON the defensive, II u not the
genius OF America 10 b, satisfied with
safeguards and prohibitions We are
therefore looking ourselves over from
top 60 bottom IN order TO nnd VIVA
r,arrangement OF our statutes ana
pfactjces Is necessary IN order that ~,
may go forward ~ a happy and cife'
live life We are going about ncw
80 enact thorough program of pop
ular reform, aud We know very d.
tinitely the objects AZ which We IN
tend 10 aim
In the first place We mean In opor
M all the progresses of our politics
We find that they have been too So
crei too, complicated. too round
about. that they have consisted toe
much of private conferences and 50
cfet understandings. of IN, control 81
legislation by men who were MOI leg
islarors bat stood outside and die
tatod. controlling oitontimos by yor'
questionable means. which they WON'T
nOi have dreamed %. allowing 10 be
come public. and 50 We have dcte.
mined thar the whole process mus
be- alt.red--that we must take tn
selection OF candidates for office iol
example out of the hands at small
groups OF men. OF little cutcrics on
of the hands of machines working he
hind closed doors. and put II Ia th'
hands Of the people themselves agaii
by means OF direct primaries and elec
lions 10 which candidates ~ ever
sort and degree may have free &C
ccsn W. hav" begun 10 build ny