New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
PROBLEMS AND POLITICS.
Governor Wilson Reiterates His
Views of Democracy.
ReCoNSTRUCTIVE PERIOD
Art;oue Laws No Longer Fit
Business Conditions-Presi-
dent Alderman's Tribute.

Lib Va April % - Responsible
.I-.ss and genuine representation of the
-. IN government is our programme.
,,.m bv item We shall carry IL out"
s,.rs6 Governor Woodrow Wilson OF
- T.rssv. guest OF honor AZ the dinner
,,s Pewter Platter Club here tonight,
O,.,s,,vins himself as liberal and setting
-, the liberal platform. He spoke on
.,prohlems and Politics"
Men Of courage and understanding must
.,d,-tske the task" he continued. An
-. of reconstruction calls for high gifts
,,s men Of indomitable purpose. We have
.or,. upon a new constructive age. as
.,,,csI. perhaps. es the age in which our
,ovsrnn1snt was set Up: and we shall meet
q, tasks as deliberately. ss calmly, as
,,,cessfully-like the masterful people we
Ave shown ourselves 30 be. Such tasks
s-s typically American.
"Th. liberal programme. which I con-
eve 10 he the Democratic programme. Is
sror1re dear enough. item by item. II
docs not represent revolutionary temper
~ state 81 mind. It's purpose is not 10
.,ss, things but 10 set them right. II rs
not inpatient Of existing constitutional
.,,.susrds II holds no brief against any
.sssntial institution. On the contrary, It's
.b,sc, is 10 restore them to their first pur-
rose and simplicity. 70 purify them. 10 re-
.,vsr their spirit and TO infuse into them
-. spirit OF a new age Of human life and
.,sssvor. Tn. PATRIOTISM Of the progress
awe The liberal. is the patriotism that re
stores r.constructS. revives.
r, is cles--clear. a. any rate. 10 every
genuine Hberal--thst many OF the old for
r,vlas Of our business and Of our politics
have been outgrovn. They do not Mt the
fscts and circumstances of the age They
-sre conserved and framed before business
took on Us present shapes. before politics
cot the methods Il has recently developed.
end thev must be changed 10 correspond
nth the actual facts
we. the people. have not free access
enough 70 our own agents, or direct enough
control over them. There are barriers 10
hrssk down and processes 10 simplify which
y. Liberals believe We know how 70 get al.
We mean by one change or another 70 make
orr governments genuinely popular and
representative again. We are cutting away
anomalies. not institutions. We are clear
,nz away the Jungle and letting IN the pure
rsht and air-not destroying the whole
some forest or creating waste places where
there vas productive growth
IN voicing Vireinia's welcome 10 her ma
-l~s son Governor Wilson. President Ed
yin 4. Alderman Of the University Of WY.
E'nia said in part
We Of Virginia could bear with fortitude
Gorernor Wilson's assumption of even
larger honors and responsibilities. Where
\. can DO the most service 10 the republic,
there We want him TO be. II is good 70 be
Democrat in thi. year OF our Lord. The
very word leaps out az once from the printed
rage charged with 2 new and vital mean
i7c The leaders Of the party that bears
ne great name in the federal congress
ere gong about the tasks imposed upon
them by the nation with sobriety and an
Intelligence. a self, crifce and a cslnness
vsry disappointing and surprising 10 their
enemies and very heertening 10 their
frisu1s