The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-28
GOV. WILSON COMES OUT
STRONG FOR STATES RIGHTS
AND REPRESENTATIVE RULE
1--WE Want a Government Con-
stantly Responsible to Per-
manent Movements.
TALKS AT TEXAS FAIR.
Says Country Is Divided Into
Policies and Those Who
--- Oppose Them.
TALKS AT TEXAS FAIR.

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. zo.-ln an
address at the state fair here today,
Gov. Woodrow Wilson, OF New Jer-
sew. who has loomed up as the most
logical man for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination, came out strong
for states rights, maintaining that
the danger OF too great concentra-
ton OF authority in the government
at Washington Is not so much con-
stItutional danger, but a practical
danger. II is the danger of system
without elasticity or regulation with
out local accommodation.
I'VE want an open and representa-
tive government actually and con-
stantly responsible to the larger and
more permanent movements OF pub
lie opinion" he said.
Gov. Wilson declared the country
is divided, not so distinctly into
Democrats and Republicans as we
are into progressive policies and
those who resist change for the bet.
ter.
His speech follows:
There was a time. but three or four
years-ago. when men who stood high
in tho counsels of the Nation. openly
come OF the powers OF the States
pressing the inquiry. not because they
entertained any jealously OF those
powers. but because, apparently the
states were not inclined TO exercise
them were lethargic and Indifferent
in the presence OF conditions whlch
needed thoughtful and effective rem
edy. But such talk has ceased, the
states have asserted themselves, Edch
State Is attempting systematic
treatment of its own problems, study :
ing them from the point OF view Oh
edy &c the circumstances. Texas leu
the way in this renaissance OF the
functions OF the States, but all the
country is now quick with the new
life and America Is beginning once
again to realize the happy circum-
stance that our diversified condlllohs
can he met without any futile attempt
to apply too uniform remedy; Our
states are our testing grounds, ana
they have full power and authority
to make trial of the remedies Wnlch
- commend themselves to them. IL, IN
MANI things II is desirable nay I'M
perafve that we should cooperate
and uring about as nearly as possible
unifd|m regulation. But In others we
ourselves most perfectly TO the variety
Gae9s. GG g u Rsss soGsf 90 HS ssa % e%onoie % de-
Tha states are the political labora-
tories OF a free people. Their SELF
adjustment is the most vital process
OF our life. The danger OF a TOO great
concentration OF authority In the gov :
ernnlent at Washington is not so
muci. a constitutional danger as
practical danger. IL is the danger OF
AN artificial uniformity, OF an arDi- ,
trary unity. OF a system without eias-
t:cIty, OF regulation without local ac-
corlmodation.
Ono of the reasons why our states
-ftFlEstii in the exercise of the -poMersi
ono OF the reasons why the question
arose whether they were gong TO eN-
ercfse them or let them lapse by neg
Isrch political arrangements as made
il easy for public opinion to tell upon
LEGISLATION and effect the oblects Whlch
thoughtful and PunIGr spiribes bss hnen m.en
going on all over the United states a
process Of somewhat profound poIuCal
change The change mas not peeH
uniform. In one state IL was prouuceu
bv one set OF conditions; In another
by another; but almost eVeryWnsI9
there was this common dinlculty. INA, thdt
the government did not seem easliS
RESPONSIVE to opinion: that the people
So, med caught in an elaborate ma
chlnerv Of politics which could DC
MANIPULATED against them, WhlcH
could be so used as again hnu az an
and again to cheat them OF the -opleCls
they sought, which seemed TO put tne
whoIc control Of affairs In the hands ot
small coteries OF men who were eNer,
Cisiug not representatives ',oIsi,, 40
authority. and who were exercising IL
too often for private and not for pubic
objects As I said, this was not true
Of all the states. The utmost variety
existed In this respect as In many
n,ters hut IL was true in so many
s.ntes that men had begun TO ASK
thnnselves whether we were not liv-
ins i'm fools paradise: whether we
,nsre not boasting of Representatives
io,i,utions when we really did not
have them: whether we were not
,.srght in an elaborate system OF cleo
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