Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-06
MAKES SPEECH IN KANSAS CITY
Delivers Address Before Knife and
Fork Club.
NEITHER PARTY HAS MONOPOLY
Both Organizations Already Well
Represented in Work.
JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE RECALLED
Processes of Present Reform Move
ment Are Fundamentally Com
scryatiVe and Excitement
should he Avoided.


KANSAS CITY, May 5.--woodrow VIII
son governor Of New Jersey In a speech
before the Knife and Fork club of this
rity tonight. declared that a new political
ira, promising much for the welfare Of the
nation. ls now upon the American people.
The movement Is one OF reform, marked
bv process Of restoration. rather than
hat OF revlutiln. be said
The work OF reforming present conditions
Is confined to neither political party, the
speaker said both parties being well rep
resented In the efforts at reform as well
as in the constructive tactics of reaction
aries.
The democratic party is not so closely
allied with the reactionary forces, the in
terests is the republican party. said
The governor, and therefore, he said, the
democratic party is better able to serve
the people in the process Of restoration" &"
Great care should be taken in the selec-
ton of party leaders. the speaker urged.
The processes of the present reform move
ment are fundamentally conservative.
Therefore excitement should be avoided and
dema gogues silenced
The New Jersey executive said the in
ltiative and referendum in the field of leg
islation and the recall in the field of ad-
mlnlstraton are intended to restore repre-
sentative government. But the recall
should not apply to judges. who neither
make nor administer the laws, but only
interpret them.
The presence Of Governor Herbert S.
Hadloy of Missouri added interest to the
occasion. Both state leglsatlves we're re-
ferred to during the evening as presi-
dental possibilities in 1912
Governor Wilson'S speech here tonight
was the first to be delivered during his
western tour lie spent a busy day here
rs the guest of local Civic organizations,
A luncheon at noon, drive over the
boulevards and public reception. al
which hundreds of citizens met the gov
ernor. We're among the functions in IL
honor
Following is Mr.. wilson's speech, in
part:
what we are witnessing now Is not
so much "A, conflict of parties as a con,
test OF ideals. struggle between those
who, because they do not understand
what is happening. blindly hold on to
what is and those who. because they
DO see the real questions of the pres
ent and of the future in a clear, reveal
Ing Hight. know that there must be
sober change; know that progress, none
the less active and determined because
II is sober and just is necessary for tn,
maintenance of our institutions and the
recufcstion of our life. In both the grea
national parties there are men who fee
this ardor of progress and OF reform. and
In both parties there are men who hold
back, who struggle to restrain change
who do not understand It or who hav,
reason TO fear IT, Undoubtedly the present
moment offers greater and larger op,
portunlty TO the democratic party than t
the republican party, but this is not be
cause there are not men in the republican
party who have not devoted their whole in
teligence and energy to necessary reform
but beCause the democratic party as I
whole Is freer to move and to act than tn,
republican Is and is held back by
smaller and weaker body OF representa-
tives OF the things that are and nav
been
I'VE have so complicated our machiner-
OF government we have made It so diff
cult so fun of ambushes and hiding place
30 indirect. that instead of having tru
representative government we have a grea
inextrioable jungle OF organization inter
vening between the people and the pro
cesses OF their government. SO that b.
Continued on Second PaEe)