Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
No Doubt of Election.

NO OOuOC Oh EleCLlOn.
When the correspondents asked the gov
ernor how he felt about the chances of
his election, he replied:
II have tried in this campaign not to
permit my mind to arrive at conclu-
sion on that subject l know that the
democratic party offers to the people the
only opportunity by which they can re-
gain control Of their own government. j
have not the slightest doubt that they
will seize it,
The governors voice suffered seriously
from the effect of the seventy-five
speeches he made, but the nominee
thought today that a rest of a few days
would not only restore it but would bring
back his physical vigor. He will make
two speeches tonight in New York. one
at the banquet of the knights of Column
bus and the other before the United
Italian Societies.
Not for Free Trade.
CLEVELAND. Ohio October 12.-Gov.
woodrow Wilson, the democratic candi-
date for President, declared in his
speech here last night that no democrat
OF prudence or thoughtfulness whom
he has met contemplates program of
Tree trade. The governor reached
Cleveland at o'clock and was greeted
by crowd at the station
lie was given great ovation when
introduced by Mayor Newton D. Baker
OF Cleveland. The Central Armory was
packed to the doors. Gov. Wilson said:
There cannot be free trade in the
United States so long as the estab-
lished fiscal policy of the federal gov
eminent is maintained. The federal
government has chosen throughout all
the generations that have preceded us
to maintain itself chiefly on indirect
interest of direct taxation.
Il dare say we shall never see a time
when 1t can alter that policy in any
degree, and there is no
democrat of prudence or thoughtful
ness that 1 have met who contemplates
a program of free trade.
The democratic party has not pro-
posed to change the established fiscal
policy of this country, except where it
furnishes root for special privilege, and
wherever special privilege grows there
American labor languishes.
Vision of the Democratic Party.
THE vision of the democratic party"
which he declared had preserved it
from alliance with and domination by
special privilege. was the burden of
his address. He performed what he
designated a ceremony of introduce
ton Of the democratic party to some
of his hearers who are not we'll ac-
quainted with it,
Il want to introduce you to the pres
ent democratic party" said Gov. Will
son. "a party that has come through
fire, has been purified. has been shown
such errors as it has committed in past
years. and is now absolutely and en-
thusiastically united upon a progress
sive program, platform such as the
whole country now desires to see car
ried out.
Ancient Bogy Revived.
THAT is the new democratic party;
new because it never grows old; new
because the principles in which it is
rooted and grounded never can grow
old This is the party which is now
being questioned with regard TO it's
purposes by the leaders OF parties
which are either breaking up or have
not yet attained 20 the bone and sinew
of manhood.
These gentlemen are saying, III you
give power to the democrats you will
run into evil days; for one thing you
will have free trade. All. that ancient
bogy! How long will they c"atinue
to dress this thing of their magma
ticn in the old clothes of antiquated
stump orators.
Repeats Steel Trust Charge.
Gov. Wilson, in developing his argu-
ment Yesterday that 1.-The thought of the
leading men OF the United States Steel
Corporation is behind the third party pro-
gram with regard 10 the regulation of the
trusts directed attention to what he
termed "a very significant fact'-that
George w Perkins lis himself back of
the program.
The democratic nominee recalled that
Mr. Perkins had once disclosed in in
vestigations before Congress his whole
thought about establishing industrial
commissions to regulate monopoly.
Tribute to Mckinley.
The governor spoke al Canton. the home
of Mckinley: Orville, and Cleveland. Be-
sides the attack in his speeches on the.
trust plank Of the progressive party he
paid tribute to the memory of President
Mckinley, declaring that just before he
died he showed symptoms of adjustment
to the new age such as his successors
have not exhibited" and fOresaw the ne
cessity for elasticity in the tariff and
reciprocal trade relations with the world.
In his speech at Orville the governor
referred to the late Mark Hanna the
economic control at the same time that
he stood for the concentration of politi-
cal control of the United States" The
governor said Senator Aldrich was Mr.
Hanna successor in exercising this kind
Of control