Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-07-05
Not Captains Of Industry, bm
the Masses Of the People. :
DECLARES WOODROW WILSON,
Business, Politics and Wealth Of the
Country Come Up, Not Down, He
Says-AII the People Do Not Believe
In Democratic Government.
BY WOODROW WILSON.

BY WOODROW WILSON,.
What fills me with confidence in the
future is that the world is not waiting
upon the stupidity Of politics. The
world has an awkward way Of taking
things into its own hands. The life Of
the people must In the long run ex-
press itself in its politics, and It does
not now express itself in this country
in the politics We have been accustom-
ed to In the last decade
There are two or three theories OF
government in THIS country. Don't de-
ceive yourself by supposing all the
people believe in democratic govern
ment, because they do not You have
only to listen to the utterances Of
very distinguished Republican speak.
ers to See that they do not believe and
do not pretend to believe in represent.
alive government They will tell you
they do not believe the judgment OF
the people can be trusted. And are
you going to take counsel from these
gentlemen 40 to the preservation Of
our representative institutions when
they don't want them to represent the
great body Of the people7
Prefers Judgment Of Rank and File.
don't know whether was born 90
or learned so or what happened to me.
but know this, that the deepest con.
viction I have, arising out Of observa-
ton and experience ID this, that /
would rather take the judgment Of the
rank and file than the judgment Of the
men who have become absorbed and
successful leaders in great undertak.
ingS.
And I want to ask these gentlemen
this query: What sustains business In
the United States2 What IL It that
makes the United States prosperous
= It that we have great captains Of
Industry What would they do with
out the cunning and skill, the muscle
and the indomitable aspiring hope Of
the American people? II these people
were to End hope dying out Of their
hearts they would become dumb driv.
en- beasts. and your enterprises would
fail for lack Of the very breath that
sustains them
II you want to find whether q ma.
ton 70 prosperous ask the men who
are on the make what they hope and
what they fear. Go to the country
districts and ask anxious fathers who
are looking for openings for their sons,
where they expect to get them In.
where they find doors open and where
they llnd doors shut Go through the
places where men are making earn
ings and see whether they dread Or
confidently look forward to the future.
and then you will dnd whether Ameri.
ca II waxing OF waning. for II these
men are confident, full Of hope: II they
know they are going to get fair treat
ment wherever they 60. then America
can conquer the world Of enterprise IN
their hope.
But II you 6nd what you do ind
men everywhere asking themselves
whether the doors Of opportunity have
not been locked In their faces then
you viii have 70 take Z new reckoning
% to the future Of America.
II only those who are chosen at The
top have the right Of way In. what b
going to happen to AmericaI Did you
ever hear Of 4 nation that was renew.
cd from the topi Did Jon ever hear
Of Z nation that was not made virile
that did not account for Ito youth By
renewal from the bottomf Did you
ever hear Of Z tree that drew IT. sap
from III howers1 Does It not draw Il
nom the dark and silent places Of the
soilf Does not Z nation draw IT. pow.
q Of renewal and enterprise and an
IT, future from the ranks Of the great
body Of unnamed msn3