The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-09
He Nav Read it Now.

He May Read it Now.
The evening contemporary, afte
painful and mysterious silence Q
several months duration, nov
comes to the front with a regula
tion, G. o. D., Taft-or- bust editoria
effusfon, which evidently was II
gpirad BY Gov Woodrow Wilson
spsefh of acceptance Despite thi
fact that the aforesaid speech of ac
ceptance has heen pronounced per
feet in effect and construction h1
several Of the nations leading pub
LEGATIONS, even Republican olSa
tho evening contemporary venture!
Tho oninion that it was tdisanpoint
Ina aud mild" antagonizing no
body III particular and designed fol
sha cypress and deliberate purpose
el iaFins innodent Republican votes
to nemocracy's side Of the fence.
Concerning the address, the evening
contemporary states, In part, as fol-
lows
Gov. Woodrow Wilson's
IL sFeech Of acceptance will come
I more as a disappointment than
any of the three (meaning the
defenses offered by President
sas Taft and Col Reosevelt) unless
it Is with those who We're
afraid that he might tread on
somebody's toes II il very
mild In tone 1t antagonized a
nobody. It's not such a speech
as Bryan would have made; GER
tainly not such a. speech as
Cleveland would make. Tam
many can accept at as not Of
Tending them in the least. Wall
street can accept it as absolute
x Az HARMLESS. II is evidently
Il made with a view Of catching
att the Republican votes that
can possibly be caught, for
& Gov. Wilson even tempers down
the views Of the convention on
the subject of revenue for tar
iff,a 1t is not virile, ringing
call to arms summon the M
Democrats 10 victory.
What. ii the opinion 81 the es-
teemed evening contemporary, fs d
'virile, ringing call ta Victory II
I it necessary to use such LANGUAGE Al
applied by Col. Roosevelt and Prasi-
dent Taft, such as thar. tcheat, I
'robber.' and "nollycoddfe,'s N
make an address of acceptance yirile
and ringing?
We will admit Gov Wilson
speech was not written for orator.
cal, die-you- illian-die effect, but
we must defend 1t against the
charge Of mildness, and in so doing
beg permission to cite the following
excerpt from his address:
We danounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff act as The most conspicuous
example ever afforded the country
of the special favors ana monopolis.
tic advantages which the leaders oil
the Republican party have so Otter
shown themselves willing to extend
70 these to5 whom they looked fol
campaign contributions"
Guess that's putting it mild. O.
confse Gov. Wilson could have usec
more effective language, 50 far a.
the man with the two guina-pig
power brain ia concerned, In accus
Ing Mr. Taft cf tho most heniou
crime II Is possible for a man Il
commit and for which there seem
To- tie no punishment
This same except doubles
coRld be construed as defense Q
TaTmany and Wall street, Per
haps II steps on Somebody's" toes
Gov Wilson arraigned the Repub
lican party 80 effectively that ever
his Of, amies in the G. o. P. ranks ar
moved to comment He could hav
used the language Of the stree
fakir, on the circus barker, but h
is wiling to permit Messrs. Roose
welt. Taft, ct all, to make use o
such methods and that's the way
majority OF the voters. rather all 3
tho Intelligent voters, feel about ii
Gov Wilson il for an immediat
downward and gradual revision I
4 the fariff. Perhaps the evenin
contemporary will try to make i
believe that this does not antagor
ize WALL street?
Me will admit that the speech