The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-31
CLARK DWEELS0N
WILS0NSf|TNESS
TO Be PRESIDENT
Speaker Of the House Opens the
Campaign With an Address
at Bar Harbor
POINTS TO TAFT VETOES
Importance Of Democratic Control,
to Put Theories in Prac-
tice, Emphasized
POINTS TO TAFT yEToES
Associated Press Dispatch.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. 30.--Champ
Clark, Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, delivered speech here
today which was in part as fol-
lows:
"Under the rules of the Demo
cratic. party, Gov, Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey, and Gov. Thomas r.
Marshall Of Indiana, were, at the
Baltimore convention, nominated as
our standard bearers in the imrend-
ing contest. They are men of high
character and Democrats are united
in their support. This is as it
should be, for the chief work in
hand is to rescue the Government
from Republican maladm!nistration
"As | have already said, we have
not what the British have-a re
sponsible' government-th nearest
approach thereto which we can have
under the Constitution is to have
House, Senate and President, all OF
the same political faith. Hence | am
anxious to see the Democrats cap
ture all three legislative branches
of the Government SO that we can
try our theory. Then, if it works
well, the people will recognize the
fact and reward us. ff it proves BAD
in practice, the people will throw
us out as they should do.
Taft's Vetoes Criticised.
'If however, all three branches of
the legislature are not of the same
political faith, neither party gets an
opportunity to try its theory. we
have recently witnessed at Washing
ton spectacle of Il Democratic
House passing good bills bills
which would have greatly reduced
the high cost of living and which
would have gone far towards reliev-
ing the people Of the burden of
heavy taxes-ahd Of a Republican
President vetoeing these bills. as
fast as they reached him.
so far in this campaign the two
political criticisms leyeled against
Gov. Wilson are:
That he has little experience in
public life.
That his opinions on certain sub
jects have changed in the lapse of
time
AS to the latter, while consistency
is ranked among the virtues, it is
much better to be right, though in
consistent, than ito be consistent,
though wrong, The question is not
what Gov. Wilson or any other man
thought twenty or fifteen or ten or
five years ago. but what he thinks
now. We are acting in the living
present, for people now in this coun-
try and for the millions yet to be-
not groping in the dead past.
'As to his lack of experience as a
public man, | may be permitted to
suggest to those most concerned that
Gen. Taylor had no experience what
soever, and that Gen. Arthur had a
very little experience. 1t was uni
'Si oui'J bNhNCdSu tllaI tlOot ltol-
dents discharged their duties as
chief executive of the nation faith
fully and well.
Lincoln Lacked Experience.
Everybody admits that Abraham
Lincoln was a great President. Many
deem him the, greatest of the 26 All
agree that he was one of the four
greatest. His name is written high
on the scant list of the immortals;
yet prior to his elevation to the
presidency his entire public service
consisted of term or two in the
Illinois Legislature and one term in
Congress.
Governor Wilson'S public career
| consists of two years as Governor Of
a great commonwealth. Everybody
| declares that he has made "a good
| Governor and il he makes as great a
| President as Lincoln. even the most
fastidious should be satisfied. He
! was for years president in famous
| institutions of learning and presi-
dent of one of the greatest universi-
| ties in the land or in the world. AS
a presidential scholar, he will rank
| with Thomas Jefferson. James Madi-
| son, John Quincy Adams and James
A. Garfield.