Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-08-22

| lion of the real issues upon which the
campaign will he fought this fall. l
think that IL is bound to strengthen
Governor Wilson among the thinking
people Of the country
Will Ring Through the Country.
Governor George W. Donaghey. Ar
kansas.-"lt was great speech. 1t
will ring through the country II is
just what he should have said The
people have never felt more confident
of success since the first nomination OF
Grover Cleveland"
Iowa For Wilson.
Judge Martin j. Wade. Iowa.-"For
the first time since the state was adj
mitted to the Union Iowa will this year
give its electoral vote to the Democrat
ic nominee for president"
Jeffersonian to the Core.
John A. Dix. Governor of New
York. -"GovernOr Wilson's speech of
acceptance is marked with broad vi
sion and clear thought. expressed in
language every American can under
stand. AS a business man and rranu-
facturer. | am especially pleased with
his positive and statesmanlike position
on the paramount Issue of tariff re-
form and his demand for an immedi-
ate downward revision. In sincerity.
precise statement and comprehensive
grasp of great principles and their ap
plication of the fundamental needs OF
the country the speech is Jeffersonian
to the core. 1t contains no appeal to
passion and excites mo prejudice.
Governor Wilson has presented to his
party and to the nation clear concep'
ton of the truth that the real strug-
gle in the pending campaign is be-
tween the concentrated powers OF priv
] llege and the aspiration of the Ameri-
can people to realize In their govern
ment and their economic industrial
and social relations the full measures
Of the principles Of freedom. Justice
and progress. upon which the republic
was founded To all the issues and
every national need Governor Wilson
applies the rule Of right and common
advantage The reforms he advocates
are farreaching. but they are neces-
sary. sound and practical The speech
will awaken and stir the national con
science and lead to a triumph that
will restore to the people the control
of their government and inaugurate Il
new and happier epoch in the life and
development of the republic"
Worthy Leader of Progressive Amcri-
cans.
Louis D. Brandeis, Boston.-"Gover-
nor wilson's speech of acceptance Is
the utterance of a twentieth century
statesman With keen perception he
recognizes the evils from which the
people are suffering and the dangers
which threaten our welfare With
broad vision he points the way by
which those evils may be removed and
the dangers averted. He proves his
understanding alike of business and of
social needs and that he is a Democrat
in fact as we'll as in name, and his
courage is undoubted. Progressive
Americans have in him a worthy lead
err"
Equable and Moderate.
New York Sun.-"GovernOr Wilson's
speech of acceptance has good luck
as we'll as merit. 1t comes just In
| time to contrast sharply with the in
terminable bedlamite rant Of Tn. Den
tatus Africanus Ferox. And. II with
out contempt of campus 1t may be
said. though written by a college presi
dent very recently retired. it is In the
English language, not anaemic and
seldom with suspicion Of prlggishness
or donnishness. though ii has an air.
certain academic distinction of its
own. What will please everybody who
has a living to make is Governor Will
sons equable and moderate tone. Gov
ernor Wilson is for repair, not for de
structlon."
Partnership of the People.
New York Times.-"It is applicable.
The dominant thought the very soul
Of his discourse. is the common inter
est Of all the people, their partnership
In our activities and our prosperity.
The partnership idea comes from his
mind not as n suhlimated political the
Dry. bat ns practical, immediate rem.
pdy "
straiaat TO the Heart
New YORK world Woodrow VII
sons spee h Of acceptance Is the nblesi.
cleurest sanest statement Of high pub
he purpose this country has known In
a generation Without passion. with
out invective. without abuse. without
partisan bitterness. without denuncla'
ton. without egotism. without dema'
gogy. be has driven straight 10 the
heart Of the supreme lssue Of Amer
lean Institutions-the partnership be
tween government and privilege.