Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-23
aov.#WusoN's SPEECH


spirit Of an honest and clear-thinking
man is revealed in it. Governor Viii
son. proposes to conduct his campaign.
on the high plant Of principle, avoid
ing personalities. His speech will,
we are sure, BE- widely approved.
II II y
Baltimore Sun (Ind.): There is the
ring Of genuine Jeffersonian demo-
cracy in every line of it, and no man
can read it without realizing that Will
son does not merely profess, as so
many public men are in the habit of
doing, a. belief in Jeffersonian demo-
cracy, but that he understands what
Jeffersonian democracy is, and that
is what cannot be said Of most of it's
professed advocates.
II II II
Buffalo Times (Dem.): The chief
essentials of al acceptance speech
are sincerity, terseness, soundness Of
party doctrine, and feasibility Of the
policies announced. Governor Will
SON. g deliverance rings true and every
one of these points. It is honest, it
is concise, it is democratic, and every
utterance it contains is capable Of
being embodied in legislation and
executive action.
Omaha World Herald (Dem.) {:
Among Western democrats there may
be felt, on a first reading of Governor
Wilson g speech, kind Of disappoint-
ment because there is not a more
specific and aggressive discussion Of
policies affecting trusts and monopo-
lies, banking and currency, and other
matters. But these things will come
in their proper time. Governor viii.
son IS purpose in his speech Of yester-
day was to appeal in the broadcast
possible manner, to the spirit Of ma
tionalism, Of patriotism, and to cry
down the partisan spirit, the class
spirit, the spirit that makes for dis
ruption if not destruction. He has
carried out his purpose superbly. At
other times and on other occasions
we shall look for him to speak more
in detail concerning those questions
of democratic policy and polity that
are the very life blood Of the party in
that vast empire which extends from
the Appalachian to the Rocky noun
tains.
/ New York World (Ind. Dem.) F.:
Woodrow Wilson g speech of accept
ance is the ablest, clearest, sanest
statement of high public purpose this
| country has known in generation
Without passon, without invective
| without abuse, without partisan bitter
| ness, without denuciatioh, without
egotism, without demagogy, he was
driven straight to the heart Of the
| supreme issue of American institutions
the partnership between govern
ment and privilege. It is the utterance
| of statesman and student, who promis
es only the rule Of ri ght and justice in
relation to all public questions, and who
has proved his promises by his works
! It is the simple confession Of man :
faith in the rank and file Of his fel
bowman; the simple confession of one
man IS faith in the power Of the Amer
can nation to work out it's destiny I'M
der it's constitution; the simple con
fession of one man g faith in govern
ment of the people, and the application
of that faith to all the problems of the
hour. But after reading that comics
sion, every honest man, from the
uuHlDlcSC W JIG ulOoU AoAtuho'C, \"n
say, in Woodrow Wilson, concluding
words, 1T thank God and will take
courage
Louisville Courier-Journal (Watter
sony: It is not exaggeration to say
| that Governor Wilson g address in &C
ceptance of the nomination of the Bal
timore convention was exceptionally
impressive and inspiring. That il
would be scholarly, thoughtful an6
well-expressed, was expected as q
matter of course. That it would be
marked by the ability Of the man OF
intellect, the student both Of books
and affairs, was equally, anticipated
But with all this, its real force was
acuteness, the clarity with which the
student has analysed conditions, anG
the courage, the sincerity and sanity
with which he approaches the respon
sibility Of their rectifcation. With 9
thorough appreciation Of the fact that
there: has been a'great awakening OF
the people land that the country is
at the beginning Of new epoch, q he
defines his conception Of the respon
sibilities which the voters Of the
United States: are to place upon his
shoulders with no suggestion of cow
ardice, yet 30 faint Of demagogy. In
his mastery treatment, Of the tariff
and trusts he urges that our policy in
working reform should be neither
rash nor timid, and this lack Of both
rashness5 and timidity :; characterizes
the definition of his attitude on the
various important questions touched
upon in his address: The party tc
which the country is to intrust The
administration Of It's government next
March is fortunate in having so lueid
and. forcible q spokesma1 and thu
country. win be doubly fortunate if
under the presidency of Woodrow
Wilson, it shall see :. realized IT,
soundly progressive policies enuci
ated by him at Sea Girt yesterday.
ROOSEVELT ON WILSON ~.
COL Roosevelt in an article in The
Outlook says Of Wilson:
emo one pretends to find a reason