The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-12
His Campaign In That State for the
Democratic Nomination for Pres
Ident Launched
Today.
LINCOLN AS DEMOCRAT.
Candidate Declared That Martyred
President Would Have Been
One II He Lived
Now.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.]
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-With an en-
thusiastic welcome to Governor Wood
row Wilson. banquet attended by
1900 prominent Illinois democrats, fol
lowed by an address by the New Jer-
Bey governor, the Wilson campaign
for the democratic presidential nomi-
nation was formally launched in Illi-
nois today.
Governor Wilson was the guest of /
the Iroquois club. He was met at I
the depot by large delegation from
that organization. A change in the
program was caused by a delay of
more than two hours in his arrival. |
The governor was hurried to the La
Sale hotel for breakfast and after a
quick shave appeared at the reception
which lasted an hour.
The. educator is the second aspirant
to the democratic nomination whose
boom has been launched here under
| the auspices OF the Iroquois club, Gov
ernor Harmon having preceded him
/
business men of business matters"
said the governor Il do not desire to
! harangue the people on political mat
| tiers, but | am anxious to discuss the
great questions of business upon
which the issues of the campaign this
fall will be joined. want to explain
! to the people III this great business
! fisiation and other governmental ac-
ton to restore prosperity and order to
business and to the country general
ly."
Speaking of the democratic senti-
ment in the south, Wilson said:
Everywhere we have been in the
south we have found the people of the
: democratic party aroused for progress
sive principles. The people in the
south are proving their progressive
ism. / am gratified over the friendly
spirit that has been shown me in all
localities and ! am firmly convinced
I, that the people of the democratic par
ty everywhere favor progressive prin-
! cipIes. had expected this warm well
I come at the hands of the democrats
I of Illinois for know this is one of the
a progressive states of the union
During a conference held at noon
: William c. Niblack, chairman of the
e Wilson committee for Illinois, made a
J report on the Wilson work in this
state. This, it is said, was thoroughly
satisfactory to the candidate.
Judge William E. Dever, one of the
It most enthusiastic of the Wilson sup
o porters acted as toastmaster at the
r luncheon.
n A large number Of Princeton alumni
o attended the reception and the ban
e quet-
IS After paying tribute to Lincoln il
d which he declared the war presiden
IS as democratic by nature and that hat
" the issues of today come in his tim
n he would have aligned himself witt
the democratic party, Governor Wi
al son declared:
y. "The democratic party has bee
r, held by a popular fallacy, fostered b
a. it's opponents to be a party of ineff
to cheney, not competent TO deal wit
O. business affairs, in practical way
g. To achieve success the party mus
ir show that it knows more about bus
n ness problems than any other part
n and that it has plans for curing con
lie mercial ills and eliminating unius
is privileges that are being enjoyed b
large business interests. My theor
in for the cure of these ills is not to d.
10 stroy interests necessary to the publ
co welfare when they abuse the privi
ts eges that in ordinary business mu:
ol. be theirs, to correct such abuse
a through thorough and minute pc
la sonal responsibility for corporate
" action
he The high tariff is one of the grea
re- est fundamental causes of the bus
la ness evils of today In looking ovt
the experiences of the country in ii
last ten years, believe that to get ;
the fountain head of the abuses tht
he oppress the people generally we mu
en- bring about radical change in des
hi ing with corporations. The corpor
by tions with its intangible person upc
lis whom can be shifted liability for q
he the corporations abuses and whiC
ed yanishes when the law seeks son
one to punish. is the convenient Fl
at ton by which the real men in the &C
ng poration escapes resn visibility f
es' their individual and collective acts.
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