The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-08

IN u sincerity. TO recommend N o9dToW "il~
sou speech Of acceptance 10 The eonsders-
rson OF the voter and OF the man who wishes
to have reason for he casting Of that vote.
outside Of nabc. custom. or preiudice
In all tAe address We defy anyone to dis
cover a I'M That impfnges upon personalities
Ne do NOT believe thar one csn find a word that
discoses tue natural ambition OF y candidate TO
further his own election.
on the contrary whst Wilson says s "a d
10 tbe people as a whole with respect 10 the,r
problems considered from The point OF view Of
reason vita respec, 20 the basic principles
. which 3bey mus foliov IN order 10 solve hose
problems Alright
Here We have a Justification n terms Of
the scnoolmaster III polirce An nteli-
gent analysis of his speech and he conditions
nat it features ought 10 be convincing evt-
dence that there IS need for that sort OF
thought aud dissection which goes to the roor or
the trouble by diagnosis. rather than that
easier method which presorbes salves for self
evident sl mptoms
Mr.. Taft. who also received notification
committee 7ent himself to a defense Of what
he had done
Mr. Roosevelt VINO mas iust been nominated
for President by the company OF his own now
tiates RECALLED us with an account of evils
which. in some vague manner, he declared
himself against and with other equally vague
remedies. which he proposed vaguely. to
apply.
Woodrow Wilson comes along with a sane
reasonably brjet, and admirably reasoned
autopsy. His conclusions exhibit the criminals
the protective tariff the srch-fend; the
monopoiistic trust, bis trusted ally; the ma
chine control OF se-ealled representative gov
eminent" the go-between OF the traitors
These expressions sound old They have
been the stock in trade Of demasognes fer io!
,seoe years Wilson must use them, because
they are true The difference is that he has
thought of them as things TO be corrected,
rather than things to establish bose men
10 drive voting public into The use of par
ticular ballot
Read Wilson speech carefully. and You VIII
ind him chary OF particular promise--set on
the real promise that he people whole
may expect He traces he problems which
We lately aroused the country, to their lair
lie sAaw that sha tafin makes possible and aa4
been exerted in favor Of the particular class
that looks 10 the tariff for special benefit. Re
reasons in the interest OF a brand Of
"progressiYeism' for a partnership between
ne people and their rulers, IN lien Of a sort %
Republican hierarchy under which DominalIy
selected agents Of the people heir trust
to consider as paramount arguments the sur-
gcs,jons Of those people whose primary inter
es5s lie in The qualty of he laws passed for
taeir Jcnen1
We think that IN this very carefully thought
our speech there ought 10 he a great public
good There Is not n radical line in lift
We may be pardoged for calling radical The
thing when the average man haIf-beieyes and
goes the whole hog n voicing. The ground
work Of the sentiment and OF the appeal is
simply for q renewal Of representative gov
eminent in the best sense which is rule
neither by riot nor the passion Of the suffrage.
but through the selection. by popular voice. OF
representative men made the benefcaries Of
popular choice with the progiso that they are
expected 10 act in consultation with the peo-
ple and that their failure to do so will be
ground for the revocation Of the,i. commissions
II will he noticed that Governor Wilson
practically confines himself 10 the basic ques
tons OF the easnpaien. lie goes into few I
any by-ways He promises practically nothing
except the purpose that anim,tes nm tie
rests himself and his record upon the lai2-
pent OF she American people as 20 what Shat