Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-09
WILSON'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

every line the ring OF sincerity ana the stamp VI
constructive craftsmanship 1t is not cry for bat
tie but call for honest thinking and for business
like performance. It is not series of catchphrases
designed to hook in votes but clearheaded pre-
sentston of certain vital matters in which all Amer
lean citizens are concerned and which must be
settled not by war and disruption but by honest
government and by process Of readjustment at
once patient and firm 1t will strike into the mind
and heart of the country Quickened sense of as
and inspiration 1t will shed light upon
season of political murkiness and bring gertrude
and hope in a day of political doubt.
Governor wilson's speech is remarkable first of
al for its cOmprehensiveness. 1t deals clearly yet
succinctly, with all the pressing problems Of the
time-with the tariff the trust evil, the cost of
living, the adaptation Of banking and currency
laws to our common economic needs and with the
divers questions Of national development such as
the merchant marine, the opening of waterways
for commerce and the protection and of the
countrys natural resources.
On each of these problems vast deal has been
said but none of them has been treated with such
sanity and farsightedness as is Governor wilson's
speech of acceptance. In discussing the tariff. for
instance, he does not propose to undo in single
year system thu. has been decades in developing
and that intertwined itself with the nations bust
ness fibre
ut is obUfOus," says ne, "thdt the changes
zoe make should be made only at such rate
ana in such coy as sOiH least interfere with
the normal and heaIthfa course of commerce
and manufacture. But zoe shan not on that Gc
count act toith tinidity as if did not knoW
oaon minds, for zoe are certain Of our
ground ana Of our object. There should be an
:mmediote revision and It should be dOron1urd;
unhesitatin0Iy and steadily dosontodrd."
1t is in the same spirit that he approaches the
trust problem. He INDUCES in no noisy indictment
of "malefactors of great wealth. Instead, he lays
bare the root of the evil he diagnoses the disease
ano then indicates the remedy that must be ap
Piled with a view to curing the maady, not kill
ing the patient. OF the trusts and monopolies he
says:
They belong to gerry recent and very
sophisticated age cohen kEel0 aohat they
ioGnted and kneto hot0 to get 1t By the favor
of the government 1t is another chapter In
the natural history Of poioer and Of governing
classes. The merit chapter pill set US free again
There IoH be no flavor Of tragedy in it. 1t
1iH be a chapter of reddjustment not of pain
ing back from ohGt is abnormal to tohat is
normal 1t i0iH see restoration Of the laos
of trade, I0hich the Idbos of competition and
Of HHhampered opportunity under 10hicb men
of every sort are set free and are encouraged
TO enrich the nation"
Thus il is the evident policy Of Woodrow Will
son, as the representative Of the Democratic party
and of the soberly progressive thought of the
ton, not to array class against class or interest
against interest but to rid the government of all
considerations and to unite the people their
common interests.
I'VE are Soorkin0 tosodrd Uery DEFINITE OBJ
ject-a universal partnership in public affairs,
upon tohich the purity Of politics and its aim
and spirit depend"
Around this high and practical standard Of APP
piled justice all good citizens can rally That is
the standard which Woodrow Wilson as the Dem
ocratic nominee holds aloft, the standard Of
strong builder who knows what he is about and
who has the courage to do his work.
The Bull Moose continues to blow his own horn.
One chair is ample during cOurtship but after
marriage hveroOm flat seems too crowded.
Any young man is a hero who has nerve enough
to write loveletter to a woman school teacher.
A new broom sweeps clean. but it soon becomes
old.
Autumn win be no stranger when it does knock
at doors
ROAD BUILDING IN GEORGIA.
The report Of State Geologist McCallie, showing
the progress Of Georgia counties in the development
Of their highways during the past two years. rich
in encouragement and suggestion. The record proves
that in almost every part of the State the good roads
spirit is astr and it also indicates the wisdom and
the need of organizing this splendid energy and of
directing toward the definite end of a welllnked
system of Georgia roads.
According to the official report there were in
Georgia. the beginning of the current year. eighty
three thousand, nine hundred and eightysix miles of
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