Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-03
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In the Raleigh IN. c. News-Observer.

not come from seats of learning. II
comes in murmur from the hills and
woods and the farms and factories
and the mills. rolling on and gaining
volume until II comes to us from the
homes of common men. Do these muir
murs echo in the corridors OF univer-
sites? l have not heard of them.
The universities would make men
forget their common origins, forget
their universal sympathies and join
a class-and no class ever can serve
America. "-Woodrow Wilson.
Governor Wilson is student in the
best sense of the word-he thinks
| profoundly on what he reads. He is
gifted with the genius of taking pains
and recognizes that excellence is the
fruit OF labor. He is the author OF
several books. some OF which are now
standard. notably his Congressional
Government" The States" and "A
History OF the American People" Be
fore he was thirty he was an eminent
publicist, and no man OF the present
day is better fitted for the public serv-
Ice of free people. He is a practical
man, an administrator. His is a ere
alive genius. and he can make paths
where there were none before. He is
a man of destiny II there be such
one now on the public stage. He is
man OF courage and prominently in
dependent
Woodrow wilson Is a Democrat in
social contact as well as a Democrat
in political principle His sincerity is
/ M nj In foly
erty of inserting what one of the
shrewdest observers OF the newspaper
press says of understandable b.
Borton of Nashville Banner.
Wilson's capacity for looking after
details is enormous-to me almost be-
You'd conception. He never seems to
spare himself. and yet he seems TO
come out always with steady nerves
and a smile upon his countenance. AS
sampIe-while president Of Prince
ton he was his own stenographer He
is good shorthand writer and uses
1t extensively-or did-in his everyday
life. taking copious notes OF things he
wants to remember. He comes here
| frequently and is one Of the most pop
ular visitors to the Banner gang. He
is genuine Democrat and sits around
the office and talks snakes with the
snake editor. horses with the horse
editor, borrows any vacant desk on
which to write. and makes himself
generally at home"
This country needs a man. Even
more acute than when old Menelaus
Agrippi in the early days Of the Ro-
man commonwealth patched up the
quarrel between patrician and plebe
Ian by recital OF the fable that told
OF the strife between the stomach and
the members OF the human body, is
the breach between the privilege of
the rich and the burden OF the poor.
That breach must be closed, that dis
sension composed, that tumult quieted
II peace is to reign in our republic.
There Is but one remedy-justice.
and justice always means equal oppor-
tunity for all. The people believe that
there has been favoritism practiced
in the enactment Of the laws and in
the administration of the laws. This
opinion Is deepseated and pervades
all communities where there are hew-
ers OF wood and drawers of water One
set gathers where another strewed.
In the division Of profits capital gets
too big share. Nay, the Republican
party announces that the law must in
. sure the profit OF capital, as witness
the following from its platform of
1908:
I'm all tariff legislation the true
principle Of protection Is best main
tanned by the imposition of such du-
ties as will equal the difference he
, tween the cost of production at home
+ and abroad, together with a reason
able profit to American industries."
= The duty levied to protect the prod
I uct. which Is the property OF capital
5 But labor, mental and physical. must
/, protect Itself, while it is taxed to nro-
: tect the Steel trust that declares n
= cannot protect itself. That is the cbies
I abuse with which the reformer hos
10 deal That Is the enormity thar
VIII tax all his powers-the eradica.
ton OF every purely protective featune
Of the tariff
t On the tariff question Woodrow VII.
son Is as sound as a trout-sounde,
than some OF his rivals you NAV know,
D OF. one at least. That is why so many
S guns are trained on him. That ia uhv
predatory wealth is so anxious TO hea,
8 him for the Democratic nomination =,
he would allow Wall street to ipe,,
ence his campaign and to believe ho
was reformer In speech only thew
t would not say word to his prejudice