The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-08-16
WILSON ACCEPTS
The NOMINATION
Every State Sends Represen.
tatives TO Notification Ceremony
PUTS TARIFF ISSUE FIRST
eight Governors, Including His Run
ming Mate, Marshall, and Political
Leaders from All over Country
Hail Speech as Mastery.

sea Girt, ~. J-Amid the cheers OF
about 5000 persons, the honk OF 800
automobile horns the Intermittent
blare Of brass band, Woodrow VIII
SOL accepted the Democratic nomina-
ton for the presidency.
with Governor Wilson as he made
his declaration Of Democratic faith
was Governor Marshall, OF Indiana, the
Democratic nominee for ViecPresl
dent
Cftcially the notification committee
numbered ffty-two, representing every
State and Territory. United States
Senator Ollie James, Of Kentucky,
permanent chairman at the Baltimore
convention, led the committee, and
with him were eight Democratic Gov
eaLors.
Standing OF the veranda OF the Lit
tie White House, his summer home as
governor or New Jersey, hanked by
Democratic nominee for Vice Presi-
distinguished Democrats from al
parts o. the country, faced by the thou
sands who stretched far out Oh the
level sw&rd OF the militia reservation,
the Baltimore platform and set forth
his views on some Of the important
public problems involved.
The significance OF the day to the
Democratic party was fully as great
as when the national committee visit
nd b. ftnv h ia M n a
Then il was apparent that he was the
master Of the men of his party. On this
day he showed that he intends TO be
the master Of the measures as well.
in q voice that carried well out over
the crowd despite the fact that he was
handicapped by close application to
his manuscript he dwelt upon those
things he regarded as paramount in
the fight referred in passing only 70
such pet projects of the convention as
the one term for president and refer
red not at all to such planks as the
navy The omission did not appear 10
be noticed and the great crowd melted
towards nightfall, the Democrats de-
olaring themselves as highly delighted
with the entire occasion.
The governor did not deviate from
his manuscript except for about four
times and these departures were more
in the nature of asides than additions.
Once as he referred to the necessity
for a new point OF view in public az
fairs he added: Some of the most
ignorant men ] ever knew, were edu-
Gated men, which brought q cheer.
Another time in referring to the peo-
pie at large he added TO the sentence.
They can master anything they have
q mind 10 even government which
went happily and whea on his third di-
version as he was speaking about the
necessity for adequate antitrust law
and the difficult task Il was. he added:
Overcoming in some degree the mod
essy % our courts That brought a
yell which led the governor TO inter
ject u could be a great deal more in
teresting II did not have to read it,"
The Governor added to his speech
this reference to prosecutions under
the Federal Antitrust law:
THE means and methods by which
trusts have established monopolies
have now become known. IL will be
necessary to supplement the present
law with such laws, both civil and
criminal, as Will enectually punish and
prevent those methods, adding such
other laws as may be necessary to pro-
vide suitable and adequate judicial
processes, whether civil or criminal,
to disclose them and follow them to
final verdict and judgment, thus over
coming in some degree the modesty OF
our courts in this pursuit"
The principal points made by Gov.
Wilson in his speech follow:
Direct election Of United States Sen
stors
Publicity about the sources Of cam
paign funds.
Tariff for revenue only.
Immediate revision OF the tariff,
steadily downward"
Supplementary antitrust legislation.
civil and criminal.
Laws 70 prevent financial confedera-
cies such as q money trust"
Laws for safeguarding workers and
improving labor conditions.
Justice for the Filipinos.
Conservation not limited TO reserva-
ton.
Development Of water powers and
waterways.
Revival Of merchant marine.
A parcels post as complete as that
OF any other Nation.
Governmental promotion OF agricul.
tural, Industrial, and vocational educa.
ton.