Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-03-06
( WEDNESDAY, MAR. s, 1912
GREAT WILSON MEETING IN DEs
MONIES.

~ MONIES.
\ The Woodrow Wilson meeting in
Des Moines last Friday evening ex,
ceeded in every way the most
hopeful expectations Of every one re
sponsible for its being held.
The Governor arrived from the
East about Z p. m. and was escorted
to the Slavery Hotel by a band Of
music and hosts Of eager admirers.
The University Club, composed of
Des Moines college men, had ar
ranged banquet in honor of the
distinguished scholar, and the spac-
.ious dining room of the Sayery was
filled with college graduates who
rose to their feet and enthusiastical-
~ welcomed the Governor and those
who accompanied him when they en-
tered the room. ,#t
The Speech At the Banquet.
With a few thought lad en- sent fences
Wilson wrought a great transforma-
ton. In thirty minutes from his APP
pear ance at the dinner b had chang!
ed dispassidnate, coldly intellectual
II = q y
body Of men into warm supporters
and enthusiastic friends.
IN a certain sense, Nj. Wilson
said college life renders a man less
1 fit in politics than Others. That is
because the university looks back
ward. It is forever studying what
I the race already has accompli shed,
This is a Limitation which is; placed
on the college man. The university
man must be turned around and told
to pot walk backward. We are not
steering by the past. NJ
Society lives blythe aspirations
53of new generations. Permit & any
kind OF privilege and you stop the
courses Of the blood. The new gen.
creations are checked That is why,
I am tundam entally and incurably, q
& democrat. The democratic. principle
Is that Of constant renewal from the
ranks. n. 5:5.
Society, Is in a revolt against
\ that which has blotted out the fields
4 for new generations and already ha,
4 the claims staked out. The time Il
at hand when fathers are asking
themselves where their children ar,
going to get IN They are saying
When j was q boy. there was ],
chance Now the boys must submit
to a process Of serving 1or others
Service is all right but when service
rs from the cradle to the grave It il
,liscouraging- 's@. ssl
The light Of knowledge is thu
3 only way to penetrate the darkness"
n HoW's Your Lamp?
I've must reorganize the whole
economic system without hurting II
No man can frame the program fol
this. It needs the brain Of al
thinking men. University men, mus
wake up and dc their part.
Once more our government is OF
trial before the world. The situa
ton needs your counsel and you
help II
At the conclusion OF the banque
speech the college men warmly ap
& plauded their favorite and proceedet
with him to the Coliseum where
Woodrow wilson addressed the larg
est Ind most thoughtful assemblagt
OF men and women ever held il
Iowa.
5555 At first it was thought that 2,00(
reserved seats would be all sufficient
but requests for seats came in sucf
numbers that all the seats on thu
main floor, about 1000, had to be
5 reserved, leaving only the $500 gal
lery seats and the standing room fol
those who were not ! thoushtfu
enough to ask for ticket in ad
& vance.
The Register and Leader had this
to say OF the meeting:
..Only one man ever attracted more
Z people to the Coliseum than did Gov
4 ernor Woodrow Wilson of New Jer
sey last night. The one man was
Colonel Roosevelt. s...
"More interest was manifest in the
Wilson meeting than in any political
meeting held in Des Moines in re-
cent years, SO seasoned campaisnezl
said. Republicans pointed to the
marked difference between the care
I less reception to President Taft ON
the occasion of his visit here last
& fall and the spontaneous enthusiasm
OF the state for the former presi
dent OF Princeton university.
Leaders in the Iowa wilson eague
!. were jubilant over the success OF
their enterprise. And the dis
tinguished visitor himself was highly
eIated over his reception.
And LATE Youngis paper, the Des
Moines Capital, had this to say:
..Governor Woodrow Wilson Of New