The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-10
Questions Ability of Pro. gressive Leaders to Carry
 Out Policies
WORKS ON PLANS FOR
 HIS SPEAKING TOUR
Will Make More Addresses Than Anticipated-Talks Twice on the Tariff-Visits the Bedside
 of McCombs


 New York, September 9.-Gov. Wood row Wilson worked from early morn- ing until late tonight mapping out campaign plans at democratic national headquarters and appealing to voters of New York city in three speeches.
 over big map the democratic can didate discussed with executive of fcers of the campaign, speaking in- Nasions of debatabe states. Then he motored away to Union Square and analyzed before two big crowds tariff schedules, statistics and principles of protective policies. In the late after noon the nominee went to the bedside of National Chairman William F. Me Combs at Flushing, Long Island. The governor said MT McCombs was re- covering slowly but he thought he would be back in the campaign within three weeks.
 At the New York Press club tonight the governor delivered his principal ad- dress of the day. He was applauded as he analysed the three political parties. F"The trouble with the tarif,' the
  that 1t Is one of the most colossal sys- tems of deliberate patronage that has been conceived and the main trouble is that protection stops where patronage begins.p
 The governor, in turning to his own candidacy, remarked that he could say without personal reference that whether by accident or however else 1t might be explained the democratic candidate is not attached to any in- terest whatever; the alchemy that ac- complished this was practiced- at Bal umore.''
 Gov. Woodrow Wilson, in his address be- tore the Press club questioned the ability of leaders of the progressive party, If elected, to carry out any part of the policies of its platform. Much ot tie speech was devoted to an analysis of Ire progressive party's plans, although he -iAave some attention to the record # tle Republican pa U and predicted I lctpry for united democracy. He said ifi part:
 Wilson's Speech
 "I have come here tonight for the pur- pose of discussing just as cand.dly as pos sible the political situation, and l hone that in doing so I shall do injustice to no
 
 that the right tactics in politics is % de precate the men you are opposed to and to belttle and misrepresent the forces with which you have to contend. It ought to be frank, straightforward and fair determination Of what it is we are to agree upon and do, and how We are to 10 ii in the great field of our common action. My feeling about my own candidacy for inc presidency is that if 1 cannot be tlIe peoples spokesman I don't want them to vote for me. l want to feel. If l am elected to the office of President, that l am speaking the purposes and .mputes and judgments of the people of the United States. We are men, we are not poll tcans.
 we do not live our lives at the polls We are interested in politics only as it is means of adjusting he law to serve our life as it should he served.
 Three Parties Considered
 T want to discuss the three parties now seeking your support I'lsnow there are more than three parties in the United States, and it is not out of any disrespect to the parties that have commanded on'y a small number of votes in the past that I leave them out of the reckoning for the present
 Let us consider. first the republican . party There is a great deal of difference between the republican party and certain groups of gentlemen who have been all lowed to lead and direct the republican party. The republican party, as repre- sented by these men, is the very party which has got us into the difficulties we are now trying to get out Of I do not have to prove that, because we have got into those difficulties in the last 15 years and during the last 15 years that party has been in power If it did not get us into these difficulties. who ddP
 ...t. rlvr, mo ca xft In Q leaders of the party knew that they were doing us an evil or that they intended to do us an evil. Tor my part l ann very much more afraid of the man wto does bad thing and does not know it Is bad than of the man who does a pad thing and knows it is bad: because think that in public affairs stupidity is more danger cus than snavery. because harder to fight and disodge. These gentlemen. whatever may have been their intentions, linked the government of the United States with the men who control the big ficnances of the United States. They nave have done II innocently or they may nave d Jne 1t oorruptly. without effecting my argument nj all. Provided you admit that they tied the government of the United tc .he big financial interests of the Unltel you haze admitted my point. And they themselves cannot escape from that allsance.
 Campaign Funds
 
 "IJere Is the old question of cam paian funds: If take hundred thous- and dollars from a group of men rep resenting particular interest that has big stake in d certain schedule of the tariff I take it with the knowi- edge that those gentlemen will expect me not to forget their interest In that schedule and that they will take It as a point fo implicit honor that shouln see to it that they were not darnage by too great a change in that scheu- ule. Therefore, if I take their money, am bound to them by sort or tacit pledge of honor and if l desert them change the whole character Of the government.
 "The men I am interested in are the men who never have their voices heard, who never get a line in the newspaper. who never get moment on the platform. who never have ac : cess to the ears of governors or or anybody who Is responsible for the con duct of government, but who go silent ly and patiently to their work every day carrying the burden of the world. How are they to be understood by the i masters of finance if only the masters of finance ought to be consulted. be- cause they are part of the people of the United Stat2,s. but they ought to be consulted only< proportion as they