Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-18
Wilson Seeking to Get in Touch
With National Conditions.
C0NFERRING WITH LEADERS
Wants to Get Perspective on Politi-
cal and Other Affairs.
ADDRESSES SOUTHERN SOCIETY
Utters Warning to Those Who
Would Start a Panic Owing to
Democratic Victory.

NEW YORK, December IS.-GoN. WI
son was up early today I'm order to hold
conferences with number Of proninem
leaders who are in the city
and who heard his speech at the South
ern Society dinner last night. in which he
promised to provide IA gfbbet OF public
disgrace" for any man who should at
tempt TO start a panic in the nited
States. Chief among those whom tn"
governor expected TO see We William +
McCombs. chairman of the democratic
committee: Vice Chairman Nc
Adoo. Col. r. NJ. House OF Houston. Tex.
and A. Mitchell Palmer. democratic ma
tional committeeman from Pennsylvana
Having been out of touch with cond
tons here during his vacation in Ber-
muda, the governor will go over matters
with these leaders in order TO get
on affairs political and other
wise.
The governor planned to remain in the
city until late in the afternoon.
Warns Against Starting Panics.
Some people say Mr. Wilson re-
the banquet of the Southern Society of
lew York last night. that business il
going to be disturbed by the changes
which are going to be undertaken by the
democratic party. I mean changes in
economic policy. Business cannot he
disturbed unless the minds of those VINO
conduct IL are disturbed. a panic.
cording TO the dictionary, is really state
of mind. There is just much money
L., . - Il g. H.
the day before. but il is distributed dill
ferently as the result of the panic
He first distinguished between mat
ural" and unnatural panics. He said
that i'm many cases panic had come MAJ
urally because of a mental disturbance
Of people with reference to loans ana
money generally.
But the machinery is in existence,
he said. by which the thing can be de-
liberately done Frankly. I don't think
there is any living man who dares use
the machinery for that purpose. IL he
does. i promise him. not for myself, but
for my fellow-countrymen. a gibbet as
high as Haman's.'
The governor added that he meant no
literal gibbet' for that is not painful.
but he said IL would be a gibbet of pub
lie disgrace which would live las long
as the members of that mans family sur
vive.''
America with her eyes open isn't 60
governor, but I speak as il 1 expected il
AS IL l feared il. do not I'm afraid
of nothing
Appeals to Patriotism.
Mr.. Wilson's speech covered a variety
Of subjects. He treated first Of sectional
ism, declaring that it ought not to exist.
There is a vast deal to do" he said,
land 1t can best be done by forgetting
that We are partisans OF anything except
the honor and prosperity OF the nation
ITSELF
The governor then told his hearers OF
his strenuous day in New Jersey. I'VE
thought We Strengthened things out In
New Jersey" he said. but they won't
stay straight.
There are some people in New Jersey
who are happy that they can count the
days when they can get rid OF me. But
they are not going to get rid Of me.
"A man can live in Washington and
a man can say from Washington what
he thinks about New Jersey and he can
say it in the only most effectual way
by mentioning names.
Anonymous Charges.
This anonymous assertion or iniquity
ought to be stopped. It's all very well
to make public who owns the journal
of the country. but it also ought TO be
made public who owns this or that idea
IL it can't be produced by law. it can
be produced by conversation.
81 have gone through a campaign in
which / endeavored TO speak of things
not of persons. but you speak of per
sons by implication when you speak OF
things and the palmer YOU make the
implication the more effective you make
the mark The only way to keep out OF
trouble i'm the future is to see that your
name is connected with the right thing.
The Task of a President
THE task ahead of me. SO far as il re-
lates to making appointments to office il
wholly hateful, but the task. SO far as r
is leadership of the United States, is fan
of everything that is bright and touched
with confidence. because | know that All
YOU have to do is to appeal TO the people
of the United States on the right ground
and put those who are wrong out of bust
ness / am not a brave man-because l.
don't know anything to be afraid of.
Some people are making all sorts or
sinister predictions to the trouble Ne
are going to get into at Washington. l.
don't think there should be any concern
because it is going to be public trouble.
and a great jury is always going to know
what the evidence in the case is.
Public Business First.
81 have been warned by some news
papers about keeping the open door. be-
cause they have said SO many people
want to get into it. Perhaps I should
have said that the door will be open ONLY
to people who come to transact business.
/ want to say that / may not be very
popular by preferring business to ot-
quette, but after I take the oath l shall
feel obliged to transact business and will
feel Obliged to cut out everything THAI
does not touch that business.
But business has to be supported aud
presented to the people.
so I will not feel il necessary TO stay in
Washington all the time. but to find out
by conversation with my neighbors every
where what they think, for il is a great
deal more important to the country what
YOU think than what / think.
Plain Talk in Politics.
The governor discoursed somewhat ve-
hemently on politics and said there was
too much manners i'm politics. and that