The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-04

mankind rather than of the progress
 of this or that investment, of the pro-
 lection Of American honor and the ad- vancement Of American ideals ~E--@:'-sr than always of American cer-'a s'Ss. and lift our diplomacy to the levels of what the best minds have planned for mankind We must devote the power Of the government to the ser
 vice of the race and think at every
 turn of men and women and children, of the moral life and physical force and spiritual betterment of those, all of those for whom we profess to have
 set government up.
 None of these high things can be done, because none Of them can be conceived, from the point of view of those who at present exercise power over us at Washington. No establish ed policy of the Republican party can be used for such ends. ~''The black magic of campaign funds' cannot work these miracles The government at washington has not in half a genera tion been conducted from the point of view or by the counsel of the nation as a whole, but by the advice and with the consent of those who have extort- ed special favors from it. a very small number of persons with their own ob- jects constantly in view, it may be unconscious of their selfishness. cer- tainly unconscious of the interests of the vast najorities whom they ignor- ed in their scheme of prosperity. The great task that waits to be done can be done only by free government with it's eye upon the whole people, and such a government we have not had since the Dingley and Aldrich tariffs began to be built up favor by favor and trusts began to multiply under the very prohibitions of the law. The Republican party is irretrievably committed and bound to go in the very opposite direction from that in which release and freedom lie. It has become a party of special points of view.
 The country has already perceived this Everywhere there has been a steadily gathering revolt by the vot- CTS. Twenty-six of the forty-eight State governments are now under Democratic executives. In the Leg isIatures of the forty-eight States the Democrats outnum Der the Republicans by a matority of 200. Seventy-three of the 12o chief cities of the country have Democratic mayors. There are now 227 Democrats in the National House of Representatives and only 161 The tide gathers in greater and greater volume. Only g. Presidency and the Senate lift their heads a little above it, those citadefs of power which the constitution makes 1t hardest for the peoples unajorities to capture and occupy. Until these are taken. the great task will halt and wait, the great task of putting the government at the service of the peo- pie.
 Shall we not move forward to the final conquest? An organized, united. and enthusiastic force stands ready. the only united and militant force to which the people can turn with any prospect that they will be served, promptly. effectively and upon a clear principle of action-the great Demo cratic party, now at last solid and of clear purpose To it all who are full of hope and of the vigor that makes are r1ocking-the young men of the nation, the noble and de- voted women who wish to see better days for their children and for all who are oppressed. the men who never grow old but always press forward to of the new age, all who desire free opportunity ana s1ove the public course that is Just and righteous and quick with the hopes of mankind. A great people is turning it's face to the light. not desiring a revolution, but loving the right and determined to set it up, wisely. temperately. honor ably, with prudence and patient de- bate, not in irritation or in haste, but like men, not like children. It is a great day and propitious one. The Is ours. and we shall assume its knowing what it means. The decision of the 9th of November will usher in. if we be true, a new day of confidence. freedom and prosper Ity. It will be no niggardly triumph of a party or a faction, but the tri- 1mph of a people The Democratic party will be. not the selfish victor. out the trusted instrument. and the years that follow will test every prin- ,iple of the great republic. God grant we shall be worthy to prevail.
 WOODROW WILSON.