Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-02-07
GOVERNOR WILSON'S
RICHMOND ADDRESS
Before General Assembly and
Big Crowd of Visitors
OPPORTUNITY OF DEMOCRACY
Cordial Reception TO Native State of
Distinguished Son

Nearly i've Thousand people, In
Guiding members of the General As.
sembly AID big delegations from
Woodrow Wilson clubs in R;cn-
mond. Staunton and Charlottesville.
gave Governor Woodrow Wilson OF
New Jersey, u tremendous demon
stration when he delivered an ad-
dress on The Democratic Oppor.
tunity" At the City Auditorium
thursday right. a large part g
ths audience had expected TO hear
,Ume reference to the Harvey Wat
terson- Wilson incident, but the
Governor passed it over ia digui6ed
silence. There was vociferous ar.
plause when be declared that be
was not an insurgent hut au orgaui-
cation man, adding that party's
success is impossible without or
ganization. The difference be-
tween organization and machine. "
he said, is that organization is the
systematic co operation Of men for
common purpose. while the machine
is the systematic cooperation of
men for private purpose"
In reducing Governor Wilson
S""aker Byrd said that Virginia
has not ceased t. be the mother OF
presidents. tbuS indicating that he
expects Wilson to be the next occu-
pant Of the White House.
He $50 said: We are nassiog
through time Of great unrest. The
nation needs leader 10 Interpret
the spirit of the age. We have
found thar leader, He has come
from the students chair 10 the pre-
cincts of government. can say he
is a statesman in the Interpretation
Of that high and lofty office. He has
assembled over the hearts OF men and
is leader because he stands for
eq Lality Of right between the weak
and the strong
In the course of his speech Gov.
eruor Wilson deplored the Lack OF a
merchant marine and the amounts
being expended on the big ditch at
Panama Tor the benefit OF the Eng
lish, German and French manufac
turers. He also spoke on the coz
servation of the nations resources.
saying that'whi attention had been
paid to the water, forests and min.
eral resources, no attempt had been
made for the conservation OF the
muscles and hearts of the people.
Governor Wilson made = decided.
ly favorable impression bv his
straightforward, plains oken man.
ner. There was no Objectionable
radicalism in his ntterances. Among
other things he said:
Progressive Democracy mus, rot
let any facts be colOred by emorion-
alism or passion. But we must and
we are going ID know what we are
aboat
Speaking along this same line the
Governor made utterances which
seemed to reflect on the recent Wat
terson controversy.
1 urge YOU" said he. that in
making up your minds on the ques-
sions which now confront us az a
nation, V u will not let your judg.
ment be disturbed by people who
call names. Calling names is easy.
Any one can dc it. But wise peo-
pie do not.
Governor Wilson referred to she
charge made against him that he is
too radical.
~ believe radica!ism is neces-
sary. for it means a stomach for
facts. To my mind, Whist soma peo
pie term objectionable radicallsm is
really tearing the yell of deoep-
ton from our eyes so that we may
see things as t"ey are. Surgical
operations are also radical, but they
are necessary"
General Bixby, chief of engineers