The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-08-08
NOMINEE HAS
BEEN NOTIFIED
Wilson Accepted the Honor With an
Address Ringing with Independ-
enee md Political Wisdom


ernor Wilson was officially notified |
yesterday that he had been nominal |
ed for president of the United States |
by the democratic party
Briefly and simply the governor was |
notified Of the honor by Senator-elect |
Ollie James of Kentucky, who empha-
sized the fact as he said the governor |
had obtained the honor of the nomina-
tion untrammelled by obligations of
any sort and unembarrassed by af- |
hliations of any kind,
Though the governor spoke in ac-
ceptance of the nomination theoretical
ly only to the ffty-twO members of
the notification committee represent
ing every state and territory in the
Union his speech was heard by a
great throng, which had gathered on
the lawn in front Of the Little White
House" The speech sounded the
depths of his political philosophy and
was well received. Prominent demo-
Gratis and governors of nearly score
| of states were present
Governor Wilson declared that the
democratic party must speak not TO
catch votes, but to satisfy thought and
| conscience in a political crisis. plain
| ~, it Is a new age" he said. THE
| forces of the nation are asserting
| themselves against every form of spe-
! cal privilege and private control, and
are seeking bigger things than they
have ever heretofore achieved
Two Great Tasks
| There are two great things to do
| one Is to set up the rule Of justice and
of right in such matters the tariff,
the regulation OF the trusts and the
prevention OF monopoly, the adaptation
Of our banking and currency laws to
the very uses to which our people
must put them, the treatment of those
who do the daily labor in our factories
and mines and throughout all our
great Industrial and commercial under
takings, and the political life of the
people Of the Philippines. for whom we
hold governmental power IN trust, for
their service. not our own. The other.
the additional duty is the great task
of protecting our people and our re-
sources and of keeping open to the
whole people the doors of opportunity
through which they must, generation
by generation, pass if they are to
make conquest Of their fortunes in
health, in freedom, in peace, and in
contentment, In the performance of
this second great duty we are face to
face with questions of conservatism
and of development, questions of for
ests and waterpowers and mines and
waterways, of the building of an ade-
quate merchant marine.
We have got into trouble in recent
years chiefly because these large
things which ought to have been
handled by taking counsel with as
large a number of persons as possible.
because they touch every interest and
Arrln
: have In fact been too often handled in
private conferences. They have been
: settled by very small and often de-
: liberately exclusive groups of men who
undertook to- speak for the whole ma
q ton, very honestly it may be. hut very
4 ignorantly sometimes, and very short
y sightedly, too, a poor substitute fol-
= genuine common counsel No group OF
4 directors, economic or political, car
4 speak for a people. They have neither
\ the point of view nor the knowledge
| Our difficulty is not that wicked anC
| Edesigning men have plotted against US
| but that our common affairs have beer
/ determined upon too narrow q view
| and by too private an initiative. Ou
| task now is to effect 4 great readjust
! ment and get the forces of the who'll
s people once more into play We nee'
no revolution; we need no eXcitet
: change; we need only new point o
view and new method and spirit o
counsel"
% The Tariff
The tariff. said Mr.. Wilson, has re
solved itself into a system of favOrs b
which the republican party sought
keep the interests in good. 1t mus
be reformed. not so suddenly an
drastically as to upset business, bu
Q steadily, senslbly and consistently.
Ranking and Currency
I'm dealing with the complicated an
ID difficult question of the reform of OF
banking and currency laws, 1t is plai
nj that we ought to consult very man
:" persons besides the bankers, not bt
cause we distrust the bankers, but b'
cause they do not necessarily compr'
hend the business of the country, no
withstanding they are indispensab
al servants of 1t and may do a vast de
to make it hard or easy. No me
bankers plan will meet the requir
ments, no matter how honestly CO
ceived. 1t should be merchants al
farmers plans as well. elastic in q
hands of those who use it as an indi
pensable part of their daily businest
The philippines
sir. Wilson made II plain that
does not consider the Philippines as
possession of the United states, b
held in trust for the Filipino people.
be returned to them when they d
capable of self-gOvernment..
The democratic party should ear
on the work OF inland waterwa,
should finish the Panama canal with
view TO making II a great intern
tIonal highway. and should vigorous
go to work TO build up a great m'
chant marine.
He concluded by saying that in
sense was he willing for the ca
paign to be one of personalities. a
so far as he was concerned it sho1
deal only with national issues.