The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-09

demonstrate conclusively that the repub- lican campaign canard which has been overworlSed many times to the effect that democratic supremacy breeds panics has
 been exploded forever for the places where national issues alone were con
 sldered were the very places where demo- erats did the best This was notably the case in Massachusetts and in Joe Tag garts congressional district In Kansas and In Dan V. Stephens district in Ne braska.
 People Favor Revision Evidently the people believe that the plan we agreed upon and proceeded upon to revise the tariff schedule by schedule | Is wise. That being the case we will go | on as We have begun, revising the tariff on democratic lines, proceeding as rapid l ly as 1t Is possible to revise il in a care i fnl, scientific and panstakng way In | performing this iatriotie and difficult task | and in performing other patriotic and dif- | fieult tasks we invite the aid, comfort
 and assistance of all democrats and of
 all who love justice and who desire the l prosperity of the people and of all the | people.
 "On matters of principle there should
 be absolutely no compromise, even to
 secure and retain unity, but each and 1 every one should be willing to yield on | non essentials which are not matters of
 principle for the general good in the ef- | forts which We are making for better gov- | ernment.
 l The republicans seem to be utterly de- moralized' and split to pieces, II looks | as thought nothing short of a miracle | will reunite them. It is not however the | part of wisdom for us to rely for sue l cess upon their dissentions. for they may accidentally get together. That their
 quarrels' unless composed will help us there can be no question. Our chief | reliance for success Is to give to inc | people such a record for honest. intel | ligent, courageous constructive statesman | snip as to convince the country beyond 1 the shadow of a doubt that we are worthy l Of the continued and enlarged confidence l of the public. That is the straightest plainest shortest and easiest road to com plete success. Pursuing that line of con | duct, victory will perch upon our ban | nefs whether the republicans patch up 1 thelr dlHerences or not. We hold our own fortunes absolutely in our hands. Let
 us not lose our golden opportunity through over confidence or upon i'll ad- | Nised reIlanee upon the quarres and fac
 tional lights among our opponents" Wilson's Speech
 Governor Woodrow Wilson addressed | the Democratic Jackson day banquet to- | night, replying to the toast "Democracy
 Past and Future" He said in part: 1 Democracy as principle of govern. l inent may be said to have become the &C.,
 cepted doctrine of the world Wherever 1 nations awaken and begin to struggle to- l ward the light they now instinctively and as matter of course rely for peace from | intolerable conditions upon the principle.
 of the rule of the people.
 Perhaps we ean best express our pres | ent political object by saying that it is | to free government and business from pri.
 vate control. Our government has for q | great many years been privately con. 1 trolled It is not necessary to impeacI
 the motives or to doubt the integrity and l patriotism of those who have controlled
 1t. It is only necessary to acknowledge I the fact that government has been con. l trolled in the interest of business. l Tt is our tariff system which chiefly ex-
 presses the asSendsncy that business has I had in politics in this country
 Everybody knows how and by what
 means special groups of manufacturers | have struggled to obtain special favor, l from the government Everybody know, upon what ex-parte statements made b..
 business men themselves or by members
 or congress who acted as their spokes men, tariff schedules have been framed 1 And while this was going on the con. l trol of business itself has been more and
 more narrowed until it has come about l that the same men who have stood at the | ear of our legislatures have more and l more successfully dominated the general development of our business throughout l the country.
 l Having stated the facts we should ask l ourselves what we are to do.
 "In the first place, in order to free the | government we must withdraw special l ia And hV xUi dra avUfp f, vors we shall break up special alliance, between powerful business interests and l the government of the state and of the | country. We shall not cease to take 1 thought for business prosperity but we | shall cease to look to those who ask | for special favors as spokesmen for that prosperity.
 | And in order to set business also free l along with the government we must set 1 ourselves to check monopoly.
 l "The processes of monopoly are being dis closed point after point, method after | method, detail after detail. Stripping then, | of disguise and hiding place and subter- | fuge we can deal with them as law has always dealt with individuals and shall again live in a tonic air in which every
 man must stand naked in the form of the public judgment"
 "As much as we may be interested | in the tariff question:" he continued
 I've must not ignore the menace of the trusts. The democratic party must meet | immediately and boldly the issue pre-
 sented by the supreme court in the Standard oil and tobacco decision. The people will not trust a party that lacks
 the courage to challenge every public l foe."
 | Speaker Clark declared the demo. cratic party had earned the plaudits l of the American people because if had Kept its pledges.
 We said we would revise the tarifl | downward, and we did it." said the Speaker "We~said we would econo.
 mize In administration, and the first l thing we did was to cut off the sal