The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-22
THURSDAY. AUGUST y, 1912.
THE VITAL DIFFERENCE,

THE VITAL DIFFERENCE.
Tn these days wheu politicians calculate TO
ntcely me effect OF every word they utter.
vnen they make sure that what they are to
sas wi more greatly please the greatest num-
der before opening their pe, when verbal
faux paus IL the expression De permissible is
incurred more sincerely than the utterauce OF
an ms acere thought. ii refreshing TO hear
candidate for office express truth regard
Jess Of rs poss bic political enee;
3, SAYING utue and listening 10 lhe advice
81 old political Warehouses. of what the world
s pleased TO term practical turn Of mind.
Judge Alton n. Parker made few biunders OF
tas nature. although when ne dAd slip he
sHpped hard ard al the very tine when great
ct care had been taken say the right thing
81 exactly the rght time 1t merely case
of making mistake and was NOT due to any
habn Of his o. speaking out in meeting
Colonel Roosevelt speaks without hesitation
and gives utterance 10 his beliefs right of
The bat bur his success IN saving rhe right
thing az the right time Is due 20 his happy
faculty Of suagug public opinion acutelS- He
tPedhS "a r Own cow tNti"hS l1Aat ulTNT VI NhNif
effect no more than did Judge Parker Both
s~ek the same end namely. to please the VOTERS,
the difference being one of method
Comes TO the front nov a who speaks
the truth when necessary without regard 10
otner considerations That he sometimes spite
orr The truth when il is necessary but
increases the public belief in his intel
lectua honesty Al the very moment he is
being condemned tor making be w
being praised for MS frankness aud honesty
The man is Woodrow Wilson. Mr., Wilson
has been rather severity condemned for his
statement as 10 the reasons for the strength
OF the third party, Practical politicians as
those wno farther than the ends
Of their noses delight 30 call themselves.
loud In thier asseveratou hat he has adorned
fhe cap and bells OF the political harlequin
and is proceeding 10 show himself for what
he IS tyro in practical politics Others who
believes the day has passed when the voters
-: the country can be bamboozled by a silent
mouth and a wise look find their admiration
81 the increasing with every further evil
dence OF his independence of mind and thought
rs we'll as OF actions
For Mr.. WILSON told The truth and nothing
but the truth, He did not tell the whole truth.
for. while stating the for the strength
OF the Bun Moose party. he failed to point out
sts inherently fatal weakness This he can
de trusted TO do later. The third party Ne a
protest againet the old order in tne Republi-
Gan party just as Mt Bryans succeas at Balti-
more and she nomination OF MIR Wilson was
~he result of the same protest within the ranks
Of Democracy. The fight is one OF progr essive
against resac<onary within both parties. The
strength OF the Democratic ticket. led by Will
son ana supported by Bryan lies in the fact
that these Two men fighting for princ-
pile The weakness OF the third party lies in
she fact that its leader Is lighting for self II
"A the same difference that caused Roosevelt 8
oefcat at Chicago and Bryans victory a. Balti-
Jaore. The Insurgents in both conventions
fought for the end~-the rule of the peo-
pie and the defeat OF special privilege. Defeat
came al Chicago because false gods were wor-
shipped Victory came at Baltimore because
the insurgents had the proper goal in sight
ana the common sense TO follow an unselfish
leader. The same cause viii make themselves
felt in the campaign for the election with the
same result.
The Republican ticket will 90 down IN de
feat cor the simple reason that there are not
enough reactionaries and ultra-conseryatives
In the country TO defeat one army Of the peo-
pie led by true leader and another Ted by
self-seeking demagogue