The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-01-26
CERTAIN
OF NOMINATION
Montana Newspaper Halls Him
as the Standard Bearer OF
the Democratic Party.
PROGRESSIVE AND ABLE MAN
True Patriot and Morally and Intel.
l~eetually Fit for the High POSI-
tien to Which He 10 Reason
ably Sure Of Election.

Helena (Mont) Independent-The
people will name the democrats
party's candidate for the presidency.
In the next democratic convention
there Will be no boss whose voice will
be heard above the rallying cry Of
real popular sovereignty: mere will
be no machine which win interfere
with the registering OF the peoples
will.
From Maine to California. from
Minnesota 10 Texas, the delegates
who Will assemble TO name the paru's
Standard-bearer In the next campaign.
VIII come with bat one purpose In
view-to restore real democratic gov
erSnent 10 power In the nations capt.
toll.
In view OF this situation. a situation
which is most encouraging TO the
party, IL 10 possible now 10 forecast
the result OF the democratic conyen
ton. and hat forecast points uner-
ringiy 10 the nomination OF Woodrow
Wilson. former president OF Princeton
university, and governor OF New 1er-
sey. for the highest once within the
right OF any people.
The democratic candidate must BE-
q progressive. Such . man 10 Wood
row Wilson. whose record IN New Jer-
sey has stamped him as one of the
most progressive men In Pablo life.
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be unAfraid and free
from al influence of political bosses
Such a man Is Woodrow Wilson. who,
In his own state. endorsed a political
dictator whose power 70 one before
had shaken.
People Rave Faith IN Him
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be essentially demo
cratic. Such q man IL Woodrow VII
bon. whose political sseendency has
been accomplished only by reason OF
the faith the people have In him. ana
who will carry into the high omos no
secret bargains with those who mAnip
aAts politics for private gain
The democrats candidate must b
morally and intellectually At for The
place. Such q nan IL Woodrow WI
son whose tr.dnins enables him to
give TO the psat 2robleru q the
day an integrity kbovs Question and
Q mental capacity and . knowledge OF
psHe Affairs which has probably not
been exceiled in an executive oficer
since the days OF jefferson
In woodrow Wilson. there 10 ample
whence OF Americas ability 90 de-
vslop In each crisis In the nations
Affairs q man who 10 equal 70 the
emergencies Of his time w~AshinGton
appeared on the scene. when The dis
sAtsned coioaiss needed = strong man
and . military genius 70 lead them to
national Independence Jefferson came
when ths nsv democracy needed q
man to take the reins Of the severn
ment from the hands Of an embryo no.
bility and restore II TO the people
Jackson came when the money power
frst asserted itself in the control OF
the American government Lincoln
came when the union was about 70
break upon the rocks OF domestic
strife.
The Mar for the Occasion.
And now. when greater problems
than those which confronted Wash
ington and Jefferson and Jackson and
lincoln demand courage and ability
OF almost superhuman character:
when from the length and breadth Of
the land there goes up. a. In 1880. the
prayer. God give US q man" when
plutocracy Ia e%nthroned In high places
and when the life blood OF the coun
try 10 being sucked by the vampire Of
big business: when greed and avarics
have been substituted for patriotism
and Justice; when sporadic end half
hearted attempts 90 right ezistins
wrongs only aggravate them: vher
the nation demands again the geniul
Of . Washington. the faith in tie PEG
pie OF Q Jefferson. the courage OF Z
Jackson and the sublime patriotism o.
q I.incoln-at such q time as this II 4,
IKE watching the hand OF q benes
cent destiny 20 see woodrov Wilson
loom large on the scene Of national
politics.
Not only the Democratic party, bu,
the nation. too. Is blessed that such
nan Is available for the presidency.