Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-01-25
WILSON CERTAIN
OF NOMINATION
Montana Newspaper Halls Him
as the Standard Bearer OF
the democratic Party. :
PROGRESSIVE AND ABLE MAN
True Patriot and Morally and intsi-
isetuaiIy Fit for the High POSI-.
ton to Which He 10 Reason
ably Sure Of Election.

Helena MONT INDEPENDENTLY
people will name the democratic
party's candidate for the presidency.
la the next democratic convention
there will DO no boss whose voice will
be heard above the rallying cry OF
real popular sovereignty. there will
De no machine which will interfere
with the registering OF the peoples
will.
From Maine to California. from
Minnesota to Texas. the delegates
who viii assemble 10 name the party's
Standard-bearer In the next campaign.
VIII come with but one purpose In
VieW-to restore real democratic gov
eminent TO power In the nations capt
toll
In view OF this situation, a situation
! winch Is most encouraging TO the
! party, IL is possible now to forecast
the result OF the democratic conyen-
| ton, and that forecast points uner-
rnEly 10 the nomination OF Woodrow
wilson. former president OF Princeton
University. and governor OF New Jer-
sey. for the highest Office within tho
risht Of any people
The democratic candidate must be
a progressive. Such a man is Wood
70" Wilson. whose record In New Jer-
sey has stamped him as one OF the
most progressive men In public life.
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be unafraid and free
from all influence of political bosses.
such man Is Woodrow Wilson. who,
In his own stats. endorsed a political
dictator whose power no one before
had shaken.
People Have Faith In Him.
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be essentially demo-
! cratic. Such a man is Woodrow VIII
son, whose political ascendency has
been accomplished only by reason Of
the faith the people have In him. ana
who VIII carry into the high ONCE no
secret bargains with those who manip-
ulste politics for private gain.
The democratic candidate must be
morally and intellectually At for the
! place. Such "A man is Woodrow VIII
son. whose training enables him TO
| give TO the great problems OF the
day an integrity above question and
n mental capacity and knowledge OF
| public affairs which has probably not
been eXcelled I'm an executive officer
since the days OF jefferson.
In Woodrow Wilson. there is ample
evidence Of Americas ability TO de-
velop In each crisis in the nations
affairs msn who is equal TO the
emergencies OF his time. Washington
appeared on the scene, when the dis
satisfied colonies needed a strong man
and a military genius TO lead them to
national independence. Jefferson came
when tho new democracy needed q
man to take the reins OF the govern
ment from the hands Of an embryo no
bility and restore It to the people.
Jackson came when the money power
FIRST asserted itself in the control of
the American government Lincoln
came when the union was about to
break upon the rocks OF domestic
strife
The Man for the Occasion
anu upN, Wutu bItdttT pTODlemo
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. as In 1860. the
prayer. God give us a man." when
plutocracy Is enthroned In high places
and when the life blood OF the coun-
try is being sucked by the vampire Of
big business; when greed and avarico
have been Substituted for patriotism
and Justice; wien sporadic and half
hearted attempts to right existing
wrongs only aggravate them: when
the nation donar.ds again the geniuA
OF a Washington. the faith In the peo-
pie OF Jefferson. the courage of q
Jackson and the sublime patriotism Of
Lincoln-at such time as this II ID
| like watching the hand OF benefl-
cent destiny 10 see Woodrow Wilson
loom large on the scene OF national
politics
Not only me Democratic party. but
| the nation. 30. is blessed that such q
man is ayai'ab'c for the presidency.