The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-07
WILSON SPEECH
 0F ACCEPTANCE
Insists That the Whole People,
 Be Consulted.
THE NATIONS AWAKENING.

THE NATIONS AWAKENING.
 $ IE / The Tariff Has Become a System, of
 Favors-shouId Be Gradually Re-
 duesd-Hish Schedules Responsible
 For Trusts and Cost of Livins-Dsfi-
 nition of Fundamepta! Democracy.
 Mfr. James and Gentlemen of the Notification Oemmitfee-Sp Speaking for khe national Democratic convention, secently assembled at Baltimore, you aaave nofifed me of my nomination by the Democratic party for the high of nce of president of the United States. lA1scw me to thank you very warmly lRDr the generous terms in which you haRs, through your distinguished chair Epmns conveyed the notification and for ikha thonghxfnk personal courtesy with Mhidh 5Uef have performed your inter nsefrEaandsimpoFsRnt errand.
 !E Bcuepf ehe npmhRtion wlthaa. deep hanse uesftss unmeuaA significance and of tzRam great honor done me andtalso with h, Saxn nEofo1nId sensetok my respOnsi- hnzgFsto the party and o the nation. tbKom wszlr expect me in accepting the Rcnrr@tp4peak.rFery plainly the faith Mhmhh hdaam me. EoN win expect me, in skKaaf, 10 taGk kp0lfttcs and open the cam knnsmn an wnnin whose meaning no one neeH aOuht. You VIII expect me to tRueaksa> 4t7aev country. s kk N'us ennnDt fneelligentiyY talk politics nnAn6ah aaadEnpw stpt whom we are talk fanw 19ntze in wzzNk circumstances. The lkksasgks cezenmeeances are clearly un-
 n,at. No-rresanz1s political campaign EARAcRreeluae has discl0sed amy thing 1fke
 nRmfa. Ebe anaiennel we address ia in amc~caia u taxppeTs Tk 4s no audience hf spwfisazta Clt7zsns oE tevery class and psrtE ana prepossession sit to- sxstfisz< q slnglepeople, to learn wheth- ! VI pss Ai5ndeegtasd theh Hee and know shDw at a6Hord them the counsel and MmikAanne Shsv are now keenIy aware i. hzzns they stana h need of, We must npeak npt tei ca4eh votes, but to satisfy he shcueeht. and conecienre oe people snesplp stirred by the conviction that &hey huTe come to a critical turning .kcfnt in their smasai and political de Nelopment.
 iA Tiss SAssaisensd Nation
 Ws stznd in the presence of an awakened nation, impatient of part1- san make believe. The public man who does not realaze the fact and feel its st1mulation must be singsalariy un- susceptible to the influences that stir in every quarter about him.
 Plainly, 1t Is n new age. The tonic of such q time isf ReEyO Oa1laila rating. It requires self restraint hot to- attempt too much, and yet 1t would be cow ardly to attempt too little.
 It fs in the broad light Of this new day that we stand face to face-with what? Plainly not with questions of party, not with "a contest for office, not withea, psttga StrHggles for advantage, Demeerats against iiRernb bHcaRIq liberal against conservative progressive against reactionary. Wien great questions of right and Of justice, rather questions of national development, of the .deyel- opment of character and Of standards of actsonsno less than of d better busi- nessssystem, more free. more equitable, mora npelr rtq araiHasN aAahmsacticable 10 live under, tolerable to wQrk, under, or better fiscal system whose taxes ehaiI not come out of the pockets of the many to gosinto the pockets of the few and within whose intricacies spe- ctal privilege may not so easily find covert
 ' Atsseh sa.t time and insthe presence of such circumstances what is the mean- fling of our platfofn and what isour re- sponabflity under it? What are our duty and our purpose? The platform is meant to show that we know what the nation is thinking about, what it is most concerned about, what 1t wishes corrected and what it desires to see at- tempted that is new and constructive and intended for it's long future But for US 1t is very practical document. We are not. about to ask the people of the United States to adopt our plat eorm- We are about to ask them to lntrust us with office and power and the guidance of their affairs. They will wish to know what sort of men we are and of what definite purpose whar translation of action and of pol Icy we intend to give to the general terms of the platform which the con Eention at Baltimore put forth should we be elected.
 Tire Work to Be Done.
 The platform is not program A program must consist of measures, ad- mfntstrative acts and acts Of legisla- fion- The proof of the pudding is the eating thereof. How do we intend to make 1t edible and digestible? From this; time on we shall be under interro- gation. How do we expect to handle each of the great matters that must be taken up by the next congress and the next administration?
 What is there to do? It is hard to sum the great task up, but apparently this is the sum of the matter: There are two great things to do. One is to set up the rule of justice and of right dn such matters as the tariff, the regu- sation of the trusts and the prevention of monopoly, the adaptation of our EhAnkiug and currency laws tO the