Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-15

seaeirt, N. J.-After thanking the
..mmittee of notification and express
inc his profound sense of responsible
NV in accepting the nomination, Gov
..nor Wilson, candidate for president
!, the democratic ticket, said he real
,,.a that he was expected to speak
p,aiply, to talk politics and open the
..mnaipn "in words whose meaning
one need doubt "And he was
s,uected to speak," he added, "to the
.onntry as well as the committee. !"
awe must speak," he continued by
vsy of preface, "not to catch votes,
but to satisfy the thought and consci-
ence of a people deeply stirred by the
conviction that they have come to a
critical turning point in their moral and
political development.
"Plainly it is new age" he went
on. "It requires self-restraint not to
attempt too much, and yet it would be
covardly to attempt too little. In the
broad light of this new day we stand
face to face, with WHAT Plainly, not
with questions of party, not with con-
test for office, not with petty strug-
qle for advantage. With great ques-
tions of right and Of justice, rather
questions of national development, de-
velopment of character and of stand
ards of action no less than better bus
mess system. The forces Of the ma
tion are asserting themselves against
every form of special privilege and pri-
vate control, and are seeking bigger
things than they have heretofore ach-
ieved.
Two Great Responsibilities.
"There are two great things to do
One is to set up rule Of justice and of
right in such matters as the tariff,
the regulation of the trusts and the
prevention of monopoly, the adapta-
ton of our banking and currency laws
to the very uses to which our people
must put them, the treatment OF those
who do the daily labor in our factories
and mines and throughout all our in
dustrial and commercial undertakings
and the political life of the people OF
the Philippines, from who we hold gov
ernmental power in trust, for their ser
vice, not our own. The other, the ad
ditional duty, is the great task of pro
teeting our people and our resources
and of keeping open to the whole peo
pie the doors Of opportunity through
which they must, generation by genera
tion, pass if they are to make conques
Of their fortunes in health, in freedom
in peace and in contentment. In tn
performance of this second duty w
are face to face with questions of con
servation and of development, question
Of forests and waterpowers and mine
and waterways, of the building of al
adequate merchant marine.
why we are In TrOuD1e.
"We have got into trouble in re
cent years chiefly because these larg
things which ought to have been HAND
led by taking counsel with as larg
number of persons as possible, be
cause they touch every interest and tn
life of every class and region, have i
fact, been too often handled in pr
vate conference. They have been SCI
Tied by very small, and often delibel
ately exclusive groups of men wh
Undertook to speak for the whole n'
uon or, rather, for themselves in tn
terms of the whole nation-very hol
estly it may be, but very ignorantl
sometimes, and very shortsightedly to
"a poor substitute for genuine con
mon counsel. No group of director
economic or political, can speak for
people. They have neither the poll
or view nor the knowledge. Our di
heulty is not that wicked and desig
ing men have plotted against US, b'
mat our common affairs have been d
.ermined upon too narrow view, al
oy too private an initiative. Our tas
now is to effect great readjustmel
ana get the forces of the whole peop
onee more into play. We need no re
olution; and we need new spirit
view and new method and spirit
counsel.
Tariff-Too Much Politics.
The tariff question, as dealt wi
II our time at any rate, has not be-
BUSINESS. 1t has been politics. Tari
schedules have been made up for t
purpose of keeping as large a numb
possible Of the rich and influenti
manufacturers Of the country in
good humor with the republican par
which desired their constant financ
support. The tariff has hacomo a q,