Evening journal., 1912-06-28
SAYS WILSON
WOULDBEIDEAL
CANDIDATE


BALTIMORE, Md. June 2s-
Judge John F. Westcott, of Camden,
New Jersey. placed the name of Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson in nomina-
tion before the Democratic National
convention early this morning, Judge
Westcott originally was opposed to
Wilson, but later became a cham
pion of the New Jersey Executive.
In his speech Judge Westcott said:
"AII Evil Is His Enemy"
The deeds OF this moral and intellec-
tual giant are known to all men. They
accord not with the shams and false
pretenses OF politics, but make ma
tional harmony with the millions OF pa
triots determined to correct the wrongs
of plutocracy and re-establish the max
fms Of American liberty In all their
regnant beauty and practical effective
ness New Jersey loves Woodrow WIN.
son not for the enemies he has made.
New Jersey loves him for what he is,
All evil is his enemy. The influences
that have opposed him have demon
strated his availability and fitness on
the one hand and exposed the unavaila-
bility and unftness Of some others on
the other hand. The influence that has
opposed him blights and blasts any
cause and any person 1t espouses. That
influence has appealed to the sordid
low and criminal. That influence fat
tens on ignorance and avarice. The
man that accepts its aid, so far as his
public usefulness Is concerned, would
be more fortunate had a milestone been
tied about his neck and he had been
cast into the depths of the sea- New
Jersey believes that the opposition 10
Governor Wilson, such as it has been.
necessitates and secures his triumph.
The Ideal Candidate.
Similar necessities, motives and
causes impel all men alike. The same
necessities. motives and causes which
draw. as by omnipotence. substantially
all New Jersey about this great and
good man are identicaily the same ne
cessities, motives and causes that are
in resistless motion In every state IN
the Union. It's solidarity cannot be
disintegrated. False argument falls
broken against It. A revolution OF in
telligent and patriotic millions is the
expression Of these necessities, motives
and causes. Therefore New Jersey
argues that Woodrow Wilson is the
only candidate who cannot only make
Democratic success a certainty, but Sc
cure the electoral vote Of almost every
state in the Union. New Jersey will
ipdorse his nomination by a majority
of 100000 Of her liberated citizens. We
are not building for a day or even a
generation, but for all time. Let not
the belief that any candidate may sue
ceed rob US OF sound Judgment What
would It profit the Democratic party
to win now, only to be cast out four
years hence? The Democratic party
should be commissioned to carry on a
great constructive program having for
its end a complete restoration Of the
doctrine Of equal rights and equal op-
portunity without injury and wrong tc
any one. Providence has given US IN
Woodrow Wilson the mental and NOR
al equipment to accomplish this rein
carnation OF Democracy.
HE Wonderful Power.
New Jersey believes that there-1s an
omniscience IN national instinct. That
instinct centers in Woodrow Wilson
How can his power in every state be
explained He has been IN political
life less than two years. He has had
no organization, only a practical ideal
the re-estabIishment Of equal oppor
tunlty. Not his deeds alone. not hit
Immortal words alone, not his person
l4ality alone, not his matchless powers
talone. but all combined compel ma
tional faith and confidence In him
n Every crisis evolves its master. Time
and circumstance have evolved Wood
ROW Wilson. The north, the south. the
Teas, and the west unite IN him. Deer
calls ~ deep. Height calls to height.
From peak TO peak. the rafting clouds
among,
Leaps the live thunder. Not from one
lone cloud,
But every mountain now hath found {
tongue,
And Jura answers through her misty
shrouds
Back to the joyous Alps. who call to hsi
aloud.
The lightning fash OF his genius hal
cleared the atmosphere. We now
know where we are. The thunder o.
his sincerity is shaking the very foun
dations Of wrong and corruption.
viii Open oates Of Opportunity.
II Providence could spare a Wash
ington to lay the foundations of the
United States Of America; II Provi
eence could spare a Jefferson to MAKE
Democracy a living reality; II Provt
thnce could spare Lincoln 10 obliter
ate chattel slavery and unite the state
IN impregnable unity and brotherhoed
New Jersey appeals to this convention
TO give the nation Woodrow Wilson
that he may open the gates of oppor
tunlty to every man, woman and chilC
A under our flag by reforming abuses
and thereby teaching them. IN hi
matchless words. ITO release their en-
srgies intelligently that peace, Justic'
A and prosperity may reign"
- New Jersey rejoices, through he
freely chosen representatives, 70 nam
for the presidency of the United State
I ,.Ae Princeton schoolmaster, Woodrow
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