The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-07
OUTLINES THE.
PARTYS WORK
Discusses the Things Which
Will Enter into the
Coming campa.ss STATE In.
TWO GREAT THINGS TO Do
IF PARTY IS SUCCESSFUL

One is to Set up Rule Of Justice in
Tariff, Regulation Of Trusts and
Prevention of Monopoly; Other to
Fix Currency Question.
seagirt, N. j., Aug. 7.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson Of New Jersey was
officially informed today that he has
been chosen by the Baltimore con-
vention as the nominee for the presi-
dency on the democratic ticket.
Briefly and simply Governor Wilson
was notified by senator-Elect Ollie
James Of Kentucky, who emphasized
the fact that the governor had obtain
ed the honor "untrammeled by obh-
cations and unembarrassed by affllia-
tions of any kind" Though the gov
ernor spoke in acceptance theoretical
ly to fifty-two members each state ana
territory in United States, the speech
was heard by large crowd.
Governor Wilson said in part:
Plainly it is new age" he Went
on. 1T requires self restraint not to
attempt too much, and yet it would
be cowardly to attempt too little. In
the broad light Of this new day. we
stand face to face-with what? Plain
ly, not with questions of party. not
with a contest for Office, not with a
petty struggle for advantage. WIN
great questions of right and of JUS.
tice, rather-questtons of national
development. of the development OF
character and of standards OF action
no less than of better business sys-
tenn. The forces of the nation are
asserting themselves against every
form of special privilege and private
control, and are seeking bigger things
than they have ever heretofore
achieved.
Two Things to DO.
There are two great things to do.
One is to set up the rule of justice
and Of right in such matters as the
tariff, the regulation of the trusts and
the prevention of monopoly, the other
is adaptation 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 great industrial
and commercial underta kings, and the
political life of the people of the
Philippines, for whom we hold gov
ernmental power in trust. for their
service, not our own. The other. the
the additional duty is the great task
sources and Of Keeping open to the
whole people the doors of opportunity
thrugh which they must, generation
by generation, pass If they are to
make conquest of their fortunes III
health. in freedom. in peace. and in
contentment. In the performance of
conservation and Of development.
and mines and waterways, of the
building of an adequate merchant
marine.
I'VE have got into trouble in re-
cent years chiefly because these large
things. which ought to have been
handled by taking counsel with as
large number of persons as posi-
and the life of every class and region,
have in fact been too often handled
in private conference. They have
been settled by very small. and often
deliberately exclusive groups of men
who undertook to speak for the whole
nation. or. rather. for themselves in
the terms Of the whole nation-very
antly sometimes. and very short
sightedly too-a poor substitute for
genuine common counsel. No group
of directors, economic, or plitical can
speak for a people. They have neither
the point of view nor the knowledge.
Our difficulty is not that wicked and
designing men have plotted against
been determined upon too narrow a
view, and by too private an initia-
tive. Our task now is to effect a
great readjustment and get the forces
of the whole people once more into
play. We need no revolutions; we
need no excited change; we need only
q new point of view and new
method and spirit of counsel.
The Tariff.
THE tariff question, as dealt with
in our time at any rate has not been
business. It has been politics. Tariff
schedules have been made up for the
purpose Of keeping as large number
as possible of the rich and influential
manufacturers Of the country in a
good rumor with the republican party
which desired their constant financial
support The tariff has become a
! system Of favors. which the phrase
Nology of the schedule was often de-
liberately contrived to conceal Who
when you come down to the hard
facts Of the matter. have been repre-
sented in recent years when our tariff
schedules were being discussed and
determined. not on the floor Of con-
gress. for that is not where they have
been determined. but in the commit
tee rooms and conferences? That is
the heart Of the whole affair. viii
you, can you. bring the whole people
into the partnership or not?
1--WE do not ignore the fact that
the business Of a country like ours i.
exceedingly sensitive to changes in
legislation CT this kind. 1t has been
built up, however illadvisedly, upon
tariff schedules written in the way
I have indicated. and its foundations
must not be too radically or too sud
denly disturbed. When we act we
should act with caution and prudence
like men who know what they are
about, and not like those in love with
q theory. It is obvious that the
changes We make should be made
only at such rate and in such a way
as will least interfere with the nor.
NAL and healthful course of com.
merce and manufacture. But we shall
not on that account act with timidity
as II we did not know our own minds
for we are certain Of our ground and
Of our object There should be an
immediate revision and It should be
downward unhesitatingly and steadily
downward.
"The nation as a nation has grown
immensely rich She is Justly proud
of her industries and OF the geniue