The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
WARMING TO BIG BUSINESS.
WILSON SAYS THERE MUST BE
NO DELIBERATE PANIC.
Says There Have Been
Threats but lie Is Not Afraid of
Them.

elect Wilson raised a warning finger
tonight to any man who might de-
liberately start a panic in the Uni
ted Safes to show that intended leg
islative policies were wrong. In
speech at the banquet Of the South
ern Society Of New York he declared
he had heard snsister premonitions
of what would follow if the Demo-
cratic party put into effect changes
in economic policies.
The president-elect first distin-
guished in his speech between nat
ural" and unnatural" panics. He
said in many cases panics had come
naturally because of mental dis
turbance Of people with reference to
loans and money generally.
But the machinery is in exist
ence," he said, "by which the thing
can be deliberately done. Frankly,
1 don't think there is any man living
who dares use the machinery for that
purpose. If he does / promise him,
not for myself, but for my fellow
countrymen. gibbet as high as
Haman's."
The governor added that he meant
no literal gibbet" for that is not
painful" but he said it would be
a gibbet of public disgrace which
would live "as long as the members
of that mans family survive"
America with her eyes open isn't
going to let panic happen" con-
tinued the governor, "but I speak as
If l expected it-as If feared it.
do not. l am afraid of nothing"
The president-elect's speech COW
cred variety Of subjects. He treat
ed first Of sectionalism. declaring that
1t should not exist.
There Is a vast deal to do" he
said, "and 1t can best be done by for
getting that We are partisans of any
thing except the honor and prosper
'ity OF the nation ftseIf. ~ = --'-'- -'--i-'
Mr.. Wilson then referred briefly to
provincialism and said that some
people had an idea that all the
thinking Of the country was done in
New York city. He said the South
ern society represented an importa-
ton of thought from the South into
the great metropolis.
Il am happy to feel that there is no
longer serious consciousness Of sec
tional differences in the United states
There can be no sectionalism about
the thinking of America from this
time on because no hardheaded man
can prove that there are such things
as sectional interests
The governor here told his hearers
of his strenuous day.
I'VE thought we Strengthened things
out in New Jersey" he said. "They
won't stay Strengthened. There are
some people in New Jersey who are
happy that they can count the days
when they can get rid Of me. But
they are not going to get rid Of me- A
man can live in Washington and
know what goes on in New Jersey and
man can say from Washington
what he thinks about New Jersey and
he can say it in the most effectual
way-by mentioning names
This anonymous assertion Of in
iquity ought to be stopped. It's ali
very well to make public who owns
the journals of the country but it
| also ought to be made public who
owns this or that idea. If it can not
be produced by law 1t can be pro-
duced by conversation. / have gone
through campaign in which l en-
deavored to speak Of things, not Of
persons, but you speak Of persons by
implication when you speak Of things,
and the palmer you make the speech
the more effective you make the
mark The only way to keep out of
trouble in the future is to see that
your name is connected with the right
thing.
Il say this not as a threat but to
convey this intimation that men have
got to stand up and be counted and
put their names down. think SO
soon as men see this is business and
not amusement an enthusiasm will
arise by which it will be revealed that
honor and integrity OF purpose breed
more prosperity than any other things
in the world God knows the moor
suffer enough. a man would hesitate
To take a single step that would in
volvc any further suffering We must
move to the emancipation Of the poor.