The Washington herald., 1912-09-10
WILSON MAKES
THREE SPEECHES
IN NEW YORK
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Of the tariff. take It with the knowledge
to forget their interest In that schedule
and that they will take 1t as a point Of
implicit honor that should see to II that
they were not damaged by too great q
change In that schedule. Therefore. If I
take their money / am bound to them by
a sort Of tacit pledge OF honor. and II i
desert them change the whole character
OF the government. The regular Repub-
lican leaders have got us into the very
thing that We must get out of II We
would set our government free, and they
themselves cannot get out of II without
reversing the whole character Of their
administration.
IF not the regular Republicans, then
whom are you going to. trust? There
is a large body of Republicans now in
open rebellion. And what interests me
about them and draws me to them Is
that they are in revolt because their con-
sciences could not stand what was going
on. think I understand the moral
point Of view Of the insurgent Repubii-
can, because know what he Is in revolt
against; and he has done right. A great
part Of the Republicans in revolt have
now formed a third party and that third
party deserves your careful considera-
tion when you are debating the question
which party you are going to support.
I would be ashamed of myself II / did
sober and finer forces of this country
are now devoted to the promotion Of
this new movement and party.
But there are other elements in the
new party which We ought very candidly
to consider also. / have not heard of
many Democrats who have Joined that
party. To tell you the truth. I haven't
heard OF any Democrats who have Joined
1t. I have heard reports that there were
some, but / haven't found them: /
haven't personally encountered them or
heard their names. II does not look
as II there can have been many in Ver-
mont. In looking around for the other
elements Of the new party. therefore, /
nnd that there are two. They have
Joined II for their own special pur-
poses. Some of those purposes are very
noble. Some of them are not.
There are other persons In this party
who have their own aims to serve who
|oined that party; and the less said about
hem the better. 1t would be interesting
10 discuss them only IL 1 could mention
heir names. and have forbidden myself
hat indulgence. It may be that the lead
>rs OF that party are just as much en-
aarrassed by their presence in II as We
Ire critical Of their presence in 1t.
Sixteen Years Outside.
Then You have only the Democratic
'arty left; and you will ask me how I
AN set up claim for the Democratic
,arty. Well, in the first place. Il Ia
-ather a fine discipline to have been on
he outside for sixten years. Put 1t at
Is worse, the Democrats have not en-
cred into any entangling arrangements, |
because they have not had a chance |
That Is the worst That Is the minimum |
hat you will have TO admit for the |
Democratic party. We have not formed |
my partnership with big enterprises be-
o offer.
But. let me speak OF my own deep |
conviction that there is something a |
'reat deal better than that to be offered |
. reason. You have not intrusted the 1
government OF the United States to the
democratic party because the Democrat
, party has been opposed all these years
o the things that the Republican leaders
Tere doing. Is not that a statement of |
1ere fact? Haven't We been attacking
hem and opposing them all these years,
nd proposing programmes that once
'cked radical and now look reasonable?
We haven't Just begun being progress
re. We have been progressive for six
cen years, and We saw the year 1872
alf generation before II came. Are you
DING to give US no credit for vision?
10 you not think II counts for something
o stay out in the cold on a conviction
Or sixteen years? We could have made
ur bargains, We could have traded, we
ould have compromised, We could have
but We did not because we
TODD upon an eternal conviction that
hat was not the way to serve the peo-
le Of the United States"