Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-02
GOVERNORS SPEECH IN DIES
MONIES LISTENED TO BY
LARGE AUDIENCE.
"eAck TO THE PEOPLE"
SUBJECT OF ADDRESS
Attacks Republican Party and De-
cIares 1t Has Failed to Meet Larger
Problems Of the Day-only Hope Of
Changed Conditions Lies in Demo-
craey, According to Candidate.

Des Moines. March 2.-"Back to the
! People" was the subject OF the address
j delivered by Governor Woodrow Will
J son of New Jersey at the Coliseum last
night.
! Conservative estimates put the at
tendance at the Coliseum at $500. The
entire main hoor OF the mammoth
building was packed. The first bal
cony was well filled.
II was nearly Z o'clock before the
train that carried Governor Wilson ar
rived in Des Moines. a dozen demo-
cratic leaders OF the state Went to
Grinnell and completed the trip to Des
Moines with the visitor.
AT the Rock Island depot the re-
ception committee appointed by the
Iowa Wilson league met the governor.
Led by Henry's BAND a quick trip in
automo biles was made UP Fourth street
to the Slavery hotel where the mem
bers of the University Club of Des
Moines We're awaiting the arrival Of
their guest of honor.
When Governor Wilson's approach
was announced the banquet hall gave
him a noisy greeting.
Hurry 10 Coliseum.
Immediately after the banquet the
party hurried to the Coliseum.
Jerry B. Sullivan of Des Moines pre-
siGvG. Martin In =. "-aGA Of lows
City, democratic national committee
man from Iowa: Frank O'Connor, OF
New Hampton and Z. G. Dunn. OF Ma
son City, candidates for the democratic
nomination for governor. made one
minute talks before Mr.. Sullivan in
troduced Governor Wilson.
Hundreds OF women attended the
first political rally of the national cam
paign in Des Moines.
There We're many democrats in the
city from distant counties. Both Clark
and Harmon men, as we'll as Wilson
enthusiasts and republicans by the
hundreds, curiousiy interested in the
personality of one Of the leading can
didates for a presidential nomination,
We're scattered about the immense hall.
Text Of Address.
Governor Wilson. on being intro
duced by Jerry Sullivan. spoke in part
as follows:
I'VE have come TO point in our az
fairs as a nation at which We should
speak as citizens rather than as parti-
sans on real thoughts about things as
1 they are and about the way in which
they should be dealt with. In Noven2-
Der we shall have to make a choice OF
parties, but let US determine that we
will make that choice upon the facts
and not upon prejudice or upon ancient
pre- possessions.
THE country is not active over any
thing The agitation of it's thought is
not due to busy demagogues. but to the
circumstances Of its life which it is
coming more and more fully to realize
and for which it IS bound to hold
somebody in particular responsible.
The fact is however you may ex-
plain it. that special interests have been
| built up and fortified and that the COM
mon interest has suffered that mo-
nopoly has been established among US;
chat monopoly has been buttressed by
! law and that those who have created
the monopolies have been more infu-
entail at our state capitols and at
Washington than the people have beer
at the polls. Nobody with his eyes
! open-nobody who looks beyond the
| boundaries of his own office or the in
| terests Of his own business-doubts
this or denies it.
Next November we shall have to ask
ourselves. Who has been responsible?'
| and What Is to be done about it?' 1t
| is much easier to determine what you
want than how you are going to get it,
and that is the question for the Novem-
| Der election. Here IS the line at which
| we separate and follow one party or
! the other, one set of leaders or the
other.
The domination Of specia Interests
has shown itself in the states no less
than in the federal government and no
one party has been in control Of all the
states during the period in which spe-
| cial privileges have been most obviously
built up. 1t would be hypocritical to
contend that all the contamination has
fallen upon one party. But our thoughts
center upon the action Of the federal
| government; our trade is not local; our
| ENTERPRISES are not confined within
state boundaries. The question Of our
development and Of individual oppor-
tunity runs beyond the areas Of single
communities and single regions. Our
! life is on a great national scale and
the conditions Of it are more and more
determined 5y our federal government.
Part of tho States.
"The states can never cease to play
! the most intimate part in our life:
| they will also govern questions OF
property and of private relationship.
They will always be chiefly instru-
mertal in governing public utilities and
the natural resources Of the country,
bu. our enterprises are none the less
! sure TO be linked up more and more
upon a scale that transcends the