The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-12
WILSON SPEAKS
OF VISIONS OF
THE DEMOCRACY
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Declares in Cleveland Speech
People Fave Begun to Ap-
preciate Party.
rs PROGRESSIVE NOW
Other Parties, He Says, Have
Not Attained Sinews of
Manhood.
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
| Cleveland, O.. Oct The Wis
ION OF the Democratic party" which
he declared had preserved II from
alliance with and domination by
special privilege was the burden of
an address here tonight by Gov
Woodrow Wilson lie performed
what he designated as ceremony Of
introduction of the Democratie par
| ty to some OF his hearers who "are
not well acquainted with it, and af-
/ ter an explanation OF what he con-
tended were its principles. expressed
the hope that he Introduction had
been successful,
1t has been here all along" he
said, "but you weren't paying any
attention You are just now begin
ming to take notice, because there
was a solid phalanx. solid organ
ized rush line. between yon and the
/ horizon The whole horizon was
shut out from You by the towering
iguros Of men who held closely and
! firmly together In orler to dominate
+, the situations But row their lines
are broken. a little BIT of the horizon
can be elimpsed ami beyond these
towering figures you SEQ the great
resuFgont mass Of the American
people; and you see certain gentle
men, ! hope modest gentlemen, try
ing 70 speak foa them, saying.
we have. been waiting for
your attention for long time
now will you be kind enough %
listen? VIII you be kind
enough 70 realize what our
! ideals are? VIII YOU be kind
enough to oren yonr eyes to the
| vision which has led us %
through darkness for a whole
eeneration?
Have Carried Burden.
For we would not have carried
this burden of exile II we had not
seen vision We could have
traded; we could have got into the
game; we could have surrendered
ana made terms; we could have
played the role e patrons to the men
who wanted 10 dominate the interest
of the country and here and there
arrangcments | could mention
some of them; have known them
They couldn't stand the priyation
There was too little IN IL And YOU
never can stand it unless YOU have
some imperishable food within you
upon which 20 sustain life and
courage, the food Of those visions Of
tha spirit whar2 q tafle is SET before
you loaded with palatable fruits, the
fruits Of hope, the fruits Of imagi-
nation those invisible things Of
,he spirit which are the only things
upon which we can carry ourselves
through this weary world without
fainting
II want to introduce you 70 the
present Democratic party he con-
tinued, party that has come
through fire, has been purified, has
been shown such errors as it has
committed in past years, and is now
absolutely and enthusiastically un-
ited upon q progressive program,
platform such as the whole country
now desires TO see carried cut That
is .he new Democratic party, new
because Il never grows old; new be-
cause the principles in which II Is
rooted and grounded never can grow
old. This is the party which is now
being questioned with regard TO Its
purposes by tho leaders Of parties
Which are eithe- breaking up or have
not vet attained to the bone and
sinew of manhood
Free Trade Bogy.
"These gentlemen are SAYING IL
YOU give power TO the Democrats.
yon will run into evil days. For one
thing YOU will have free trade.
All, that anciont bosy. How long
viii they continue to dress this thing
Of their imagination In the old
clothes Of antiauated stump orators
There can not be free trade in the
United States 50 long as the estah-
nshed fiscal policy OF the federal
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