Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-05
II NOMINATION.

THE nomination of Woodrow Wilson at Balti-
more was a signal triumph of good judgment and
right principles. He won the victory by his own
merit and fitness, not by chance or fine political
maneuvering. The nomination came to him not in
a hystelical moment, not with the ease of a ma
chine made slate nor as a compromise of a dead
locked convention. He was nominated after a long
hard fight against odds by a convention that will
go down in political annals as a hard-fighting, in
telligent and patriotic body.
There are various elements represented in
party conventions be they democratic or republican.
There was in Baltimore that element which is in
politics for the sake of business interests. Such
are always much more interested in other things
than in democratic success. There were the pro-
f~essional politicians, generally in alliance with the
foregoing. who are not in politics for their health
but for Office and other perquisites. There were
the mercenaries of VIM. Randolph Hearst. Then
there was the great body Of delegates, here as usual
divided and warning among themselves, who having
their various ideas and candidates had yet at heart
the good and the success of democracy.
1t was solely this element in the party
throughout the nation that Woodrow Wilson'S can
didacy appealed to and it was this element in the
Baltimore convention that his support solely came
from. And it was this element and the good sense
and party loyalty of it that enabled him to hold
his own throughout the long contest and finally
march onward slowly but surely to victory. A
man inherently less strong would never have sur
vived an opponents gaining majority.
The nomination under the circumstances is a
splendid tribute to the man. The men who were
backing Mr.. Wilson's candidacy were warranties
of his worth. There was John Sharp Williams
who in a long political career has never done an
act or supported a measure that was at war with
civic righteousness or the best interest of his party,
his state or his country. Culberson, of Texas, a
man of the same kind, and Rayner, of Maryland,
and host of others,
Out of the long wrangle at Baltimore, a battle
fought for the most part holly and f~ercely and
yet with good nature. there has come a party uni
ted, freshened and strengthened. Some deadwood
has been Topped off, the atmosphere has been
cleared and the position of the party and it's princi-
pies more clearly and convincingly defined than
any party platform could define them.
The convention and its candidate really need
no platform. Their creed is written large in their
deeds.
That that which won in the convention will
win with the people of the United States is most
likely. Evils long existent have not been cured or
curbed by the republicans nor are they likely to be.
The election of Mr.. Wilson will mean at least that
an able and courageous attempt will be made to
do those things which the best men in both parties
are advocating and the sense of the people de.
manding. 1t will mean progress under the law. a
conservative and wise advance towards the better
ideals of today. The democratic party in this good
year of 1912 appeals Ito the good sense and the
patriotism of every man in our country.
On the other hand, the republican party is in
bad case. Its candidate and it's creed of TODAY
finds mighty dissent and censure from high sources
in its own ranks. This detection may lose some
of it's force from its personal nature and a certain
faint that infects 1t, but yet 1t is bound to play a
great part in the campaign, That which won at
Chicago Loaf At Rsltimap. though that which lost
q Chicago waN fss fram lAsNtlcsl With that which