The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-09-27
DEMOCRATS
OPEN STATE
CAMPAIGN
Congressman Cox Points TO Fact
Party Has Made Good I'm
State Affairs
Gov. Wilson Takes Bryan Posi-
tIOn That Private MOnOpO-
ly Is IndefensibIe.
Standard-Bearers Are EnthusiaS-
tIcaIly Greeted at Four Big
Meetings at Columbus.

NVCCtAlABS AZ SOAuAADuSs
A Columbus dispatch to the Cincinnati
Enquirer of Saturday says: In this, the
city wherein Theodore Roosevelt threw
his hat into the ring and where Presi'
dent William II. Taft accepted the gage
of his battle, Governor Woodrow Wilson,
presidentiol nominee of the Democratic
party in the nation, and Congressman
James NJ. Cox, gubernatorial nominee OF
the party in Ohio, to-day opened the
campaign of 1912 by jointly assailing
both of these candidates.
Asserting that the Republican and the
Progressive candidates were evading the
real issue of the campaign by creating
new questions and throwing up dust to
conceal their weak positions, Governor
Wilson declared that the real and only
matter of decision before the voters of
the nation was the tariff in the relation
it bore toward the high cost of living
Making capital out of other things,
Roosevelt and Taft alike had abandoned
this paramount point of discussion, he
said.
To Carry Out Every Promise
Drawing attention to the successful
administration of state affairs on the
part of the Democratic officials, and
cataloguing the numerous accomplish
ments for the betterment of the COM
munity, Congressman Cox, on behalf of
the party in Ohio, pledged the execution
of every promise in the platform adopt
ed at the Toledo convention and announ-
ced his determination to carry into effect
every one of the mandatory amendments
TO the constitution adopted at the elect
ion on September 3.
Though this outlined briefly, the NOM
inee for Governor eloquently presented
the various reasons for the redemption of
each pledge and for the legislative ratifi-
cation of the charter changes voted by
the electorate.
In the same fashion Governor Wilson
today and tonight voiced his champion
ship of the regulation of competition
and his opposition to the plan of Mono
poly under governmental control. His
arguments were carried forcefully to the
business man, the merchant, the manu-
facturer and the toiler with the same
scholarly skill that marked the able pre-
sentation of the state issues by his
colleague in the launching of the CAM
paign. In neither was found evasion
nor equivocation, Governor Wilson being
as positive upon the tariff as Congress.
man Cox was upon the regulation of the
liquor traffic.
Shows Change i'm Politics
In its general aspect the formal open
ing of the campaign was different from
the similar affairs of the past. There
was an absence of the theatrical and the
tawdry and an abundance of the serious
and the serviceab1e. Able argument
took place of the blaring brass band and
thoughtful speech the room of the flaring
torch and the gaudy banner Nothing
showed in a more marked degree the
great change that has taken place Ill the
politics of the nation.
The enthusiasm born of exaltation was
just as high as ever, though The re-
ception accorded the presidential and
gubernatorial nominees must have been
inspiring to them. At each place they
appeared, and there were four of them,
they were accorded what may justly be
termed ova, rs, always bearing in mind
the charact, of the various audiences
addressed rom surface indications the
deduction can easily be made that there
is promise of great Democratic vote i'll
November, and this will naturally pro-
duce victory because Of the divided OPP
position which is being faced
Wilson Makes Hit
This is based in a sense upon the salts
faction given by Governor Wilson to the
thousands who met and listened to him
during his visit. The impression he Gre
ated was entirely favorable, especially
upon the army of Precinct Committee
man, to whom he delivered the first ad-
dress of the day. A stranger personally
when he began his remarks, he was tu-
multuously cheered at its close, the gen
eral verdict being that the party possess
ed leader who knew how to direct the
battle
The climax of the opening came at the
great Memorial Hall meeting tonight
when the great structure was unable to
contain but moiety of the thousands
who endeavored to gain an entrance.
The appearance of Governor Judson
Harmon as Chairman of the gathering
and his unselfsh sponsorship to an Ohio
audience Of the champion who lowered |
his own colors in defeat at Baltimore