The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-08
WILSON ADDRESSES
LARGE AUDIENCE
MoND. va Special

opportunity, Governor Woodrow
| Wilson, OF New Jersey, candidate for
the presidency OF the United States.
last night addressed an audience which
taxed the capacity of the CITY Audi
tortum- 1t is estimated that forty
Ave hundred people heard him.
Mayor ID. c. Richardson welcomed
the distinguished guest on behalf of
the city of Richmond, and Governor
! William Hodges Mann welcomed him
on behalf of the State.
The stage was reserved for members
OF the General Assembly. the civ
Council and for prominent guests. The
| latter included former Governor A. ].
Montague. Lieutenant Governor I
| IaSlo Ellyson, former Lieutenant
Governors Joseph l.. Willard and Ed
ward Echols, and other men who are
well known in the city and State.
In attendance were several delega-
tons, including the Woodrow Wilson
| Clubs of stanton Governor Wilson's
birthplace) and Charlottesville, where
the New Jersey Executive was partly
educated.
The Mayors Address.
In welcoming Governor Wilson
Mayor Richardson said:
After he left the State and his alma
mater ne won the renown of the peo-
pie as guide and counselor to show
the way through the troubles of the
political sea. He is now the distin-
Sulshed citizen upon whom the eyes
OF the country are fixed to lead the
Democratic hosts in the coming con-
test.
In all ages" continued the Mayor.
there have arisen men who, because
or their intellectual gifts. have raised
themselves above their fellows and
10 Whom the latter look up. They
are kings not by priestly amounting.
but by the grace of God. They rule
not by might, but by their SWAY over
the human mind; they do not hold in
subsection the human will but by in
fiuencing human thought and action
they lead men to higher ideals and
nooler deeds. This influence will for
ever live in the preservation of liberty |
and in the uplift of man"
He spoke of Governor Wilson as |
one OF Virginia's jewels of whom she |
is Justly proud"
Governor Mann Next.
Governor Mann. in welcoming the
New Jersey Executive. told of the |
small boys morning prayer: Lord |
nov ! nate TO get up" His hearers |
saw the point and showed it's appre-
citation. Then ne spoke Of the prod
igal son and the audience again an
piauoed. But Governor WILSON," Nir-
ginia's Chief Executive said, has a !
right TO come back especially as he !
brings the record Of splendid life. /
His work" Governor Mann added. lis |
an honor 20 the State"
byrd Introduced Wilson.
klchard Evelyn Byrd, Speaker of 1
yhs House OF Delegates, spoke on be-
other things Speaker Byrd said:
In the life of every people there
arc recurrent periods when the an
cent customs and standards OF moral |,
Nsoes ana habits OF thought. even
tho laws themselves, once aalutarv
ana etficient. become unadapted Ia ,
the chanBe or circumstances. Such a
period Is the twilight between an |
epoch that - dead and an epoch that
Is tSot yet born. Then men. conscious
OF Suuering and injustice, are apt 10 !
strihe olindfS. at superficial causes OF |
tneir ofsvesss. They see no remedy !
save 20 strike at the power which IN |
perhaps Loundsd I'm correct principles. !
AZ - une OF menace. time OF I'M (
rest- tirDo OF Uncertainty. time OF !
com pick and subtle cha RSse. At such
O<ne the nation Deeds q leader
leader who can interpret the intar-
tlcu!ate spirit OF the age, and express
In ineligible formula the polittcal
Instincts OF the nasse-s OF che peopIe-
We have found that leader. lie
mas shown grasp or Rfrairr He
nae Showu mastery In political genius
HS Is a statesman. In the wide sig
aint@Ance OF that LOFTY and honorable
oeSASnatton. The lea dership OF the
Democratic hosts has been laid at his
feet BY the Instinct Of the Demo
cratic H12sHes. lie has an ascend
encX over the hearts OF men. and ap-
peals TO the noblest and the best. re
stands for equality and for the right
between the weak and the strona !
ana hail him in that name which /
Is oearer than all to me--the name
OF Virginia"
Governor wilson's Address.
Upon being presented 10 his hear
rrs. Governor Wilson began his ad-
dress by saying:
Il facs this audience with q big
stir o. emotion. am glad to feel
as boy who has come back hornA-
not 20 report TO his nelghbors abott
himself. but about the things which
ne has seen. or tried TO See happen I
inS- IL Is time to show devotion
not TO persons. but to a cause" 4
Expression OF the Will OF the peo-
PIE. IN sober Judgment. might bel
called Governor Wilson's conceptIoni
or Democracy's Opportunities" 1The1
Speaker drew striking contrast be-
tween what be termed mob rule and i
the quiet, thoughtful, impassionate
exercise OF the ballot. expressing,
though no less forcefulIy, the dasiEesf
81 the popular mind. Republican lead
ershiP he defined as belief In trtrs-
tceShip Of the public veal. and he
trustees"
Perhaps the most Significant portSonl
or PTS speech vas that that had to do
with his attitude toward modern aoc-1
trines of government such as che
Initiative. referendum and recall Cow
ernor Wilson's position in regard TO
I, hese matters has been much criticised
In Virginia. where conservative Ideas
OBTAIN: and his friends have attempted
10 explain that he has meant such dec i
trlnes should apply where they are
really needed
Governor Wilson sal dlast night thati
ne preferred not TO use harsh meas
ures. would rather teach good I
manners than 10 kim" he said. But a
z On. he continued. rs a good thing 10
nave behind che door. One can load
~ TO suit himself. either with a solid l
shot or small shot; he could pepper or
ne could murder, as the occasion
Touching on the subject of power in
the hands of the people. the speaker
said that he was not afraid that the
American nation would get radical: his
rear Is that 1t would not get radical
enough. Governor Wilson is willing to
lot.
He said that he was glad that the
state of Virginia had been spared the
expenses OF other States which demand
ed radical action.
Not Inclined to Go Too Far 4,
Governor Wilson is inclined to ak
tend popular power. but he would not
have II used. save when drastice meas
uTes. seem necessary. ~lo one. so far