The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08
WILSON IS TOLD
He IS NOMINEE
Democratic Candidate Gives His
Ideas on Way Nation Should
Be Governed.
SEES TWO BIG THINGS TO DO
Would Set Up Rule of Justice and
Right in Handling Tariff, Trusts,
ETC., and Protect Our People
and Our Resources

Sea Girt, n. j., Aug. 7.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson today received the
committee which came to the little
White House" to notify him Of his
nomination for the presidency by the
Democratic party. Chairman Ollie
James headed the committee and de-
livered the speech Of notification.
in reply Governor Wilson. after
thanking the committee, commented
on the unusual nature of the coming
campaign in which the candidates
must address an awakened nation, i'm
patient of partisan make-believe and
never more susceptible to unselfsh ap-
peals or to the high arguments OF
sincere Justice The forces OF the ma
ton, he said are asserting themselves
against every form of special privi-
lege and private control, and are seek
ing bigger things than they have ever
heretofore achieved.
Two Great Things TO Do.
How do we expect TO handle each
OF the great matters that must be
taken up by the next congress and the
next administration? said Mr. Will
son, and be answered his own query
as follows:
What Is there to do? II Is hard to
sum the great task up. but apparently
this Is the sum OF the matter: There
are two great things to do. One is
to set up the rule of justice and OF
right In such matters as the tariff.
the regulation of the trusts and the
prevention of monopoly, the adapta-
ton Of our banking and currency laws
to the varied uses to which our PEG
pie must put them, the treatment OF
those who do the daily labor In our
factories and mines throughout all our
great industrial and commercial UNI
dertakings, and the political life OF
the people Of the Philippines, for
whom we hold governmental power In
trust, for their service, not our own
The other the additional duty Is the
great task OF protecting our people
and our resources and OF keeping
open to the whole people the doors Of
opportunity through which they must,
generation by generation. pass II they
are to make conquest of their fortunes
in health, In freedom, In peace and in
contentment In the performance o!
this second great duty we are face
to face with questions OF conservation
and Of development. questions of for
ests and water powers and mines aud
water ways, OF the building of an ade-
quate merchant marine. and the open
Ing OF every highway and facility and
the setting up OF every safeguard
needed by great Industrious, expand
ing nation.
Revision OF the Tariff.
Coming to the tariff question. the
governor said the schedules have
been made up for the purpose Of keep
Ing as large a number as possible of
the rich and influential manufacturers
OF the country in good humor with
the Republican party, which desired
their constant financial support. The
tariff has become a system of favors.
which the phraseology of the schedule
WAS often deliberately contrived TO
conceal"
Reasserting the Democratic conyic.
ton that the only legitimate object
Of tariff duties Is to raise revenue for
the support OF the government, he
There should be an immediate reyi.
sion, and 1t should be downward I'M. |
hesitatingly and steadily downward II
should begin with the schedules which |
have been most obviously used to XIII |
and to raise prices in the |
United states. arbitrarily and without
regard to the prices pertaining else.
where IN the markets OF the world. |
and II should, before II Is finished or !
ntermtted, be extended to every item |
IN every schedule which affords any
opportunity for monopoly, for special |
advantage to limited groups OF beneh- |
Charles, or for subsidized control OF /
any kind In the markets or the enter |
Drises OF the country; until special /
'aVors OF every sort have been abso. |
utely Withdrawn and every part OF our
avs or taxation shall have been trans |
ormed from system of government
II patronage into a system of Just and |
reasonable charges which shall fall |
where they will create the least bur.
len. When we shall have done that, !
we can fix questions OF revenue and of !
business adjustment In new spirit
and with clear minds We shall then
De partners with all the business men
Df the country. and day Of freer. |
more stable prosperity shall have
lawned
Control Of the Truste.
The governor spoke OF how recent