The Winslow mail., 1912-03-30

tlon to Which He 10 Reason
ably Sure of Election.
Helena tMont.) tndependent.-The
people will name the democratic
party's candidate for the presidency.
In the next democratic convention
there will be no boss whose voice will
be heard above the rallyiBg cry of
real popular sovereignty; there will
be no machine which will interfere
with the registering of the peoples
will.
From Maine 10 California, from
Minnesota to Texas, the delegates
who will assemble to name the party's
standard-bearer in the next campaign.
Will come with but one purpose In
view-to restore real democratic gov
ernment to power in the nations capi-
tol.
In view Of this situation, situation
which is most encouraging to the
party, IL is possible now to forecast
the result Of the democratic conven-
tion, and that forecast points uner-
ringly to the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson, former president of Princeton
university, and governor of New Jer-
sey. for the highest Office within the
right of any people.
The democratic candidate must be
a progressive. Such a man Is Wood.
row Wilson, whose record In New Jer-
sey has stamped him as one Of the
most progressive men in public life
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be unafraid and free
from all influence Of political bosses
Such a man is Woodrow Wilson, who,
In his own state, unhorsed a political
dictator whose power NO one before
had shaken.
People Have Faith In Him.
The democratic candidate for the
presidency must be essentially demo
cratic. Such man is Woodrow VIII
son, whose political ascendency has
been accomplished only by reason Of
the faith the people have In him, and
who will carry into the high Office no
secret bargains with those who manip-
ulate politics for private gain.
The democratic candidate must be
morally and Intellectually fit for the
place. Such q man Is Woodrow vii.
son, whose training enables him to
give to the great problems Of the
day an Integrity above question and
a mental capacity and q knowledge of
public affairs which has probably not
been excelled in an executive officer
since the days of Jefferson.
In Woodrow Wilson, there is ample
evidence Of Americas ability to de-
velop in each crisis in the nations
affairs a man who is equal to the
emergencies Of his time. Washington
appeared on the scene, when the dis
satisfied colonies needed strong man
and military genius to lead them to
national independence Jefferson came
when the new democracy needed a.
man to take the reins Of the govern.
ment from the hands of an embryo no-
hility and restore it to the people.
Jackson came when the. money power
first asserted itself in the control of
the American government Lincoln
came when the union was about to
break upon the rocks OF domestic
strife.
The Man for the Occasion.
And now, when greater problems
than those which confronted Wash
ington and Jefferson and Jackson and
Lincoln demand courage and ability
Of almost superhuman character:
when from the length and breadth of
the land there goes UP, as in 1860, the
prayer, "God give us man." when
p1utocracy is enthroned in high places
and when the life blood of the coun-
try is being sucked by the vampire OF
big business; when greed and avsrice
have been substituted for patriotism
and Justice; when sporadic and half
hearted attempts to right existing
wrongs only aggravate them; when
the nation demands again the genius
Of Washington, the faith in the peo-
pie Of Jefferson, the courage OF
Jackson and the sublime patriotism of
Q Lincoln--at such time as this It is
like watching the hand of q benef-
cent destiny to see Woodrow Wilson
loom large on the scene Of national
politics.
Not only the Democratic party, but
the nation, too, Is blessed that such q
man is available for the presidency.