The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
SPEECH OF WILSON
A DISAPPOINTMENT
Progressives Aroused Over
His Misunderstanding
to Murray Crane.


the Democratic presidential nomina-
ton. 1t is a keen disappointment to
most of them, although some who
want to be regular will not admit at
this early date that their hopes have
been dashed by this first deliverance
of the candidate. AS a matter Of fact,
however, the speech has fallen like a
wet blanket on the Progressives of
both of the old parties.
Members of the national Progress
sive party believe the speech will
bring the country up standing to a
realization of the truth of Col. Roose-
volts assertion that the people can
not hope for relief from either of the
old parties, because both are domi-
mated by bosses and agents of the
privileged classes, who play into each
others hands so that the interests"
always win and the people always
lose.
Shows Conservatism.
Reading between the lines of Gov
ernor Wilson's speech, bordering up
on it's glittering generalities and it's
very vagueness, taking into consid-
Grafton that it is tempered all the
way through with superlative eau
ton and evidences of ingrained con-
servatism, the Progressives believe
that even a blind man ought to detect
that while Governor Wilson has all
along posed as a progressive since he
entered politics, he is, in fact, tied to
the same old reactionary combina-
ton that has long ruled both parties
and that is driving disguised Ameri
cans by the hundreds of thousands in
to the new Progressive party.
The comments, both of. the poll
ticians and the press in the eastern
part of the country, show how well
Governor Wilson has pleased the re-
dictionaries by this keynote deliver
ance. They are convinced now that
he can be trusted" in other words,
that he will not do anything, if elect
ed President, to disturb old-time gov
ernmental CRAFTS and vested privil-
eyes.
The plutocratic press of New York
city halls the speech today with unani-
nous and glad acclaim. 1t puts Will
son on a pedestal with jefferson and
Washington. One of the most COM
mandatory editorials is printed in the
New York Sun, organ of great Wall
street interests, which felicitates the
country that tariff revision will be
safe in Governor Wilson's hands.
"Splendid," Says Crane.
Senator Murray Crane, who is the
sentinel on the watchtower to warn
the tariff barons of danger, said to-
day that he regarded Wilson's keynote
as "a splendid speech" 1t was high
ly satisfactory, also, to Senator PEG
rose. The very great pleasure which
it gave to the standpatters and redc-
tionaries, who are nominally backing
President Taft, left no doubt in the
minds of politicians who understand
the drift of things that if Col. Roose-
welt shows up such strength as makes
him look like a winner in the presi-
Dental contest, all of these reactionary
leaders will desert Taft and try to
throw the election to Wilson.
That Governor Wilson's speech is
calculated to encourage that trend of
thought is limited in well-informed cir
cles.
That Governor Wilson did not hit
off the Progressive sentiment and the
thought of the country at all is al
most the universal comment among
the genuine Progressives here. Their
view is that if this carefully prepared
keynote speech is to be taken as a
criterion he has no conception what
90 wi ic
1T is a slick. shrewd speech" said
Representative George w. Norris. the
Nebraska Progressive. but there is
nothing to it except glittering gener-
alities."
Shows Need Of New Party.
The important lesson to be derived
from the speech. as the Progressives
view it, is that it shows absolutely the
need of a new party that stands for
actual progress. That Governor Will
son is flirting with the Progressives,
while at the same time preparing to
serve the reactionaries if elected, is
the impression made by his speech.
The Democratic national commit
tee evidently was afraid the speech
might not set we'll with the masses of
Progressives, for the committee sent
out kilograms to fifty Democratic
leaders, mainly well-known Progress
sives, asking them to wire back their
opinions of the speech. One of the
early replies came from w. J. Bryan
and haste was made to give it to the
public Senator John w. kern's re-
ply, telegraphed to Democratic ma
tional headquarters today. follows:
Governor Wilson's address pre-
sents clearly and concisely his con-
ception of the great work that is be-
fore the Democratic party, of which he
Is the leader 1t is in harmony with
the progressive sentiment of the
times and yet is reassuring to the
legitimate business interests of the
country"
An Indiana progressive Democratic
member of congress voiced his dis
gust with Governor Wilson's speech
by saying:
1T strikes mighty small progress
sive note when there is so much thun-
der around"
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