The Lakeland evening telegram., 1912-11-02
| WOODROW WiLSna SENDS
,kESSaSt IL !Et PEOPLE
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crrment at Washington has not In
half a generation been conducted
from the point Of view or by the
counsel Of the nation as whole, but
by the advice and with the consent
of those who have eXtOrted special
favors from it, a very small number
Of persons with their own objects
constantly in view. it may be uneon-
| scious of their seliishness, certainly
unconscious of the interests of the
vast majorities whom they ignored
in their scheme of prosperity. Tie
great task that waits to be done Cal.
bc done only by free government
with its eye upon the whole people.
and such a government We have 10:
had since the Dingley and Aldrich
tariffs began to be built up favor by
fa"Or and trusts began to multiply
under the very prohibitions Of the
law. The Republican party is ir-
retrievably committed and bound to
60 in the very opposite direction
from that in which release and free
dom lie. 1t has become a party of
special points OF view.
The country has already perceived
this. Everywhere there has been a
steadily gathering revolt by the vOt-
ere. Twenty-six of the forty-eight
State governments are now under
Democratic executives. In the leg
islatures of the fOrty-eight States
the Democrats Outnumber the Repu5.
licans by a majority Of 200. Seventy
three of the 12O chief cities of the
country have Democratic mayors
There are now 227 Democrats in the
national house of representatives
and only l61 Republicans. The tide
gathers in greater and greater VOL
umc Only the presidency and the
senate lift their heads a little above
1t, those citadels of power which the
constitution makes it hardest for tho
peoples majOritics To capture aud Oc-
cuEy. Until these are taken, the
great task will halt and wait, the
great task of putting the govern
mcnt at the service of the people.
Shall we not move forward to the
final conquest? An organized, unit
cd, and enthusiastic force stands
ready, the only united and militan.
force to which the people can turn
with any prospect that they will Dc
served, promptly. effectively and
upon clear principle of action--thc
great Democratic party. now at last
solid and of clear purpose. To it
all who are full Of hope and Of the
vigor that makes tomorrows arc
Hooking the young men of the ma
ton, the noble and devoted women
who wish to see better days for their
children and fer all who are Op-
pressed, the men who never grow
old but always press forward to en-
terprises Of the new age. all who de-
sire free opportunity and love the
public course that is just and right
cous and quick with the hopes of
mankind. A great people is turn
ing its face to the light, not desiring
revolution, but loving the right
and determined to set it up, wisely,
tcmpcratcly, honorably, with pru-
dencc and patient debate, not in ir-
rltatiOn or in haste, but like men.
not like children. II is a great day
und a propitiOus one. The response
D;lity is ours, and we shall assume
u knowing what it means. The de-
tisiOn of the 5th of November will
usher in, If we be true, a new day
OF confidence, freedom and prosper
ity. It will be no niggardly triumph
oi party or a faction, but the tri-
umph of people. The Democratic
rarty will be, not the selfish victor
but the trusted instrument, and the
years that follow will test every
principle of the great republic. God
grant we shall be worthy to prevail
WOODROW WILSON.