The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-28
DECLARES WESTC0TT IN PLAC.
ING NEW Jersey MAN
IN NOMINATION.
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
Scholar. Statesman. Lawyer, Econo-
mist humanitarian. Gentle
man and Public Servant :

Baltimore. lnc ~ 'lhr speech
lacinS the name OF Governor Nuod'
row Wilson. ul New Jersey, in ltoml
ma ION for he prrsIdeniN Wa, dolly
cred by cN llder John ~ Mrsieott
os camden. \. ! Mr. Wrat,oIl spoke
as follows.
New Jersey. once bound. but. hy
the moral energy and lntrllctluai
greatness of a single soul. nov free
comes to This great convention, in the
glory Of her emancipation, to parliei-
rate in your deliberations. aid in
tormulalin2 your judgments and as
sist in executing your ,lccrccS. The
New Jersey delegation is not cmpOw-
cred to exercise the attributes of pro
prictorship, but is commissioned TO
represent he great cause of Drmoc-
racy aud to offer YOU, rs its militant
triumphant leader, a scholar. moi a
IL oNttNCIllstu, upt wv
tlinairc Il profound lawyer, not IA
splitter OF legal hairs; a political
economist, not an cgOtiStiea theOr
ist a practical politician. who CON
structs. modiiirs, restraints withou'
disturbance and destruction; a resist,
les drbatcr and consummatc mas
ter Of statement, not a mere phrase
maker. Il humanitarian, not a lcialn-
~ of characters and lives; Il man
" hoSr mind Is al once cosmopolitan
ana 90 apostle of America; a gentle
man -, unprctcnlious habits, with
lac f,tr ol cod IN his heart and the
love -; mankind exhibited in eyer;
act ol his lllr; abot" all II public
#rNant Who has been tried Ia d" Ut
I. rmos and never found wanting
pcrrlc matrhl"Ss, untohp7r rahl".
"NcW Jersey has rraaonf tor her
,curs,4 l.ei us not bc deceived in
oar ~. mise Campaigns ~ tiillied-
/ tion. corruption and iAlHe pet r.,c
! az. h.t their usoluluoss The rNoe
lViiuA al national cn"ra} H joNard5
= mur. intelligent moHli's in ppli
/ lirs ami in all other relations The
! Inc oi cloasaSr l. between hnr VINO
treat poliiirs as 4 game and tho =
i glo rc"ard il ~ thu serious business
vi aoy. rnmcnt The realiaHm"ni al
lloli,iral parties VIII b' on tins pr'n-
ipl, The situation admits al no
uinpromis" I lr tciHpr aud plr
pos. Of the American public viii tol"-
rate no other iirW Tie indii,rcuc"
of IN" american people 10 politics has
disappeared Any platform and any
80 al and commercial bch"si will 20
| down 10 ignominiolIs defeat AT he
I.olls Platforms ar" too often mer"
historic rubbish heaps Of broken
romiscs Candidates are too fire.
.qucnilv the unfortunate creatures OF
arrangements and calculations. Ex
igcncics, conditions, national needs
and necessities make better platforms
aud produce greater leaders than
does the exercise of proprictorship.
a disregard of this first premises will
bring our dreams crashing in ruins
next November
! Again, the eternal conflict BE-
wcen equal opportunity and special
/ priyileg. is upon rs. Our fathers
wrote the issue of that struggle in
our constitution. They declared all
\ men To be- FREE and '7lgal. In sin
ei. century ihai prin ip}r Developed
he North hmrriraa continent, leay-
,nimg tn" world W-r lis b'ncficence
inspired al. natieas with hope AMI
made the I.r.r.l STATES he asylum oi
liz. world j. A,H RIA. ar this very
hour presents 81" most stupcndous