New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-03

must be sound II they are to serve as
check the one upon the other The Demo
cratic party in the nomination OF Governor
Wilson is reborn. 1t will be reorganzed, 1t
will become efficient. 1t will have once more
the confidence Of the people.
"The New York Press"
Woodrow Wilson is a. scholastic Free
Trader-the worst kind for the mill that
must have market TO 20 on producing,
mill must have, "A market III mis- wage Is 10
20 on feeding him.
Woodrow Wilson is a free trader and
the party behind him is a free trade
ma rtv giving him. upon which 10 stand,
platform making for free trade. IL ne ls
TO be defeated I'm this campaign II VIII be
on that issue and no other-the issue OF
the bread and butter OF sne herica IN
earn II since the time OF the latest Demo
cratic President--Grover ClevelandIslxteen
years ago. when. instead or long lihes or
wage earners going into their work each
mo1ninq there were long bread lines every
where in the United States
"The New York Herald
The New Jersey Governor has won and
won handsomely When 1t is analysed II
is personal triumph; he was no 1 na 10
direct result OF the. action OF the Illinois
delegation, which started the stampeae
resulting In a practically unanimous cnolce
on the forty-sixth ballot .,,o.
the fence into the backwards OF the IN
terests" There can be no cuddling UP 10
Mr. Ryan or Mr. Belmont or Mr.: morgan;
There must be no olive prancnes 10 OV thnse
other colonies In the army OF puohclsts
who have 50 arduously striyen to carry the
party's burdens and write the party pro-
lamations. Governor wilson was nominal
nf GnRpphnS
made in the East but of those he made IN
TEXAS and other wild and woolly states
where his ideas fairly sizzled Inc conSerV-
atives took him Oh his merits as radlcaiI
radical, and they OF course, are picpdiou
to step aside.
The tariff is to be the great overwhelm-
ing issue The platforms OF the two parties
differ sufficiently to afford a cnance OF
straight, clear cut arsud ant.
The "New York American
Whatever is progressive in the nominee
of this convention and in the platform OF
this convention this newspaper Will IN
dorse. For anything less than progressive
in the nominee or in the platform The
American" will feel and express its regret.
and will endeavor 10 strengthen and amend
the weakness I'm platform or In candidate
as the campaign progresses.
Because The American and It's kindred
newspapers are convinced that the only
true democracy Is progressive democracy.
THE American" does not hesitate to say,
and has already earnestly said. that there
were many things in the Baltimore conven-
ton far from progressive and Tar from
democratic. The spirit Of the convention
and it's methods are made open 10 attack
upon many lines. and. most of all, In the
overriding by demagogy and other IN
fuences Of the will of the majority, which
Is the will or the people and the essence
of democracy.
We have made and shall continue TO
make, the improper methods and the m
democratic spirit of this DEMOCRATIC Ma
tional Convention and of the Republican
National Convention continuous and dou-
ble-barreled argument for the abolition OF
ma tional conventions In both parties ana
the substitution everywhere OF direct NOM
inations-preferentaI Presidential prima-
ries which viii 10 away with conYenuohs
and allow the people TO choose all ofhcers,
from President down, directly by their own
will and their own ballots.