Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-11-01
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ecrat. lie was warm ~. '<t ~ |
mirer of Grover Cleveland VI. vi tnc
progressive Democrats q nv ersey
In 1910 cast about for nne" kor
governor Dr. Wilson's rtcons STU
dent OF political history, bis @n fnnr
acter and general attainms's com
mended him ms the mnn q pe bour.
He was nominated, and me wv 'nen.
of his political sponsors was 1nui Hateu
by his election by plurshV ~ 9u''
600, although his predccessoi'a ~ Rpuo-
lican, had carried the state pI c'1NpV
AS governor he secured the pa ssnge
OF n direct primary law. an enp"HyerS
liability law that does away Win u"n'
age suits and corrupt pfae'lcets hct
regulating the expenditure OF Gam
paign funds and making the petnaity
Of violation ~ forte Ire of tte OF
fice. A prlN u,i lWs conn lsSlon
was created y ~ over to regu'
late railways % ttrtc !, d stear tele-
phone comps 80 AMI III other pubic
service corp"Iu iols. , Ian wat pass
ed prohiblthg ths hiding ct foou IN
cold storage {, iodgc, Cian tcninonthS
and providing for In sale al puolic
auction Of all food ssY ed IN violation
OF the law. The snm, legislature pass
ed law providing fc' he commission
form OF government In cities mat
should choose It by 4 ular vote Win
the initiative. refere, Jam nud reeali
OF administrative obs RS, law aDol'
lshing contract labor the state pris'
on and law proylt FOR adequate
protection OF factori, from IRE.
Talked OF 70, 'rs-i.'snt.
his vigorous udnr s,ra.on foFTthe
governorsNip trougln hirl prom}ncnt
ly before the people of other states
than New Jersey. and his was one OF
the first names suggested by the slate
makers for the Democratic nomina'
ton for the presidency. A tour of tho
country which Governor Wilson made
In 1911 did much to confirm thd pop
ular impression that he was the KIND
Of timber from which presidents are
made. During the pre-convfntion
aopen seusonp for delegates Governor
Wilson's friends bagged them fi4Sh'
and left. aud lie went TO the Baltimore
ntion-fguratively, OF course, foi
he renal. ed in New Jersey during Its
deliberations-with larger number OF
pledged delegates las shown by the
first test vote) than any of his compeu
tors except Speaker Champ Clark.
His Political Greed.
Governor Wilson has no panacea 70
the ills of the body polite, but he lay'
great stress upon the influence of pub
Lefty in improving the conditions o
government. This is perhaps, the AIRS
article in his political creed. NSt('A
MS own exposition or II: -
Honest politics is Impossible With
out publicity, or, rather, dishonest hol
flies Is impossible with publicity. nh,
evil in politics lies behind the CLOSED
door. With the blinds down and tn,
key turned against the people they can
not know what their parties ard doing
they cannot control their own pbitics
Dishonest politics is like photography
Ii must have dark room. Thhre Is
no place In the architecture of honest
politics for such an apartment.
Publicity and Primaries,
publicity in politics means De pri
mary. A primary Is the very ahtithe
SIS Of bossism. When you esta slish q
primary you disestablish a boss You
cannot conduct a state wide Urinary
| privately. You can conduct kaucus
| privately, but not a primary-fot the
present kind OF primary.
"The caucus is the ambush 4. what
David Graham Phillips called tie in
terests.' The people are the an bush
ed. Why should there be any Privacy
about public affairs? The very terms
are in conflict. 1t is orAy when and
where private rights anu private well
fare come in conflict with public rights
and public welfare that resort Is bad TO
private politics. to the caucus
"The popular movement in this coun-
try today is for this publicity. The
dark room must go. The machinery or
our government must come out into the
open. Let us have neither doors nor
locks on our committee rooms. You are
a partner and | am a partner In Amer
lea, and we are entitled TO know now
our business is being conducted"
The Tariff the ISSUE
He has placed himself on record as
believing Tat the great issue OF the
campaign ~ 1912 is the tarh' III
must be S1," he said some time ago
'by its vegy nature. No frank mind
can doubt that the great systems OF
special privilege and monopoHStlc al
vantage that have been built up nave
been built up upon the foundation OF
the tariff. The tariff question Is at
the heart OF every other economic ques
ton we have to deal with anu until