The Washington herald., 1912-09-17
WILSON MAKES
-FOUR SPEECHES
Governor Takes Time to Charac.
terize Beveridge q
Humorist.
CALLS FORMER S0L0N's
STATEMENTS JOKES
Reaches Chicago After Triumphant
Tour of Ohio and
Indiana.

Chicago, Sept. 16-Gov Wilson's trip
through Ohio and Indiana on his way to
Sioux City. Iowa, via Chicago to-day.
| was the most highly successful that he
i has made in the campaign. Everywhere
along the line the candidate was well
coined with tremendous enthusiasm.
| Whether by prearrangement on the part
of the campaign committee or because
the train hauling the Governors private
car was an exceedingly slow one, stops
were made at all the jerkwater towns.
Word had Travelled on ahead of the Gov
ernor's approach, and crowds turned out
to greet him at every station.
Somewhere near Logansport Ind, a
committee consisting of Mayor David d.
Fickle, State Senator Fred Kistner and
other prominent citizens, boarded the
train and informed the candidate that
the entire town was turning out to well
come him. Senator Kistner. who Is the
Democratic leader of Logansport, told
the Governor that Senator Beveridge
had been attacking the Democratic nom
inee as the instrument of the bosses,
and that no one had undertaken to con-
trovert the statement. Governor Will
son lost no time in doing SO himself. He
told the crowd that he had known Bev-
eridge Tor a good many years, but had
not until now realized that he was hu-
morist- The Governor proceeded by logi-
cal argument to prove that the third
party, represented in Indiana by Bev-
eridge, was fostering practically all the
bosses and was anXious.that the Govern
ment should enter into partnership with
them. This made a big hit with the
crowd. Senator Kistner told Governor
Wilson that Indiana will undoubtedly
give him 100000 plurality.
Makes Four Speeches.
The Governor had not planned to make
any speeches until after leaving Chicago.
IN fact. he did not know that he was
expected to speak at all from the rear
platform. To-day he delivered four
speeches.
The Governor had scarcely finished
breakfast this morning before the excite
ment began. The train stopped for
moment at Urbana, Ohio, where a
crowd of about 100 gathered. There was
no time for a speech, but the candidate
was kept busy shaking hands. Next
came Bradford, with a crowd Of several
hundred. The stop here was short, but
the Governor was persuaded to make
short speech. At Piqua there was plenty
of handshaking and another speech. The
Governor was cheered until the train was
out of sight.
At Red Key there was time merely
for handshakng and pleasant word to
the crowd. One gentleman reached up
to the back platform for handshake
and asked:
rs this Mr. President?
Not yet replied the Governor with
hearty laugh.
Not yet, but soon," roared another.
THAT is what you have to decide"
came the prompt reply from the candi-
date.
Pleasant Word for Bryan.
At Hartford City, Ind. where a big
crowd had congregated. some one sug-
gested that the Governor say something
about Mr.. Bryan and Gov. Wilson took
the opportunity of saying a pleasant
word about the Commoner.
Then came Longansport and the big
gest demonstration of the day There
were between 2.00O and 5000 men. women
and children at the station.
The Governors train arrived in Chicago
thirteen-Gov Wilson's good luck num-
ber-minutes late. The candidate was
met by Joseph E. Davis and other men,
bers of the campaign committee. Il
At Logansport. after being introduced
by the Mayor from the rear platform,
Gov. Wilson said, in part:
Il understand that in speech made
esteemed friend of mine, namely, Sem
ator Beveridge, said that he entertained
very serious fear about me, namely,
that if I were elected President l would
be controlled by the bosses.
Beveridge n Humorist.
81 never knew before that Senator Bev-
eridge was a humorist, because IL he
did not know that was joke he ought
to have known it was joke. When did
he ever hear that 1 had changed all my
political habits? The way you can tell
whether a man is going to be controlled
by the bosses or not is to judge whether
he Is in reach of a boss or not. Do you
know what a boss is? A boss is a polit
ical agent of certain special interests who
sees to it through him that people that
they can control are put in office, and the
laws they don't want are kept off the
statute books, and the men who do that
are the men who are interested in the
great monopolies of this country.
II am sorry to observe that whereas
the Republican party has practically fos-
tered the trusts, and the Democratic
party proposes to prevent monopoly in
this country, the third party, represent
ed by Senator Beveridge. proposes to take
the monopoly into partnership with the
government by accepting it as an inevita-
BILE necessity, and bringing it under the
regulation of laws; that is to say, mak-
ing it legalized institution of the coun-
try And when the men who have Great
ed monopoly are accepted partners of
the government, do you suppose they are
their necessary agents, namely. the
bosses who determine who are to oc-
cupy Office, and what the legislation is to
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