Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-01
KEYSTONE INDEPENDENTS
RALLY TO CHEER WILSON
Democratic Candidate Adj
dressed Monster Meeting in
Philadelphia Monday Night
tspecial Dispatch to The Journal)

PHILADELPHIA, Oct ga tremen-
dous audience, assembled under the |
auspices of the League of Independent
Republicans of Pennsylvania, cheered
Governor Wilson last night at the Acad- |
envy of Music. and overlooked into the
streets
The governor was compelled to ad-
dress a big overflow meeting after he
mad left the hall. and then motored to
North Philadelphia to attend a monster
Democratic rally.
The Independent meeting was one OF
the most enthusiastic Governor VIII
son has addressed during the entire
CO mpaign.-
Gilbert e Roe, a former law part
ner and brother-in-law of Senator La
Toilette, and Rudolph Sgreckles OF
California. organizer of the Wilson
National Progressive Republican league,
preceded Governor Wilson with speech
es in mis- favor.
THE only question before the eoun-
try" said the governor, lis do you
trust men who are now leading the
Democratic party? If you believe they
are the enemies of legitimate business,
don't vote for them. If you believe
they are wild-eyed- reformers, who don
know the course of change in this coun-
try, don't vote for them If you be-
lieve they are inexperienced tyros who
don't know right from wrong, don't
vote for them. But vote as you be-
lieve, and as you trust. And If you
see anyone promise the things which
you think can be done, vote that way
am not here as partisan. If there is
somebody else who can and will do, the
| job"
THE CROWD WITH HIM,
Cries of Wilson, Wilson," interrupted
the governors speech and when the
demonstration subsidized a man called
out, How about Roosevelt
II have denied myself the pleasure
of discussing Mr.. Roosevelt this week,
answered the governor. IT am on the
platform in this closing week in this
campaign to discuss the issues and not
\ the persons"
Once during the governors speech,
somebody asked. How about the refer
endum?" and the governor promptly
| replied:
Pennsylvania should take care of
that. it is not a national question, but
let me tell the gentleman who mention
ed it, that there have been times at
Harrisburg when no legislature was so
sorely in need of having its acts refer
| Ieu 10 the people, DIS Nidl dL thS SetPAtdA
of Pennsylvania
| An otitburst of cheers greeted this re-
mark.
The governor declared that without
merchant marine, other nations would
| benefit more by the opening of the
Panama canal than the United States
| The nominee again ADVOCATED a regu
lation of competition and the removal
of favors which he said were bestowed
by the protective tariff.
OVERFLOW MEETING.
Governor Wilson addressed a big
! Overflow meeting outside the Academy
of Music and then motored to Conven-
ton hall in north Philadelphia, where
J a big Democratic rally brought out
| great crowd that cheered the governor
enthusiastically. The nominee argued
in his speech that the wages of the
country were not dependent upon the
1 tariff
There is only one way for a panic to
occur in the United States" said the
governor. and that is by the small
number of men who control industry
deliberately creating one. We know
I the list of those men and we know who
Twill be responsible. The Democrats
I do not wanC free trade. The only thing
the Democrats are out to bag is those
special private interests, which lie
hidden in the protective system and
which the general body of American
working men are not permitted to
share. America pays higher wages
than free-trade England; England pays
just as much higher wages than Ger
many, which is projected Now what
has protection got to do with wages? 1
suspect that something else besides the
protective tariff determines the rate. OF
wages. America has been paying high
er wages than the rest of the world
ever since before she was separated
from England, but American working
men could earn more wages in proper
ton as he was skillful The cost of
labor is a determination of the skill
and capacity Of the country and not OF
it's economic disadvantages"
The governor declared that corpora
lions such as the United States Steel
corporation'% has been the chief enemies
of organized labor in keeping wages
down.
IT don't want to use my mind to
govern yours added The governor. Il
want to use my mind to save yours.
Throughout this, campaign 1 have in
sisted that there is no personal ques-
tion involved. 1t is not comparison
of persons, bue of purposes, of concep-
tions and of program"
The nominee said obstacles to free
dom OF enterprise and the OBSTRUCTION
of monopoly could be removed by di-
recting the criminal statutes of the
federal law against those who hold
private monopoly.
'I heard the other day." said the gov
ernor, that some prominent business
men did not like this idea of putting
offenders in jail. Do the gentlemen
think that I am DESTROYS of putting
everybody in Jail? Selected specimens
will do. Anybody can keep out OF jail
who knows what the law is"
The governor spent last might here.
Today he goes to Trenton for STAGE
business and speaks at Newark. N. j.,
in the evening.