The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02
WILSON'S WARNING
TO THE MONEY TRUST.

In a speech delivered in New York
City on the evening of December u
President-elect Wilson gave warning
Ito the money trust in this way:
THE time has come when men
must stand up and be counted
"We must forget everything eX-
ept the work for the prosperity and
integrity of the nation
Some men have had the idea that
hey had been appointed trustees to
ho the thinking of mankind and the
building up of wealth in conformity
with their own plans and purposes.
"God knows the poor suffer
nough now, but their emancipation
i'll come"
prosperity cant be consumed
privately by the few"
"And | have been told the machln-
hry was in existence by which pan
Ec can be brought about. Personally,
don't believe the man lives now
who dares use that machinery. +
he does, / promise him not on my
own behalf, but upon the behalf OF
my country, gibbet as high as
Hannah
A few hours before this warning
was given he issued statement
1t Trenton, ~ J., declaring that he
would stand back of the progress
sive forces in the democratic party
Everywhere, and at every juncture,
adding that the democratic party
now had arrived at point where
t must choose whether it would be
progressive or not.
Following is the Associated Press
|eport relating to the New YORK
|peech: New York, Dec. 17.-Presi-
fent-elect Wilson held up warning
finger tonight to any man who might
deliberately start panic in the
United States to show that intended
Legislative policies were wrong. In
a speech at the banquet OF the
Southern society of New York he de-
clared he had heard sinister pre-
monitions of what would follow II
the democratic party put into effect
changes in economic policy
The president-elect first dis
inguished in his speech between
natural and unnatural panics. He
aid in many cases panic had come
.aturally because OF mental dis
urbance of people with reference to
oans and money generally.
.sBut the machinery is in exist
snce." he said, ''by which the thing
ian be deliberately done. Frankly,
Il do not think there is any man llv-
4;ng who dares use the machinery
gfor that purpose. IT he does, l
promise him not only for myself, but
Tor my countrymen, a gibbet as high
AS Haman's.'
4 The governor added that he
meant no literal gibbet," for that
Il IS mot painful" but he said it would
|tbe gibbet of public disgrace which
would live as long as the members
Of that mans family survive
'American, with ner eyes open
isn't going to let panic happen,
y continued the governor, but | speak
as if I expected it-as if | feared it.
.ttI do not ! am afraid OF nothing.
The president-elect's speech cover
ed variety of subjects. He treated
first of sectionalism, declaring that
" it should not exist.
5 "There is a vast deal to do he
said, land it can best be done by
4 forgetting that we are partisans OF
anything except the honor and pros
perity of. the nation ITSELF
Mr.. hNilson then referred briefly
to- nrovincialism and said that some
people had the idea that all the
thinking of the country was done in
y New York City. He said the South
ern society represented an importa
ton or thought from the south into
the great metropolis.
.5s 81 am happy to feel that there Is
no longer a serious consciousness OF
sectional differences in the United
States.
There can be no sectionalism
4 about the thinking of America, from
q this time on, because no hardheaded
4 man can prove that there are sucn
B things as sectional interests
The governor here told his hear
sers OF his strenuous day.
s''We thought we Strengthened
Il things out in New Jersey he said,
but they won't stay straight.
There are some people in New
Jersey who are happy that they can
count the days when they can get
\ rid ofme. Bat they are not going to
get rid of me- A man can live IN
Washington and know what goes on
H in New Jersey, and a man can say
VI from Washington what he thinks
a about New Jersey and ne can say 1t
in the most effectual way-by nell
tioning names.
This anonymous assertion of in
iquity ought to be stopped. It's all
very well to make public who owns
the journals of the country but it
also ought to be made public who
owns this or that idea If it can't
4 be produced by law it can be produc-
ed by conversation.
Il Il have gone through campaign
in which I endeavored to speak of
things, not of persons, but you speak
Of persons by implication when you
L speak of things and the palmer you
make the implication the more effec-
@ tive you make the mark. The only
way TO keep out of trouble in the
future is to see that your name is
Connected with the right thing.
II say this not as threat but to
VI convey this intimation: That men
i have got to stand up and be counted
and put their names down. I think
so soon as men see this is business
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