The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-14
GOVERNOR WILSON
MAKES THIS CLEAR
IN STRONGSPEECH
People Have Made Definite
Choice and He Is But
instrument
NO DIVISION, BUT
ONLY SOLIDARITY
Men Who Have. Not Hitherto
Been In Movement, Are
Now Yielding Judg-
ment, Not Will 4.

PRINCETON, N. j., Jan. I3---In d
speech to the presidential electors OF
New Jersey, delivered at a banquet In
Trenton just prior 10 the casting OF
the electoral vote for Wilson and
Marshall, President Elect Wilson to-
day made it plain that he intends to
surround himself as president with
progressives, and only progressives
This is the first time the presidents
elect has declared himself on tha
subject The reactionaries therefore.
viii find little solace in his administers
ton of the next four years. Tha
speech was wildly cheered and an
plauded by the guests, who included
also the Democratic Legislators, menu
bers of the State committee and State
officials. The banquet took place at
the Hotel Sterling. Governor Will
sons speech follows:
People Have Chosen.
some men have been slow to
observe, but the majority of us have
seen that the people of the United
states have taken a definite choice.
| happen to be one of the Instruments
through whom that choice is EXPRESS
ed. but l am for the time, and that
choice is for the long future. The
people OF the United States have turn
ed their faces in a definite direction
go with them in that direction, they
viii reject and they ought TO reject
Therefore. in looking forward to
the responsibilities that / am about
10 assume. / feel first. last and all the
time that ! am acting in a represen-
fatfve capacity. i am hidden to in
terpret as well as I can the purposes
CT the people Of the United States and
TO act. SO far as my choice determines
= hA o~Tf 9xr n ~ hn
mentality of persons who also repre-
sent that choice
Only Progres~fves
Il have no liberty in the matter. I
have given bonds. My sacred honor
Is involved, and nothing more could
be involved. Therefore. / shall not be-
acting as a partisan when / pick out
progressiyes, and only progressives.
shall be acting as representative
of the people OF this great country
And. therefore, it is a matter OF SUI
preme pleasure to me to find in every
directioIe as / turn about from ono
group Of men to another TO and that
mems minds and mems consciencea
and mems purposes are yielding to
that great impulse that now moves
the whole people OF the United States.
~ do not foresee any serious d.
vision of counsel in the Democrats
party as national body. On tho
contrary, I find every evttgrCs OF
solidarity. I see every evidence that
men who have not hitherto yielded
their Judgment to the movement OF
the age are now about 10 yield their
Judgment. l will not say their will.
They do not seem to be acting under
compulsion, they are beginning to
yield their Judgment to the common
judgment OF the nation. Because
find in discussing questions OF bust
ness contrary to the impression which
prevails in some editorial rooms that
in speaking to men Of business I ana
speaking to men whose vision II
swinging around to the path which
the nation has marked out for itself.
Eyes Too Close to Ledgers.
This nation Is fun of honorable
men who have been engaged in large
business In a way which they thought
they were permitted to do so. both by
their consciences and the law. But
they have had their eyes so close to
their ledgers, they have had their
energies so absolutely absorbed in
the undertakings WITH which they
were individually identffisd tifat they
have not until the nation spoke loud.
raised their eyes from their books
and papers and seen how the things
they were doing stood related to the
fortunes of mankind.
Now, they are beginning to SEQ
those relationships, and as they see
those relationships they are begin
ming to feel the refreshment Of men
who look away from a particular
task and extend their eyes to the for
tunes of men lying outside their usual
ken. beyond their touch. the great
bodies of men who would. along with
ftny1 har topnria M aoAt avr
Spirit That Thrills.
II believe that / am not mistaken
in seeing this new purpose come int0 4
the hearts OF men who have not per-
mitted themselves hitherto to SOS
what they now look upon. For tho
nation cannot move successfully By
anything but concert of purpose and
Of Judgment. You cannot whip nA~
ton into line. You cannot drive your
leaders before you. You have got 70 "A
have a spirit that thrills the whoie
now Is beginning to thrill the bust-s
ness men.
Men who shut themselves up IN 4
selffshness ought to realize that their h
life Is closing about them, and thae@
the end is inexorahle. The only way
is the way OF fairness and equity ana
love OF your feliownen. and not the
way Of selhshness and Of power.
This 10 not new thing for Amer~
lea TO see. She saw it at the first, but
she forget II for a little while, She
thought that 10 be rich was to be gFe3x
and forgot that her only distinctfc1
In the way I'm which she us1s h4(|
riches and her power. that she II Gr0i1
only an she diners from oshAr u6S n
tions, not as she resembles other Ni|zR
sions. Aud Eha diEau fxam o5hnE Il r