The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-04
TWO POINTS IN MIR WILSON'S MESSAGE

TWO POINTS IN MIR WILSON'S MESSAGE
The two especially significant President wilson's
hd personally delivered congressional message are his declaration
In favor OF preferential primaries nomination of Presidential
candidates ultimate independence of the Pb;rri,
Concerning ultimate independence President wilson's state
ments accented on the one hand m
Filipino agtaors as an encourage,e,. 90 .: ~ ~ ~
pendence and the other an assurance 70
ves that in the Philippines be taken rash In the
rnppnes the United States has problem responsibility
wneh ought not to try shrk Its duty administer the
ppne ISLANDS IN manner best designed develop COM
mecay ndusialy and politically have no use for
. possessions in the distant Pacific renquish
PPnes 10 become the prey OF some territory grabbing
or 10 lapse into anarchy boodshed Mexico is now under
gong When the Philippines distinctly ready for govern
"eh' VIII De the duty OF the United
authority and paths of sepovernent Bur
the time when they will be distant that no man can
seriously discuss Filipino is of the same bood ~ +b
Mexican combination Spanish adventure and the
savage and we have quickly rapv the Mva,
can degenerate savagery Add 10 the rresent Mx -
dozen wild and almost mpenerabe islands inhabited bv millions
who are little than savage we will have an
duplication OF the Philippines To country being
nj Tor the duties of segovenmen or at anv time in
W uure When we have at our door the
OF Mexican self-government is an absurdity
Concerning Presidential primaries as advocated bv the
dent it be pertinent inquire why Mr. Wilson cet i -
deal with primaries? principle of state rcn-en,,,
conventions IS not TO hold in the of candidates
why S0ua II hod IN the election of candidates? other words
why should the electoral college continue and uhv should
representation elections be il ceases evils,
primaries? As declaration for Presi3en, 81
dred lnsuperable objections popular idea advance, 49,
an expert politician seeks the favor Of the rsss 49,
II Mr. wilson seeks really Presidential elections in ,bi
country more nearly representative peope LET him
g win those conditions which deprive one million electors
OF ue rght OF franchise which white Democrat o ,
ou pePonderan in the affairs nation which ~
e votes OF SIX or seven thousand white South Carolina and
georgia more potential than twice thar number 90 ~
men IN ONO and Pennsylvania This great electoral reform
which IS up the American people TO undertake and ~ NJ
wilson IN his program of political reformation entirely overoot
e negro OF the South TO be suppressed WHY shou1
HIS Voe De factor IN increasing the political strength Of rho
Suen states II for no other that the white states
o' the nortn WI" never submit increase IN the
enee OF the white of the south compared their own vote we
Will not soon have Presidential primaries direct Presidential
uohsi ana M wilson must in his know that fact
Inc enormous manufactured maorius of the sop,be-,
vi" NOT ne permitted TO overvhem deliberate exnesso,
many une the same number Of the northern states Co
ong as the gross and absurd inequality the electorate Of such
saS as mississippi and Louisiana compared with Ohio and
pennsylvania continues 70 exist long may assume will our
present method OF selecting Presidential candidates and eec,
PRESIDENTS and Vice Presidents followed Refo-,s - 20
OASeo upon justice and not injustice upon equality and m
upon equaV 10 introduce Presidential primaries nation i4
OF PRESIDENTIAL elections nation wide make the scc-o; -
he negro vote OF the south than mere local oyes,i
once 1t becomes national question that national oues %
DC avoided by The Democrats politicians furnish the bctb
OF mr. wilson's present support long they have breath %
their bodies ~ '1''" "Iulih