The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-22

lie SPEAKS Oh lldI great NOlCeleSS mUl-
titude of men who constitute the great
body and the saving force Of the ma
ton" Public opinion, he says in the
succeeding chapter on The Parlia-
ment &C the People is not formulat-
ed in the privacy of Congressional
committee rooms, but rather in the
country, on the farms and around the
stoves Of village stores. In this con-
nection Governor Wilson tells a little
story.
I'm lecture that 1 once gave" he
said, Il said that public opinion was
not typified on the streets Of a busy
city, but was typified around the stove
in a country store, where men sat and
probably chewed tobacco and spat
into sawdust box and made up. he
fore they got through, what was the
neighbOrhood opinion both about per-
sons and events and then, inadvert-
emily, added this philosophical re-
hection, that, whatever might be said
against the chewing of tobacco, this at
least could be said for it: That it gave
man time to think between senten-
ces. Ever since then 1 have been
represented, particularly in the ad-
Vertisements of tobacco firms, as in
favor Of the use Of chewing tobacco"
In a chapter entitled Let There Be
Light Governor Wilson advocates
public exposure as a check for all bad
practices Of politics. He regards no
air so wholesome as the air of utter
publicity" and says:
You have got TO cure diseased poll
ties as we nowadays cure tuberculosis.
by making all the people who suffer
from it live out Of doors; not only
spend their days out of doors and
walk around but sleep out of doors;
always remain in the open, where
they will be accessible to fresh. nour-
ishing and revivifying influences.
- for one, have the conviction that
government ought to be all outside
and not inside. /, for my part, be-
lieve that there ought to be no place
where anything can be done that
everybody does not know about it. 1t
would be very inconvenient for some =
gentlemen, probably, if government
We're all outside, but we have consult
ed their susceptibilities too long all
ready"
In discussing the Payne-Aldrich
tariff Governor Wilson says there is
a "nigger" concealed in almost every
wood pile-some little word, some lit
tie clause, some unsupported item,
that draws thousands of dollars out
of the pockets of the consumer and
yet does not mean anything in par
ticular
Initiative, referendum and recall
are treated only briefly He favors
them, excepting only the recall Of
judges, where they are needed by the
people to regain their right of repre-
sentation. He aims to show in this
connection by a review Of legislation
under his leadership as Governor of
New Jersey people can get what they
want if only they refuse to stand
quietly by and see things done which
they voted against. His arraignment
of political bosses" leaves no doubt
that such creatures will be most un-
welcome guests at the White House.
In the chapter headed The Eman-
clpatlon of Business" the President
elect speaks about the need of new
patent laws. Inventions, he saws.
have been discouraged because of the
policy of corporations to push" what
they have already spent millions TO
advertise. The modern genius. he
says, is thwarted by an inability 10
get capital and credit for new schemes
which may influence incalculable dam
age upon the established order of
things. He objects to the standard
lzation' of manufactured products, he
says and thinks that a good many
wonderful developments are smother
ed by the "pigeon-hole process" of
the trusts, who buy up the patents
rather than allow them 10 be exploit
ed even in a small way
The trouble about conservation Of
natural resources the Governor points
ont in the Sau,a cbaDtor all lieS in
the fact that the Government hasn't
any policy regarding it at present but
is simply marking time"
As shedding light upon his inten-
tions, the Prcsidcnt-eleCt says in a Ia
ter chapter: