The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-09
rie n DIS of President
Discuss Meaning of
Certain Statement in
Indiana Address
SOME SAY HE is /.
AGAIN CANDIDATE
Others Insist That the President Was
Merely Referring to the Pact That
Future Generations VIII Judge His
Actions While Executive
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pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. Con Board
President Wilson'S Train) President
Wilson was on his way back to Wash
ington to-day after making his first
purely political speech since he as
sumed the Presidency. He will arrive
at the capital at 4.4O O'Clock this aft
ernoon.
Gossip was rife among the Presi.
dents friends over the meaning back
of his statement in his Indianapolis
speech that "there may come a time
when the American people will have to
judge whether | know what / am talk
ing about or not.
Some of his friends insisted that the
President was merely referring to the
fact that future generations will Judge
his actions and that he did not intend
to convey the impression which was
gained by the crowd that he might be
candidate again for the Presidency.
Others of his friends pointed out that
he evidently realized, because of the
cheering, the construction that had
been placed on his words, and yet he
did not correct the impression beyond
saying, II didn't intend to start any
thing then"
High Spots in Address
Some other striking points in Presi-
dent Wilson's speech were the follow
ing:
"If | were not ready to fight for
everything I believe in would think
it my duty. to take back seat.
~ love the Democratic party, but |
love America a great deal more than /
love the Democratic party, and when
the Democratic party thinks that it is
an end in itself, then l rise up and dis
sent.
"There are Democrats who are sit
ting in the breeching strap, who are
holding back, who are nervous.
claim to be an animated conservative,
because being a conservative / under
stand to mean a man who mot only pre-.
serves what is best in the nation, but
who sees that in order to preserve ii
you dare not stand still.
"Politics in this country does not
depend any longer upon the regular
members of either party. There are
not enough regular Republicans in this
country to take and hold national pow
er, and I must Immediately add that
there are not enough regular Demo
Gratis, either. This country is guided
and its policy is determined by the
independent voters.
Comparing Progressiveness
"What seems perfectly evident tC
me is this, that if you made a rough
reckoning you would have to admit
that only about one-third of the Re
publican party is progressive; and you
would also have to admit that about
two thirds of the Democratic party is
progressive.
''The Republicans have not had q
new idea in thirty wears: they have
not known how to do anything except
sit on the lie.
"This country is bursting its jacket
and they (the Republicans) are seeing
to it that the jacket is not sonly kept
tight, but is riveted with steel.
"There is one thing that I have got
great enthusiasm about. I might al
most say reckless enthusiasm. anC
that is human liberty. Until this re
cent revolution in Mexico, until the enc
of the Diaz regime, so per cent. of the
people of Mexico never had a slook
in in determining what their govern
ment should be.
Splitting of Blood in Europe
"The country is theirs. The govern
ment is theirs. The liberty, if they
can get it-and God speed them in get
ting it!-is theirs, and so far as my