Evening journal., 1916-06-16
WeSfcoff Names Wilson
and Points to His Record

ST. LOUIS. June l6.-John W. Wes-
colt, attorney general OF New Jersey.
presenting the name of President vii
son 70 the Democratic National Conven-
ton for denomination. last night said;
prophecy is fuldlled. The eternal
verities Of righteousness have prevailed.
Undismayed by the calamities Of war
unmoved by vituperation and vain dec
lamation, holding to the pure altar of
truth, the schoOlmastcr rs statesman ;
the statesman fnancier. the iinancier
emancipator, the emancipation paciiica-
tor. the pacifcator the moral leader OF
democracy.
"rhe nation is at work. The nation
is at peace. The nation is accomplish
ing the destiny of Democracy. Four
years ago the nation was not at work.
With resources boundless, with a hun
dred million people eager to achieve and
do. commerce languished, industries
halted men were idle. The country
struggled in the tolls Of an inadequate
financial system. Credit was at the
mercy Of piracy. The small business
man was bound hand and foot Panic
nuNE llhe eluiN NANNu hhti eAt thHi-
ness world.
''Now bursting manaries, teeming
factories. crowded railways and over
laden ships distribute wealth and con
fort to uncounted millions the wor
over Production outruns the means OF
distribution. The parallel Of American
prosperity is not found in industrial
history; nor Is IL causelcss. u did not
descend. like a merciful accident. from
heaven. Il is not due TO the devasta.
tions Of n revised tariff. II is not th,
result of destructive legislation. II
cannot he attributed to the manufacture
Of war materials. constituting bare
per centum Of the volume Of national
business. War is destruction, not pro
duciion. War curtails internationa
trade. War depresses industrial en-
ergy When the European cataclysn
struck the world, moratoria fell like 9
blight upon many of the neutral nations
hut not upon the United States.
Wilson Did Things.
"There stands the astounding phe-
nomenon Of American prosperity
What Is its explanation? The Euclid
nf financial theory worked to dem
onstration measures for the country's
relief He promptly put into effect
the legislative expression OF great
program. He did not talk. He did
things. He dynamited the monetary
dams and let credit flow TO the remot'
est corners Of the land. its spray dash
ine even upon foreign shores. HG
released the nations resources and
set the energies Of all men free to eX
~ a o.
cial slavery. He struck on its shack
les. The prosperity Of the nation II
the product Of craftsmanship AM
financial genius. American credit u
now limited only by it's own honest,
and capacity. The cause being undls
turbed. the effects must remain. Tn
schoolmaster Is statesman. the states
man is hnancier. the fnancier
emancipator. With Lincoln, tn
emancipator OF the chattel slave, h
will live forever as the emancipato
OF the commercial slave
THE nation is al peace in worl
at war; America is confronted wit
appalling realities II Is not the par
Of wisdom TO play with phantomi
deal in riddles, or seek 20 entertai
the national imagination with IN
legerdemain OF language. To bull
words mountain high as the throne Z
vanity and ambition should not be a
American pastime. An attempt {
catch the Presidency by phrases
the work OF folly The function Of
sounding brass and tinkling cymbi
is not germane to the tragic cond
tions Of the world. When the fat
Of millions is at stake It is not th
part Of any man TO stack the card
with civilization in peril, the sphin
becomes an anachronism The an
achronism will remain the mysteriou
silence OF the ages. With the who
world tense and anxious, patriotic az
vice and suggestion are Of more valu
han abuse and defamation. Specl
lation willis I'm the blaze OF trut
Abusive phraseology shrivels befol
the relentless fact. Honesty