Evening journal., 1916-06-14
GIynn Lduds Wilson as
Standard Bearer of Democrats

lOIhf NtNllNidiN 'iiati tliaN 'i Ah'
Democratic National Convention.
outlined the party policies in his key
note speech He said in part
Gentlemen Of the Convention
The Democratic party, in this con.
gention assembled. meets TO perform
a duty, not to itself. but to the nation.
Proud OF the part it has played I'm
the nations past the party Of Jeffer-
son and jackson is gathering here TO
dedicate itself anew TO The preserva-
tion OF free, a united, sovereign
republic.
we are proud Of the battles We
have fought in the past under the
emblem Of a great political party.
but there Is truth that we desire
10 blazon above afl that we may say
Or do IN this convention.
We have entered this hall as
Democrats: we shall deliberate ana
act here as Americans.
We who gather IN this hail. stand
for the Amerlonnlsm OF the Fotb0rB
who laid the foundations OF this
nation 40 strong and deep that no
storm has over rocked them, no up
heaval ever moved them, We stand
for the Amerioanism which under
the magic spell OF citizenship and
he mystic influence Of the Stars
and Stripes converts men OF every
nountry into man Of one country,
and that country our country; mon
Of every flag into mon Of ono hag'
and that flag our flag.
No American who knows the facts
can honestly oppose or oriticlso the
policy OF neutrality which tho pres
ent Democratic administration has
pursued. Driven from this position,
by the logic OF our history and the
lesson Of our prosperity, carpors and
treme and assert that this policy has
not been forced with sufilolont
vgor by the present administration,
Standing here with tho eyes OF
the nation upon this convention,
with the cold light OF reason, tho
piercing shafts Of logic streaming
upon all that we may say or do,
declare, with history ~ my wilnoes
and with fact a. my proof that tho
neutral rights OF American eitiEona
have never boon 20 vigorously Ra-
serted or so successfully maintained
~ they have beon asserted and
maintained by the President OF tho
United States during tho present war
Americas doctrine OF neutrality
never meant that this nation must
tnNa ~ Hlfal
Invasion OF ita neutral rightR. Neu.
trality Is not q halr-trlggorod polio,
that expiodes IN violence AZ the hrs
assault. Il Il policy that hRl
proved successful because Il has al
ways been asserted through nogntla
tlon rather than through fore'
through diplomacy rather than b
an appeal 20 arms. This does nc
mean that America will not resoi
ic war when al other means of pre-
iectlne its neutral rights have fallel
but % docs means that America WI
exhaust ewary peaoerui means q
protecting those rights before
takes the sten from which there 4
no appeal Just as IN domeati
affairs the penal statutes oanno
wholly suppress crime, 80 IN fo1eigi
affairs the law OF neutrality eanno
entirely prevent the breach of neu
trai rights, There has scarcely beef
war since the principle OF neutral
ity WAS embodied IN lnteFnatiana
law, IN which Hnme neutral citizens
have not been killed. IN whioh SOM
neutral trade has not boon interfere,
with,
PrcpnrednesH.
The genius of This country II 70
peace. Compared with the blood
smearod pages Of Europe our roc
orda are almoEt Immaculate In IN
making OF no other nation has cor
quest played 70 small part Stole
wealth doeH not MI our Golfers @
ravished territory swell our domalnl
We have built our greatness o
The resources OF nature and IN
peaceful toll OF our people, Tho rim
Of the anvil not tho rattle OF Oh
saber. the song OF tho reaper NJ
the shrek OF the soldier, tho oihtte
Of The shuttle not the crack Of IA
rifle have won uH the place We OF
cupy today IN the councils OF N
world
WIN 10 WAT mas utNUf uNuU
choice, Il has always been fat
We would ike 10 furi tho flags {
war and still its throbhing drums
we sigh for the day when men WI
beat their swords into plowshAres
their spears into pruning hooks, bu
we recognize that tho miracle 10 ye
70 be performed which perfect
human nature and imbues nation
with the spirit 10 do unto others a
we would they should do unto us
Federal Reserve Act,
The hrHt OF these Is the Fedora
Reserve Act which freed the bust
ness man and the farmer from tn
financial domination Of the manel
changers and lifted the monaco a
pnnic from our industrial life
rive times during the past thirt,
years al periods whom lnduatry wa
nourishing and oropa were abundant
me purse strings Of lhe country nav
ughtened without apparent renso
Rno the nation has been devastato
5y panics
Business men had seen the natie,
work Of years swept away i'm nipN
Farmers had watched their hom,
sold over their heads The ,vido
and the orphan, the tire-woman n,
the mechanic had found themselv
dcfrauded Of their Dittances as IN
beat upon the closed doors OF
solvent banks Paralysis had fan
upon the nations industries. Arm
Of the unemployed had march