The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-09-07
WILSON 8 SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE.

ocrstic nomination for president. Wood
row Wilson said:
Senator James. Gentlemen OF the
Medication Committee. Fellow Citizens
Il cannot accept the leadership and
responsibility which the national Dem
ocraue convention has again. In such
generous fashion. asked me 10 accept
without trst expressing my profound
gratitude 10 the party for the trust II
reposes In me after four years OF fiery
trial In the midst OF affairs OF I'M
precedented difficulty and the keen
sense of added responsibility with
which this honor fills Il had almost
said burdens) me as / think OF the
great issues OF national life and policy
involved In the present and immediate
future conduct Of our government
shan seek, as / have always sought. 20
Justify the extraordinary confidence
thus reposed IN me by striving TO
purge my heart and purpose OF every
personal and OF every misleading party
motive and devoting every energy 1
have to the service OF the nation as
whole. praying that I may continue TO
have the counsel and support OF all
forward looking men at every turn or
the difficult business.
"For i do not doubt that the people
Of the United States will wish the
Democratic party TO continue in con-
troll OF the government. They are not
In the habit OF rejecting those who
have actually served them for those
who are making doubtful and cOnjec
81 Too alf M
all are they likely to substitute those
who promised to render them partic-
ular services and proved false 10 that
promise for those who have actually
rendered those very services
Explicit Promises Fulfilled.
Boosting II always an empty bust
ness. which pleases nobody but the
boaster, and I have no disposition to
boast of what the Democratic party
has accomplished. IL has merely done
its duty. II has merely fulfilled its ex-
plicit promises. But there can be no
violation Of good taste In calling atten-
ton 10 the manner IN which those
promises have been carried out or in
adverting to the interesting fact that
many OF the things accomplished were
what the opposition party had again
and again promised TO do. but had left
undone. Indeed. that Is manifestly part
of the business OF this year of reckon
ing and assessment There IS no means
| OF judging the future except by assess
| ing the past. Constructive action must
be weighed against destructive COM
ment and reaction"
| Mr.. Wilson asserted that the Repub-
lican party was put out OF power be
cause OF practical and moral failure.
because IL had served special interests
and not the country at large. Banking
reform. the interests Of the farmer and
the army and navy had been neglected.
Set Free to Move.
SO things stood when the Demo
cratic party came into power How
do they stand now? Alike in the do
nestle field and In the wide field of
the commerce Of the world. American
business and life and industry have
| been set free To move as they never
moved before.
The tariff has been revised not on
the principle OF repelling foreign trade.
but upon the principle OF encoura gfng
II upon something like a footing of
. equality with our own In respect of
the terms OF competition. and a tariff
board has been created whose function
II viii be to keep the relations OF
American with foreign business and
Industry under constant observation
FOR the guidance alike OF our business
men and OF our congress. American
energies are now directed toward the
markets OF the world
The laws against trusts have been
clarified by definition with a view 70
making II plain that they were not di
-ected against big business. but only
against unfair business and the pre-
tease Of competition where there was
none and a trade commission has beer
created with powers Of guidance and
accommodation which have relieved
business men OF unfounded fears ant
set them upon the road of hopeful
and confident enterprise
by the federal reserve act the sup
] ply OF currency at the disposal of &C
, tive business has been rendered elastic
taking its volume not from a IKE,
! body OF investment securities. bu
from the liquid assets Of daily trade
nntt these assets are assessed and nc
eepted not by distant groups Of bank
ers In control of unavailable reserves
: but by bankers at the many centers o
|, local exchange who are In touch witt
!, local conditions everywhere.
Effective measures have been take
, for the recreation OF an American
merchant marine and the revival o
the American carrying trade indisper
sable 10 our emancipation from tn
/. control which foreigners have so Ion
exercised over the opportunities. IN