The sun., 1916-09-03
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Vice-Pres!den Marshall. the only man
With top hat and gloves. bringing up the
rear.
The Presidents sreech took him an
hour to deliver. AS he finished, from =
corner Of the great lawn there came q
salute Of t~wenty-one bombs. some Of
them bursting In the air to discharge
tiny parachutes from which fiut,er,d
American fat> The President. who had
gone inside quickly reappeared n took
- Q position or the east piazza. where
Re shook hands with the crowd as II
eaowly filed past him. He left Shadow
Lawn At II +. NJ. for Washington
The Predicate Speech.
The acceptance address Of Mr.. Wilson
follows:
oRNAroR JAMss. GENTLEMEN OF the
NOTIFICATION COMMITTEES, FrLLow
CITIZENS:
I cannot accept the leadership and
eesponsibility which the National Demo-
cratic Convention has gain. in such gen.
orous fashion. asked me to accept with
cut nrst expressing my profound graft
eude to the party for the trust IL re.
poses In me after four years Of merry
trial In the midst OF affairs OF imp e.
eedented difficulty. and the keen sense
81 added retpons billy with which this
0onor nils II had almost said burdens)
ne as ! think OF the great Issues OF
national life and policy involved in the
present and immediate future conduct OF
our Government. I shall seek. as I have
always sought. to Justify the extraord!-
nary confidence thus reposcd In me by
striving 10 purge ms heart ana pur-
pose OF every personal and OF every
mb!ead.ng parry motive and devot.ng
every energy ! have to the service O:
the nation as a whole. praying that
may continue to have the counsel and
support Of al forward looking men at
every turn OF the difficult business.
For ] do not doub; tha; the people
Of the United States will wish the Demo
cratic party to continue in control OF
the Government. They are not in the
Aab!t OF rejecting those who have
actually served them for those who are
making doubtful and conjecture! prom
bes OF service. Least of all are they
likely 10 substitute those who promised
- render them particular services and
proved false TO that promise FOR this,
who have actually rendered those very
services.
Party Merely Has Done Its Duty.
Boosting Is always an empty bu.i-
ne@ which pleases nobody but the
ooaster. and I have no disposition TO
boast OF what the Democratic par,v
80 "'NpllI'i"itl IL mas merely 0Ote
Ms duty. II has merely fulfilled its ex-
plicit promises. But there can be no
violation o: good taste In calling at,en-
non to the manner In which those
promises have been carried out or In
odvert.ng TO the Interesting fact that
many OF the thinrs accomplished were
what the opposition party had again
n again promised To 10 but had lest
undone. Indeed that IL man,festiy part
0Y The hNui-yaa ~ fhta sn0p ~ r~,lnu
ing and assessment. There 10 no means
Of Judging the future except BY assess
ing the past. Constructive action mus;
oe weighed against destructive mmen
n reaction. The Democrats either have
cr have no, understood the varied in
esrests OF the country. The test Is
contained IN the record.
What Is that record? WHAT were the
Democrats called into power to do?
What 'h.rgs had long W !'ed to be done.
and how did the Democrats do them?
II II n record Of extraordl-ar lenx.h
and variety. rich In elements of many
Kinds. but consistent in principle
throughout and susceptible Of brief re-
Nltai.
Republicans Failed Morally.
The Republican party wa put out Of
power because OF failure. pr,c'ical fall
are and moral failure: because II had
served special Interests and not the
= e0untry AZ large because. under the
leadership OF Its preferred ard es,ao-
6shed guides, of hose who SIN make It's
choices, &, had lost touch with the
thoughts and the needs OF the nation
and was living In a past age and under
Q ftxed illusion. the Illusion OF great
Hsss. IT had framed tariY laws based
0pon a fear OF foreign trade. a funda-
mental doubt as to American skill. en-
esrpr!se and capacity. and . very tender
regard for the profitable privileges of
those who had gained control OF domes-
tic markets and domestic cred Is and
yet had enacted antitrust laws which
oampered the very things they meant
% foster. which were stin and inelas-
dc, and in par uninte zig BILE, II had
permitted the country throughout the
long period Of It's control to stagger
from one financial crisis to an
ether under the operation OF a ma
tional banking law OF It's own framing
which made stringency and panic ,er-
tain and he control OF the larger bust
eess operations OF the country by he
bankers ora few reserve centres in-
evitab!e had made as 4 it reart 10 PEE
form the law. but had faint heartedly
CALLED In the attempt because II could
Dot bring !;seif 10 do the one thing
accessory TO make the reform genuine
and ~effectual, namely. break up the con-
&rol Of small groups OF bInke :. II had
Been obllvious, or ind 10 the fact
chat the farmers. upon whom the coun-
Try depends for It's food and In the last
analysis for its prosperity, were with
cut standing In the matter OF CONNER
eial credit. without the protection OF
Standards In their market transactions
end without systematic knowledge OF the
0arkets themselves; that the Ia borers
q the country, the great army OF men
Who man the Industries Il was processing
% father and promote. carried their la
Dor as q mere commodity to market,
we're subject TO restraint by novel and
0raSti process In the courts. were with
cut assurance OF compensati1n for In
austriai accidents, without Federal as
distance In .~commOdating labor dis
putes and without national all OF adj
vice In finding the places and the indus
cries In which tn fir labor was most
needed. The ountry had no national
system OF road construction and devcl-
opment. Little intell.pent attention was
paid to the army. and not enough to ;he
Havy. The other republics OF Amer ca
listrus;ed us because they found that
0can investors and only as an after
ehouRht Of impartial Justice and helpful
friendship. Its policy was provincial In
eli things: Its purposes were out Of
Harmony with the temper and purpose
q the people and the Timely develop
msnt OF the nations interes y.
30 things stood when the Democratic
Sarty came into power. How do they
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