Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-16
GOV. STUARTs SPEECH
Voices Enthusiastic Loyalty Which
State of His Birth Has for
Wilson


nor Henry C. Stuart, of Virginia
speaking for the State of his birth
and for the South as a whole, second
cd the nomination of Woodrow Wilson
last night in a speech that rang with
eloquence and with the pride which
all Virginians feel in their gift to
the nation.
During the whole of yesterdays
proceedings the Virginians on the
convention floor participated in the
| frenzied demonstrations which mark
ed the second days session and in the
passionate enthusiasm with which
every reference to the Wilson adj
ministration was met.
The Virginia delegates lifted the
standard of the State aloft and led
the procession which marched for
fifteen minutes down the aisles of the
great hall. They were the first 10
form in line, and were Immediately
followed by delegates from other
States.
Governor Stuart spoke as follows:
virginia, the mother of Presidents
has given into my hand the honor and
the highest commission to express for
her the pride she feels in the con-
tribution she has made to the nation
and to the world in her illustrious
son, Woodrow Wilson, and to second
his nomination for. President of the
United States. Proud as she is of
her Jefferson, the founder of our
new conception of the measure of hu-
man liberty, and who laid the sure
foundation of a popular government
on the earth, a government which
srecognizedrandv guaranteed the prices
less blessings of civil and religious
liberty; proud as she is of her Madi-
son, who, as President of the United
States, wrenched from the mother
country our commercial freedom on
the high seas; proud as she is of her
Monroe, who announced and maintain
ed doctrine which has been a bull
wark of safety in the enjoyment Of
liberties already achieved she is to-
day no less proud of her Wilson, who.
while guarding with jealous care the
heritage of his great predecessors,
has led the way to new freedom,
the freedom Of the American peo-
pie from the financial and CONNER
cial control of the privileged classes,
which have been fostered and pamper-
ed by a generation of Republicanism.
Though all his mighty conflicts
with selfish and intrenched interests
ct home, he has been beset by inter
national complications growing out
Of world war which has almost
shaken the foundations of civilization
itself. and yet we find Lis steady hand
at the helm strong in The confidence
and support of his fellow-countrymen
and in the respect of all the nations
Of the earth.
"Unmoved by the lamentations of
the false prophets of disaster at home
and abroad, he has protected the
rights and interests of America and
Americans on sea and on lanG-he
has given the country peace witt.
honor and an abounding prosperity
which has reached one hundred mil.
lions Of the happiest and freest peo-
pie that ever ii, ed on the gloha. Our
banks. once roverbially timid and
apprehensive of panics, have flled
their Golfers as never before, and
now rest in confidence that they have
this great government behind them
for every legitimate purpose. Our
garners as bursting with abundance
yielding to the till,r of the the soil
reward for his til which, with his
newly acquired :c"fss to capital and
credit, has lifted him into posi-
ton of independence, where he is n.
| longer asked to thank the Republican
! party for harvest and seedtime, fo,
!, rain and sunshine. for which it $,
t long claimed an exclusive patent Tt.
noastcd full dinner pail of the work
!, ingman has been doubled in size anc
5 is full to N eraowing.
t "llow Inconsistent is the Repu5l
! can plea that this great tide Of pr:,s,
! perity is uie sol,:y to a foreign wa
< 'vicn coupled with their criticism O
y the man whose wisdom. moderatinr
e and patriotism have preserved us from
S disastrous participation in need