Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-28
WOODROW WILSON DAY
CELEBRATED; NEW YORK
MEN AT SHADOW LAWN
Democrats Throughout Nation
Honor President, While He
Receives 10000 From
the Metropolis
PLANNING FOR WIND-UP

SHADOW LAWN Long Branch, n. j.,
Oct. 2S.--Democrats I'm every city, town and
hamlet of the United States today are
celebrating Woodrow Wilson Day There
Ii but one exception: Shadow Lawn. At
the summer White House New York Day"
was observed, for reasons Of modesty as
well as of consideration for the 10000 men
and women who made the pilgrimage from
New York city,
Throughout the country, wherever there
are enough Democrats TO make quorum
and in the larger cities crowds of thou
sands are expected 20 gather-there will be
read, by a prominent Democratic citizen,
a presidential proclamation on American
ism and the new freedom" Thus the
President will address, indirectly. the en-
tire American Democracy on the same day
and. in most places at the same hour
ADDRESSES THRoNG
Here at Shadow Lawn there is a gather
ing of Democrats from all over New York
State. The President addressed the throng
this afternoon.
Mr. Wilson first explained that today is
called Wilson Day because for six years he
had been permitted ito lead, first great
State and then q great national party along
the ways OF progress and of enlarged re-
generated life which our people had 80 long
sought and so long been held back from
by the organized power of selfish interest,
and because the great honor has fallen to
and representative of the men who mean to
hold the country 10 these ways Of peace,
humanity and progress. II is of these forces
that l shall speak and not of myself, who
am merely their servant"
-Four years ago there were two parties
I'm the field whose program was conceived
under the influence Of these great forces
of progress and adjustment-the Democratic
party and the Progressive party" said the
President. "Ths year there is but one
the Democratic party. More than two
thirds of the voters Of the United States
four years ago favored then. and favor now.
a program whose object is to serve the
changing needs Of humanity and progress
The Democratic party was entrusted with
the task These powerful forces of the
new age were put under its direction. And
under that direction they have put both
the business and the life Of the country
upon a new footing
"And still the great work is not finished.
II can never be rounded OF and concluded
so long as circumstances change and the
fortunes and relations of men shift and
alter. The question you have to decide
one week from next Tuesday is whether
Il shall be prematurely interrupted, per-
haps for a generation to come, and all the
generous forces of the age and of the
word thrown back upon themselves in DIS
couragement and confusion.
CRITICAL POINT IN HISTORY
'The program remaining is as great as
the program accomplished. We know that
We stand at one OF the most critical juno
lures In the history OF the world. when all
hopes hang In the balance. We will suffer
nc man. no body OF men. through timidity
or fear or jealousy 10 delay or hinder OF
enibarrass us. Reaction can have no place
of tolerance among us when all the world
waits upon those who plan justice and
pI oRress. / summon you, not only TO sus'
tain. but TO swell the hosts that have theii
faces now set toward the lght, their eyei
lifted TO the horizons where the dawn OF
a new age begins to brighten and i sum
mon you with confidence, with a certain
expectation OF the part America and hel
great people are TO play when the dawr
broadens into day"
CONFIDENT OF MIDDLE WEST
Returning last night from his last swing
through the Middle West Mr.. Wilson ex
| pressed great qualification over the re.
suits OF his trip, He and his campaign
managers were particularly impressed with
the reception accorded the President IN
| Cincinnati.