The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
PLAIN SPEECH BY
PRESIDENT WILSON
Republican Success Would Mean Fa-
vors to Special Interests, Reversal
of Foreign Policy, War for Peace

President Wilson delivered a strong
speech at Long Branch, N. j., last
Saturday, in which he compares the
united condition of the Democratic
party, with the mixed and incohesive
elements Of the Republican party, as
sails the old guard, and declares that
a reversal Of policy would be "a re-
versal from peace to war" Also that
zone of the things that threaten US
in teh future if the Republican party
is successful is a conflict between cap
ital and labor" Following are some
Of the salient parts Of his speech:
81 take it that the object Of every
intelligent voter is to cast his ballot
in favor of some definite purpose,
provided he can find an instrumental
ty through which that definite pur
pose can be accomplished. What he
wants is to know where he is going
and who is going with him; and not
only who is going back Of him. He
wants to know the great volume of
conserving and concerted purpose
which is going to make up an ade
quate and effective force to accomp-
fish what he desires.
Fortunately the lines of this cam
paign have recently become very clear
indeed. The choice is very definite
one which does not require any sub
tie analysis for it's determination. s.
"On the one hand there is a party
which is united, made up of congen-
ial elements and which has determin-
ed it's direction by it's performances
and not by its promises. You know
what the Democratic party has ac
complished. You know that it neither
can turn back nor desires to turn
back. You know that it is united as
never before and you know there is
no conflict of counsel within its ranks.
You have a compact and therefore
irresistible force to accomplish some
thing in particular. Some very in
teresting things have happened in the
Democratic party in the last three
years and half. When l went to
Washington | went with certain men
in my mind who had long been inf1u
entail in the counsels of Congress,
who, | was told, were reactionarieS;
men, mean, in the Democratic ranks.
And want to say for those men that
no wheel horse in harness ever pulled
harder than they did in the direction
of the party's program of progress.
l did not have to lie awake at night
knowing what they were going TO do.
/ knew that they were going to CO.
operate, cooperate with sagacity and
intelligence and force in the accomp-
lishment that the party had pledged
itself to, and they did cooperate, and
did triumph and did bring about the
great achievements of the party. So
that can testify that back of me as
a leader of the party there is an or
ganized, enthusiastic and determined
team that is ready to do team work
and obey every signal.
He Assails Republicans.
"On the other hand, what have we?
1t battles description Men of every
sort, variety and purpose. Well not
say united, but associated for an I'M
avowed object, more interesting than
that and more ominous than that, shot
through with every form of bitter
ness, every ugly form of hate, every
debased purpose of revenge, and ev-
cry covert desire to recover secret
power--a party made up like occu-
pants of the ancient cave of Adullam,
of everybody Disconnected and insur-
gent against existing circumstances,
and therefore not very happily in
conference with one another. Because
their grievances are so different, their
purposes so contrast, their tempera-
ments so incompatible, if they should
by any unhappy chances succeed no
divorce proceedings will be necessary
to accomplish their separation.
$50 that you have on the one hand
a party united in organization and
purpose, a purpose which has absorb
ed within itself, within its own gen.
erous scope, the purposes which indie
pendent voters and progressives all
through the nation have had most at
heart; that lent itself to purposes ev-