The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03

1 fundamental than the one that have spoken of. Another line of division that has shown itself in this country which we love is the division between those who direct labor and those who perform labor.
 My fellow citizens, nothing more serious could happen to this country than that those who employ labor ferent class and privilege from those who perform labor. The working peo- ple of this country constitute the great majority of its citizenship. They con- stitute the blood and sinew which con- stitute1 this nation and makes it strong or weak, happy or unhappy. | 3'In proportion as we defend the children, as we defend the women, as we see that the men are safe in the mines, we see that the men are guided 1 in their industries by the interest of the whole nation; in proportion as we see that justice is done,- in proportion as we see that they feel that they con- stitute parts of the great government, in that proportion will the country be happy, will the country be strong, will the country be triumphant in all dts affairs.
 1 A Fundamental Ideal.
 "This is not matter of mere senti- ment or sympathy. It is a matter of human rights. It is a matter of the fundamental ideals of America itself. It is a matter that should be at the heart of those who direct industry just as much as 1t is at the heart of those who conduct industry. l You know that recently we were able to do an act of mere justice to a part of the great body of the work ingmen of America; I mean in the enactment of the eight-hour day. And the reason that has made so profound ah impression is not that it goes as far as it might go, in accomplishing its results, but because it has shown the laboring man of this country that there are some people in authority who look at life from their point of view.
 Then there is another division that has shown itself among the American l people. Some men have shown them selves so interruptions and debased that they have actually in order to gain a party advantage sought to discredit their own government in the face of the most delicate foreign relations.
 'Men have sought to put shame upon their own country in order. that they might gain a personal advan- tage. Not only that, but some of our citizens have sought to get the affairs of this country determined rather by interests which lie outside of it than by interests which lie inside of it.
 'Now, my fellow citizens, what are we going to do in the face of all this?''
 l (Voices). "Elect you, Woodrow; elect you!'
 "A Party for the People.''
 'I won't say what are we gfng to do. I am going to say, What have we done? We have formed for the first time in recent years in this country a party of the people. We have set up government in response to the opinion of the people. We have marshaled the men who think together, the men who feel together the men who pur- I pose together, in such hosts that I predict they will prove invinsible. T am not fearful lest any of these lines of cleavage should run so deep as to touch the heart of this people; :; know what this rising tide means. It does not mean confidence in any particular man; it means confidence in the destinies of America and the confidence of the American people that they again govern their own af- fairs.
 ''So that when we look upon our politics at the present time we should concentrate all our purpose upon keeping the men together who believe that everybody is entitled to an equal l chance; who believe that liberty is a reality and not name; who believe that justice must be achieved and can only be achieved by holding together, shoulder to shoulder, one body of con- quer1ng freemen.
 My fellow citizens we are gathered together on an occasion like this, not in order to engage in a detailed dis cussion of public questions, but in or der to assure one another that we be- 1 lieve in each other; that we are ready to stand together. We don't mean to take the promises of any body; we mean to see that the thing 1 is done ourselves.
 If I did not believe that the prin- ciples which we have been fighting for and which I have tried to repre- sent were the principles of the great body of the American people. I would not presume to offer myself as can- didate. I don't want to be elected unless I am one of you and you be- lieve in me.
 Called Blessings Upon Him. My friends, I have recently had some very touching experiences. have been travelling to various parts of the country and I have seen things that touched my heart
 And so as I have travelled from one part of this country to the other I have seen not only men but women rush to the side of the railway and l call out blessings upon the little party l of which I constituted part "Wny should they bless me when l have done nothing. that I know of except mere act of justice? Does ] it mean. my fellow citizens. can it