The sun., 1916-10-08
"OLD GUARD" RULES
G. O. p, SAYS WILSON
Republicans Only Cohesive
Force Plans a Treasury
Raid. lie Declares.
TAKES FLING Ar BACON
President Calls Opposing Party
Motley combination for
Special Interests.

LoNG BRANcH. y. J.. oct T-Presi.
dent Wilson to-day assailed the Repub-
ltcan party as "a congiomerate Of con-
nicting interests and referred to the
support a faction of the party gave
Robert Bacon in the campaign for the
Senatorial nomination ia New York as.
proof that the "vocifcious' element NJ
tho @. - l.. does not want to- be neutral
toward the warning nations. lie did not
mention Bacon's name but the refer
ence was unmistaknble.
Mr.. Wilson asserted tina the Ola
Guardr rcall, Is IN control and tina, II
the party gets into power at the Novem.
Der election 1t will he to control the
Treasury and establish the ola partner
ship. broken up four ye1rs ago." OF the
interests and the Government. The
President said that while every line Of
his national policy has been assailed mo
diagrams have been drawn OF any
other"
lie spoke to a delegation of progress
sives. independents and college men who
came here in a special train and marched
to Shadow Lawn behind a band. They
e"f " '''o
OF War"
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale. a menu
Der OF the Roosevelt Conservation Com-
mission. and Hugh Gordon Miller, a
New York Progressive. introduced the
President.
Mr. Wilson'S speech.
President Wilson spoke IN part AZ
follows
Fortunately. the lines OF this COM
clear indeed, TN. choice is a very def
ip,,e ON. which does not require any
subtl. ANALYSIS for its determination.
.op m. or. hand there IL N party
which il united. mad, mn Of cnng.nlaI
elements and which has determined its
d,r.c,,o, bv its performances and not by
Us nromis,s You knov- what Ia. Demo
cratic marty has oc,o,nplish.d. You know
that IL neither can turn hack nor desires
10 turn back
..you know ,ll, Il is united as never
united before. and YOU know that there
t. M c,unir, nf counsel within ius ranks.
You hay. - compac and. therefore,, ir-
r.ststible fore. To- accomplish something
IN particular.
when went to Washington. I went
with certain mon an nv mind who had
long been influential in the ~counsels ~
. Congress who I was told were reaction
aries-men mean in the Democratic
ranks And | want "a say for thse men
that no wheel morse In harness ever pulled
harder than they did In the direction Of
the party's programme Of progress. So
that I can testify that back Of me as a
leader of the party there Is an orga-
nized. enthusiastic aad determined team
tina, is ready to do team work and ob-,
every signal.
=, s,.x descrin,,nu men OF every sor,
aud variety az nurnose will not say
upi,ed lint associated f,r an unayowed
ohtec, More Intervening than that and
more om,rous .hnu that. sbo, through
with every f,,m az bitterness every
ugly form, OF hate every debased Dur-
nose Of revenge and every covert desire
10 recover secre, mower nnrty made
IN. like the occiuants of The ancient
cave of Adulium. of everybody discon-
tented and insuIgeut against existing
circumstances, and therefore no, very
hsppily in conference with one another
What would happen II the Rspuhli.
can party should succeed on the 7th of
November? IL | were q leader OF tina,
party would be AFRAID To get elected