Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-17
Speaks at Shadow Lawn to
Delegation Of Independent
Voters WhOCometo Pledge
Their Support
DEMOCRACY STANDS
FOR HUMANE LEGISLATION
Finds No Indication of ADJ
yancement for Country in
Policies Advocated by Re
publican Leaders, He Says,
lev -oss,ro ,ous".l .rserAt .sA'sO wa"


dent Wilson today told a delegation
Of Independents, comprising the Will
son volunteers, that the democratic
party is the only nstrumentality now
at hand for the enactment of genuine,
humane, just and progressive legis-
lation." The members of the delega-
ton came here to tell the president
they planned to campaign for HIM
from the Battery To Buffalo in New
York state, because he felt he had
given the nation "a square deal"
Led bv Amos Pinchot and Rabbi
Stephen $. Wise Of New York, the
delegation remained with the presi-
dent longer than an hour, lie talked
with the delegation in the reception
room Of this summer residence, shaw
ow Lawn.
Time for Progrcssivcs to Unite.
The president declared the time has
come for America TO unite her pro-
grcssiye forces" He said the leaders
of the opposition want only three
things-"the scalp of the present
comptroller of the currency John
SHELTON Williams; to get tontrot OF
the banking system of the country
and to put the army and navy of the
! United states back of their financial
enterprise in Mexico and throughout
the world.
THE problem that America has had
Ia face for some time" said the pres
ident, "has been to unite and organ
lie her progressive forces They have
been present i'm the nation for long
time. They have been running hke
undercurrents. They have been as
serting themselves here there ana
elsewhere in some times unexpected
quarters but not until four years ago
ala they disclose their numerical
forces"
Dissecting the presidential vote Of
I1g12. which he called striking the
president said that of the more than
I15,OOO.0O0 votes east 1O,OOO,0OO were
cast for the progressive candidates
ana programs Of the campaign, rep
resented by the progressive ana dem
ocratic parties. OF the remaining o.
600 coo votes only 100000 were east
for the republican candidate, "a most
extraordinary manifestation of the de-
sire of the people of the United States
10 move forward among new ana CON
structive lines, in respect to their pup
lie policy
Progressive Element Dominant.
He said that for long time the
progressive element had been the
dominating one i'm the democratic
party and the election four years ago
showed the strength of that element
in the republican ranks, as given by
the progressive party vote,
"Now, since then continued PfeSl-
dent Wilson, this group in the demo
cratic party has had an opportunity TO
show the country whether it meant
what it said or not and it has shown
that it did mean what it said, that II
was a genuine progressive force, ready
TO do the things that it had promised
to do
'The men who oppose us can sum
their desires in three propositions 10
nut it as they would put IT, they want
the scalp of the PreSe,' ,' rp''p,, onn V',c ia..
of the currency 'aI o,,S 'o''' an,
ture because loI Tue ~ y, '''I', ,,ai,. -, ~
years ne mas o"',seu ',', ,..,o,a,, D,, him
! obey the banking laws N''o"'''S La
to he honorable, knowing hlm TO be
efficient. can conjecture no other
reason .,t.. o,s,cm
Desire Cohtr"i oi i'"'"'"E ' - ~ Iaa,re
In the secohu P,'''' ivy .,ytno
I to get cohlroi oi ',Ie ~, I' ,',o,o thev
system ana III 'le '''''G a'.,, p,' ~ mo
wish to put ine army '''p p.i. c,,anr,al
United states PACK ol ''''' l..',l,ont ''''',
enterprises IN ''e@'1" .'''1 ,,,s ts yhat
the world IN ~ W 49,, aun,yed in
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