The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-09-09
WILSON SCORES REPUBLICANS
SAYS THAT OPPOSING PARTY Is
PRACTICAL AND MORAL
FAILURE.
Makes speech Of Acceptance Of His
Nomination ~ President at Summer
Home Shadow Lawn, Outlining
Issues He VIII Take up In Campaign
Tor Pcsidency. ,e

Home, 4 Shadow Lawn, Outlining
Iasues He VIII Take up In Campaign
Tor Prcsideacy. ~
2 Long Branch, N. j.. September o.
President Wilson to-day formally
opened his campaign for reelection
with speech accepting the Demo-
cratic nomination. in which he char
acterised the Republican party as a
';practical and moral failure" defend
Cd his Mexican and European policies,
recitsd the legislative achievements
Of his administration and declared for
= ''bis America." ("
The president left Shadow Lawn at
IA O'Clock tonight for Warrington. Z
In his speech President Wilson was
unsparins In his criticism Of the Re-
publican party a. . party - master
ly.inactiyity and cunning resourcefnl-
nsss IN standins pat TO rssist change"
and said that old lsadsrs still select
IL candilat4. but ne did not mention
Charles -. Hughes. the Republican
candidats. BY nA1he.
4 The president spoke from the vs-
tAhq& u ~ sumintr home to 4 crowd
vlhiSh Ailsd s;tst chairs ana cvsthow-
"a ~ lawn. III
epe@kins In the open his voice could
- heard ~ only ! small part OF the
crowd, but those who did hear him
constantly interrupted with applause.
ohcs wheh he said: II neither seek
the favor nor fear the dlspleasure OF
that small allen, element amongst as
which puts loyalty to any foreign pow
- before ioyaitytto the United statsb. Y
ths crowd stood and chesred.
The notification cersmcnies we're
brought 20 : dramatic close when
more than ! score of American flags
attached - paraehutes were fred TITO
INA afr by mortars and unfolded over
the prepident,s head a the band play
Cd ''Amsrica. Afterward Mr.. Wilson
stood more than an hour on the W.
rehda and shook hands with ssvefal
thousand men, women and children. I.
Sepetor James OF Kentucky. chair-
tnan q the notincation committee. in
tfpduosd 4 ne ptesident. when hs ds-
8les that III. Wilson had kept
ttic q tps4Ss the crowd tsSporsti
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Aeeding slowly. but distinctly. ffom
4 printed copy OF his speech and fre-
leosntly looking up to emphasize par
sticular points. Mr.. Wilson spoke Of
the Democratic platform as a ay''def,-
hite pledge" Reviewing the achieve
ments Of the administration he said
alike IN the domestic field and in the
vide fisld OF the commerce of the
world. American business and life and
industry have been set free to move
- they never moved before
He said: Eve have provided for
national defence upon.a scale never
bsfors seriously proposed upon the
responsibility Of an entire political
party"
Concluding his list of measures
passed by congress In the last three
years. the president declared; "This
extraordinary recital must sound like
q platform. q list of sanguine prom
ises. but II Ii not. It is a record Of
promises made four years ago and
now actually redeemed in construc-
tive legfslation.''
The president made bid for the
Progressive vote by saying that "we
have In four years come very near
carrying ont the platform of the Pro-
gressive party as we'll as our own,
for We are also progressives." Furth-
er along. rsbuking foreign born Amer
icans VINO are not loyal to the United
States. he said: II am the candidate
OF a party. but am above all things
else an American citizen"
When Mr.. Wilson declared that the
revolution in Mexico is right and that
90 long, an It's leaders represent. how
ever imperfectly. a struggle for free
dom. he is ready to serve their ends,
the crowd applauded. Applause also
greeted his declaration that America
must do its part in laying the foun-
dation for the world peace.
The policy of the United States in
dealing with violations of the rights
OF Americans as a result OF the Eu-
ropean war the president outlined
thus: that property rights can be vim