Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
For Cunning in Standing Pat to Resist Change" He Says, ''The Republican Party Takes the Prize" HE DEFENDS MEXICAN
 POLICY; RAPS ALIENS Compares Democratic Record of Legislation with the c. O. F., and Wants a Bigger America.
(By Review Leased Wire)

LONNr DhA-N1Ils -N J.s sept --
 President Wilson today formal
 ly opened his campaign for re-
 election with a speech accepting
 the Democratic nomination in
 which he characterized the Repub-
 licap party as a practical and
 moral failure" defended his Mex
 ican and European policies, recit-
 ed the legislative achievements of
 his administration and declared
 for big America. The President
 left Shadow Lawn at Il o'clock
 tonight for Washington.
 In his speech President Wilson
 was unsparing in his criticism of
 the Republican party as a party
 of "masterly inactivity and cum
 ming resSurcefulness in standing
 pat to resist change" and said that the old leaders still select their candidates, but he did not mention Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate, by name.
 The President spoke from the
 veranda of his summer home to
 crowd which filled eight thousand
 chairs and overflowed to the lawn.
 Speaking in the open, his voice could be heard by only a small part of the crowd, but those who did hear him constantly interrupted with ap- plause.
 Challenges Aliens.
 Once when he said, 'I neither seek the favor nor fear the displeasure of that small alien element amongst us, which puts loyalty to any foreign power before loyalty to the United the crowd stood and cheered-
 The notification ceremonies were brought to a close when more than a score of American flags attached to parachutes were fired into the air by the mcrtars and unfolded over the Presidents head as a band played America" Mir Wilson stood more than an hour on the veranda and shook hands with several thousand men, women and children.
 Cheered Repeatedly.
 Senator James, of Kentucky, chair man of the notification committee, in troduced the President When he de clared that MT Wilson had kept Amer ica at peace, the crowd responded instantly and applauded several min utes. He concluded by handing the President a copy Of the St. Louis plat form.
 U. S. Record Unequalled.
 Reading from a printed copy of his speech and frequently looking up to particular points, MT. Will son spoke of the Democratic platform as a Definite pledge. Reviewing the achievements of the administra- tion he said, Alike in the domestic fields and in the foreign field of com merce of the world. American busi- ness life and industry have been set to move as they never moved before" :"
 Democratic Legislation.
 Concluding his list of measures passed by Congress in the last three years, MT Wilson said: This extra ordinary recital must sound like a platform, a list of sanguine promises. but it is not It is a record of promises made four years ago and now actually in constructive legislation" ["
 Further along, rebuking foreign born Americans who are not loyal to the United States, he said:
 q am the candidate of party. but above all things else, l am an When MT. Wilson de clared that the revolution in Mexico is right and that so long as its leaders however. imperfectly a struggle for freedom, he is ready to serve their ends. the crowd aDplauded. Applause also greeted his declaration that America must do its part in lay ing the foundation for world peace.
 Wilson Hears Strike Averted.
 When President Wilson was told to
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