East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-09-02
WILSON DEFENDS POLICIES
IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
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had almost said burdens) me as T
think of the great issues Of national
life and policy involved in the recent
and immediate future conduct of our
government / shall seek, as l have
always sought to justly the extraor-
dinary confidence thus reposed in me
by striving to purge my heart and
purose OF every personal and OF
every misleading party motive and
devoting every energy l have to the
service OF the nation as a whole
praying that l may continue to have
I the counsel and support of all for
ward looking men at every turn Of
the difficult business
People With Democratic Party.
For do not doubt that the people
Of the United states will wish the
democratic party to continue in con-
: troll of the government They are not
in the habit of rejecting those who
have actually served them for those
who are making doubtfm and coniec-
tural promises Of service, Least of all
are they likely to substitute those who
who promised to render them psrticu-
lar services and proved false to that
promise for those who have actually
rendered those very services.
Boosting is always an empty husi
ness, which pleases nobody but the
/ boaster and I have no disposition To
boast Of what the democratic party
has accomplished II has merely
done its duty II has merely fulfilled
its explicit promises But there can
he no violation Of good taste in call
ing attention to the manner in which
those promises have been carried
out or in advertnc 20 the interesting
fact that many Of the things accom-
plished were what the opposition par
tv had again and again promised 70
do hut had left undone, Indeed that
is manfestly part Of the business ot
this year Of reckoning and assess
ment There is no means Of judging
the past Constructive action must
be weighed against destructive COM
ment and reaction The democrats
either have or have not understood
the varied interests of the country
The test is contained IN the record.
Record Is Long and Consistent.
What is that record? What YER"
the democrats called into power 10
doe What things had long waited .
he done and how did the democrats
do them II is a record Of eXtraordi-
nary length and variety, rich in ele-
ments Of many kinds but consistent
in principle throughout and suscep'
tihle Of brief recital
The republican party was out Of
power because Of failure. practical
failure and moral failure because Il
had served special interests and not
the country at large: because. under
the leadership Of its preferred and
established guides. Of those who still
make its choices. II had lost touch
with the thoughts and the needs Of
the nation and was living in a past
age and under fixed Illusion the H.
lusion Of greatness. II had framed
tariff laws based upon a fear Of for
eign trade a fundamental doubt as &c
American skill. enterprise and capa'
city. and a very tender regard for the
profitable privileges of those who had
gained control Of domestic market
and domestic credit: and Vet had en-
acted antitrust laws which hamper
ed the very things they meant to fos
ter. which were still and inelastic
and in part unintelligible
= Banking law Favored Panics,
It had permitted the country
, throughout the long period Of It's con
, troll to stagger from one financial cri
! els TO another under the operation n
a national banking >aw Of It's owr
). framing which made strlngencv anc
= panic certa' n and tine control Of th'
:. larger business operations Of th'
country by the bankers Of few re
serve cen;ers inevitable. had made ~
!, If il meant to reform the law hut haC
~ faint t-heartedly failed in the attempt
= because II could not bring Itself 70 d'
. the one thing necessary TO make tbs
II reform genuine and effectual, namely
;. break up the control Of small group'
II Of bankers. II had been oblivous ol
- Indifferent. to the fact that the far
mers. upon whom the country de
pends for its food and in the last an
alysis for its prosperity were with
=, out standing in the matter Of com
mercial credit. without the protection
:. Of standards in their market tran ac'
tions, and without systematic knowl
edge Of the markets themselves; thai
the laborers Of the country. the grea'
army OF men who man the Industries
= it was protesting to father and pro-
y. mote. carried their labor to mere
: commodity to market, were subjec