The Washington times., 1916-10-08
Wilson Again Warns
Republican Victory
Would Result in War
President Tears Into Hughes and Roosevelt in Speech
Before $500 Supporters at Shadow Lawn-At-
lacks Colonel Because He Supported "Un-
neutral Bacon.

f ISS I,a,.., We made with the people Of
Would Be Afraid.
III were the leader Of that (the
Republican, party would be afraid to
get elected" the President declared. IN
the course Of his speech. II would
know that nothing but futility and dis
appointment awaited me. Because. odd
~ enough, the only distinct definitions
OF purpose come from the collateral
branches OF the family.
inc only articulate voice processes
opinions and purposes at which the rest
IN private SILVER and demur When
the whole country Is clamorinR for def
milton, II In legitimate to take Il where
you can get II. and the definitions are
ready happened In our politics.
One branch OF the party. the COL
laterel branch: to which have just re-
ferred backed as a candidate FOR the
United States Senate In the State of
ton In respect OF international AFFAIRS
was unneutral and whose intention was,
IL he became a member of that great
council upon international affairs at
wa Mas s,s to promote the interests Of
Therefore. we are warranted In be-
lieving that II the Republican party
SHOULD succeed. one very large branch
oftit would insist upon what its leader
ny insisted upon. complete reversal
thot the candidate I have referred 10 in
New York received. that reversal of
policy can only ~ reversal from
peace to war"
Old Guard Behind.
Back Of the scenes in the Republican
party" the President said. quiet, self
knowing the game better than
anyone else, are the men who really
have organization and control their own
possession. the old guard the men who.
at any rate. AFFORD us this advantage Of
controversy.
I'VE know where to find them. They
are always In the same place. They
always intend the same things. They
always have the samS-I was about To-
say Ideals. but will not misuse a hand
some word-the samh conception Of
what politics is for. and who knows. to
make a well-known quotation. exactly
They. amidst the conclusions OF coun-
cert action And the only ones who win
know how to carry II through"
He defined the Republican "combins-
ton OF men of every sort and variety
OF purpose" as 'one OF the most sinister
combinations American politics ever
saw.
United States has now to choos.
whether 1t VIII have a government for
terests.
THE mask Is off. II always was
Transparent. 1t never reached below
the lips. and you could see the cynical
patriotism in the eve. but a cynical
hardness about the lips.
Want to Get Governemnt.
They want possession OF the Gov
eminent. They want control OF the
Treasury OF the United States. They
want direction OF the business OF the
United States. They want determine
tion OF the foreign connections and poll
cies OF the United States. They want
possession of the legislation OF the
United States in order that the COM
Portable partnerships four years ago
broken up may be restored.
I'VE were born not to pile up material
wealth but to see that the spirits of
mankind did not lose heart. We were
born to prefer justice to power. hu-
manity to any form OF selfish achieve
ment. We raised up. as we have raised
up In effigy in the harbor OF New York.
an image OF liberty enlightening the
world, showing path OF luminous
light across the waters which we said
II men would follow. II would lead them
to a land OF justice; to a land OF
co-operased because they believed In
each others rights. to a land where no
man sought to be another mans master.
but where all men were united to-
sether II like ,Sn ,Ssss Of aRq
and these are the ideals which Will
settle the election OF 1916.
81 pity them because they are
blind. But until they get their eyes
want to walk and not fall. 1t is a
matter of congratulation to me that
there are so many independent vo-
tiers in the United States.
so II seems to me that the indepen-
osition before him. Does he want to
discontinue the liberal and peaceful
policies of the present Administratoh
and substitute In their stead the prop
and the Inevitably reactionary poll
cies OF the opposition?
"a great deal of ingenuity has been
expended in obscuring the issues or
the campaign. II 1t were an issue so
far as / am concerned. whether l am
wise and lovable or not, myself
would vote In the negative. ! don't
pretend to wisdom but DO pretend
with the greatest confidence TO an
absolute devotion to the interests of
my fellow countrymen and / do wish
to confirm the Judgment OF certain
gentlemen in Wall street that I never
car. cooperate with them. l wish I
could; ! wish that they could see
their own Interest, / wish that they
had vision enough to see that a happy
prosperous people are the only foun-
dations that are secure for private
wealth and SUGGEST ! wish that they
and serve their fellow men, fellow
men will contribute to their own ell
ovation and achievement.
II am a Democrat with a little "a
and big ID and ! am a progressive
with all my heart with a little u.
But I don't care In the least for any
party that doesn't lend itself to the
actual generous progress of the ma
tion. And ! would wish to see the
Democratic party rejected upon the
instant when II turns away from
these purposes and objects. I believe
In parties because they are necessary
instruments and they are honorable
and noble and worth supporting only
when they are implements and instru-
ma anti % l.