West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-10-05

SHADOW LAWN. Long Branch.
N. j.. Sept. 30-Putting into the cam
paign the punch" promised a week
ago, President Wilson today address
Ing upward OF $500 young men from
New York and New Jersey. defined the
paramount issue OF this campaign as
peace or war. for he told his hearers
Republican victory means participa-
tion I'm the European conflict and trou-
BILE with Mexico as well
AS he said these things, standing on
the porch of mis- summer home. the
great crowd before him. breaking in
on his address, shouted. time and
again:
I'VE WANT PEACEl"
What the President said constituted
his first political speech OF the cam
Dalgn. He paid his respects to both
the Republican and the Progressive
pa Ties. with warm praise for the
VAN blooded men who first formed
the latter and scathing denunciation OF
the attorneys of special privilege en-
dcavoring TO lead the former. He de-
fcnded the Democratic party and it's
progressive administration and desig-
mated himself as progressive.
Without mentioning any names, the
PRESIDENT deplored the feebleness of
the Hughes campaign. regretting the
Intellectual contest To which he had
,.I h
asserting that the good old days" of
Mark Hanna had returned, with Wall
street more anxious than ever to re-
same control of the United States
t..uasury.
rs he passed from subject 20 sub
jcct the President was interrupted i'm
nemerable times by spontaneous
shouts OF applause. by vigorous hand
clapping and by cheers. thousand
young Democrats. members of the
Young Mems Democratic League, led
In the cheering. They had come to
Shadow Lawn in two special trains,
bearing campaign banners and led by
q band. From all parts of New Jer-
= scy other. young men had come to hear
ti.e President, and, In addition. there
vas present a number OF Tammany
assemblymen and aldermen.
Frank ID. Shelley, president of the
Young Mems Democratic League, in
, t.'oduced the President in brief
speech. and provoked a rousing cheer
BY declaring emphatically that in the
fs1p IN ion 4,
rarnest support of the regular Dem
Ccrat.c organization Of New York co i'll
ty, militant Tammany hall"
Following the speech, the enthusias-
tic crowd crowded on the spacious.
po.ch OF the house. and the President
shook hands with all comers. the or
deal lasting more than an hour.
President Wilson's address follows:
II am very much Obliged to you for
giving me an opportunity to say some
very plain things about the present
campaign and about the future policy
of this country. because young meu
are very much more interested in the
future than they are in the present.
While some OF us who are older look
back upon long experience and are
able TO take certain measurements
which may not have occurred to you,
nevertheless your feeling is that the
world lies in front of you and not be-
hind you. You want to know what
sort of world 1t is going to be and
what sort OF guidance you are going
TO have in that world. and what sort o
cooperation among you will be ef
feetiye for the service OF the world
into which the years ahead OF you
will bring you.
II do ont know where, from Repub-
lican quarters. you have got any sug-
gestl9ps as to what is going to hap
pen In the years TO come, This is a
most singular campaign / will not
cay an unprecedented campaign. be-
cause I happen to remember that 9th
or parties have tried to get into power
by saying nothing whatever; and
also remember with interest that they
never succeeded, because the people
OF the United States are an inquisitiVe
people and IL you ask them to entrust
you with the great power OF their gov
ernment they really want to know
what yOu are going to do with that
government n they entrust you with
Il. They may not insist upon your tell
ing them what you have done in cir
cumstances now past and gone, but
they will insist upon your telling
them what you intend to do in the fu-
ture.
For a little while ] myself expect
ed that this campaign would be an
interesting. intellectual contest. that
upon both sides men would draw upon
some OF the essential questions OF pol
itics In order to determine the pre-
dominance OF parties, but ! am sorry
10 say I have found nothing to inter
est mel and am a little bit ashamed
OF myself that should have expected
Il. for ! should have known better.
There r. fact running through
all our political history Of which I
ought 70 have reminded myself The
Democratic party. my fellow citizens.
As the only party whose life has per
sisled and whose vigor has continued
throughout all the history Of this ma
ton. and that has not happened by
accident
"It has happened because it Is the
only party, I venture to say. all Of