Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-16
WESCOTT is ELOQUENT
IN PRAISE OF Will SON
Attorney of New Jersey dominates President for
Observation-Disclosures of Democracy Under His
leadership Keep This Nation at Peace

ST. LOUIS, June 15.--Attorney- Cen
cral John w. Wescott, Of New Jersey.
made the speech nominating Woodrow
Wilson for reelection as President.
Attorney General Wescott said:
Prophecy is fulfilled. The eternal
verities OF righteousness have prevailed
undismayed by the calamities OF war
unmoved by vitupcration and vain
defamation. holding to the pure altar
Of truth. the schoolmaster is statesman
the statesman nnancier. the hnancier
emancipation, the emancipation pactti-
Gator, the pnciicator the moral leader
Of Democracy.
The nation Is at work. The nation
is at peace. The nation is accomplish
ing the destiny of Democracy. Four
years ago the nation was not at work
With resources boundless, with hun
dred million people eager to achieve
and do commerce languished. indus
tries halted. men were idle. The coun-
try struggled in the tolls of an made
quate financial system. Credit was at
the mercy Of piracy. The small bus-
ness man was bound hand and foot.
Panic hung like n storm cloud over
the business world.
Nv" WI S''"H si"""i' 'S' 'S'''S
idc'ories' cro"oeh railways ana over
!aoeh snips dishiou'c wealth. ana com :
i"'' 10 uhc"u"'e" ihi'iioiS 'he WI tu
over PRODUCTION ou'Fuhs Inc means oi
distribution. The parallel o: Ameri-
can prosperity Is not iouha IN 'h"us-
'Eiai history nor IL IL causeiees' II
oid not descend IKE nerc'fui acc'-
aent' from hea'eh' IL Is not que 10
me oe'as'a''ohs OF reV'seu 'aI'": II
h not tne result Oh destructive les'sia
uon' cannot ne ATTRIBUTED 10 the
manufacture OF war materials consul
'u''hs o"'e per ce"'u!'i Oh inc volume
OF na''ohai business war Is oesI'uc-
'''n' h't pro" c''"h war cu''"'is IN
'erha uohai 'Fa"c' war Expresses IN
'"s'r'a' energy "Aeh me european
ta'ac!ysm s'i"cN inc world 'hora'orla
zen hhe Il p"sh' upon many vi INC
htu'rai nations ont not np"n the
'"''e" ''a'eN'
ASTOUNDING PliENOMENON
or AMERICAN PROSPERITY
There stands the astounding phe.
non.non of American prosperity. VIVA
IS it's exnl,u,,iouy THE Euclid OF imam
cial theory worked TO demonstration
measures for inc coun,,v,s rolicr lie
II
expression OF n great proyram He did
not,alk He did things He dvunmiicd
the monetary dams and lei credi, fow
10 the ramo,est corners Of the land.
its spray dashing even upon foreign
shores He released the nations re-
sources anu set the energies of all
men free 20 exnloi, Them lie dcs,rov.d
com n,crcinl slavcrv. He struck off it's
shackles Tn. prosperitv Of the nation
IL the product OF statesmanship and
financial genius American credit is
row limited only By it's own honesty
and capacity The cause being undis-
turbed, the effects must remain. The
schoolmaster is statesman. the states-
man Is fnancier. the fnancicr is enamel
pator With Lincoln, the c,nancipa,or
of the chartc, slave ho viii live for
ever as the cmanc!rator of the COM
mercla! slave.
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