The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-13
WILSON DENOUNCES
 NEW SECTIONALISM ISSUE OF OPPONENT

OcraIS or the state In prOVlQ1ng a wholesome exhibition of In6iana hos pitality.' The presence of both nov ed the President to make comment | at a. luncheon. rendered him on. his arrival that while American people fought among themselves over cleo tions, they were in fact, good friends the rest of the time.
 Laughs at Cheers for Hughes. At the Indianapolis depot President Wilson found crowd of 10, 900 await ing him. The crowds that lined the streets on the way to the C1aypool hotel and looked down on him from windows were not wildly demonstra- tive, but they evidenced the deepest Mrs. Wilson, < Their comments were most friendly, and there were fre- | quent hurrahs for him. As a matter i of fact, there was some cheering for MT. Hughes, his opponent, too, but it was inspired by spirit of jocoseness; and the President enjoyed "a laugh or two at the interest in politics dis played by, the Hoosiers
 Following the Luncheon the Presi- dent motorad through densely crowd ed streets to the Soldiers Monument in the Circle, the most impressive structure of it's kind in the country. Here he found a crowd of 10000 peo- pie, who accorded him a most enthu- siastic reception From flag girt stand the President and Mrs. Wilson reviewed parade of motor cars driv- en by farmers from various parts of the state., The cars bore signs urging the extension of the system of good roads throughout the country. One of them bore the legend "Pike's Peak and Ocean to Ocean," 5
 Facing the President was a banner bearing his portrait and beneath it the sentiment Blessed is the Peace maker." tA
 During the parade the President fell heir to a gavel made from the old Blainfield Plank Road, the first through road laid in Indiana. Mrs. Wilson carried it and proudly exhibit ed it to the crowds that cheered her quite as frequently as they proclaimed the President.
 The three mile route to the State Fair Grounds was lined with people, most of them being women and chiI- dren observing Discovery Day" which is state holiday, and the cen tennial anniversary of the state at the same time. In the Coliseum the Pres ident found a half-filled hall which was crowded before he started speak ing. During the wait for the crowd from the city, Gov. Ralston provided a unique feature by calling upon Ed ward Haines. who invented the first horseless carriage in the state Then I.o oH.;,z chief road builder of the Nation" The road enthusiasts gave the President a fine reception, and he won their hearts by saying that the nation needs good roads as badly as it needs good men,
 Knit Roads of Progress, His Plea
 His speech, which was plea for the initting of all the roads of progress follows:
 'I am here because of my interest in the cause of good roads and be- cause of my interest. in the state of Indiana. I was very much interested that the day devoted to the cause of good roads should fall in your centen- nial year. It made me think of many of the processes of our national his tory. This country was built up with out any roads.
 
 intended, first of all and chief of all, for the pleasure vehicle. It is not in- tended for the mere traveller It is not intended for the mere tourist. lIt is not made in order. that some com pany of leisurely people may travel from coast to- coast of this great con- tinent. It is made because we need it in all the material uses of our life.
 "It is perfectly obvious that you have got to have an intricate and per- feet network of roads the length and breadth of this great continent before you will have released the energies of America. Good roads are necessary for every practical aspect of our lives ito draw neighborhoods together, to create con -munity of feeling, to create those arteries which may be compared to the arteries of the human body. The blood of the nation will not flow in harmonious accord unless it can How in ultimate sympathy. t.
 Sectionalism Based on Ignorance. F "And~so the argument, the materia, argument, the argument about mar. kets and crops and the products of the mines, sink into relative unin-a portance when you consider the spir- itual thing you are doing in making roads. You know there is an old say ing that .the lines between section are obliterated only by the feet that