Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17


| n at least another victory IN the pro-
tectivc tariff leading editorial appear
| ed IN The Wilmington Morning News thia
morning and this editorial ] am sure was
either inspired or written outside OF
Wilmington
Safe For Dcmocracy" ~ the caption
Of this wonderful and weird outbreak. j.
~ based on the promise that the Demo
cratic party IS conspiracy to bctray and
destroy the United States II takes ~
for granted and expects the readers Of
Wilmington Morning News % take 4 Tor
granted that the Democratic party will
not scc 10 it that the people Of the bnitcd
States are amply protected against any
| danger which may arise IN the future
Everything that the Republican party
against the Democratic Party has used IA
arguments before has Hcn discredtcd
Kaiser like for years this party strI,ted
around cornicallv aaatrniug for itself all
the Legislative and administrative yir-
tues It's fondest and favorite argument
was that the Democratic party lacked
capacity for government The Rcpubll-
can partv we were accustomed 10 hear,
was The only party that could do rngs
The answer to this Is hat five vcars
of Democratic administration placed on
the statute books of The nhed states
more progressive and more constructive
legislation thnn was placed on The statute
books of the United States by The Repub-
Iican party in lts entire history
VIII any Delaware Republican, the
biggest ~ them and the bcat of them have
dispute with little me about that
That is not all The policies u the
United States during the frye years J
mention, were the most cnIighteHep
policies that eyer we're adopted and al
hered to by anv State VIII zono Re
puhlcan. wiso and big, dispute with fne
about that
When trouble vas forncnted by Ger
man spies and pIotters between tho nit
ed States and Mexico . Democratic ad-
uniqfratIon adopted and pursued
policy of what was called WatchfuI
Waiting
Jet if bo remembered hat he Re-
publican party did not agree with that
policy ~ Watchful Waiting They
sneered at II They laughed ~ If They
pointed - Ii with sc0rn and held i up -
derision as An evidence II Democratic
pussilarimfy and lnconpctonce Do yOu
remember that let me call your attrn-
tion ~ the sequel ~ i War came Tith
Germany Step by step and day by day
II became necessary for our President -
ass,lrne the moral leadership ~ be world
among the nations and il has and holds
this leadership today
suppose The Democratic party. under
the sublime leadership ~ Woodrow VIII
aon md been q nenable - Republican
criticism and had paid attention 10 he
blind craftsmanship which had been bred
bv greed and knew NJ resource ~ anv
emergency but violence. suppose Wood
row Wilson had gwen ear 70 these people
whore would We have been TODAY and
where would the world have been To-
dav?
The war is approaching a solution and
The great leader who is in the van s
Woodrow Wilson and ais leadership be-
gan 10 bc formidable when he adopted he
policy pl watchfni waiting towards Mex
leo Let 1T be remembered that the Re
publicans who are trying 70 make IN
lssIe Of something which they do not
know and cannot know we're opposed
radically derlslvciv opposed - thIs policy.
Nothing as a policy more enlightened or
-o enlightened for a state vas ever adopt
ed 5y my state
Do Won doubt IL Then point vou ro
the TACT lat we are the moral leaders
OF the world among rhe states ct he
WBFH4 ana Z Etf1liIl Sou 4AtAG AlaL li ~
had paId attention ID ne men VINO now
are irving to make YOU believe thar Wood
row Wilson Wlli oetrav YOU Ve would
have had no such leadership and the good
in the world As II must find lts expression
amongst governments would nave been
without 4 leader and personally believe
fhe war would have been over and might
NOT right for jne moment would nave
triumphed
another thing I Raut 70 call YOUR 1T
tentIon 70 the wonderful progress we are
making TINS country ! do not say We
have not made mistakes. We have nade
mistakes. and wlI make more gI them.
want 70 call your attention 70 What We
have done 70 what We are doing anu - ne
even greater things which all the signs Of
the times promise hat will b. done
II Republicans naa not made he bur
dens 0f their psalms and songs and aa-
thems hat they alone the Republicans
could 10 and that he Republican Demo
cratic party Was incompetent 70 90 sc
would not emphasize ana reIteraje his So
much If some Republicans were not prov
ing they had learned nothing ana for
gotten nothing, | would esteem .t mean
ness 10 90 INTO thus at this time.
If the Republicans when they said the
Democratic party could not do then and
believed what they said, then submit
that the leadership of the Republican
party IS not a prophetic leadership.
Ii the Republican leaders believed hat
the Democratic party could do and The
leaders Of the Republican party, while -
believing, said that the Democratic party
could not do. then the leadership OF he
Republican party IS liar leadership.
If the leadership Of the Republican
party did neither Of these and merely
was hungry with an appetite for spoilS
and think this IS a true diagnosis OF their
disease, then the Republican party IS =
most mischevous party
| am neither prophcsying or giving nay
personal opinions What | say here IS
known Of All enlightened men
The Republican campaign committee
has asked YOU 70 make your choice
There Will have 10 be readuStmeu,~
after the war Republican leaders sr
Democratic leaders 10 not know Wi
these readJustments viii demand
The Democratic party has proved THAT
il il is 60 be trusted in every particular
The Hcmoc atc party has proved THAI
the Republican party when it said the
Democratic party was incompetent, WlS
"A liar party The Democratic party has
proved that il is q more competent party
than the Republican party. for it made
more good legislation IN five years than
the Republican party made in more than
~ IA