South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-10

most strongly u their descriptions OF lIe7litht WIZ
sons character a7d achievements
The republican PLATFORM condemns ana i'puui'''s '
hot both President wilson's abstract polllicai
philosophy and the practical concEet 0i 'he @oHli''s
tration of which DO has been TOT seven years .''
one would infer from that platform Ll'l
Wilson had never said or done anything lnat wa" ISM
end that his administration hto oeth oH a.Je,. -"
before the war during the war "h" az " -
The democratic platform praises DOM tle print
which President Wilson has eXp"u"dea ana S'oo" .oi
or. n other words the IDEAS "hlch tulPe anu ON,
mate hiHi-and the measures NJ CABINET anu ''' '
ADMINISTRATION bureaus at washington have already put
into execution or are now advocauns
The first thing therefore TOT me lhoushiu' 'ote'
- do Is 20 satisfy himself as 10 tle p'l'''e9 OF
eminent which President Wilson believes in and has
The next thing VIII be- TO consider what 'e
Two Wilson administrations nave done Tor ut '"u"'''.
First Duty OF IhouShtiul N"'ef-
Any study Of President Wilson's ia'as s"ou'o s'"l
from the following statements made in the lnuso ia
address oI the pfe5',e''l ~ ''' 'i 49, -. o,,t
and five months before the great war broke out
Europe and reafhrmed in various later
and messages.
wow here else in the world have noble men ana
women exhibited IN more striking forms l"e os'U''
and the energy sympathy and he.pluncss ana couh-
sci fin their rectfy alleviate suffering
and set the weak in way strength and hope. We
have built up moreover % great system of govern
ncnt which has stood through long age as ln many
respects for those who srek to set liberty upon
foundations that VIII endure against toruitous change
against storm and accident
"Tho feelings with which we this lew age Of
right opportunity sweep across our hear'strinss
air Of Gods own presence where justice
and mercy are reconcied. and thc Judge and the
brother are one This is not q day OF triumph,
day dedication. Here muster not the Iorces
OF party but the forces of humanity"
The Noble Function of America.
rtis ia siu,Ia statement of the noble function of
America i'm the twentieth century world the oldest
and most experienced OF deuocrocios the most sympa
ghetto and The most disinterestcd not intended
as prophecy but only description. or perhaps
an exhorron and promise, but whatever MS purpose
s. characterizes The thought conduct of president
I,-t1-., , horn. and abroad during seven years OF
,d,io,- events and 4nezaulpIed human asouies The
world over
In short address delivered by President Wilson at
syvartbr,ore college liberal Quaker colege-on oc-
tober % 1913 nine months and nalf before the
Great war broke out he said
.-Tbe spirit of Penn viii Doe stayed. You cannot
sol limits to such nightly adventures After their
- 4., - zone their spirits stalk the world carrying
snsriration everywhere thai they go 1t is no
,-,a matter tberefore for % college have it's
l -, . mo-, ,b, went cunt upon such a con-
-
.y-b I would like 10 ask YOU young people TO-DAY
a., t1- mono. ,f won have dev,,e yourselves the
ike adventure How of you viii volunteer to
carr these spiritual messages of liberty to the world?
II many az ou viii foreEo anything your al
1ianre to that which is ius-and that which is right
Day OF Infinite Hope.
Tue Is,se later ON October % President Wilson de
,,,red a short address before the Southern CONNER
,ial congress at Mobile object of which was TO
states The following the noble sentences with
,.ii,l, ,t,t short address concludes:
do not think therefore. gentlemen that the cues
lions of the day questions of policy and di-
rIc,na., They are shot through with the principles
i., ,d NOT exnediencv is tho thing that must guide
ms and that win condone iniquty because it
l. most convenient 10 do so.
me that this is day or infinite nope OF
confidence "a future greater than the past mas oeeh
Tor am believe chat IN spite OF all the Things
that wish correct the pneteenth century tIal
now lies behind has brought us ong stage toward
the when SLOWLY ascending the tedious 'lnD that
leads 90 The final updndS. We Shdll get ub ultimate
view 81 Jhe duties Of mankind"
These two addresses or oo'o"e' 20 ana ~ i'''