lofty but lonely eminence occupied
(ioorse Washington, Abraham Lincoln ami
Wooilrow Wilson, tho throe worst aliuscd
I. ill 'u-sl lovetl Anierioans the Kepuollc over
erew.
NIUlW:ll lUI.I.IKS T11K. WKAK NOR
I'KAIIS THE tfTKONG.
lie neither bullion the weak nor fears
the at rune. Ho deals with the military lord
Willi his million of soldiers In the Hold de
manillnir justlco for the American people,
protection of American lives and American
riKhU as he does with tho weall follower
of a revolutionary torn Mexico. Kor the
honor of our lias, the preservation of our
lives, the protection of our rights he would
chiillenge the world to conllict; for political
pergonal preferment or party advantage he
would not Inflict the sIlBhtest wrong nor
Impose the smallest Injury. Mexico and
lierniany, Knglend and Austria, look alike
to him when America Is Involved. He
miff ht overlook the wrong of the weak, but
nc.er the Insult of tho strong.
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
The opponent of the Democratic party
ileolare tha.' the foreicn policy of President
Wilson him been "evil and vacillslinir.
Wh it do they moan by this? Is it that we
should have Bone to war when HcIkiiiiii
was invaded, which we were not bound to
do by either oulitruct or principle? That
issue we are perfectly willing to submit to
the American people. Around 20,000.000
Sappy firesides the fathers of America will
gather this night with their unbroken fam- j
ily circle, wun tneir cum"....
bn. and their wife hy their aides, happy
and prosperous. Contrast this with the
fathers, nuaoanaa, aou uiuun- .
world dyimr in the ditches, with the gloom
...... -..I..., in l.roken family circles.
where hunger crouches and disease treads.
If this be "evil and van.iiuuiig. v.u i"-"-per
It and teach it to the rulers of the old
world.
PEACK.
He has struggled for peace. His fondest
.. .. rnruM.i nriver is for the
nope, ins mwai i. -peace
not only of his own beloved country.
. . .. .i. .1.1 un.u,i lha List irreat
nui oi un low ww. .... . ...... - ---
day shall come, and before the court ot
Clod the nations or. tnis rami iii
in Judgment review, the monarch of the
.. ... -.--ii . ... ... BuuAr for this
OKI worm snail hciyd w . -
awful carnage, this heartless orphaning or
millions or cliliaren. mis i.-i"r
of millions of mothers, thin brutal turning
mourning, and on that last day I can see
our 1'rcsideiil nottimg in it's n.i.u niv
cusing picture of Henri Danger, of Christ
upon the battlefield, with tho dead and
dying all about him, with the roar of can
non the screaming of shrapnel, the wail
of the dy'.iig. and above 1ms head written
.,.. r,nl: "And He said unto them, love
ono another." When that day shall couie.
who Is It that would nave our i ...
exchange pluces with the blood-bespattered
monarch of the old world ? I can sec him
with the white light streaming upon his
head and hear the Master ny. "Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they shall bo
called the children of God."
ACHniJVUMFNTS Ol WOOPKOW WILSON
. r tin narlv Is nrolld Of the
achievements of Woodrow Wilson. Ho has
brought prosperity ana picmy io i..,--
000 Americans. rv nca "" "
every willing hand In the republic, fcvery
toiler has the full dinner pail full to over
flowing.
He has by legislation taken labor out oi
the brutal category of inanimate things and
...j .u- .11., at men witb hearts that
trean-u m- ... -
. . .... ni-t dii lb. v are no
longer subjected to oppressive Injunctions
or f ederal court nmm(iui"i.
nitled the associated, toilers ot tho field and
tho factory, men seeking by organisation
and association, to brighten and make de
lightful the lives of the wealth producers
and creators of the nation; he has freed the
industries ot the Republic; he has liberated
.. . i . .. ,sA ...itiim' In. bus nrovided
a Federal Trade Commission whose duty It
Is to destroy ravoruisiu. wuco out m......
advantage, and give to industry everywhere
an equal opportunity; he has given to In
dividualism high hope and new life; he
drove from the Treasury of the nation a
ship monopoly that was enjoying siinsioics
..,11., nf n. minim of dollars a
year and at the same time proclaimed to
. . 1 ,.. ...It). &..1r-
tne woriu mai a i'-nu ....... ...... , -
lea was more than a "scrap of paper, but
. . i....,a nf hnnnr thill ahoilld
was. iiitifi-.i, a .....I.. -
be faithfully kept; he has struggled amid
the world's war with the great nations of
the earth for the freedom ot the seas and
the rights of Americans and of neuli&ln
everywhere; he has stood for the law ot
neutrality which was written betoro the
war commenced and agreed to by the na
tions of the earth and could not bo
changed during the war to meet Ihe exi
gencies of some or the demands of otheis.
With critics all about him, with patience
and strength and great foresight, he has
kept a nation at peace wi.'h honor. He haa
driven from tho control of the finances of
the people of this nation an oligarchy of
.uii and substituted In Its stead a Just
government. Interested only in supplying
the legitimate buulness needs of the coun
try with sutllcient currency to meet Its de
mands and requirements. It ought not to
be necessary to nominate him in partisan
convention, patriotism in una wmm unsis
should rise above politics, and all parties
should rejoice at an opportunity to pro
claim him the whole-hearted and happy
choice of a Itepublic of peaceful freemen.
Aud as we cannot aitoru to swap nurse
while crossing a stream, who would say
that we can afford to change leadership
during this great cataclysm that shakes
the nations of the earth, for to Woodrow
Wilson more than any other citizen In all
the world the Christian people, wherever
the rain falls or the sun shines this world
around, look anxiously, hopefully, and
prayerfully that he will bring peace to the
struggling armies of Kurope. What party
is it now that would dare undertake to dis
credit this master diplomat, this uncon
miprnhla leader, this great American, tor
by that you may palsy the hand that may
I write the peace treaty of the world.
THE MORAL LEADER OF DEMOCRACY
Judge Wescott's Eulogy of Woodrow Wilson in Speech Nominating Him for the Presidency.
rollowinsj is the full lest of the speech
(l.linred by Attorne.v-llenertil John W.
Weseolt, of New .lerscy. to the Democratic
National ( omentum, St. Louis, June l.ith,
tu iiuiip laliiif President Woodrow Wilson:
prophecy Is fulfilled. The eternal v-ri-tles
of righteousness have prevailed. un
dismayed by the calamities of war uu
moved by vitul .-iation and yam decla a
iion. holding to the pure altar of truth.
tbo schoolmaster is stutesmnn, the states
man financier, tho financier emancipator,
the emancipator paeillcator. the pacificator
the moml lender of democracy.
The nation is at work. The nation is at
r.oace The nation Is accomplishing te
destiny of democracy. l'our years ago the
nation was not at work. With resources
boundless, with a hundred million people
eager to achieve and do. commerce mii-
K. ; i,,.iio.l i.ion were idle,
The country struggled in' the ,",',.'"
in .de.iuato financial system. Credit was
,i ,l. mercy of piracy. The small business
man was bound hand and foot. 1 ante mni
like a storm cloud over the business world.
IOW DlllrtllllK h. .......
toiies crowded railways and overladen
ships distribute wealth and comfort to un-
........ .. ml nils inu woi in uvi-i. 1
. . !L ...,.-.nu nf Hlsi ritiulion
lion oiuiiiiis in.- .......... -
The parallel of American prosperity Is not
round in industrial history, nor Is it enuse
.. ii ... nu.ii.i,l llku n mercitu!
''.1 t. ..in h. -iiven. It is not due to
..... .',ui,,ii,',.. of n revised tariff. It Is
not the result of destructive legislation.
.... I In Ilia lllllllll r-lll-
It cannot ue iiiiii"'h " ." ,
lure "f war materials, constituting a .are
tive per centum oi in- ...mm..
limitless. War Is destruction, not pro.'.uc
ti'.... ...-t..iiu liil.irnational trade.
War ilfpressi-s industrial energy. When
the Kuripean cataclysm struck the world.
-i.. nil ii!.-.. n hliirht iition mam of
the 'neutral nations, but not upon the
United stales.
n-i ,i 1. tlio astound in tihenom-
niwin of American prosperity. What is its
explanation? The Kuclid of financial tho
i.ry worked lo a demonstration measures
for the country's relief. He promptly put
Into effect the legislative expression of a
(teat program. lie did not talk. He did
things. He dviiamited the monetary duns
mid let credit flow to the remotest corners
of Hie hind, its spray dashing even upon
foreign shores. lie released the nations
n sources and set the energies of all men
tree to exploit thrill. He destroyed eom
lueretal slavery. Ho struck off its shack-Ic-i.
The prosperity of the nation Is tho
product of statesmanship and tln:in i.il
renins. American crviiu is now iuii.i'..
only by Its own honesty and capacity. The
cause being undisturbed, the effects must
remain. The schoolmaster Is statesman,
Ihe statesman is financier, the lluancier Is
emancipator. With Lincoln, the emanci
pator of the chattel slave, be will live for
ever as the emancipator ot the conunei xial
sl.tve.
The mil ion Is at peace in a world at war.
America is confronted with appalling real
ities. It is not the part of wisdom to ptay
with phantoms, doal in riddles, or seek lo
I'liiri-t.iin the national imagination with the
legerdemain of language. To build words
mountain high as the throne of vanity and
ambition should not be an American pas
time. An attempt to catch the Presidency
by phrases is the work of Tolly. The func
tion of a sounding brass and tinkling cym
1...1 ....I ..,.rn...iMO to th.i trairie conditions
of the world. When the fate of millions
ts at stake. It Is not the art of any m in
to stark the car.ls. Willi civilization In
peril, the sphinx becomes an anachrotvsri.
With' the wlH.ie world tense and anxious,
patriotic advice and suggestion are of more
value lb in abuse and defamation. Specu
lation wilts in the blaze of truth. Abusive
phraseology shrivels before the relentless
fact. Il.'ncsty Is the commanding quality
of a free and patriotic American.
What ore tin. realities that face us? !n
Mexico exist Ihe potentialities of civilii-a-(Uon.
In her wealth, her history, tier
If wfflr BMm
WiifM ili
CSV'-' j r v v - l lPj?J
Attorney-General John W. Wewcott, of New Jersey,
Krlinols, lir rcliKitin. her neods, k'r vry
Htiflerim; jimi p;itrioti.siu lie the iinltrn"tl
tlf st-tMs uf irorp.sM. To h-'ive ei n lit r-Ml
Mc.K'i) wm 111 hav MCited death nt the
AnicrkMn tin-Mih K would ft'i uv-
the tiiilion. It wmihi h;vo pl;uitftl aisiru.-i
iin.i h:itre, of tho l:nit"d States in every J
South tiKTioin .-"public. It would h.ive j
furf.'ited tlu respect of tln world. It
would h:iv .-mhstituted the tent'l.s of 1m
peruvlism for th prineipies of Ame-.l.-a.i-isiu.
It would h,ive pnliti tod the bravery 1
and patriotism of American arm.- o the ;
,;re.d nnd ;ivarice of coitct'.-wuoi. aires. It
would have ribbed the United Stales of the,
Pi'inilfiir of her mission ainonct the na- ;
tioifh of the earth. It
lio'.omacv of "w.-.tchfu! w iitliiK averted
iMiese rilatnities and pr-'ierved fn their otic
jinal purity the principb. .1.' American free
doui and Justiee "vV tre'iful waiting" re
ipudiated the brutal dictum of science thit
;he weak must kd down before the stroni?.
Help Mi wo. lest over her bh.ody yraiP
are .sown tho dratfon'a teeth of our own
! destruction.
can question Uh fuinitment? Who now
'an close his oyen to the deMtiny of demon
mrv tn tnaki the principles of civilization
doiriinunt, to hrinn tho warring nations of
ihe earth to-'ther In lasung peace; 1 nw
passioiiH of men die. The truth lives.
AmericH has called to Kurope; Europe ii
responding in tern of a revitalized civili
zation. The mihlimest picture in civil hia
t.ory is that of u plHin American citizen
manoeuvring with the weapons of reason
and hunianity nRainst the navies and ar
mies of the contending nations, And bring
Iriff them in nccord with the principles of
international kiw. The American standard
of peace and justice, now (louts on the sea.
It is unfurling over the trenches of th
strufTpUnpr nations. Krom the vantan-)
ground of Imperishable Americanism tho
matchless craft of ft real pacifist has not
only avoided all war, but is kvulins tho
world into the ways of peace. What is
pence hut the assertion of moral process?
What is the assertion of moral progress
but 'he indestructible civili7-ation of Kurope
;uid America? From the smoulderinK ruins
of a thousand cities, over the praves of
millions of brave num. out of the blacknes
of tiie battle smoke, arisim; from the ob
scurities of national passions, already the
peoples of the earth r cognize the dim out
lines srowintf cvr more distinct, of trie
composite soul of America in the patient
and humane wisdom of the world's real
pacificator. Of what avail all the wealth
of our beloved land if It had been con
sumed in the dstructiveness of wir?
What avail the travail of human progress
for ten thousand years had not the school
master and statesman been pacificator ?
His achievement is so vast that ambitious
men are blind to its renlity. But the plait.
millions, of all creeds and nationalities.
recognize tn it th-; Imperishable glories of
a Christian civilization. It pionnes tni
peasant and king alike. The schoolmaster
ih statesman, the statesman is financier,
the financier is em-ancipator, the emanci
pator is the pacificator of the world.
Thus is, the tuition accomplishing the
destiny of Democracy. The commanding
fact of the modern age is the spread of
intelligence. The school ho use has con
quered ignorance. The printing press ha.i
transformed the purposes and capacities of
m;in . Kdueation has uualilled him for a
better existence. The i;il!e has made him
a moralist. Men know that the world i
big enough to support the human family
in peace and comfort. Men know that tho
great problem of peace and comfort is not
yet solved. They know that it cannot In
solvd by the savagery of war. They know
that its solution is obtainable only in con
ditions of peace, reason and a practical
morality. This state of knowledge is tha
crowning achievement of progress.
The American experiment of self-govern
ment has stood the test. The achievements
of the American system are knov.n of all
War with any Kuropean nation would
hiive set the world atlame and stopped the
march of progress for u century. Would
anyone have had it so In order to ailirm a
"virile Americanism'.'" Is a "virile Amer-
r.ynn.i.r !:r',.tt,:: ,,; uncertainty Th.ir i-
SUPSIilllCe IH L'l I H.ll H"ll If 'HI' .lit.-, HI- ;'.H"MI ,
sciences, literature, philosophy, industry, all races, all conditions, nil creeds are fts
their domestic virtues. freedom, religion 1 simitafd. helped, elevated, and men aro
nnd peace. Hut this is the substance of j made into self-governing men. In America
American nationalism. This is the virility! justice has made its greatest progress, be
01' Amerieansim. It know s no national j cause it is progress in w hich all men have a.
boundaries. It yet lives in the trenches and j part. That form of government which nf-
hmken homes of Kurope and pervades Its l funis the fullest opportunity lor nappim.
very thrones. Therefore. America lives in
the trenches and broken homes of Europe
Mid its thrones. The stupendous contliigra-
would have made I thm is consuming the errors of statesmen
nuht right and repudiated the doctrines -ind dynasties; i is not consuming me buo
of f hri:triaity. It would have ignored the ' stance of civilization. Civilization is a
feud internal conceptions of moral progress ! unity. War with Kurope would have cut
and denied the right of tifteen millions of asunder the ni"ral forces that bind the
H-ople to govern themselves. Ambition nations and left an age of darkness, anar
.'md greed were or-'pjre.l to sacrifice Amer--cby and despair. Standing on the imnui
ica and all that America stands for. in or-I table foundation ol such Americanism, the
,i,ir Vi iiiMiiin- ihe w-viith of Mexico. The ' schoolmaster and statesman, with consum
mate KKlll, frUI l Hill tiMIlIllilllnS win liAI-
miratlon of the world, directs the forces of
civilization, not with arms, but with rea
son atid moral pressure against the ex
cesses of a belligerent world. With pre
ternatural poise and clearness of vision, he
is piloting America through 'he rushing
storm. Who can deny the existence of a
j moraJ design to the universe? Who now
and comfort is destined to he the universal
form. Such is the resistless syllogism of
progress. War cannot stop lta inevitable
march. The opinion of all men is more
potential than the opinion of one man.
The best opinion of the best men by tha
force of example and mutuality of inter
est, becomes tiie opinion of all men. Amer
ican opinion is emoodied in a man of
peice. American opinion is marching
through the world.
When the Imperialism of Kurope cit
the iron dice of destiny. America threw
the moral dice of destiny. America staked
the principles of her justice. There they
stand in untarnished integrpy in the gaz.a
of a stricken world. The intelligence of
men grasps the meaning of America. Her
example will readjust the relations of men
everywhere. The aspirations of men nr
for freedom. Men and women can