| Show THE acceptance SPEECH AN EDITORIAL APPRAISAL president wilsona wilsons Wil sona sons speech of acceptance was comprehensive frank and direct it was the utterance of a man and a political party conscious of the honesty of past endeavors and confident of abili ability ly to cope with whatever problem the future might have in stort ston no derix has ever been called upon to face more serious conditions than has sir wilson he has met them with patience and devotion that have won the respect and admiration of the world with domestic legislation to direct giving the relief from economic abuses that the count rys welfare demanded with a long list of promises to fulfill the great war that burst upon the world threatened to check him in his efforts and to involve o IV the nation in the disasters that 0 are re afflicting almost every nation of the old world how he has haa brought the country through it all with honor and with astounding prosperity the acceptance speech succinctly and modestly tells in three and a half years the country has been set aright every class protected in its liberties and its opportunities port unities the whole commercial system set in order with prosperity abounding and reason bas baa never abandoned its throne in all of the count rys perplexities the speech was a message 0 to the people of all the world it was a notice to the world that this country is big enough to maintain its honor and to keep out of war and at the same time big enough to regulate its domestic conditions the speech was no apology no defense no complaint it was a speech that all men and women should read to learn what the country lias has really been doing |
