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Show PRESIDENT TO fill AT HIS ! POST THIS FALL ' Announces That He Will I Not Make a Speaking Tour During the j Campaign n WRITES LETTER TO CHAIRMAN DOREMUS V Calls Attention to Work I Accomplished by Con- : gress and Extols Democracy. ' WASHIfGTOV Sept -6 President . Wilson announced today he would not 3 make a speakinf tour during the com I mg campaign He declared has inten f I turn of staying on the 30b because j ' of the unlooked for international 8 t uation ' j : The president made known h s inten '( tions in a letter to Bepresentative Doremus of M chigan chairman of the k Democratic congress onal committee ' who had wr tten ask ng whether he ' I would make a speaking campaign this ' fall. The correspondence was made .j publie at the White house today V mer ea is greater than any ( party the president wrote Amer 4 ica cannot properly be erved by any I maa who for a moment measures his nteret against ier advantage The time has come for great things These are days big! for dest ny for the United fetates as well as for the other na tioos of the world A little wisdom a little courage a 1 ttle self forget tut devotion may under God turn that destiny this way or that Great hearts t great natures will respond. Even lit tie men will rejo ce to be stimulated in& guided and set an heroic example. Parties -will fare well enough w thout nfuxs nr if the men who make them up and, the men who lead them forget tlemselves to serve a cause and set a great people forward on the path of Eberty and peace. ' Will 3Not Be Silent Despite his determination to make SO speeches ilTr Wilson will take oc casioa as opportunity offers to state and perhaps) restate to the country in . the clearest and most convincing terms I can command the things whieh the Democratic party has attempted to do The president asked that congress rema n to do their wora of necessary and- pressing service and bring it to a successful conclusion. He said how i ever that he saw nothing to keep con gress in session after the emergency work was- finished JThe president had been asked to speak in Iowa Pennsylvania ndiana Maine and other states He had pre ' gj lously told those who asked him that j be weald make no promises until he j aw what the general situation was President's Letter ; ' His letter follows I White House September 4 1914 1 My dear Mr Doremus Iff 1 have read your letter of Septem ber 1 with a keen appreciation of its importance It appeals to me as the B leader of the part now in power lbs w Pc a fo e and persuas ve nee. The rose of a very ex raordi if - nary ssslon of congress s at hand wh ch has I venture to sal been more fru tfu In mpo taut egislatlon of perman'n usefu ness to the coun tn than an se8s on of congress with n the memorv of the act ve pub I men of ou generation A great const uct e programme has been carr ed throutrh for which the coun trj has long wa ted and has been ca r ed through w th the appro a and support of Jud clous men of a I par ties and e ha e abundant reason to congratulate ourselves upon the record that has been made during the busy seventeen months we ha e de oted to our great legis at ve task Certainly in ordinary circumstances If we were free to disengage our selves for the purpose we would be warranted in now 'irecting pur en ergles to a great campaign in support of an appeal to the country to give us the encouragement of its Indorse ment at the autumn elections. Laws Enacted We could go to tl e country wit a erj sincere appeal n which there need be no pretense or boast of any kind but a plain statement of things actually accomplished which ought to be and I think would be entirely con wincing It is a record that shows us at peace with a 1 the wor d the questions which plagued bus ness with doubt and uncertainty and irre spon8 ble critic sm out of the Tay thoughtfully settled and disposed of the apparent antagonism between government and business cleared away and brought to an end with the plain reckon ng accompl shed the path for sure footed adjustment clear ahead of us prosperity is certain to come by means which all can approve and applaud New Programme Moreover there is a programme of another kind ahead of us to w h cn it is inspiring to look forward a pro gramme free from debate except as to the best means by which to ao compl sh what a 1 desire The great questions mmediately ahead of us are the building up of our merchant marine wltl all that that means in the development and diversification of our foreign commerce and the systematic conservation and economic use of our natural resources, subjects much talked about but 1 ttle acted upon Here are other great pieces of constructive legislation waiting to be done to wh ch we could turn without any controversy except as I have said as to the best ways of doing them. I tel eve that ways can be found to do these things readily enough if the country will give us its generous support and trust us to do them and t would have been- a genu ne pleasure o me to ask to be Si en again colleagues such as I have Had in the two houses of congress dur ing the present memorable session I trust there will be man occasions upon wh ch I may have the pr vi lege -of calling the attention of my fel ow countrymen to the fine and unselfish "service wh ch has been rendered ren-dered them by their present repre sentati es ready at all times to re spoqd to any appeal wh ch spoke convinc ngly of the public welfare Unexpected Duty But In v ew of the unlooked for international situation our duty has taken on an unexpected aspect Ev ery patriotic man ought now to stay on, h s Job unt I the crls s is pas ed and ought to stay where h s job can best be done We must do whatever is neces-ary and fore0o whatever 1b neces ary to keep us in close and active concert in order to reueve in every possible way the stres and strain pjt upon our people during the continuance of the present extraor dinary conditions ily job I now 1-know 1-know can be done best only if I devote my whole thought and atten tion to it and think of nothing but the duties of the hour I am not at liberty and shall not be so far as I can now see to turn away from those duties to undertake any kind of political canvass In toe present emergency I. am keenly aware of the two-fold re sponslbillty I am called upon to discharge dis-charge the responsibility which devolves de-volves upon me as president of the United States and the responsibility under which I am laid as leader of a great political party Of course the whole, country will expect of me and my own conscience will exact of me that I think first of my duties as president, responsible for exercis ing so far as I have the ability a constant guidance In the affairs of the colmtry both domestic and for eign. Limit to Work The labors of congress have a nat ural and customary limit the work of the houses can be and will be finished congress can adjourn But the president cannot especially in times like these turn away from his official work even for a little while Too much depends upon his keeping all the threads of what U occurring in his hands I have therefore reached the con elusion that I cannot In any ordinary sense take an active part In the approaching campaign that I must remain here to attend to the serious work sure to jJU the months imme d ately before us months that will carry with them obligations no doubt, of the most tremendous sort I know that ou will feel similarly about our own obligations that members of congress too without distinction as to party affiliations will feel that they must remain to do their work of necess ty and of pressing service and bring It to a successful conclu sion May Write Again I shal no doubt take occasion as opportunity offers to state and per haps restate to the country In tl e clearest and most convincing terms I ran command the things which the Democratic pa ty .has attempted to do In the settle nent of great ques I tions which have for many a long I year pressed for solution and I ear neatly hope that they will gener ously open their minds to what I may have to say but I shal not Bl low my eagerness t win tl e r ap proval of my earnest desire to he granted by tl e r suffrages the sup port of another ongress to Inte fere with the da v performance of ny offlc a duties or distract my mind from them The ecord men make speaks for Itself The country can not be deceived roncernlng It and 111 assess It Justly What It chiefly expe ts a d demands and what It erta nlv w 1 be most sure y won hv Is the pe formance of duty with o fear or fa or and without re gard to person I consequen es Time for Great Things nd e td n y t s Is the tin e wt e Ame ca expec s every man to do hi uty w tho t tho g of profl 0 ad antage t I n sc f A neri a ft K eate thin a ar v mcrlca an not p opc y be served h any man wl o for a moment ea res h s Interest aga ns e n a dgo The t me has ome for g a gn T ess a e the days big wl h entln for tho United States as for the o her a Ions of tie word A I tie wisdom a Htle courage a lltt e se f fo geir I de ot on nay under Ood turn at de ny th s way or that Great ear great natures wl 1 respond Pven It le me w rejoi e to be stlm lated and gu ded and set a erol examp e I artles will fare wel eno without n rsl g f the nen who ake them p and tone wo leal them forget themselves to erve a ause and set a great people f rwa d on the path of liberty and pea f ordlally and sincerely yours WOODROW WlIJ?ON 1 |