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Show WILSON'S STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TALK FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 9 Wood-row Wood-row Wilson expounded his Icws of Domocracy to tho Kentucky legislature legisla-ture this afternoon, giving "what ho termed "a straight Democratic talk " Late tonight he spoke at a banquet given by the Woodrow Wilson league of Kentucky. Early in his speech before the legislature, leg-islature, Mr. Wilson brought out hie Idea of "a system of trusteeship' which ho fenid grow out of t"he power wielded by the big Interests In the po. Htlcal world by "men who could not seo farther than across the directors' table Charging that roprosentatlvo offlco holders were guldod by these men, ho said government virtually resolved Itself It-self Into a trusteeship. "Tneso men consider themselves guardians of the country," ho said, "they don't bellevo tho Judgment of the people is sound, hence the guardianship. guard-ianship. At times It Is necessary In furthering these interests to promote artificial prosperity or its roveise Wo should not be ufraid of threats of the reverse, but combat them with facts gained only by assensltlvo knowledge of business as those men have themselves "Privilege this gho3t has captured buolncss. No business Is free and the whole situation shows an artificial advantage ad-vantage Businessmen aro afraid to talk and this tremor clutching business busi-ness is proof of the gilp of privilege. privil-ege. "Our laws of twenty years ago do not fit conditions today We stand In tho pre3enco of a new order of tilings Formerly the people were against a change, but now Uiev know It Is necessary neces-sary " Mr Wilson snid he would not attempt at-tempt to lovolutlonlze tho entire business bus-iness fabric at ono upheaval, but would try to "clear the channel," giving giv-ing big business Intorests a chanco to readjust themselves on the theory that big business w.th prlvllego Is bad, but big business proporly oper atcd Is good. Speaking of the "Insurgents," Governor Gov-ernor Wilson said, "they have swunt; around and arourrd until their pnn- I clplos are ours with the exception of the tariff" |