Washington, Aug. 12.
In a singularly temperate and statesmanlike address Governor Wilson has accepted the Democratic nomination for the Presiden-ey, the occasion being his formal notification of such nomination by committee representing the various States.
His address presents so striking a contrast to the clarion-like utterances of Mr. Roosevelt, the spirited rejoinder of Mr. Taft, and the rhetorical appeals of Mr. Bryan, leader of the Democracy in three sidential campaigns, that, whil would be untrue to describe it as having fallen flat, as is claimed by the Roosevelt Press, it certainly cannot be said to have excited any great enthusiasm. Whether s an appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober it will carry the weight to which it is clearly entitled, remains to be seen.
But instead of taking up the party platform, plank by plank, and fortifying and energizing it with his own personality, Governor Wilson has dealt with it in a way that no Democrat as yet openly criticizes,
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