Analysis Of The New Freedom By Woodrow Wilson

With the upcoming presidential election of 1912 looming closer and closer, campaigning has recently been coming to a head. Presidential nominee Woodrow Wilson has been gaining local support spreading through many of the mid-western states with his stance on tariffs. This hotly debated issue has created a lot of controversy but Wilson continues to hold strong to his belief that tariffs should be lowered. To help compensate for expected losses, Wilson also strongly believes that a federal income tax should be established. As part of his platform speech Wilson said "We declare it to the fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal government, under the Constitution, has no right or power to impose or collect tariff duties, except …show more content…
In his speech ‘Monopoly or Opportunity?’ Wilson says, “Big business no doubt to a large extent necessary and natural. The development of business upon a great scale, upon a great scale of cooperation, is inevitable, and, let me add, is probably desirable. But that is a very different matter from the development of trusts, because the trusts have not grown. They have been artificially created; they have been put together, not by natural processes, but by the will, the deliberate planning will of men who were more powerful than their neighbors in the business world, and who wished to make their power secure against competition.” Unlike other candidates, Wilson is promising to establish antitrust laws and stop big businesses from holding monopolies over those of us who are trying to keep their businesses …show more content…
Theodore Roosevelt gives his full support to women’s suffrage. This both cost him supporters as well as helped him gain supporters. However, it is believed that Roosevelt is only supporting the vote in an attempt to gain more popularity and close the gap between him and Wilson. It is not clear whether Roosevelt actually believes in what he is saying or not. On the other hand, there is absolutely not guesswork needed when it comes to Republican’s feelings on suffrage. President Taft has made it completely clear he does not believe in women’s suffrage and refuses to pass legislation giving them that right. Since being created the Socialist party has and continues to give its support to suffrage with Debs views being no different. Woodrow Wilson has not confirmed or denied his support for women’s suffrage as of yet. However, when asked by Edith Whitmore for a public statement voicing his opinion Wilson said, “You put me a very difficult question. I can only say that my own mind is in the midst of the debate which it involves. I do not feel that I am ready to utter any confident judgement as yet about it. I am honestly trying to work my way toward a just conclusion." (In Wilson’s