Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-13
The Wilson Nomination.

The Charleston News and Courier cor
daily Endorses Col George Harvey's sugges-
ton of President Wilson of Princeton for
President. In commenting The Star s
comments on the subject, wherein It was
pointed out that Mr.. jefferson and Quincy
Adams. both of whom acquitted themselves
ably in the White House, would have
served we'll in such an Office as President
Wilson now fills, the esteemed News and
Courier says:
According to his lights and for his day
DR.. Wilson does not suffer in comparison
with either of the great men named. He
is capab bic. he is loyal, he Is faithful TO the
Constitution, and he would make an ideal
President The so-called vested interests
would not be afraid of him and the revo-
iutionary or socialistic wing of the party
would have respect for his honesty how
ever they might differ from him upon cues
tons of policy. DIR. Wilson is a southern
man who is fully known and appreciated
In the northern half of our country He
possesses great executive ability. He is a
man of wide reading and fine scholarship
and would make an altogether admirable
candidate.
Why not nominate him? He is sound on
the currency question and orthodox In mis-
views OF popular government He Is not n
political hack discredited by political fall
ure, and he would measure up fully to tle
requirements OF the office of President
MI Cleveland-we do not think there Is any
other such man in this country; but taking
him by and large. he would make a fine
candidate and an ideal President.
Not any such man as Mr. CLEVELAND,
Let us all hope not. Surely the democratic
party does not want another such man as
Mr.. Cleveland In the White House He
got In the first time by a scratch-tha
same sort of scratch that landed his young
pupil Mcclellan in the mayors chair in
New York for second term-and ar tbe
end of four do-nothing years was defeated
he was nominated and elected in 1892 I'M
der the management of william c. Whit
ney acting for the great corporate inter
ests in New York. and at the end of the
four most disastrous years the country
had ever known in times of peace the
democratic party was in such a state of
discord and decentralization that a rafting
stump orator, by the aid of one rousing
deliverance. took complete possession of IL.
and is still in possession An educator
even an ordinary educator-ought to be
able to beat that. The chances are that
President Wilson. with an opportunity.
would
But listen to Henry Watterson, who.
breathing the baImy air of Florida just
now. is seeing all things whole and MAX
ing prophecies In a summing up of the
political situation for his newspaper Mr..
Watterson concludes as follows:
The old democratic party grew SO
strong that 1t was able TO make it's exit
the signal for bloody war. The republic
can party has grown so strong that 1t
thinks it owns the earth and has measur-
ably lost the fear of God. The people
seem at length ripe for a clean sweep.
But. they must be unified on some fighting
line and under some adequate leader, who.
whatever else he is, We may make sure
will not be conservative"
In this view of the case President Will
son will not do at ALL for his nomination
would appeal above all things to the con-
sentative sentiment of the country. Can
Mr. Watterson be unified on some fight
ing line with Col. Harvey and the News
and Courier?