The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-11-11
WOODROW WILSON RECEIVES
SHOCK IN HIS HOME STATE.
(From Herald.Republican.)


While it is shocking to think of. and
one wonders what we are coming to
when that sort of thing can occur, 1t
is none the less true that woodrow
Wilson, our most conspicuous exam.
pie OF the business man In politics,
has learned to his sorrow that repub-
lies are prone to be ungrateful. Not
withstanding the widely accepted
knowledge that Governor Wilson was
determined to reform the state OF
New Jersey, nolens volens, the I'M
grateful people of that thrice I'M
grateful state have risen In their
might and have swatted him in the
midriff, or as near the midriff as the
proletariat is able to 90 in the heat
of campaign. A Republican assembly
has been elected that will keep a.
watchful eye on the governor. Incl
dentally, that sound of merriment
which may be heard quite plainly
from the eastward is the expression
OF the sardonic glee of Judson Har'
mon of Ohio, who thinks he sees a
! DOM suffering from a varied assoc e.
ment of stable punctures.
II is to be doubted whether Mr.. Will
son was much surprised. Last Friday
night he addressed an audience in
Jersey City in the interest of the De
mocratic legislative ticket. Usually
the spellblnder permits his recogni-
ton of apathy on the part of his au-
dience merely to spur him on to re-
newed efforts to rouse 1t from that
lethargy. Wilson, however, was so i'm.
pressed by 1t and commented strong
ly, remarking something seems to be
lacking here" BY this time the gov
ernor undoubtedly has learned what
it was that was lacking-Democratic
sentiment and Democratic votes.
The truth is that Governor Wilson
has been riding rather too high a
horse; it is an old axiom that the
higher the horse one rides, the small
Ter the degree of sympathy when he
falls. We are all human and prone to
ear; none of us perhaps wears suit
of clothes that encompasses all the
virtues. None is all bad; and none is
altogether good Therefore, the public
man who assues all the virtues finds
that he is no longer en-. rapport with
the people; one may boast of his own
honesty until the public bonows a
sharp scalpel and begins to probe
with the very human desire to learn
whether the whitewashed fence en-
compasses cathedral or sepulchre.
Something of that sort has happen
ed to GovernorWilson; the public does
not doubt either his honesty or eff.
cheney, but it strongly doubts that he
has formed any corner in honesty and
efficiency as he apparently would
have the people suppose. The election
of Republican assembly in New
Jersey will have salutary effect up
on Governor Wilson. Just how much
OF the superheated atmosphere has es
capped by means of the punctures in
the Wilson boom remains to be seen
The effect upon Democrats all ovel
the country will certainly not be OF
the sort which Mr.. Wilson would de
sire. If Governor Wilson cannot carry
his own state at the next presidential
election-and the result of Tuesday
make it appear extremely doubtful
he will be liability rather than al
asset TO the Democratic national tick
ct. 1t seems a pity, too; Presiden
Taft would undoubtedly find hin
quite an easy opponent.
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