The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
WILSON, THAT'S ALL.

Fiji WILSON'S THAT'S ALL.
Governor Woodrow Wilson passed
through Baltimore at half past 8
O'clock Sunday afternoon ong root to
Chapel HILL North Carolina, whore no
0s TO deliver the Comm encement adj
dress to the students OF the University
at that place There was tfme when
he did not travel OH Sunday, but that
was long ago. and he has just returned
to his half Of the continent from the
Vest. where all days look alike to the
progressive people or that self-reliantI
region. 1t is not our present purpose
10 chide him for this departure from
The ancient ways; but TO say that he
was received most Hospitality by mon
of both parties wherever he journey
cd in tho West; never felt that was
treadng on dangerous ground in air
Ing my. views on vital national prob
lens. MS men in all parts or the West
and in the East North and South, L
might add-seem to have almost for
gotten party prcjudlces in the discus
sion of real Issues" II looks rs if he
had the thing pretty well cinchcd; for
Ii men in the West. East. North and
South are all for him and for his cause,
who can be against him? In a talk
with a representative of the Baltimore
Sun, he said: IA.
The Sane sober minded American
Of to-day is interested in tho Present
and the Future, and the Past conmends
itself to his attention mainly for its
object lessons In methods or dealing
With the political Present and the ma
iional Future I.
The voters of both parties want
leaders who can formulate construc-
tive programs and have tho courage
and ability to carry them out. In 9TH
or words, tho public has become salts
fled that we have enough chroniclers
OF past glories and that the need OF
to-day Is an Increase In tho number of
men of creative genius in our national
political life.
If ] read the signs OF the limos
Alright, this Is the most significant ana
rcassuring fact That The optimist who
believes that we are TO return to real
representative government meets in his
study OF present conditions IT means
+ that we arc to restore to ourselves n
great measure of the self government
which NC have SO hecdlessly relin-
Quished."y.
There appears to be a good deal in
that but whether or not there is
enough TO land the Presidential nomis
nation depends upon good many
things. AS for the Presidency Gov
z ernor Wilson said; "No man is big
enough to seek the Presidency for
himself and no man is big enough to
refuse IT." That is TO say, he Will take
II II he can get II and take 1t like the
man he is If he shall sec it coming his
way. That ne is viewed with alarm Is
perfectly clear from the careful reading
OF his books and the efforts of news-
papers and men in high estate 10 COM
pare himself with himself. or the VIII
son that was with the Wilson that IL
For instance, in the House ut washing.
ton last Thursday a man BY the name
OF Olmstead, and n Republican from
Pennsylvania al that. made speech
~ which. with malice ufore thought
and without any speciui bearing upon
tho question under discussion, he
sought to advise the members OF that
body rs TO the wherea bouts Of DIR. Will
son. when ne was q writer and teacher
and before he Sc; up his lightning
teasers on the question Of the ini,la-
tive and referendum IN Switzerland;
Just aa II that should or could have
anything TO do with the disposition of
such questions in the United States.
I'm MS very Justly celebrated work en-
titled The State published in 1893.
when he was not in the whirlwind OF
politics and had nothing TO disturb the
calm reflection OF his great miro and
brain" Mr.. Olmstead began. and tho
rest OF what ne said can be Inferred
from what he said when he started
His purpose evidently was to convict
the school teacher OF Inconsistency by
quoting from his book, this statemen,
among others:
THE initiative has been very little
used, having given place in practice
for the most part to the rcfercnnua,
Where 1t has been employed il has not
promised either proErass or enlightcn.
ment. leading rather 10 doubtful ex.
periments and to reactionary displays
f OF prejudice than 70 really useful leg
talation."
That seems 10 be very much 10 thu
point and, the initiative giving place
to tho referendum, there will be much
interest to know what DR.. wilsor
thought Of the referendum and how Il