El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-10
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST TAKES
MEASURE Of PROF. WOODROW WILSON

Perhaps so: but can I honestly De-
lieye that he was so speedily trans
fCrmedE Can you believe it,
suppose man had spoken disparag-
ingly Of YOU for so years and then hau
decided TO try to borrow some money
from you, and had thereupOn spoken
pleasantly Of your
Gould you believe that he was really
your friend, or would you shrewdly
suspect that he was only trying to fiat
ter you into doing him a favor?
Would you think that you were
quite safe in intrusting important mat
ters deeply affecting your interests TO
his hands2
Not at All Like st. Paul.
And If 1 were your personal adviser,
as conscientious publisher IS a trust
ed adviser Of the public, would l be do
ing my duty to you If 1 advised you 70
1ntrust too much to this chang eaole
man until I felt sure that he had be-
cCme really your friend and was not
merely pretending to be?
4 have a high conception OF my jour
. nalistic duties and responsibilities, ana
Z I adhere TO that conception with deVo-
tion and without deviation.
If I were convinced that Prof. VIII
son were a genuine Democrat, capable
Of being elected to the presidency and
of conducting that great once IN the
interests of the people, l would unre-
servedly advise the people TO support
but being unconvinced Of this.
will not advise the people to support
him, let all the dogs from spot 10
Cerebus howl as they Will
There are enthusiastic supporters
o. Prof. Wilson that believe him to be
a second saul Of Tarsus, who has seen
a great light and been actually con-
verted- ] do not believe it.
There are many definite differences
between Prof. Wilson and St Paul
the great light that St Paul saw
was not light Of personal preferment.
was not a light Of public office, was
not light of material advantage
st. Paul abandoned material con-
sideratiOn to follow his convictions: he
did not merely change mis- convictions
to secure honor and position
He sacrificed himself TO benefit the
people; he did not merely seek TO use
the people to advance himself
He left his home and his people and
went out into the world TO do good, and
did not begin by asking pension from
HerOd
Neither did he draw a salary from
the government while neglecting the
duties Of office and devOting his time
to his personal advancement.
More Suggestive. to Judas.
The constant intrusion Of certain
pieces Of silver into the career Of our
modern convert is more suggestive OF
a Judas than 81 a St Paul
Finally, not only St Pauls acts, but
St Pauls words rang true.
st Paul spoke clearly and fearless
ly, whatever he thought. and every fol-
lower was able to understand exactly
what he meant
But who can know or state with
any definiteness what Prof Wilson &C
tually thinks Of the leading questions
Of the day?
AT the Jackson day harmony dinner
IN Washington. IN the midst Of the ut
ter silence Prof Wilson insists upon
before ne begins MS address, sturdy
western Democrat At one of the tables
said SO all could hear:
Now professor, tell US what you
think tonight
1T was not too much for Democrat
to ask of a candidate for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination, but
Prof Wilson did not respond, either
directly or In his spe2cn-
Prof Wilson was not asked 70 state
what he had thought Of Jackson and
jefferson in times pas He was not
asked TO repeat his criticism II recent
. Democratic platform and recent Demo
cratic candidates.
He was not asked to explain his al
tered attitude on many progressive
He was only asked to state definite
" what he thought hat night
He did not explain definitely, and
he never does explain definitely. He
asks all Democrats 10 forget his past
attitude, but is not willing to make
them understand his present one.
Governor Wilson's Ideas Unknawn.
Prof Wilson has made more
speeches than all the other candidates
Tor the presidency in all the other par
ties combined, and still he has not yet
been able definitely TO state what he
really believes.
To those who ask for bread. Prof.
wilson distributes the polished peb-
bles Of his oratOry They may be
brilliant; they may be beautiful but
they are not bread. they are but stones.
Prof. Wilson, who formerly ridi-
culed and reviled the initiative refer
eEdum, the recall. and direct nornfna-
( items. and educated his students to op-
pose these popular measures now saws
that he believes in the initiative in a,
way, and IN the referendum in part,
and In the recall on certain occasions
and in direct nominations under certain
conditions.
He thinks that the tariff Is an issue.
/ but he has been unable clearly to for
mulate his tariff program
he comedies that the trust question
IS leading one, but he has been un-
( willing clearly to explain how he DUR
poses to deal with the trust question
Prof wilson mOdifies every state
menL QuaITIes every utteranCe. and
stands nicely balanced on every issue,
ready to retreat or advance as occasion
requires.
IF Prof. Wilson's inconsistencies and
contradictions, his un-DemOcratic and
un-Amerlcan utterances, should not be-
come sufficiently well known before
the convention to prevent his nominal
ton. they Will certainly become well
enough known during the campaign TO
prevent his election
And while defeat at the polls is not
what the Democrat desires. that defeat
] would certainly be better for the party
:
man who is not in heart and action
Democrat.
Democratic Pose Assumed.
The whole trouble with Prof VIII
son Is that he is not a Democrat. and
does not know how to be a Democrat
dis Democratic pose is assumed, and
therefore, awkward and unnatural
He is a fish out of water. In the
/ pursuit of his ambitions he has left
the federalistic element IN which he
knew how to swim and has come out
upon the Democratic land upon which
he does not know how to walk.
As a candidate for president he
would be a pitiful disappointment.
As an actual president he would be
positive danger 10 his party and TO
the country. A Democratic president
VINO is not Democrat would be a fall
ure. and the failure of an administra-
4 tiOn for which the Democratic party
could be held responsible would mean
4 the expulsion of Democracy from power
for another score of years.
These are my reasons for not sup
porting Prof. Wilson. They may or may
not be sound. At least they are not
selfish.
4 have fairly accurate faculty for
detecting frauds. as mayor SchmitZ and