The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-05-24
Ely 1. 1. HOBBS.

| President of GuiIford ~ CO. College.
| Governor Wilson's career has been
such as to reveal his powers both in
| telectual and administrative. and hi'
course as governor of New Jersey Il
very difficult position to flil-has bcen
so marked by courage and SSH 'lilt
bis fitness for the presidency care i1to
the minds of the PEOPLE all over tn
country with the belief that sacaA d
Tilden had arisen.
THIS WAS IN sudden bursting fer Il
Of hts powers. for tar G,ssin@alshti
scholar had risen In IN orderly wa!
step By step. to einlDen"e ana iahie
Ito uas known to the world OF sciol.
ars as a man who ezpres3al and who
was expected to express In the c.saresi
possible terms the best sentiment end
the profoundest philosophy OH MI prob
lens Of education ard Of educational
interest In this country His literary
productions in the way Of American
history ard his work The State. Used
MS Il textbook Ii tlacy colleges nave
been in a field Of lparnin. that VIII lc
of the greatest use to him ana teP
country In case he becomes president
CIearness Of u.tsranee
Governor Wilson's intellectual pene'
tration is not surpassed hy any man
in public life. and his power OF speech
is scarcely egualed in this country
Generally clearness Of ulteranee ~
lows clearness of perception me la'i
that his work in life has been maihlE
in educational fields. so far from De
ing hindrance. as some pretend TO
think. must necessarily be helpful I'D
fitting him in the adjustment of means
to special ends. AS president OF
great university and as governor OF
great state he has had a good heia ID
which to display his executive ability.
Moral courage. The president OF our
great nation needs to be man OF the
utmost integrity of character, man
whose judgment in respect to right
and wrong has become keen by life
of uprightness that Is so well known
that the people will know that when lie
speaks he means what he says. Cleve-
land is the shining example Of this vlr-
tue in American history. Governor
Wilson's public and private life leads
me to believe he possesses that sterling
integrity of character that would be
the greatest possible relief to US IN this
day of vacillation and uncertainty IN
respect to public utterances
He Is Calm and Thoughtful.
At this time. when we behold an as
pirant to the office Of president who
several years ago declared in explicit
and unmistakable terms that he would
under no circumstances allow himself
to be considered q candidate and who
today in terms just as unmistakable
announces himself for third term-at
such time it would be an infinite re-
lief to have the opportunity of casting
a ballot for man who Is calm and
thoughtful and who cannot be moved
from the path Of simple honesty and
integrity any more than the sun can
be turned from It's course. Such
man | think Woodrow Wilson to be-
The controlling reason should be that,
all things considered, Governor Wilson
will be the strongest candidate the
Democrats can name-that is, the one
who will be most likely to win the CON
test for election. We are not by any
means to conclude that a nomination
means an election. and the great prob
lem for the Democrats now is to find
the man who will get the most votes
and get them in the right states In
my Judgment Governor Wilson has the
best prospect of success in case of nom
ination for the simple reason that he Is
well known to be man of vast capa-
bilities, both intellectual and moral. He
can be depended upon more than any
other man In America at this time to
say the right thing at the right time
and to follow his words by correspond
ing action.