The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-10
WILSON'S RISE SHOWN.
Governors HcadWay Due 10 New Men
Relying on Human Nature Instead
of Machine Methods.
Deacon" Hemphil in New York
Times.

Woodrow Wilson is man new in
American politics, and American poll
I ties is all the better off because he
Is. TWO years ago he did not know.
except in wholly theoretical way.
anything about the game and how it
should be played. and he really does
not know much more now. except
that he has learned great deal about
human nature, and how human ma
ture has to be nursed when it comes
to the business Of dealing with prac-
teal questions in a theoretical way.
Nominated first by George Harvey.
VINO never held an office in his life
and never ran for one for Governor
or New Jersey. and safely delivered 4
In this venture only to be again pre-
ferred by the same judge of men and
opportunities for President of the
United states. he is again at the
head Of the heap and leading. or
rather following, it would seem. the
people to another triumph in Novem-
Der. This is one OF the most remark
bale experiences in the political his
tory of the country. and argues we'll
FOR the people and their sense of the
fitness of things. The manner in
which the situation has developed has
been as surprising to the people prob
ably as it has been to the practical
politicians" No one would have sus-
pected that William +. McCombs
modest, unassuming, quiet beyond his
years could have worked out the
plans of his campaign for Wilson as
he did at Baltimore, and before Balti-
more; but he did in that initial strug-
gle just as he hopes and expects to
work out his plans for the election of
Wilson in November.
Governor Wilson has done many
things which an ordinary politician of
the old school would not have done.
He has written letters Hnd made
speeches, and built up histories, and
said many things which a candidate
for Office would never have dreamed
of saying: but he has always been
able to give a reason for the fai.h thar
is in him. and his expla 1atiou, So
far as he has made explanations. have
only served to elucidate the theories
he has advanced and to satisfy the
critics who have assailed him. He
ought TO be judged by the company
, he has been keeping. His largest sup
port in the convention at Baltimore
came from the Republican State of
Pennsylvania, which emblazoned on
all its banners the legend Name Will
son and Pennsylvania will elect him. -
That was risky thing for Pennsyl-
vania TO promise. seeing that Penn
sylvania has never voted for a Demo-
cratic President; but the assurance
was so attractive and the men from
Pennsylvania were so persistent that
the convention accepted the pledge.
Mitchell Palmer. the Quaker repre-
sentative in Congress from the
StrOudsburg district and a man Of
peace but high principle, and Vance
Mccormick. former captain of the
Yale football team, and Rowland Nor
ris. a young lawyer of Philadelphia,
all Of whom have money enough 70
live on without the emoluments of
office, are doing their best 70 carry
q. out the pledge made. These three
young, or youngish, fellows are typi-
cal of the character of the men who
have rallied to the Democrats stand
ard this year in all the Statesmen
without pull" men who do not know.
hut men who believe that the time
has come when the people will 80
right if they are only led right.
I As il is in PENNSYLVANIA. so is it in
all the other States. OF coi,,se there
are some ''practical politicians" among
the Wilson men--they would not be
! practical politicians" if they were
hot-put the men who nominated him
AT Baltimore are the men who will
really count in the campaign. In
IeNaS' another of the strongest States
which gave Wilson their support at
baltimore, the contest was between
the old and the new, largely. Henry
ana BurleSon and Culberson were
there. The two first named were
rather more noisy, perhaps, than ef-
fective; but they were all very ear
nest ana direct in their speaking and
voting. One of the Texans who was.
IN fact. not Texan at all. as he is a
native of Iowa and has lived i'm Texas
LOT oh'N SIN years, was Cato Sells.