Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-21
GOV. WILSON
AS HEARST
SEES HIN
COMPARISON With ST. PAUL
No One Knows Where He
Stands on the Tariff

certain issues recently accepted byI
Wilson through the reputation of
his former convictions:
There are enthusiastic supporters
of Prof. Wilson that believe him to be
g second Saul of Tarsus, who has seen
a great light and been actually con-
verified, l do not believe it.
There are many definite differences
between Prof. Wilson and St. Paul.
The great light that st. Paul saw
was not a light of personal prefer
ment, was not a light of public office,
was not light of material advantage.
st. Paul abandoned material con-
sideration to follow his conviction; he
did not merely change his 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 4
pension from Herod.
Neither did he draw salary from
the. government, while neglecting the
duties of Office and devoting his time
to his personal advancement.
The constant intrusion of certain
pieces silver into the career of our
modern convert is more suggestive of
Judas than of St. Paul.
Finally, not only St. Pauls acts, but
st. Paul's words rang true.
st Paul spoke clearly and fear
lessly, whatever he thought, and every
follower was able to understand ex-
actly what he meant.
But who can know or state with
any defniteness what Prof Wilson ac-
'tuallly 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 he begins his address. a 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 indirectly, in his speech.
Prof. Wilson was not asked to
state what he had thought of Jackson
and Jefferson in times past He was
not asked to repeat his criticism of
recent Democratic platform and re-
cent Democratic candidates.
He was not asked to explain his
altered attitude on many progressive
policies.
He was only asked to state definite
ly what he thought that night.
He did not explain definitely, ano
he never does explain definitely. He
asks all Democrats to forget his past
attitude, but is not willing to make
them understand his present one.
Prof Wilson has made more
speeches than all the other candidates
for the Presidency in all the other
parties combined, and still he has not
yet been been able definitely to state
what he really believes.
""To those who ask for bread, Prof.
Wilson distributes the polished peb-
Hes of his oratory. They may be bril-
liant; they may be beautiful but they
are not bread; they are but stones.
Prof. Wilson, who formerly ridicul-
ed and reviled the initiative, referen-
dunn, the recall, and direct nomina-
tons, and educated his students to
oppose these popular measures, now
says he believes in the initiative in
way and in the referendum in part
and in the recall on certain occasions
and in direct nominations under GER
tain 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 oues-
ton is leading one but he has been
unwilling clearly to explain how he
purposes to deal with the trust ques-
ton
Prof. Wilson modifies every state
ment, qualities every utterance, ana
stands nicely balanced on every issue
ready to retract or advance as occas-
sion requires.
IF Prof. Wilson's Inconsistencies
and contradictions, his undemocratic
and un-American utterances, should
not become sufficiently well known be-
fore the convention to prevent his
nomination, they will certainly be-
come well enough known during the
campaign to prevent his election"