The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-18
WOODROW WILSON
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Atlanta journal.

The time has come for the Demo
Gratis Of Georgia to consider definitely
whom they should support for the
presidential nomination
The national convention meets less
nan i've months hence to name q
candidate The delegates from this
state win be instructed as to how
they shall vote and TO that end there
viii be held between now and early
June a presidential primary in which
the people viii directly express their
s choice OF candidates. Our citizens
thus acquire an individual interest
and influence in the selection Of the
party's standard bearer: wherefore it
behooves them to take due fore
thought that their choice may be
wisely made.
The Journal has repeatedly urged
the ACCESSIBILITY of nominating a
southern Democrat for the approach
ing campaign. The south is the par
: tvs sinew and plays q vital, If not q
decisive, role IN the choice Of presi-
!. Dental candidate. Yet. for decades
past it has been content TO hnger in
glorious In the background Of party
: councils and to follow the leadership
OF other and less inherently Demo-
cratic sections. There was a time, no
doubt, whsn such an attitude was en-
; forced by peculiar conditions but
happily. that era has past, for today
the south II IN the very forefront Of
national thought and endeavor and
her label upon q presidential candt-
date, far from working him disadv2n-
tage, would prove emphatica1ly IN hIs
own and the Darty's favor, provided
he be otherwise acceptable
r. therefore the people OF Georg1a
and her neighboring states can find q
Democrat who Is southern bred and
who at the same time Is eminently
~ 1nea1 Il
4ership, they should support him Tor
the nomination, not simply as mat
ter Of natural sentiment but also for
the party's and the c0untryg welfare.
ITO be sure. he must have vastly more
than a southern birth or rearing. He
must have a record that proves his
strength OF mind and character and
witnesses his good faith with the peo-
Pile He must have the power of In
sight and the power Of performance.
He uaug4 be d man whose face il set
forward and whose very soul pulses
response to the nations needs and
ideals. He must be courageously in
dependent OF special interests, ma
chine politics and machine politicians.
And he must possess such a measure
Of the cOuntry's confidence that after
he has been nominated he will stand
q logical chance Of leading his party
to victory at the polls.
A1tmr weighing the ntneSS ana the
chances Of all the candidates in the
field, the Journal is convinced that
precisely this type Of Democrat is to
be found in Governor Woodrow Will
son, Of New Jersey, and we recon-
mend him unhesitating1y to the peo-
pie Of Georgia for the presidential
nomination.
woodrow Wilson is a Southerner in
every fiber Of his being. He was
born in Virginia. the state that has
Graded so many presidents. He was
educated In the CaTolinas and in
Maryland. He spent hts boyhood In
Augusta, Ca. and he entered the prac-
tice Of law in Atlanta. He embodies
the richest traditions and the keenesi
sympathies of southern folk. His very
voice and bearing proclaim his birth
land.
He is virtually a Georgian. He
married a Georgia girl. and it was in
this state that he spent many Of the
most stimulating years Of his life and
laid the foundation for that splendid
usefulness which has reflected sc
much honor upon this commonwealth
and the south. Georgia has never fur
opportunity to nominate and elect q
man whom Georgians can claim as
their own. at least in part.
Furthermore, he Is q southerneI
who has gone to the north and has
won renown in the largest life ano
interests Of that section. AS president
of Princeton university, he did q work
which only ripe scholarship matet
with rare executive ability could have
accomplished. Woodrow Wilson has
been called schoolmaster In politics