The Springfield herald., 1913-07-25

who said when Lincoln was
lying in his coffin, there lies the
greatest leader of men that ever
lived"
While | do not think that that
can be rightfully said of any
man, l do believe that when
Woodrow Wilson is cold in his
coffin it can be truthfully said,
there lies one of the greatest
leaders of men that ever lived"
AS history reads, l believe
America has produced four of
these great leaders of men who
tower as such above other great
men of the nation. The first of
these was the father of his coun-
try, and following him Abraham
Lincoln, William Jennings Bry-
an, and Woodrow Wilson. Thorn
as Jefferson was one of the great
est statesmen our nation has
produced, but as a leader of men
| do not think he ranks with
those mentioned.
That Wilson has accomplished
what he has with such a con-
glom erous mass as he had in the
way of material to work with, is
one of the marvels of the age, as
we'll as the fact that without any
storm or buster, or big sticks
or big Is, the opposing elements
of the party were induced to
wheel in line with his policies,
the party thus changing from a
conglomorous mass to one of
HON mogeneous consistency,
What has been accomplished
in the CORE ction of the evils of
the tariff alone, against the con-
hicting interests of the members
of his own party, is sufficient to
give to lin uudying fame. Plat
a man in the face of such odds
could frame a measure of tariff
revision, such as the occasion
demanded, and then get the bad
boys of those opposing interests
to join hands with the good boys
of the party, and to actually
stand up and fight for the bill,
as a big boy would stand up and
| fight for girl, seems to be in
credible, was impossible with
Cleveland, and is evidence of the
greatness of Woodrow Wilson as
a leader of men.
/ But the tariff bill was the least
of two great necessary measures
of reform in the economic poll
cies of the government. The
manufacturers and other nation
al monopoly trusts formed to-
gether an octopus of nation wide
power for evil; but the credit
trust has for a generation and
more overshadowed all other
trusts in its grip on the affairs of
| the nation-in making and un-
making individuals, in paralyzing
or stagnating business, in it's
power of manufacturing panics,
and in it's control, III conjunction
with the other trusts, of the
three great departments of gov
ernment, of course more or less,
from the presidency, congress
and the supreme court down
through these same depart
ments in these. several states.
And once more the president
comes forward with measure,
again against the conflicting in
terests of his party, depriving
the credit trust of it's menacing
powers, by the creation of re-
gional banks and great reserve
Lof treasury notes, both under the
absolute control of the govern
ment-the first great financial
measure in the interests .of the
whole people; and again the bao
boys of those opposing interests
were induced to join hands with
the good boys of the party, and
again to actually stand up and
fight for the bill as a bad big
boy would stand up and fight for
Il good little girl.
But great as are these correct
i've measures, they are dwarfed
by the exposure of the means of
| these various trusts for the con
troll of parties and government
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