Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-03

the itinerary in his pocket
Before he returned he had Travelled
5000 miles. made twenty-five speeches
addressed thousands Of people and
been acclaimed 10 eight states as the
next president.
That was the beginning OF il. On his
western journey Mr.. Wilson had re-
Piled 10 all questions by saying that
the presidency was too big a thing for
sny man 10 set about 20 capture, as Il
was too big for any man to refuse.
Now, however. there set in a spontane-
Gus movement which overnight made
him a candidate, willy nilly. and which
within a few weeks had put his name
apparently ahead Of all others in popu-
lar favor. for the movement was dis
tinctly movement rather OF citizens
than of politicians. rather OF the people
than of party leaders.
Early in January. 1912, Governor VIII
son was present rs a guest at the Jack
son day banquet. attended by all the
members of the Democratic national
committee and the most prominent men
Of the party from all over the country.
gathered in Washington. and there
made an address so commanding in
power that he fairly swept the 500 OF
their feet with the vision OF duty and
opportunity which beckoned the party
Of the people in this hour of national
crisis
FROM that day Mir. wilson's life has
been lived in the full light of publicity.
The press has given a daily record Of
his acts and words and has brought 10
an end the work Of this biography.
whose purpose it has been to trace the
course OF not widely known events
which. IN ways not unusual in our POI
liticai history, has singularly equipped
Woodrow Wilson for chief part in the
political life of the nation.
The campaign for the nomination
developed unusual bitterness. Private
letters were published and private con
ferences aired in the effort TO beat
Mr.. Wilson Despite these betrayaIs OF
confidence ne steadily gained before
the people. A combination of the field
against him was the last resort Of his
enemies. When the convention met
at Baltimore. however, he had more
than 800 delegates, and these never
wavered.
on the forty-seyenth ballot. after the
longest struggle ever witnessed in
American political conventions. Wood
row Wilson was named for president
of the United States He had gained
constantly from the beginning, past
the 400 mark. past the 500 mark, past
the COO marx. until at last there came
/ u scramble to get aboard the band
wagon. The mounting Of the vote was
like that Of the mercury warmed by the
! breath of popular demand throughout
the nation
The election campaign was a repeti-
/ tion of that seen two years earlier in
New Jersey Everywhere the candidate
spoke ne proved n revelation to his
( audiences In the result he achieved
one OF the greatest triumphs in Amer
lean bistOry-more than 100000 pOpu-
lar plurality and 43J electoral votes
out OF 53l. The -'schoolmaster COVER
nor" had arrived.
So brief a narrative as this could re-
veal but imperfectly the personality
whose development 1t eSsayed to trace,
nor could any assessment Of it, in clos
Ing, do much 10 remedy the imperfec-
tion. Some few matters Of fact might
/ be added a little to round out the pie
ture
Mr. wilson's face photographed in
rcpOse is familiar but it is not the
/ same face animated. His photographs
do not show the man whom his friends
! know. The lines OF sadness which
( mark the photographs disappear in
| conversation, in public speech. A suf-
/ fusion OF kindness oYerfows his cOun-
| tenarce the moment his attention is
| dra wn. Swift play of expression marks
| the interest with which he listens His
! laugh, like that Of the reprobate whom
| Mark Twain engaged 10 applaud dur
! ing his first lecture, is hung on hair
| trigger.
Mr.. Wilson is of good height, stur-
| Oily built, with square shoulders. He
| stands erect and on his feet. If you
want nannerisms you note that his
hands seek his trousers pockets; that
| he changes his glasses with much care
when he looks down at document or
up from it; that every time be has used
| his pen he wipes it carefully with q
/ cloth taken from drawer, into which
he painstakingly replaces it, closing
| the drawer. There IS a certain trained
precision of habit In matters Of routine
/ and a free spOntaneity In others. There
would be a gray grimness about him
| except for the poclseted hands. a fire.
quent sunburst Of a smile and voice
like music. You would learn II you
| watched him an hour or two that a
man with a stiff Jaw and a sensitive
mouth is pretty sure to be master in
| any situation Woodrow Wilson is a
man Of positive opinion, relieved by an
eager sense OF humor. He moves and
speaks with unfaiIing pcise, with good
/ natured certainty Of himself.
The prime thing is that he is real
real all through. from top to bottom.
| There isn't a sham anywhere in his
neighborhood His mind is constitu-
tionally incapable Of tolerating unreal
| fly. II revolts against it Ike a Dau-
| seated stomach. He IS chockful of en-