Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-03-28
WILSON'S SUCCESS
To Be CONSPICUOUS
Political Writer Predicts Popular
Administration for Democratic
President.


toward a conspicuously successful ad-
ministration, according to w. w. Jer
name, Washington correspondent for
the Seattle Times, who discussed the
prospects for the Wilson. administra-
ton in last Sundays issue. The ar
ticle continues in part:
"Since he went into the White House
he has not made a move which has
provoked hostile criticism. The press
and popular opinion all over the count
ry have been striking'y unanimous in
their expressions of approval and good
will. 1t has been made entirely evil
dent that the people generally, regard
administration should succeed. In
view of this attitude and of the Sensi-
BILE manner in which Mr.. Wilson has
inaugurated his administration, it
would seem that .nothing but a vital
mistake or most serious mishap can
prevent him from having an admins
nations history. Perhaps it might
even be said that if he can get by the
tariff revision of the next six months
without a serious setback, success will
have become almost certain.
! AN opinion formed at this time is
not so premature as appears at first
,;u oh u; ,,ly In l,no IL tc bo or1v la
of the Taft administration, the reader
may easily recall that the first sinister
rumblings had been heard well in ad-
vance of Inauguration. The cabinet
announcements were promptly follow
ed by charge that the men selected
were 'reactionaries.' The appoint
ment Of Ballinger had aroused the con-
servationists. Taft's break with
Roosevelt had already begun to make
popular impression. Fred w. Car
penter, the first secretary to Taft, had
already invited criticism by interpos-
ing foolish and unaccountable barriers
against those who wished to feel the
pulse of the administration. Four
years ago today the Taft administra-
ton was headed toward the breakers.
Today the administration of Woodrow
Wilson is sailing in deep water.
"Mr. Wilson has promptly come to
the front with excellent poise, evident
judgment and a certainty of his own
mind. He shows that he has thought
things through for himself and is not
afraid to rely upon his own judgment
whether or not those judgments CO.
incide with precedent and the usual
view. Such decisions as he has made
have come out clearly. carrying the
conclusion that they were final. Every
step taken by Mr.. Wilson thus far has
shown that he has a mind of his own
and intends to use 1t.
THUS far in the presidency Mr.. VIII
son has broken more precedents than
it Is easy to enumerate. In each case
the break has come naturally, being
the expression of his own personality.
They have shown that he was just his
own kind Of a man. The country
evidently likes to have man of that
kind in the presidency and has ap-
plauded at every turn.
"In essentials he has already shown
himself the boss of the situation. He
has barred officeseekers from the
White House and has given positive
indications that he will not run an
administration chiefly devoted to dis
pensing patronage. He has renomi-
mated several bureau chiefs who have
been notably successful in Republican
administrations. He has shown that
he is not spokesman.
But most important, he has cleared
the boards for the big business of his
administration. His time will not be
occupied as was Mr. Taft's, by an
overwhelming mass of little national
moment. He will devote his attention
in his own way to the big concerns of
the country and he will make up Mr..
Wilson's mind about what ought to be
done. Nobody else but Mr.. Wilson, 1t
now seems tolerably clear, will make
up the presidential mind. And the
strong indication is that the people are
strong for precisely that kind of
president"