The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-16
EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF
 WOODROW WILSON

Has anybody stopped to think what type of man Woodrow Wilson is? Has anybody seriously considered the kind of administrative work he has done and the kind of legislative work he has induced Congress to do?
 Did anybody ever hear of an Ameri- can President, who, in so short time, has done so much to elicit the confi- dence, the admiration and the applause of so many of his countrymen?
 What he is to his country and what his country is to him are evidenced in the kind of legislation he has brought forward. His currency law has the unqualified approval of all. It is so excellent in it's provisioning that 1t received not only the support of the Democrats in Congress; but of a great many Republicans and Progress ives. It solved problem that no oth- CT statesman dared try to solve, al though Congress and committees of Congresses, and leaders and groups of leaders dallied with 1t and lodged it for q generation,
 His tariff superseded the most in famous tariff in history. It received the Congressional support not only of the Democratic members, but of La Toilette and many other progressive Republicans. It was fought at the time and Is fought now only by the standpatters, cheap politicians and un- fair newspapers for political purposes, The vote of such statesman as La Toilette for the present tarifr shows the country what kind of men its crit les are.
 The antitrust legislation, the Cham berlain railroad bill for Alaska, the income tax measure, are others of a program to build up the country and free business and industry from the autocracy of the trusts. What Presi- dent in American history has done so much in so brief time to plan for a greater National prosperity, prosper ity to come with unexampled abund- auce as soon as there is time for ad- justment and for the handicaps of a bloody European war to pass away?
 It is @ kind of legislation and a quantity of legislation never before ac- complished in so brief time. It is legislative achievement carrying more relief and protection for the people than any American President ever se- cured in a whole term. It is legisla- tion directed to human welfare and to a wise constructive adjustment of the forces of national life and busi- ness out of which to bring the most prosperity to the most people. It is an earnest of the kind of things that Woodrow Wilson will try to secure for his countrymen during the remain ing two and one-half years of his term.
 What Woodrow Wilson brings to his country is evidenced by the contrast between the tranquility and peace at home and the frightful occurances ov- erseas. Only yesterday there was a clamor for President Wilson to lead the armies of the United States into Mexico. He was scourged and ridicul- ed and denounced and excoriated for his refusal to do so. His policy was called a grape juice policy" It was jeered at as "spineless" policy. They said 1t was foreign policy that made the United States "the laughing stock of Europe"
 While in blood-drenched Europe, women weep and men die, while chill dren call for sires who can never come back, and mothers pray for the safety of sons they will never see more, there Is time for the American people to thank Almighty God for a, President of peace. who pleads with the nations to sheath their swords and be at war no more.-Portland, (0reD Journal.