The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-07

III" 'I' cHTlh ana Nome Will prOSpe! .o,ordmgly, because she win he dolnc business
 If The United States did not already .:''" # very old and sacred mott
 rhlrh II would hr sarrilcgc to change
 miGht almost be appropriate to in- ..''l. on the coat of arms of the Union
 he words Leave it tu Wilson"
 Al any rate that seems to be tn,
 Try best thing that the country can
 lo tt present and with the rate at which that same Wilson is going 1t is i
 'rN comforting thought that for tn,
 lcNt three years or more the country
 an "Loavr il to Wilson"
 The things that the president has
 one and the things that he has Pot
 nc ar" too familiar to the thin':Iu' r,"plr of the country. too fresh in the .n"mori"s of those who keep abrest of h. times, to need vain repetition.
 Th"r" has been more actual legisla
 ion passed which was designed for the
 cod and prosperity of the nation since 'll Wilson has been in the White House than ever before in the same '."riod. It is fair to presume that all of
 he legislation which Mir. Wilson has
 zen responsible for will rebound tn
 he great good of the country Certain lr if was with that object in view that
 '" president proposed. and then saw
 .trricd through the several bills which
 ave been passed by congress.
 Mir. Wilson had his own ideas. and
 hey were not the ideas of demegoguc
 oliticians or pestiferous place hunters rEcy were the sound and reasonable
 lras uf deep thinker who had given ''l hest efforts to working out the problems in d manner which would ring the greatest good to the greatest number and the most lasting honor md prosperity to the country.
 There are many men in Mir Wilson's @rty who did not and do not approve f his methods and his policies. These men are mostly the professional poli- 'icians who are not bothered with the science of government and do not know what political economy is
 These men have not relied on any special fitness for the positions of trust which they have gained from the peo- lle, but have won to where they are at present by reason of some power other than their own claims to statesman ship. They have learned the political game and have played it for all that it was worth-to themselves.
 Mir, Wilson's party. some of the lead CTS who are the closest to the presi- dent attempted to block some of his well designed legislation. Some of these men tried to change the well aid policy of many years for the build ing of two battleships by the govern mcnt yearly. This was Il matter that was not. and never should be. a party measure. The naval experts, the men @Cnnected with national defense, had worked out a plan whereby the coun- try could maintain it's position as d sea power by the continued construc- tion "f two of these fighting machines ! year. The plan has been followed for many years and the country has been safe in its sea supremacy.
 There was much talk in congression- Il circles of changing this policy. There were those close to the presi- dent who openly announced that it would be the policy of the democratic administration to retrench to such an extent that no battleships were to be These people wanted toI le. the navy. the first line of defense the insurance that has kept us out of wars. die of dry rot They were for n policy which if carried out would leave the country naked and defense lessA before the world
 Fortunately these people. who were so close to the president were not close enough to read his clear and log Cal mind. They only read into his | )rain the idle vapourings of their own 'ague dreams.
 With the navy, and the construction ,f battleships it has been the same as with the other matters with which 'i esident Wilson has had to deal. He las let the little stars that circulate round him talk and speculate and heorize to their hearts content and 'hen the time for action has come he las acted in his own clear straie htfor-