The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-31
Democratic Leaders Look to Missive to Aid in Doubtful Congress Districts in
 North and South.
A CALAMITY TO WEAKEN
 PRESIDENT, SAYS WRITER
s.An Asset of the Civilized World, g Chief Executive
 Is Denominated.

leaders in Washington think that Richard olney's letter to Col George Harvey, praising the wilson Admin istration. will have a good effect throughout the country. The Demo- cratic National Committee is sending 1t out as campaign literature.
 ndr. olnsy's hearty support of the Democratic Administration viii help in doubtful Congressional districts in the north and east.
 The olney letter was made public by Secretary Garrison of the war De- partment in 2 speech at springheld. Mass
 ssIf the Wilson Administration had occupied itself since March, 1918, in settling Itself in the saddle and in planning for great things to be done in the future. it would have pursued the custornary course and could not easily have been censured., says MT. olney to Col. Harvey.
 UnparaneIed Assiduity.
 "But the fact is" he added, that during the period the National Gov ernment has devoted itself to it's du- ties with an assiduity quite unpara4- leled. has undertaken and brought to conclusion much tmporzant work work largely constructive in it's na- ture and bound to permanently in- fluence for good the fortunes of the country
 high protective antiquated tar if. for example. full of aDsurdities and abuses. has been subjected to a. reasonabIe downward revision. has been supplemented by an income tax which puts upon wealth a larger and fairer share of the burdens of taxa ton. and signalizes the passing. new CT to return. of such legislative crudi- ties and extravagances as the Ding ley bill and the Aldrich bill
 .sTha Federal Reserve bill inaug- urates 2 new era in the Financial his tory of the country. and in the judg- ment Of bankers, business men and experts generally. will gradually but surely do away with the confusion and chaos which have heretofore ais graced American finance
 ."The trust Iegislation and the Alas ka Railroad bill also .e1nbody Iegis- laHon which may fifty be described as essentially constructive. It is not claimed. it is not to be claimed. that these measures, or any of them. are tha last words on the subjects they relate to.
 Trusting Tn His Leadership
 .If the Democratic party showed great sagacity in picking woodrow wilson for the. Presidency. it has shown no less in trusting itself to his leadership. It was that trust which brought about the repeal Of the Panama Canal tolls exemption through the votes Of many Congress- men who honestly doubted the jus tice and wisdom of the repeal They now unauestionab1y plume them selves upon their action.
 sThey now unquestionabIy rea1izg that. because of that repeal and Of the Presidents Mexican policy. and. because of the good faith, sincerity, disinterestedness and law-abiding- ness which mark the Presidents course in both these cases. the United States today occupies a po- sttion of supreme importance in the world.
 .Tt is the one great power not party to the awful carnage which is now desolating Europe and making modern civilization seem a sham and reproach. It acts in foreign rela- ton through it's President and is the one agency through which ending the war can be urged upon the beln- gerents with the best chance of g hearing.
 A Calamity to Weaken Him
 gro weaken the Presidents pres tige at this crisis. to make it appear that he and his Administration are not trusted and supported by the American people. would be calam- ity. At this Juncture. and until dis credited by some overt act of the American people. the President of the United States is not a Democratic as- set merely. nor even an American asset. but an asset of the civilized