The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-03-05
CREDITED
WITH MAKING GOOD
DURING FIRST YEAR
Hold on Country Is
Stronger at First
Anniversary.
IN BIC CLASS"
Believed He Will Be Classed
With Lincoln and Roose-
welt in History.

Washington, ID. C.-President Will
son Oh Wednesday will end his first
year in the White House, and with
matters at Washington concerning
foreign and domestic affairs at
a fascinating pass OF incompleteness,
the observers who attempt to recapi-
tulateNthe significant events Of the
last twelve months have difficulty in
picking and choosing from the wealth
of material in their hands.
Nevertheless, the disposition to
figure, which is inherent in the Am
politician, is willing to take
what Their is at hand and deduce
the future of the administration with
the certainty of a Sherlock Holmes.
The difference is that while Dr. Wat
son always accepted Holmesl deduc-
tions, the republican DIR. Watsons in
the house and senate refuse to accept
master Sherlocks of the democratic
party. Holmes says Wilson has a
record of achievement that will give
him another democratic house. DR..
Watson says the record is u%nsubstan-
tial and will be found out i'll the fall
elections.
In big President Class.
No one has sc occupied the public
mind in the last year as has Mr.. Will
son, only three years in political life,
and the democratic congress, which
has been grinding out. without serious
friction, epochal legislation on ques-
ton of business and economic char
acter. BY common consent, it seem,
distinction of a mar of destiny and
qualified for the class of big presi-
dents" along with Washington, Jack
son, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
No record of accomplishment in
domestic matters has been in the do
main OF economics, as instanced by
the new currency act, designed to
prevent financial stringencies and
other conditions of money control, the
tariff for revenue and the income tax.
And of course there iss"The 0onstitu-
ton of Peace" under which big bust
ness, such as the American Telegraph
& Telephone company, and j. p. Nor
ban & Co, have yielded to the spirit
of the times, as expressed in Mr.
Wilson's ~utterances, and placed them
selves in conformity with the spirit OF
the law against monopolistic prac-
tises.
keynote at Chicago.
The president sowed the seeds OF
mutual understanding and accomo-
dation'' in q speech in Chicago in
January, 1913, and he emphasized his
desire to end antagonism on honor
able terms, in these words of his in
augural:
This is not a day of triumph+it
is a day of dedication. Here muster
not the forces of party, but the forces
of humanity. Mems hearts wait up.
on us, mems lives hang in the bal.
ance, mems hopes call upon us to say
to the great trust? Who dares fai,
to try?
81 summon all honest men, all pa.
triots, all forward looking men, to my
side. God helping me, l will not fail
them, if they will but counsel and
sustain me-"
Power in Personality.
Standing out above all else in this
perid OF transition has been the per:
sonality of Mr.. Wilson. For, nc
matter what else one may think -oi
him and his policies, it is generally
granted that he has displayed rare
gifts of leadership and intellectual
power.
These gifts he has used wholly in
the public interest, as he %conceiveS it.
His aim has been to follow "opi1ion
out of doors" The public's realiza-
ton that he is sincere and 'on the
level" in working for them is the
source of the vast influence that he
yields, the evidence of which is to
be found in the Il in which con.
gress, with it's diversified and clash
ing elements, has responded TO his
requests for LEGISLATION. Like Roose-
welt, Mr.. Wilson is getting action.
though in different fashion than Mr.
Roosevelt and apparently, that's what
the pr~oletarial wants, whether it
means one-man power or what"
Democratic Party Transformed.
The president, with a made-over
party at his back, has forced through
congress more substantial legislation
in the brief period OF atyear than any
other executive dealing with similar
questions. With the assistance OF
such congressional leaders as Mr.. I'm
derwood hcfhas transformed the dem-
ocratic party from a party of opposi-
ton and %negation to q party of affi-
action. The merit of this sit
may be appraised, when it is
recalled it was party dissension that,
in large measure, wrecked Mr.. Cleve-
lands policies and kept the party
split into rival groups until MIR. VIII
son was drafted from the Trenton
to lead.
Mr.. Wilson's use Of his unusual
abilities may be traced to the convic-
tions which he has developed as to