The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-19
WILSON ONE OF
 GREAT TRlUMVERATE

can Presidents who rank among the great statesmen of the world = the other two of whom are Jefferson and Lincoln = is the opinion of George Hazzard. of Tacoma, former Chairman of the Washington State Democratic State Central Committee.
 Mir Hazard voted for two of the trlumvirate-Llncoln and Wilson. He was a soldier of the Union when he voted for Lincoln during the Civil War. and walks on crutches to this day as the result of an ouuca minnie ball which he has carried since re- ceiving 1t on southern battlefield.
 MT. Hazard, who is in Juneau en route to Dawson to visit son,in'law said:
 "As in 1S61-5, when the American people were behind Abraham Lincoln, so are they now behind Woodrow Will son. Wilson is one of triumvirate of great Presidents. The other two were Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson wrote the Declar- ation of Independence and purchased | Louisiana territory; Lincoln freed the slaves, aud under Wilson the Unit ed States has become the greatest Nation that ever inhabited the earth
 See what we have accomplished under the 2Sth President, We have settled the tariff question; unified the trust laws; passed the currency law; Nationallzed the navigation laws; giy- en the country foreign policy that is the admiration of the whole world, and opened Alaska to It's great de- velopment.
 Tn 1856 the Free Soil Democrats and anti.slavery whigs joined with the abolltionists and with John c. Fremont as the first Republican nom- inee for President they gave the pro slavery party lick. Then in 1860 with Abraham Lincoln as candidate. they gave 1t another lick. That end ed for all time the pro-slaye party.
 History is repeating itself. In 1912 the Democratic party, under the lead ership of Woodrow Wilson. gave the Republican party lick. In 1916, un- der the same leadership, 1t will give the Republican party another lick. and that will be the end for all time of the party of paternalism and special privilege, which. like it's predecessors. the Federal and whig parties, will , pass into history.
 Under the wise administration Of progressive Democracy, the country is destined to have long period of industrial activity and highly prosper ous development
 !, What is there left for the opposi- tion to President Wilson to stand up- on? Not the tariff, for that is, for one at least and perhaps two decades, as dead as African slavery. The Europ- can war has removed the tariff from intelligent consideration for many years. There is no occasion for al tarin wall against imports that are not coming, and cannot be expected to come for long and indefinite per iod. When the war ends. the Nations of Europe engaged will be busy for years rehabilitating their industries. They will be importers of our manu- factured articles instead of exporters, and large balance of trade will be in our favor for many years"
 Speaking of Alaska, Mir. Hazzard, who visited the Territory years ago, said there has been a remarkable change in Juneau since he was here before. He continued:
 Greater Development For Alaska.
 "A greater development is coming to Alaska than its most sanguine citi- zen anticipates. Towns will grow in- to cities and new towns will spring forth to grow into cities in their day Railroads will traverse the Territory in every direction; agriculture will be developed, and all cereals known to the North Temperate zone, aside from corn which requires the hot nights that we do not have on the Pacific coast, grasses, and all the hardier vegetables will be raised in plethoric abundance.
 "The present Democratic admins, tration has made way for this develop ment, and it will further foster 1t as 1t proceeds on it's course.
 'Tn the course of tims-during the lifetime of many men of middle age now llving-three great States will be erected from the territory that now constitute Alaska. I hope they will name them Alaska, Seward and Lin coin.
 q expect the time will come when one will be able to ride on a palace car from my home, the city of Ia coma. via Juneau and Nome to Cape Prince of Wales, thence via ferry to East Cape, Siberia, thence to Petro- grad, the capital Of Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. Henry Willard, the great railroad builder. once told me that this was feasible and that 1t would be realized"
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