Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-28
Confdence In Mr. WiIson


last month";
Confidence in Mr.. Wilson
Several writers compare the Roosevelt Ad-
rninistration with the present and to the
advantage of the latter. Ray stannard
BAKER. in "Wilson After Twenty Months
"a, writes
The word which best describes the feeling
Of the country toward Mr.. RooseVen was anu nv
is. personal popularty-towaro MI ass SS WI.
son Is a rather sleepy place compared VIII VIII
what IL was under Mr.. Roosevelt no sueh
crouds are ever to be found thronginB the ante-
rooms no such gatherings at luncheon and din
ner no such conferences early In the informing H
and late at night, no such glare OF pnnlclty, ~
presents an aspect Of high seriousness IL u
an Immensely orderly place. II Is as thoush
some one had made time ana motion etuuss
after the manner OF the scientihc mahaseIs,
and all unnecessary ana ineincleht proSeSSes
had been eliminated.
Since the beginning OF the European war
Mr. Wilson's prestige has been stsadiiy I'sihE nins
He has met each emergency with quiet skll
and courage He is undoubtedly stronger now,
both with Congress and the people, than ever
before.
One of the pities of democracy is that ef-
hciency and ability alone are not popular.
II "a more important to be good mixer"
TO tell funny stories and remember peoples
names. II was probably in response to
stories of his Goodness" that Mr.. Wilson
made an amusing apology for himself at the
washington Press Club last winter. George
creel evidently does not consider such eriti-
cism well founded In sour Visionary Presi-
dent" (2) he writes:
He has had tho vision 10 see beneath the
staFnancIes OF materialism down to the weI-
EprinEs OF an intense spirituality ne ooss
moi mistake the baekWaters for the hvlnk
stream. The insIstence that he Is the last
word i'm weIl-ordsrad intellect. personality az
cold and remote as though kants Crluque q
Pure Reason were galvanized into acuoh' ls
the stupidity OF muddleFs who have lost an
touch with the elemental simpheiues. As on'
follows the man from his entrance INTO PIo-
M NE the Ching machine" theory becomes IN
ereasinRly absurd. for at every point there ls
main Indication of whits-heat passion ana IN
dubtable evidence OF an insunetvs esso.iVh 4. 70 ~
the mere convictions that proceed from eon-
selous thought
"Not Guilty-Bus Don't Do Il Again"
Five weeks before the election. and prior
also 20 the reconciliation between the two
old friends, Colonel Harvey wrote Of the
President as "A President who has not
merely done his own best but better than
any other since lincoln" In the last num-
Der Of The North American Review COM
menting on the elections the Colonel
writes 90;
IN a cnaracLafl8uc american FetAteAs
snfoniEsd in the classic phrase Of the Earth
~ yVest mot guilty, but don't do Il again
qhs Administration was not repudiated - tne
oeils. n Was sustained; Il was not even enee-
fveiy rehuked; but Il was Enthusiastically
,garosa More dennitely than AZ any previous
time President wilson is the man OF tae
In similar vein, Samuel Blythe, surveying
election results All over the country, under
the whimsical eaptian -An on Year That
was on" writes 90;
A political rsbuks that continues = man Ia
a oosltlon 10 do what he wants % do = not
% much 4 rekuke as 3 tOplc % ecpFefa4tiap teF
hls Opponents A President can look vita
eoms,1kat of completeness o. rt1nke & IA
continue 10 retain the legislative soaas ia
his control Il ne Grand cld party thinks 4
Il safs la lsls. because it 9ot Oul cf she eoIaA
ii 1914 ana danced = ~ "a tno -. "a 1laza
Ola party dolsdas itssit
Dverybodys. writing sdlloElallg q TIE
anti-trus lssislaiion. tie CLAYTON bfa sn6
the Federal Traae Ccmmilsion biii cAazaa-
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