Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-04-10


stooo, stlli has within it two factions
me progressive Republicans and the
conservative Republicans. The for.
iner oeslre and urge that progressiv-
ISM shall be made a part of the Re-.
publican candidates endeayor and 81
the campaign generally in every CON.
gressional district next fall
some Of the conservative Repuhl,c-
ans, TOO, who have leanings toward
certain kind Of progressiyism Gov
tnat this is not only a good policy hut
proper policy. On the other hand
there are some extremely conserve.
tive Republicans who hold that the
next campaign should be made on the
OLD lines and nothing should be WELD
ed to the new thought.
Difference of Opinion.
These matters are talked about sraa-
~ IN Washington by the representa-
ives most concerned Republicans
talk about the necessity Of yielding
something to progressivism as long
as 1t has small "p," while others
talk freely about the folly of Welding
The Republican congressional COM
m1ttee which in a way will have an
oversight of the campaigns in all the
districts is inclined to urge a liberal
and progressive spirit in all the dis
tricts Naturally, the congressional
committee feels that if one kind Of a
platform is used In one place and an
other kind in another, the charge of
the Progressives and the Democrats
Instantly will be that the old party Is
utterly inconsistent and that If it can
not have platforms which are alike
In congressional campaigns. how can
1t hope to have a platform in a presi-
Dental campaign upon which the Re
publicans of all the districts can
stand
1t seems to be conceded that the
members of the congressional COM
mittee will succeed in inducing the
adoption Of liberal platforms in most
of the districts Of the country. There
are some districts, however, which
will witness contests for the office of
be conducted by the Republican candi-
dates on lines exactly parallel to those
on which such contests were conduct
ed ten years ago.
1t matters little what the claims are
at the present moment, for it is long
time until November, but one thing is
virtually certain the three parties are
going into the congressional cam
paigns as early as possible, are going
to do lot of hard campaigning and
use every effort possible, the Demo
Gratis to maintain their majority in
congress or add to its strength, and
the other two parties to upset the cal
culations of 'sboth the enemies"
AS Wilson Sees Himself.
President Wilson's intimate por
trayal of himself as man and as a
president, drawn for the benefit of the
members of the National Press club
recently, has set men, particularly
newspaper men in Washington, to
thinking. It must be confessed at
the outset that most OF the Wash
ington correspondents have looked
upon Mr.. Wilson as a man of cold de-
meanor and temperament. In his per-
sonaI sketch of himself the president
tore off the mask and showed h1msen
as he thinks he really is, certainly as
he would like to be, and he disabused
the minds of good many persons or
formerly conceived opinions.
The president said in his speech to
the members Of the Press club that
he never had read an article ABOUT
himself in which he recognized him.
self, and that he had come Ito nave
the impression that / must be some
kind of a fraud, because think
great many Of these articles are writ
ten in absolute good faith.
81 tremble to think of the variety
and the falseness of the Impressions
/ make and it is being borne IN on
me SO that it may change my very
disnosition-that am cold, removed
nerson who has a thinking machine
inside which he adjusts to the clrcum-
stances, which he does not allow 10
he moved by any winds OF afrectlon OF
emotion Of any kind, but turns IKE
cold searchlight on anything that Is
presented to its attention and makes
it work. I am NOT aware OF having
any detachable apparatus inside OF
me-"
Appearance Of Coldness
It is probable that men WHO come
in contact with President W1lGon nave
thought he was cold man because
he was self-contained on matters OF
public moment, and that even wnen ne
feels he can discuss them freely MS
method of discussion is SO entlrey
dispassionate. There are no evidences
Of the warmth of Roosevelt nor OF the
smiling geniality of Taft In MI WI.
sons speech nor in his manner OF
sneech. Sparks, however, are STRUCK
from stones, and If there were no
latent heat there never could be even
now and then warm CLEAN from the
surface. President Wilson on occa-
sions has shown the warm CLEAN, Du.
alwavs it has been quickly shadoWeo