The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-07

If the United States did not already have very old and sacred mottoI which 1t would be sacrilege to change| it might almost be appropriate to i'm scribe on the coat of arms of the Union he words Leave 1t to Wilson"
 At any rate that seems to he thel very besN thing that the country can 10 at present. and with the rate at which that same Wilson is going 1t Is vtr, comforting thought that for the next three years or more the country .an Leave 1t to Wilson"
 The things that the president has cone and the things that he has rot ne are too familiar to the thinHhG ,n ople of the country. too fresh in the memories of those who keep abrest or ,h.. times. to need vain repetition.
 There has been more actual legisla- lion passed which was designed for the
 .ood and prosperity of the nation since Mir. Wilson has been in the White House than ever before in the same period. It is fair to presume that all of inc legislation which Mir. Wilson has ,.cen responsible for will rebound to
 he great good of the country. Certain ly it was with that object in view that inc president proposed. and then saw
 AA rave been passed by congress.
 Mir. Wilson had his own ideas. and they were not the ideas of demegogue politicians or pestiferous place hunters. They were the sound and reasonable 'deas of a deep thinker who had given ,,s best efforts to working out the problems in manner which would .,rlng the greatest good to the greatest ,umber and the most lasting honor md prosperity to the country.
 There are many men in Mfr. Wilson's oarty who did not and do not approve # his methods and his policies. These men are mostly the professional poli- .icians who arc not bothered with the science of government and do not know what political economy is.
 These men have not relied on any sDecial fitness for the positions of trust which they have gained from the peo- ple. but have won to where they arc at present by reason of some power other than their own claims to statesman ship. They have learned the political game and have played 1t for all that it Was worth--to themselves.
 MT. Wilson's party. some of the lead CTS who are the closest to the presi- dent. attempted to block some of his we'll designed legislation. Some of these men tried to change the well aid policy of many years for the build ing of two battleships by the govern ment yearly. This was q matter that was not. and never should be. party measure. The naval experts. the men connected with national defense. had worked out plan whereby tho coun- try could maintain It's position as sea power by the continued construc- tion of two of these fighting machines q year. The plan has been followed Cor many years and the country has been safe in it's sea supremacy.
 There was much talk in congression- ai circles of changing this policy. There were those close to the prcsi. dent who openly announced that it w1uld he the policy of the democratic to retrench to such an extent that no battleships were to he These people wanted to le: tho navy. the first line of defense. the insurance that has kept us out of wars, die of dry rot. They were for 3 policy which if carried out would leave the country naked and defense less before the world.
 Fortunately these people. who were 50 close to the president. were not close enough to read his clear and iog- leal mind. They only read into his brain the idle vapourings of their own vague dreams.
 With the navy and the construction of hattIcships 1t has been the same as with tho other matters with which P, csident Wilson has had to deal. He has let the little stars that circulate around him talk and speculate and .heorixe to their hearts content and Wren the time. for notion has come he .a. acted in his own clear straiRhtfcr-