The Washington herald., 1914-09-01
WILSON Wants
ASECOND Term
Desires Judgment Of the.
Country on His Ad-
ministration.
EXPECT NO OPPOSITION
Leaders Believe Bryan Will Coneede
Dill. D:-lk A. q D.
EXPECT NO OPPOSITION
Leaders Believe Bryan Will Coneede
Presidents Right to Go Be-
fore All Parties.

President Wilson will be a candidate
for a second Presidential term.
Definite information that Mr.. Will
son has expressed, himself as believing
IL the duty OF a Chief Executive to
submit his administration to the peo-
pie OF the country so that they may eN-
press their approval or disapproval of
II comes from an authoritative source.
It was before Mrs. Wilson's death
that the President expressed himself to
q friend upon the subject of a second
Presidential term. Since that time per-
have entertained the opinion that he
might be so disheartened by the death
of Mrs. Wilson and by the drain upon
his strength made by the ever-increas-
ing round Of oficial duties, that he
might prefer quieter scenes and a less
strenuous regime at the end Of the
present term.
Bryan Is Acquiescent.
Those who are familiar with the Pres
idenfs character, however, do not be-
lieve in the light Of his expressed views
with regard to a second term that he will
fail to live up to what he conceives to be
his duty in the matter. They are con-
WINGED that II by the time of the nomi-
mating primaries and conventions OF lSlb,
Mr.. Wilson is in anything like normal
health, he will go before the people and
ask them to pass verdict on the admin
istration of the public affairs for Which
he will stand responsible.
Political leaders. both within and with
out the Democratic party. believe that II
Mr.. Wilson is a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination he will not be seriously
opposed. From an authoritative source
II has been learned that not long ago
Secretary of State Bryan expressed the
view that IL the Wilson administration
was a success, Mr.. Wilson could have
the Democratic nomination for the ask
ing, and that IL the administration did
not measure up to the public expectations,
the nomination would not be worth hav-
ing.
From the source where the information
with respect to the Presidents attitude
toward the second term principle was
obtained, there came the statement that
the President and Secretary Of State
Bryan have no agreement Of any sort
on the subject of Mr.. Wilson's future
ambitions. At the time that Mr.. Bryan
accepted the first portfolio Of Mr.. Will
sons Cabinet a report was circulated
that the two men had interchanged views
upon the subject of a second term, and
that an understanding existed that Mr..
Wilson would not be a candidate in the
way Of Mr.. Bryan in the next national
contest. This report has ben recurrent
during the present administration. It has
never been discredited before because
of the mystery with which President
Wilson has covered his state of mind.
Neither Mr. Wilson nor Mr.. Bryan ever
has discussed the subject Of a second
term for publication. The Presidents
confidante with regard to a second term
today expressed the opinion that Mr.
Wilson or Mr.. Bryan never have dis
cussed even among themselves the second
term plank Of the Democratic national
platform, adopted at the Baltimore con-
vention.