Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16
E MORE HENDERSON, COUNTY NEWS THAI
WILSON THE ONLY LOGICAL
CANDIDATE, SAYS WATTS
Collector Can't See Anybody Else for
the Democratic Nomination

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the Democratic Nomination
Washington, Dec. IA. D.. Watts,
! collector of internal revenue for the
fifth district who has been here for a
week, left for Statesville last night.
Before leaving he said:
Il had SOME little matters which [
wished to talk over with Colonel Os-
born and the supervising architect OF
the treasury, but the principal reason
for my visit to the capital city was
to: learn as much of the political sit
uation in the country as l could. Dur
ing my thirteen years in Washington
with Senator Simmons l came to know
men from every state in the union OF
both parties-senators and represent
atlyes, their clerks, members of the
general stats of the house and senate,
officials in the executive departments,
and most of the correspondents of the
laiiy papers of the country. | al
Ways took great interest in politics
n political campaigns in the coun-
try and the various states, and came
Ito have my favorite source of informa-
ton from almost every state-some-
times senator's, often a member of the
house, frequently a newspaper man,
0N 1AS4oSAN1J OOhAO O116IL h1oII
brought here, by a senator or repre-
sentative largely because of his know
ledge of the politics of his state. Ex-
per1ence has taught me that not al
ways is the a with the biggest office
the best posted on political conditions
in the states.
During my present visit l have talk
ed with them from almost every state
J in tho union d0no0nrof1 o-1 on,hJ
cans from senators and representa-
tives to messengers. and from all the
information l have been able to get |
believe President Wilson will be
unanimously renominated and trium-
rhantly reelected. In my judgment
he will have at least 800 of the 531
electoral votes. Of course he will not
have the electoral majority he had be-
fore, for no one believes the progress
slves will poll anything like the votes
they did before, although the opinion
is general that that party will have a
ticket in the field.
I'm talks with all sorts and condi-
tions of men here l get the impress
sion that no man has ever grown so
upon the country as has the president.
Ali our presidents have been good
men. All have been patriotic. Not
all of them have been wise. From
what l hear the country, almost re-
CARELESS of party, has come to believe
implicitly in President .Wilson-not
only in his goodness and patriotism,
but in his judgment and wisdom as
well.
will congress enact his prepared
ness program into law? Assuredly,
yes. What is more, it will put upon
/ the statute books almost every othe1
policy which is backed by the deliber-
ate judgment of the president. Con-
gress has followed the president on
the tariff, on the currency and foreign
relations. The country Is prosperous
as hardly ever before and, thanks to
his sound judgment and calm poise
with all the world, including unhappy
Mexico, where the excuse for an I'M
just war of conquest upon her have
been many and plausible
Nearly every man you meet here
will tell you of scores of republicans
with whom he has talked who intend
to support President Wilson next year.,
an6, they all put it on the ground Of
the accomplishments of his admins
tration and the confidence of the. peO--
pie in his ability to steer the country
safely and ~peaceably through the most
troublelous times which have ever
afflicted the world.
BE of good cheer, democrats, we
are going to win again.
while in no manner taking sides III
any contest, from talks with North
.Carolinians here, l get the impression
that most of our districts will renom-
mate their present democratic, repre-
Fsentatives without scontests. 4 There
has been the usual talk about other
candidates, but the opinion seems t9
be that most of them will not mate
rialize. From the best information |.
can get our next congressional deel-
CATION will contain few new men, ex-
cept a democratic successor to Rep
resentative Britt. It's written in the
stars that the mountain district will
elect a democrat next year to uphold
the second Wilson administration"
THE ETRST SNOW