Arizona republican., 1915-01-18
The President at Indianapolis


 No speech bv a president, with the single ception of President Tafts Wnona address, ever aroused such unlavorabe comment that of Presi- dent Wilson Indianapolis two weeks today. It placed the president in a unfavorabe atti tnde before the country. It abounded in reversals of sentiment to which the president has been prone throughout his public career, beginning with his entry literature a publicst and historian.
 Democratic newspapers, speaking for that ele- ment of the party unfrendy to the president, ex- pressed surprise his yelled intimation that he would seek an endorsement his policies the polls in 1916 but their surprise has obviously been assumed. than three months ago nouncement that MT. Wilson would again be a brought no responsive denial objection from the White House. No with any political experience needs be told that Mr. Wilson is the logical candidate for the nomination. and fail recognize that fact would stamp him be- ing deficient in ordinary intelligence.
 The discomfort in the country at large and the failure of some of the presidents most cherished policies would furnish material the development of healthy opposition in the ranks of his party if it properly directed But the presl- is aided by the stupidity of his enemies within his party who will that the democratic
 
 failure of government. but spreading stories uf the presidents i-health undermined by the de- rresson of spirits consequent upon flood of criti- cism
 The men who could defeat the president for re- nomination will not do so He will be the candi- date again, and the Baltimore platform will be fouted in another plank. But it is Q it. The president is in in-health and ne is not de- he is i'm ad that he in happy-land of make believe, where his policies all working smoothly where all the inhabitants are satisfied and prosperous and where any dis oouraging factors purely psychological"
 If the Indiana polls speech showed that the president sead1ast in one thing it showed that he was steadfast in this deuson There IS not the slightest danger that criticism will affect his spirits or that he will be disposed to hand the scepter to little group of politicians whose malice he lnows cannot injure him in the sight of the country
 The speech will add to the reputation of MT. Wilson either statesman an orator It's Eote was frankly of partisanship. He passed Judgment on his administration and pronounced it q success. He completely reversed himself on the subject of Mexico. Where, a few months ago he was insisting that it was plain duty interfere in affairs there to insure the organization of q government that would meet our ideals he in- , sisted at Indianapolis that it of our busi- hess how long it takes CT in what for the Mexicans to work out form of government that will be satisfactory to them.
 He naturally ignored criticism of his party's record in congress for but his failure to concede that the tariff has not yet brought prosperity and his assertion that opposition to the ship purchase bill is based on narrow partisanship show how far his mind is removed from practical affairs. Announcements that the democr tie party las program of service:" that it has broken up an economic control that ntolerable and that it has emancpated America-all these read well; but they do help solve problem of bread and butter for the out of employment and they not going to restore the confidence the bus- 
 We do not question that MT. Wilson is a man of high ideals. It has been the pleasure of The Republican to endorse many of his policies and it believes yet in his honesty purpose but laments such lapses his Indianapolis speech disclosed