The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-17
State Editors.

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aTHE GREAT IMPOSSIBLE"
That President Wilson is a man Of
education and culture. nj one will
deny. That he is a r%esourceful poll.
tictan and q man of great force and
dominating will IS equally true, but
rs Q statesman he Is an eminent fail.
ure. AS q successful executive, he
IS impossible. From the day OF his
Inauguration as President, his every
act has proven him an impossible
theorist. Heghas surrounded him.
self with impossible advisors with
whoseSa aid and assistance he Is at
temptipg to force upon the country
Q political program that has brought
Industrial and business interests face
70 face with disaster.
In the whole history OF the Presi.
dencys no man ever entered upon
his duties rs chief magistrate under
more favorable auspices than did
woodrow Wilson on the fourth Of
March, 1912, when he found the coun.
Try enjoying the greatest prosperity
In Its history. Labor was fully en-
ployeds the factories and mills were
unable TO I'LL their orders; the rail-
roads were taxed to their capacity in
handling the great volume OF state
and interstate commerce; money
was plentiful and to be had at EASY
rates; the income Of! the national gov
ernment was ample to meet the
necessary expenses Of the nation.
MT. Wilson had the confidence and
the good will of the entire country
Democrats. Republicans and Progress.
siyes alike. Even the political press
81 the opposition was friendly to
him. Both capital and labor believed
IN himt at least as q man who had
the disposition as well as the ability
to give the country a safe and sane
administration. The partisan feel.
Ing and bitterness usually engender.
ed by O presidential campaign. were
absent. He had aEunited party be.
hind him with all the machinery of
government under his control. His
opportunity was great. His failure
Is s%tupendous.
In not one single point has he met
the needs or expectations Of the coun.
Try; In not one single instance have
the pledges and the promises made
70 the people been kept. He prom.
ised to reduce the high cost of living
by o reduction OF the tariff, The tar.
III was reduced to such an extent
that q wal tax was made necessary
IN q time OF peace, but the cost OF
living has continued to soar until It
9 almost reached the sky. The
mills and factories Of the country are
idle; labor 10 unemployed; business
a. a standsttll; railroads paralyzed on
ing side and badly crippled on the
others money scarce; business fail.
ures on the increase and poverty
and distress everywhere. This much
tor Mr.. Wilson'S tariff legislation.
This much for q practical test OF one
of Mn! Wiisonss impossible theories.
He was pledged to an economic
administrator Of the affairs Of gov.
ernnient. The first year of his adj,
mInistration cost the people OF the
United States one hundred and Ave
million dollars more than was aver
before spent BY any administration,
either Democratic or Republican.
This extravagence made the war
tax" necessary and not the war In
Europe. He was pledged to the pro.
position that THE law pertaining to
the civil service should be honestly
and risidly enforced to the end that
merit and ability shall be the stan.
dard Of appointment and promotion
rather than service rendered to a
political party" He has violated
exery principal Of civil service re.
form He sanctioned an act passed
By q Democratic congress under
which thousands OF government en-.
ployes were removed from office for
.