The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-01-13

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WILSON'S JACKSON DAY SPEECH
The indianapolis speech may b
fairly interpreted as the first gun II
President Wilson'S campaign for re
nomination and reelection in 1916
Clearly it is intended as signal Il
democrats who are now baking at the
presidents leadership to get in line
or stand responsible for the politica
consequences. The shot was not fired
in the air, but was aimed to fail neal
the republican fortress. Apparentl,
the intention was Ito remind demo
Gratis and republicans alike that bat
tie is coming and that the president
is willing and able to don the uniform
OF commander in chief.
! There is a new note in the Indian
1apolis speech. 1t is. one Of the aggres
Isive militancy, supplementihg the old
not of confidence in Wilson leadership
The intimation that the American peo
pie might have a chance to express
their judgment of his administration
was as diplomatic hint at a coming
candidacy as could we'll have been
made. Nor could tho president well
4 have offered a more pointed message
to the present democratic insurgents
i than ia contained in the following
paragraph:
This county is not going to use any
party that cannot do. continuous and
consistent team work. If any group
OF men should dare to break the solid.
|arity OF the democratic team, for any
purpose or from any motive. there
would be a most unenviable notoriety
fand responsibility which will bring
bitterness to them. Tie only party
that is serviceable to nation is q
/ party that can hold absolutely tOgetll-
err and march with the discipline and
with the. zest ;of a conquering host. i,
There Is little but politics, in. the
Indianapolis speech. Plainly it. was
composed deliberately for political OF.
feet. Doubtless 1t is to mark the be.
ginning of a new period in which the
|presi6ant is to move. around more ana
talk more for the good of the party.
The appeal to the. independent vote
was well timed and well put. The plea
for popular support Of the ship pur.
chased bill was made with adroitness
calculated to produce political results.
The allusion to the Immediately ben.
Ieficial effect Of the federal reserve act
was pertinent. The tender Of the trade
commission rs practical substitute
for the proposed tariff commission
was bit OF cleverness unforeseen by
the republicans. Tho sugEeation of q
federal employment bureau met q
timely but delicate issue In delicate
way.
These who have been criticising the
administration for not having a clear
Mexican policy may do so no longer.
The jackson day speech made Presi.
dent Wilson 8 policy as to Mexico per.
fectly plain. He intends to let the
Mexicans fight it out without inter-
terence if it takes all the rest
Of this administration. As the most
enlightened nations Of Europe have
settled down to this method vi
settling their differences, the presi.
dent evidently feels that. similar con
itions In Mexico will not be regarded
as so barbaripus as might have been
the fact a year ago.
President Wilson's references to the
republican party as lacking In new
ideas and dilatory in accomplishment
is not at all convincing. This, like his
apportionment of: the progressive
strength in the two old parties, may
be classified as part OF the spiffle that
always finds > it's way into q partisan
argument, Logically. the Indianapolis
speech will. not analyza SO we'll as
many Of the presidents public utter
ances, but politically it contains n
snap and sparkle more suggestive OF
the spellbinder than anything that has
yet come from the present occupant
OF the White house.
The Indianapolis offering goes q
long way toward assuring an aggres-
sive political. campaign in 1916 with
Woodrow Wilson officiating as COM
mandcr in chief OF the democratic
army. Incidentally 1t promises some
lively disciplinary measures in the
democratic camp during the coming
year if the incipient insurgents OF to.
day care to make bid for. them.
Sioux City Journal.
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