South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-29
orthern IndianaS Greatest Newspaper.
SOME COMPARISONS OF
PRESIDENTIAL TEMPERS.

The president was visiby moved and showed not
little emotion" is the snowden Of
the delegation which called the white house
nov. %.
The words are almost Identical with the report made
the working women's delegation which called
president during the summer to his support for
the federal amendment for woman suffrage
During the parade of the Grand Army veterans
weeks ago the dispatches announced that Mr.
Wilson Wept
Yet" said the surprised delegates. I'VE had heard
that Dir. Wilson is a cold man."
Wilson emotional man. Intellectual men are
often So Emotionalism has do with temperament;
GOODNESS may predicated temperament or
Temperament a thing the moment, having
to do with the sensbties character is the permanent
structure and has to do with those which
make for the final judgment on all problems to be de-
cided. An emotionalist may may be swayed by
his emotions Pres't Wilson may may not be- to
his character cold" man. The is to be
found In the phenomena of emotonasm.
Prest Harrison famed his coldness In that
instance it temperament The politicians COM
planned that he shook hands a cold way. His man.
repeling Once, told, he personally
ordered from his delegation Grand Army vet
who. in their enthusiasm the
ddate, had crowded aboard his Then next
station Harrison made speech to audience of vet
eloquent that it moved them to tears.
Pres't Wilson has of the Harrison churlishness
ne personal charm the highest degree. He a
good listener and good talker His sense of humor is
keen and his imagination active An illustration,
amusing story is always at his command. Those
who know them both, say he is genial than
Mr.. Taft who subject to spells of bad and
who sometimes had violent outbursts temper
Wilson has much finer mind. while like Taft he
has a violent temper, has it generally under much
better control Mr. Wilson $ emotional than
Mr.. Roosevelt The latter had a staccato manner
which often msed the person familiar with
cast both and Wilson it is the superficial
tiles which confused though about them. The
public difficult jesuitical GOODNESS
With rotundity and the caft smile. high degree of
sentiment with the jesutca face present presi
dent. The public has been slow in discovering that a
consistency which be far removed from cool
JUDICIAL calm is OF the most conspicuous attributes
of Theodore Roosevelt
The human qualities in a public generally
those made conspicuous by manners yet they
perhaps the important. is o
the interest of the constituent TO know whether the
public represents him-be he alderman
presiden-realy believes in peoples government than
whether he is sorry for the cripple selling
matches by the curb and il is of vastly import
that he know how his representatives in the
eminent got his money and what the ecOnomic
influences which surround him than how he
shakes the hand of veteran. And if constituencies
were very wise they would care
interest about great mans kindness the little
beggar girl and would be interested knowing
whether he had a likes have her
the social column Of the newspaper And if the wisdom
constituents raised 10 the nth power they
would inquire candidates had been
ed 20 act when called upon 10 stand by principle in
the face OF pubic ridicule
Even before that however constituencies may learn
that slap the back and good cigar are not All
there is TO craftsmanship.