Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
TWO YEARS OF WILSON.

w llSoW Coupietcu HILL Ills preSlueu
i, tial term.
These two years Of the Wilson ad-
mini 'trati"n - hclH to make
more hiSrO"y Than any other two
years since Lincoln. The coming two
years Of W,.>rn administration must
inevitably he the m,sc molnentous
period that this "Grutry has known
since the Civil War.
1t is fact of enormous importq:Ne
| that this crisis finds in the White
House president who is completely
master of himself. Being master of
himself he is master of his party and
IF his administration.
There is no kitchen cabinet. There
are no back-stairs advisers. There
are no secret influences that pull and
sway the policies of the Executive.
No underground wires ri'n from the
White House intoeWall Street op into
tie headquarters of an political com
lrittee. Men may ag'ee with Mr.,
wilson or disagree With MIN; they
ma.' like him or th'y may dislike
Jim; but everybody KNOWS that he
and he alone is President. Every.
body knows that during the remaining
TWO years of his term he and he alone
will be President.
A very unusual man, meet to cope
with a very unusual situation in the
affairs Of mankind-a President who
II all his official relations displays
neither vanity now resentment, nor
anger nor personal ambition. If he
has friends their friendship counts
FOR nothing in the affairs Of state.
If he has enemies, their enmity weighs
nothing in the balance of government.
He seeks neither to reward the one
nor to punish the other.
So evenly does he hold the scales,
that the members Of the displomatic
corps, with all their highly developed
facilities for obtaining information,
have never been able to learn where
the Presidents personal sympathies
lie in the great conflict. that is now
devastating Europe. Whatever his
individual opinions may be, he nds
;mothered them in the responsibilities
f his office. !
At this period in their first term,
most Presidents have been earefullt q
calculating their CHANCES Of Te42pminf
ton and reelection. Nobol kuss,3
whether Mr.. Wilson ipten86
}s.,.. cf Congress, can ST. of MS owl
knowledge, that the President idesIfe
/ reelection or that he would mot rd
use a denomination Wha. all Oh
lem know, is that The Presidenq
,3nild not stocp from ulinciple toI
vim either denomination or a rel
election.
That is where his great strength
les. That is where his great use1
''tTllness lies in this crisis. 1t is easyl
% rattle the sabre. 1t is easy td(
oe theatrical. 1t is easy to be dema-l
.ogue. 1t is easy to juggle with thei
,ate Of a nation when no man canV
ioreSee what the next day will bringVl
'orth. But it + not easy to be calm
md restrained and judicial. 1t is not
Easy to face every responsibility with \
out prejudice and without passion.
It is not easy to hew straight to they
line of first principles, regardless OF
applause or cenSure or praise or de-
nunciation. 1t is not easy TO DE sane
when the world has given itself over
To ma:lneSS.
The enormous good fortune OF mi
peoplc Of the united States in the
storm and streets of these coming
ears. is that there Chief Magistrate
<.Io-thr sanCSt mind to lay thlt
iur"Sted with the responsibilities
# government anywhere in civilization.