Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-10-13
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would have been going ON now, with
possible complications arising in
Mexico's behalf from European and
South American nations. A war with
Mexico would have thrown our Mon
roe Doctrine into the world ring to
be fought Overland the end of il no
man could foresee. or course, Mr.
Wilson did not do that. This is part
OF the weakness" charged against
him.
Again: Mr.. Wilson could have de-
claTed war on Germany the day after
the Lusitania sank. He would have
had strong support from an angered
country and an aroused congress. For
days the nation was a dangerous
mass Of finder. waiting only the ig-
hitting spark. The president knew
that such heats OF anger suddenly
cool when the actual pressure of
war begins to be felt, and that the
people who cried loudest for war
would be the very first to turn and
rend the excitable president who
gave them what they asked in a mo-
ment of responsibility. So, the
thought of war was not even coun-
tenanced by the administration. And
that is another item in the alleged
weakness" of the president.
Every course must be judged by
it's results. Another course than that
which the president pursued in every
question he has had to handle would
have meant war President Wilson
never had any other choice to make
| it was always simply peace OR
war. He has always chosen peace
and for that he has been called a
| yacillating weakling.
| 1t is one of the strangest psyche
i logical exhibitions this country has
ever offered to the analytical mind
! Here is a nation spared the unname-
able horrors Of modern war, and yet
/ part of it processes to be dissatis-
fled, and whole political party as
serts that it has right to be dissat-
isfied. Would Germany, surveying
her loss of 100000 of her young men
killed and 100000 men crippled
for life-would Germany today be
calling 1t weakness" If by the exer-
else of diplomacy or the writing of
notes" the kaiser had been able to
stave off the war? Would France
have called it weakness" in Presi-
dent Poincaire, if he had been able
to preserve France whole in the
midst of world catastrophe? No;
these men would have been hailed as
being stronger than war itself! Well
in the same way our president has
been stronger than war itself. He
was strong enough to thwart the wal
party at home that tried its best tt
goad US into this war. If that IL
weakness" to what shall we give
the name of Strength?
A great deal of fun has been haC
over note writing''-altho we uset
in other days to be fond of quoting
THE pen is mightier than The
: sword" But President Wilson hat
just two tools he could use-his per
, with his brain behind 1T, or YOUF
, LIFE. That is all he had. He coulC
, send NOTES, or he could send HUI
! MAN LIVES. He had to use eithel
the tools of diplomacy, or he haC
to use American fathers and broth
, ers and sons-of whom YOU would
likely have been one. Now, aside
j from partisan preferences which
; would you prefer a president to risl
first: his pen or your life? Presi
, dent Wilson tried his pen first
the pen had failed thru any weak
} ness in it's handling, he would havt
had to fall back upon the bodies o
AMERICAN Ul0U1 OueTbu as SdGTlLlC6i
/ on the altar of battle But the notel
: did not fail, because they were no
weak notes, and they we're not writ
J ten by weak man. He succeeded
Again-if that is weakness, where
, shall we look for Strength?
, This is not campaign editorial
, Its object is not to make or hole
| single vote for Wilson The New
: believes that whichever candidate
is elected, the policies that have rul
! ed until now are going to be con
tlnued, because they have proved
themselves the wisest and safes
policies. (The wise policy is always
the SAFEST The object of this writ
: ing is only to secure fair state o
, mind in which to estimate the ser
I vice that Woodrow Wilson has per
3 formed for the United States.
: In the circus, one sometimes see
an athlete hold up ten men. One maj
mounts his shoulders; another fol
+ lows; he holds four men on his arms
two more brace themselves agains
: his hips; two cling to his neck ant
back. And then the athlete Begin
K. to walk with them. He sways ant
. strains He chooses his footing will
I painful care. His limbs look as
! they might collapse beneath him
e But does anyone call that weakness
g No, for they do not look at the sway
I ing. but at the tremendous burden
: borne
Likewise. in the more trying day
: of the past, President Wilson ma,
s have seemed to sway beneath hi
: burden, to walk with painful care
: fulness. to choose his footing witt
s what seemed hesitation Was /
weakness? No. For look at the bur
V den he was bearing. Strength is mea
: sured by what 1t does, by what i
carries. BY these tests. Presiden
Wilson was, and is, strong man.
/ Mr.. Hughes may be just as strong
: He may be even stronger. But tina
is not a good reason for miscal1inI
President Wilson. Let the countr
be at least fair to the man who sen
: NOTES in order that he might no
4 have to send MEN.
q
: ATTEND THE MEETINGS
e The voters of Bear Lake count
8 will no doubt have an onnortunity Ii