Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-04
Serves Notice That Next
Novcmber's Election Is
Not Yet Won.
DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL
Despite All Signs on
Hughes Strength, They
Count on President.
Special to The World.

| President Wilson dropped his bomb
shell among surprised and perspring
| Democrats the other day by postpon-
! ing his notification speech he served
notice that Novembers election, how
| ever much a walkaway it might SEEM
was not yet won.
when, further, the president fol-
lowed this the next day by going to
the capitol and repeating the old trick
of calling before him recalcitrant sena-
tors on child labor and workmen's
compensation legislation. Democracy
sat up and rubbed its eyes. Was not
| this u virtual admission that the pres
ident considered the passage OF these
measures essential to the partys sue
cess next FAM
with those two acts congress sud
denly stirred in the lethargy that had
descended on 1t with the political con
ventions and the dog days. 1t heard
the rumblinEs in the direction OF
Bridgehampton, where for days. fleet
runners in Tammany war paint
brought word. formidable concen-
tration of the enemy had been taking
place.
Democrats Confident
Never was the psychology Of Wash
| lngton more curious than in these
weeks before the beginning of the ac-
tive campaign. knowing that they are
minority party and conscious of
| Hughes formidable power as an an
tagonlst. still there is among Demo-
Gratis an air OF supreme confidence as
To the result And there is none of
| that forced ana artificial optimism
| that is second nature to so many
I politicians. II is a feeling perfectly
genuine Yet when one tries to
analyze down to the reasons for this
confidence Immediately he encounters
I . l.. us..1M
! Of the south is sure of carrying his
own state; no two Democrats will give
the same reasons for thinking this is
! a Democratic year
The main element in the Demo
| cratic creed of faith Is the president
| He Is the one outstanding leader Of
| the party; he has taken 1t, patched
| up the pieces, breathed slight stir
! Of life into IT, and the Democrats are
| loyal for the jobs.
And yet the curious thing is that
the Democrats are not enthusiastic
about Wilson, who in many respects
| is one of the most remarkable leaders
in American history. There is none Of
that devotion that Roosevelt inspires.
none of the magnetism that goes with
even such cold men as Root and
Hughes. II popularity were the test
! Wilson could not be elected mayor of
Washington If his life depended on it,
And still he has this remarkable hold
on his party.
| No Marching To Armagcddon"
There will be none Of the march
/ Ing TO Armageddon to battle for the
| Lord" about the Democratic cam
| paign this fall, even with Moose
! leaders on the national committee
| The Democratic army will be a diff
ferent kind. In many ways it will
1 resemble that army that Moses led
out of the wilderness. When its leader
ascends the mountain to pray and to
| commune with the great spirit that
has been the chief confident OF his
| administration dumbly II will wait for
! ms return. And there is no question
that the Democratic leaders are OK
pecting Wilson to do considerable
praying this fall
Stripped of popularity among the
party leaders and OF magnetism
| among their followers what is there
left for the Democrats on which to
! base their confidence in him? In
variably tho answer will be: His rec
| ord. And then the politician will pro-
| coed to explain ii and Just how il is
going to win the election. They have
! it all diagrammed and worked out
so mathematically there Is really no
use Of Hughes making his campaign
| o.,
| the Democrats figure ii, the presi-
dent holds an all-trump hand
In the first place, there is the paci-
ficist vote. The prime plank in the
| Wilson campaign is to be "he has
kept US out OF war" In the appeal
that will be made to the feminine
voters OF the twelve western states,
Mexico will be turned from liability
into an asset. Indeed, with the militia
n N hn a
anxious mothers in many eastern
states are going to have something
| to say, too, about Intervention.
Both Pacifists and Defenders.
| After the pacifists came the pre-
| paredness advocates. The army bill,
| the navy bill. the fortificatiOn bill,
| in all Of which the administration Is
| spending considerably more than
| 1000, 900, 900 for war insurance, are
counted on TO prove that Bryan's
dove is not the real emblem of the
party. Then there are the citizen
| Soldicry" and the navy Second to
none in the world" which the presi-
| dent advocated on his western trip.
Next comes the workingman.
| Prosperity that magic watchword
| so long a Republican monopoly, will
| this year render trusty service to the
| clan Of McAdoo and Mccormick.
while, by the repeal OF the bonus and
efficiency systems in government
workshops, the Democrats are hold
ing out beckoning hand TO Comp
crs' unions.
The Progressives. too. are coming
in for lot of attention from the
'only real Progrcssivcs," as the prcsi-
dent calls his followers. Several all
ready have been posted on Demo-
cratic letterheads as decoys for the
trusting. while the passage of the
workmens compensation and child
labor bills are counted on to finish
the trick
Bankers and business men are next
and the Democrats are sure they. too.
will find Wilson the logical candi-
date" The federal reserve act. the
war risk insurance and the ship bill.
they figure, should land Wall street
solid-that is. If Wall street ever
played the right horse.
"Hyphcn" Vote Discounted.
Then there is the mysterious
'hypen' vote. alternately wOoed and
| damned by both parties. which the
Democrats seem to have given up as
lost Not being able to count on il