New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

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 Oh
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 1t:
And still he has this remarkable hold
on his party.
No Marching 10 Armagcddon."
There will be none Of the marching
to Armageddon TO battle for the Lord
about the Democratic campaign this
fall even with Moose leaders on the
national committee. The Democratic
army will be different kind. In many
ways il will resemble that army that
Moses led out Of the wilderness. when
its leader ascends the mountain 70 pray
and TO commune with the Great SPIRIT
that has been the chief confident OF MS
Administration dumbly il will wait for
his return. And there is no question
that the Democratic leaders are expect
ing 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? Invariably the an
swer will be: His record. And then
the politician will proceed to explain II
and Just how il is going 70 win the
election. They have il all diagrammed
and worked out so mathematically
there is really no use of Hughes max
ing his campaign at all. The cards are
dealt and. as the Democrats figure II,
the President holds an all-trump hand.
In the first place. there is the paei-
fcist vote. The prime plank in the
Wilson campaign is TO be "He has kept
Us out of war" In the appeal that Will
he made TO the feminine voters OF the
twelve Western states, Mexico Will be
turned from a liability into an asset.
Indeed. with the militia on the border,
Democrats figure that anxious mothers
in many Eastern states are gong 10
have something TO say, too, about IN
tervention.
Both Pacifsts and Defenders.
After the pacifsts came the pre-
paredness advocates. The army bill,
the navy bill, the Notifications bill.
in all Of which the Administration is
spending considerably more than
billion dollars 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 soldiery"
and the navy second 10 none in the
world" which the President advocated
on his Western trip.
Next come the workingmen. Pros
perity," that magic watchword so long
@ Republican monopoly, will this year
render trusty service to the clan OF
McAdoo and Mccormick, while, by the
repeal of the bonus and efficiency sys-
TENS in government workshops, the
Democrats are holding out q beckon-
ing hand to Gompers's unions.
The Progressives, too, are coming IT
for a lot of attention from the "only
real Progressives," as the President
calls his followers. Several already
have been posted on Democratic let
terheads as decoys for the trusting,
while the passage of the workmen's
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.
"Hyphen" Vote Discounted.
Then there is that mysterious
"hyphen" vote, alternately wooed and
damned by both parties, which the
Democrats seem TO have given up as
lost Not being able to count on u,
they are busy discounting it. The
"hyphen" vote. the argument runs, is
not going to the polls at all, for by so
doing il brands itself as "hyphen." So
the only way the "hyphens" can prove
their "Americanism" is to stay away
from the polls altogether. And fer
vently do the Democrats hope they Will
stay away.
Looking at the campaign from a diff
ferent angle, from the old familiar
-to-state canvass, the situation is
different. and for Mr. Hughes much
more full Of cheer. Many Democrats
admit the loss of New York, and are
afraid Illinois is gone. Next they adj
nit that Ohio, despite her Secretary
of War and Supreme Court Justice, is
and that Indiana is nearly