The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-09-08
EDISON OF FOR WILSON
Electrical wizard Gives Ringing -
aorzemsnl Of Presidents Achieve
.zanAIN

Thomas A. EdIzon. inventor and life
lonK Republican md 4 strong support
er 81 Theodore Roosevelt. made pub
Ne zIzIsmsnt announcing tn he would
support Woodrow Wilson Tor Prehi.
dent lie dictated the folioslnE state
msnI.
sknI aInce ia has an campaign
made such direct call on sImon-pure
AmnTInaniAm. The time are too
serious to taxi IT think n terms Of
Rrnuhlicaniam III Democracy. RsaI
Americans mnHI drop parties and get
down tn big fundamental principles.
More than any other President II
m memory. Wilson has BEEN faced
I By succession Of tremendous prob
lemH. any one of which. decided the
wrong way. would have had disastrous
consequences. Wilson's decisions .
! far have not got ~ into anY serious
+ trouble. nor are they likely %.
! lie has given II peace 9Th honor.
I T'hIH talk about The United States be
lnR 1sspised i nonsense. Neutrality
l. : mighty trying policy. but back Of
/ IL are International law. Ihs rights of
humanity and tn future civilization.
with reference TO Mexico. | think
the President In acted wisely. Justly
and eonrageouaIY II Wa right thai
/ the United States should nol have rec
oFnIzsd such : murderouH personality
as Hnerta. 10 not believe that "
should have interviewed. nor do | be
llefe se should intervene NM. Mexico
Is : troublesome neighbof nov, but :
war 0f conquest l. not going to MAKE
her : better one. Both against Eng
II Ia
United States worked out Il salvation
through revolution. and It KaH pretty
slos. trying process
II has been aid that Wilson At frst
Wa against preparedness. Perhaps h
waz. but when convinced that tnteili-
gem public opinion was ofef1helf1=
inFIY IN favor Of L. he changed. That
il tie proper thing for our President
tc DO. A President defiant Of public
opinion would b dangerous maa IN
our system OF government.
Ills attitude On the tariff shows m
equal oponness Of mind. : tarlff CONF
mission will lake the whole problem
out of politics. Il Is my hope that OK
perIz viii be named. and that the body
viii Be continuing and vested almost
with the dignity Of Supreme Court
They say h has Numbered; per
hapa ne has, but | notice that he usu.
ally bIunders forward. You can't gel
100 per cont efficiency IN : democ-
raoy: | don't know that ne ought "a
want II. We would be machines. and
we would have 10 sacrifice too much
OF freedom.
IN my opinion. Mr. Hughes. II Pres.
IdenI. would find II difficult to decide
on ne best course for the Government
to IaEa in thu strike. rs capacity
for hIndsighl. - We learn from n
speeches. Is highly developed. but =
to nIs foresight we are no. equally
well informed.
.Mr. Wilson has now had about foul
years Of experience and he has learn
ed faeIs and truth. do not think Il :
logical or sensible thing to change I
an inexperienced and untrIed man Jus
for the sake 81 change. Or without
much better reasons being given 10
the change than have noticed.
Roosevelt vas my choice. He h
had experience and is one Of the bes
OF Americans. but the machine-con
troIled Republican party would No
have him. Therefore, an for Wood
roH Wilson,