Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-28
GEORGE CREEL WRITES
DEMOCRATS DEFENSE
OF ADMINISTRATION
In "Wilson and the Issues"
Noted Publicist Presents
Presidents Complete Case
for Reelection
A BOOK ON MEXICO

WILSON AND THE ISSUES. By George creel.
Century Company. New York
In 1877 short pages OF eNtra-large epe
George Creel has stated the Democrats
claim for the reelection OF President Will
son and the continuation OF the Demo-
cratic Administration far more forclbly
than does the Democratic Campaign Book.
At least, II is more easily understandable.
1t is TO be deplored that the Hughes cam.
paign managers have not published a book
similar to- Wilson and the Issues" on be-
half of the Republican candidate for Presl-
dent of the United States.
The most impassoned chapter IN the
entire book is not eulogy OF President
Wilson, but defense OF Josephus Daniels.
"Josephus Daniels" Mr.. Creel begins
Secretary of the Navy. is at once the most
maligned and most misunderstood man in
the United States today. Ask
the average citizen about Josephus Daniels
and he'll wag his head and mouth some-
thing about mountebank and demagogue
This deTison is the price that
Josephus Daniels has been made TO pay
for saving millions of the peoples money
from the traffickers in armor plate and
munitions, for breaking up the armchair
clique that ruled the navy for years, TOT
making merit the test Of promotion rather
than social pull. for opening the doors OF
advancement to the enlisted man..
Then. for more than twenty pages, he
Celebrates upon these points. and quotes
Admiral Dewey and navy publications 10
prove that Mr. Daniels is the greatest Sec
retary of the Navy this country has ever
had ;
The election this year. according 10 MT
| Creel. is democracys test ''lt is the ca
pacty OF a people for self-government tnat
| is on trial" He then considers the issues
| under the titles OF Mexico" Belgium ana
| the Lusitania," National Honor" Manu-
| featuring Hysteria," THE National De-
| tense" and "America First" Under this
| last are considered all the domestic policies
| OF Wilson and his Administration, Inc
| hook was written before the AdamsoH
| eight-hour law was thought of, and consld-
| Grafton of this Is not included
| Mr. Creel admits the possibility OF Presi-
| dent Wilson having made mistakes put IN
| sists that these mistakes were not nearly
| az serious as those advocated by the Presi'
| dents critics The Presidents foreign
| nolIcy IL defended In every essential d"tail
| as Is also his attitude towards Mexico aho
| defense, while america First might wel
| have been the draftsfrom when Preslueh'
wilson wrote his speech af acceptance
"Anything 10 beat Wilson" the slogan
so MIR CreeI says, of the opposition, IL q
| eco ching denunciation OF Theodore Roose
| yeI,. In fact. IL is one of the most stinglne
| atta;ks ever directed against the Coionei
| Al the same time the author hnds many
| soothing words to offer TO the ProgressiVes
| In No nlace is there an out-and-out denun
ciation of Mr. Hughes, but the attack
dIrected agalnh the Republican machlne
kand those to whom. the author says, ar
| Hughes will be compelled TO SURRENDER th'
same as did Mr.. Roosevelt.