The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington, City,
October 51st,

The campaign is waxing warm;
the contestants are now on the last
lap; each is bending every energy
to get there on the home run and
both sides stubbornly and persis-
emily claim the victory. major
ity of outsiders, that is to say, cas-
ual observers that | meet, tell me
that Wilson is going to be elected
they all give pretty mach the same
reason for the faith manifested, and
the prediction is the more reason
able and impressive because of the
fact that without any understand
ing, not knowing each other, hail
ing from widely different sections
of the country, and yet giving iden-
tically the same reasons for believ-
ing that Mr. Wilson will succeed
himself | cannot help but believe
there is great plausability in the
forecasting of the reelection of the
President. | believe his first cleo
tion was the direct result of des-
tiny. and this destiny will not be
completed until he has finished the
work that he is so fittingly destined
to do. A great dust has been
raised; much fog and vapor created,
but as we near the end you can
catch glimpses of blue sky and re-
cognize wildly the breaking of the
mist, and | believe as the nebulosity
disappears a vast majority of the
voters will see clearly to cast their
ballots for Woodrow Wilson. | have
never witnessed such herculean
effort to befudd1e the minds of the
people, but | believe the effort will
be unsuccessful The average man
l talk with seems to have his bear
ings down very pat. They evidently
are proceeding over the turbulent
seas of discussion and have their
chart and compass in splendid
working order and seem headed di-
rectly towards the port of Democ-
racy. This is the way it looks to
me, and | am trying to view the sit
uation impartially. | have indis-
criminately sought Information as
to the political outlook, most invar-
iably | have asked the question,
who do you think viii be our next
President? and seven times out of
ten, without hesitation, the prompt
reply has been-Wilson. 1t may be
true as some claim that vast mai
GRITTY of the people do not properly
appreciate the political responsible
tiles they are called upon to meet
and most frequently vote against
what is 20 their best interest, ana
II is also an aphorism for the peo-
pie at intervals; they may be very
wide apart; they may embrace de-
cades, but nevertheless, now and
then, they take general inventory,
they have great reckoning, shak-
ing things up from center to cir
conference, and upon such occa-
sions they most invariably go right
by intuition. and in my honest opin-
ion, Mr.. Wilson's first election was
the beginning Of one Of these great
Teckonings, which has not yet been
completed, Favoritism of special
privileges had enjoyed preponder-
ance of favorable governmental con
sideration until we were about to
get off our equilibrium, and in or
der that the country remain some
where in the neighborhood OF a
democratic balance it is lndispen-
sibly necessary that we have few
years Of Democratic rule, and this is
one of my strongest reasons for be-
lieving in a continuance of this
Democratic administration.
You have heard it said frequent
ly that every body is wise after the
thing has happened; hindsight are
usually better perhaps than fore
sights, 1t is universal fault to
criticise and mighty few of us do
as We would be done by" in crit
icism. We also have logical right
to criticise our Representative and
public servants generally, but we
should be very circumspect. nom
personal and partisan, and our
criticism SHOULD be prompted with
the desire to benefit rather than to
injure. No administration since
the days of Abraham Lincoln has
had such a stormy career as this of
Mr. Wilson. 1t has been tornado.
cyclone and hurricane, not only has
his originality oeen thoroughly