Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-31
WILSON'S FRIEND
SEES MISTAKES
OF PRESIDENT
H. n. ChiIders CriticizeS Gently
and Predicts Reelection of
Chief Executive

That President Wilson will have no
opposition for denomination for the
presidency and that he will be retain.
ed in Office By the voters of the com-
try are opinions held by H. H. Child
ers, who was personal representative
for Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 cam
paign, has been magazine and news
paper writer and now is special
agent for the land Office of the U. s.
government He admitted candidly
that Wilson had made mistakes, but
attributed them to poor advice and i'm
proper recommendations. The optn-
ion and criticism were voiced by
Childers in an interview he gave the
Star-Bulletfn before he sailed today
and in which he talked on Honolulu
and the beauties and attractions Of
Hawaii, as well as of affairs national
and political. ..:.....
Enthusiastic for Honolulu. .-... p.
The attractions here are so new,
so varied and so acutely interesting
that visitors may come the year
around, stay as long as they wish and
come back as often as they can with
out running out of something new to
see, something else to do" he said.
Childers has been all over the Unit
ed States: he has seen much of the
Orient and Europe. Praise from him
is not idle chatter. In a free and
straightforward manner he voluntarily
unwound on Hawaii. After he had fin
ished, few nice things had been left
unsaid. -. -.
1T is my first visit" he declared,
but like the place so well that will
be back as soon as circumstances per-
nit" .~- 49,. .....:.....
He says the hospitality of the resi-
dents here is fine beyond description.
Childers was accompanied here by
his uncle, E. d. Beard of California,
who was equally charmed with Homo
lulu. Mr. Childers' home is in New
York but he expects to move to the
coast. .... 49,.
Personal Friend of President.
AS a personal friend of President
Wilson's, Childers went south before
the Baltimore convention to secure
Wilson delegates. He has written
many articles of note. One being talk
ed about much at present was in the
North American Review as pen
sketch of the presidents personal
friend and confidential adviser, Col.
House. .-.... .s-.-
When asked if he would write of
Honolulu and Hawaii, he said he GER
tainly would. H.. -E u
/, Il came here with the intention of
pi1 toll
question, not as a national issue, but
relative only to the islands," he says,
"but will have to obtain some more
data before writing" "@.~ .-. "
Sees Only Wilson. -. .-~.:. -. /
There will be only one Democratic
nominee this year for president and
that same person will be the next
president, according to Mr.. Childers.
Wilson will beat any man put in the
race, he says. but would rather run
against TEDDY" than anyone else.
Childers says, however, that he will
probably not be actively interested in
the coming campaign. He is at pres
ent q special agent of the land Office
of the United States and is going now
to San Francisco in his official capa-
city. Here he was merely visiting.
President Wilson has made mis-
takes, is statement made by Mr.,
Childers. .-..... :: 49,
r.. 81 do not criticize him for those
things common to many in America
such as preparedness and the Mexico
situation" explained Childers, for
believe he is on the right track. His
worst errors have been made in. APP
pointments, some right here in these
islands, but they were not willing mis-
takes, they came from the advice and
recommendations of others" ."H.