The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
Words Which He Used about
President Tyler Can Be
Applied to Himself.


straightforward, unhositating course
which alone could have won him pres-
tlge and credit. He had neither int
tative nor audacity enough for lead
ership; tried soft spoken diplomacy
where he should have used candid
aVowals OF his real opinion; oourted
compromise and accommodation only
TO reject them at last; insisted upon
his own views only after he had Great
ed the impression that he would yield
them; seemed false and insincere be-
cause he parleyed SO long before TAX
ing his stand, and pleased no one, not
even himself"
No, this is not the Republican cam
paign committees estimate OF Presi-
dent wilson-at least, not the phrase
ology. These words were written by
Woodrow Wilson and constitute his
opinion Of President Tyler, who, like
himself, was rs Mr.. Wilson expresses
1t. southern Democrat" o South
erner himself bred to tho southern
point Of view, holding the constltu-
tional doctrines of the South very alb
solutely."
Tyler Raised Mexican Issue.
1t was the administration OF Tyler
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into the arena where another south
ern Democrat is still wrestling with
It.
Though referring to the United
States bank imbroglio, this description
OF Tyler by DR. Wilson, strangely
enough was destined to be applied
few years later to President Wilson
by his critics. not only in connection
t.,,A H.,
gard to the entire administration of
public affairs in the last three and a
half years.
Wilson Admits Errors.
Certainly the Mexican policy Of the
president has pleased no one, not
even himself" for he contesses to hav-
ing been mistaken therein. By inter-
yening repeatedly in behalf of first
one and then another faction and at
tempting to dictate details OF domes-
tic government in Mexico, Mr.. VIII
son earned the condemnation OF those,
even Of his own party, who advccat-
ed keeping hands of the revolution
torn republic. BY failing to intervene
effectively he displeased those, even
Of his own party who believe the Unit
ed States sooner or later must do for
Mexico what 1t did for Cuba
While intervening in a futile man
ner Mr.. Wilson continued to insist
that thoroughgoing Intervention
would be war of conquest" though
why Democratic administration could
not be trusted to restore the govern
ment Of Mexico to the Mexicans as
Republican administration restored the
government of Cuba to the Cubans, he
did not explain.
villa Pavorite OF Bryan.
Pursuing his policy OF interference
In the internal affairs OF Mexico the
president after driving out Huerta
took UP the cause of villa. Why has
never been explained adequately, but
1t is known that Bryan favored Villa
after being informed though incor-
rectly that the bandit neither smoked
nor drank. So passionate was the
administration affection for villa that
a Republican attack on him in the
Senate was rebuked by the Democrats
who fulsomely praised his character.
1t was known generally that Villa
was fugitive from justice with
staggering record of infamous crimes;
that he was illiterate; that he was
amenable to no discipline, Yet It was
to Villa that the affections Of the
Washington administration turned. A
representative Of the state department
was kept near Villa and his reports to
the state department appeared for
months to be the vital factor in de-
termining the American attitude. 1t
was commonly remarked that Mr.. Will
son was grooming" Villa for recogni-
ton"
Arms Embargo Is Raised.
Villa and Carranza Jointly received
their first overt aid from Washington
in February, 1914. when tho embargo
which President Taft had declared on
arms two years before was raised by
President Wilson.
Two months later It was restored,
but again was opened in so far as the
port of Tampico was concerned.
Through the port the northern rebels
began receiving arms, and for the next
year and half Pancho villa obtained
rifles, field pieces, machine guns and
ammunition in enormous quantities.
despite the solemn warning of army
officers that the business which was
enriching certain munitions manufac-
turers would certainly be paid for by
American soldiers and civilians o.
whom the weapons would he turned.
The accuracy of the prediction is
shown by the record Of the Columbus
raid and the years Of less spectacular
border sniping.
villa Started as Bandit.
Pancho Villa, who gained his power
rs a brlgand in the northwest and en-
tered the Madero revolution as a ban
st rather than a soldier, had never
given full support to Carranza. Nomi-
many. approving the plan OF guadalupe,
which placed Carranza in power, Villa
never paid the least attention to Car
ranza's orders.
BY June. 1914, Villa was in rebellion
against his first chief" In the sum
mer he refused his consent to any ma
tional convention in Mexico City,
where, he said, Carranza would domi-
nate. Accordingly the convention was
called for Aguas Calientes in Octo-
her, 1914. the delegates understanding
that villa would insist on the elimi-
nation of Carranza as potential pres
ident and that Carranza would insist
on the elimination OF Villa.
The convention sought to please
both by eliminating both, but at that
stage Villas army surged into the