The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-07
lips said 81 years ago:

campaign to have been made for N!i-
son. so overwhelming has been his
approval by the people Of the coun-
try.
The record is the reason" as
Walter Pickett, the Democratic can
didate for governor of North Caro-
lima, expressed it in his speeches Oh
the stump.
His Own Platform.
Of course, the workers in the field
are entitled to their fair share OF
credit for the grand result; but
Woodrow Wilson was his own man
ager and his own platform. He was
stronger than his party by approXl-
mately 100000 votes. He stood
upon his record of actual achieve
ment, and that was enough. When
he was reviled he reviled not again:
even had he been capable of this
method of reaching the public hear
L N~>S~
sion required he handled the rapier
with kid gloves rather than the meat
Ak with which his vociferous antaS-
onists tried to hew their way 10 the
places of public plunder He did not
lose his head when all abou- him
were losing theirs. Having nothing
to excuse in his administration, he
was not driven to apology IN plead
ing for the public favor. He made
no promises in exchange for political
support. He defied the enemies who
sought his embarrassment by sinister
demands. He kept straight forward
in the middle of the road that leads
to government of the people, by the
people, for the people. And in this
sign he won the greatest triumph
ever won in American politics and
this without raising his voice. or
stamping his feet or shaking his fist.
1t came about naturally just as the
harvest follows seed time or daylight
the dawn.
Mr.. Wilson's reelection means
quite number of noteworthy things.
The old party machinery has been
| thoroughly discredited il not Destroy
ed as necessary agency in the de-
termination of political issues.
The court has been taken out OF
politics.
The supremacy of mind over mat
| ter.
The dollar has lost its. purchasing
power at the polling places.
There were at least three reasons
why Mr.. Hughes could not be elect
ed president:
l. Hughes.
2. Col. Roosevelt.
3. Mr.. Wilson.
Some Other Agents.
Among the minor but effective
agents of his undoing were Wilcox
and Senator Cabot Lodge, the first of
whom had absolutely no practical
sense, besides being unacceptable to
the old line Republican leaders from
the beginning, and the last unworthy
Of belief From being a great Judge
of the highest court in the land, Mr..
Hughes speedily became the veriest
petifogger ever known in American
politics. His letter of resignation to
the president as justice of the su-
preme court was in execrable form,
| his telegram to the convention at
Chicago saying that he had heard
the call of duty" was described by
one of his supporters as "admirable'
and his speech of acceptance was Sec
ond worse in form and substance on
ly to the keynote speech of Senator
Harding, his initial work on the hust-
| ings was the sorriest ever known and
in his later and better work he did
not strike really high or true note.
He had no case. Disturbed by fears
within and foes without, with abso-
lutely no we'll defined policy in his
own mind as to what he would do
should he be elected to the presi-
| dency, doubling the friendship of the
Progressives and fearful of the sup
port of the Old Guard, he dragged
his weary length along over 10000
miles of territory to certain defeat.
He could not shake off Col. Roose-
welt who had betrayed the Progress
sive convention at Chicago; he would
not shake hands with Hiram John
son when he was in California so de-
sirous was he of plocating the old
line Republicans and he failed to ap-
preciate John NJ. Parker, the Pro-
gressive candidate for vice president,
who cast in his lot with Wilson, and
his dream of power and duty ended