Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-10


ton with Mr. Wilson's spoken published utterances the
voters of the United States concerned with the
political developments thereof likely to shape future
events in this country How has the Presidents tour lett
the situation with reference to the campaign which was
manifesty intended to influence rapid fire gum as 1t
were How has the strength of other candidates develop
ed incidental to the shifting attitude Of the President regard
ing preparedness and other important issues?
1t is to be noted in the first place that comment on the
results of the Presidents visits to different parts of the
Middle West coprm repeated assertion regarding MI
Wilson's chief assets With the great mass OF people the
fact that in extraordinary period with the very atmos-
phere of the world supercharged with the spirit OF warfare
the President has succeeded in keeping this nation out OF
war, is the first consideration at this time
The Chicago correspondent of the New York Post for
example, says "The overwhelming fact is that the Presi
dent has magic control the masses Just now, who
bless him for having kept out of war Peace and pros
perty the best vote geers Woodrow Wilson will have
in the Middle West. No matter how much money is spent
national defense long the taxes don't affect the
property of the people large international troubles in
terfere with their comforts MI Wilson will not be condemned
miltarist spendhrift of national funds On the
whole Mr. Wilson's trip through Wisconsin and Illinois gair
ed him many friends. ~
That comes, not from supporter of Mr. Wilson, but
from newspaper by the New York contempt
which is strenuousy opposing President Wilson's pre-"
paredness program 1t to be noted. however that the
President warke he penetrated the trans.
Mississippi region going to the point of demanding
the greatest in the world and talking about war
It must be admitted that in the light of present ut
in Berlin and Washington looks though the
President in insisting German admission that the sinking of
the Lustania illegal addition to making full repaation
and in every other way meeting this nations demands might
be splitting hairs in way liable to precipitate be-
tween the United States and Germany.
The question naturally arises in this connection was
the Presidents tour at this particular time intended to
strengthen the administration with the people to help it's
question at this time the result of the Presidents discovery
during his of strong sentiment for the enforcement OF
respect for this nations rights?
1t would be strange if of the echoes Of
the Presidents beginning with the OF voters
audng him for keeping us out Of the European war should
be actual hosties with the Ieutonic In that case
President would the appeal to patriotism to
the spirit of hankfuness long prevalent for keep
Politically there is thing to be said about the Presi-
dents demand for the greatest navy in the world He has
outHeroded Herod When the President began to advocate
preparedness following his slip about "a nation too proud to
paredness program as wholly and utterly inadequate To
all appearances Mr. Wilson has blufed the Colonel of the
game entirely by calling for the greatest navy in the world
If there degree of naval preparedness beyond that it
remains for the Colonel to discover and demand it.
All this varying and shadow of turning in the presder
tia program will inevitably tend in the end with thinking
@ 'f eec but ts I e
IN the meantime what of the strength of other candi
aan or ne as % by the side of Mr. VII
the democratic New York Times who accompanied Mr. Wilson
mentioned by the hundreds of political leaders
whom he talked unless it was prompted.
about Hughes and is stated that h he emoa a
leaders or many of them are frank to they fear most
the nomination of Justice Hughes the republican ticket
with the endorsement Of the nomination by the Progressive
party They feel that the great of the people for
DIS Is PRESIDENT now they realize that
Hughes has great strength They realize there thou
sands in the normally republican States who would have
fdence in Hughess handling of international relations
who are for the principles of the Republican party
other questions as opposed to tn democratic policies
The hope of the democrats is that Justice Hughes will
be constrained by fear of endangeng the nonpartsanshr
of the Supreme Court of the United States to decline
nation even it rendered him by unanimous of the
Chicago convention The democratic leaders profess
eve Wilson could defeat Roosevelt owing the antagonsms
he has aroused in the Republican party.
The correspondents accompanying the President seem to
agree in the statement that much Roosevelt sentiment is
found especially in Iowa. which supposed to have favorte
son OF its own for the presidency in the person of United
States Senator CumnnS 1t is realized that the republicans
must have candidate who will satisfy the West and for this
reason Root and Weeks owing to their affiliations now or
past are practically out of it.
The growth of sentiment in favor of Mccall in various
States of the remarkable features situation
This is all the striking in view of the Mccall
has no literary bureau organized movement and the push
ing of his began in his State in the face of the
TACT that Weeks is being pushed by Senator Lodge
The manner in which President Wilson has appropriated
the preparedness boom started by Congressman Gardner of
Massachusetts and the which he is talking of every
thing IN the supcrave degree to have made it i'm
possible for any republican candidate for the presidency
ride into power this issue unless be shown that
the presidential program is what Prince Bis