The Washington herald., 1916-12-01
ROOSEVELT TELLS HOW
WOODROW WILSON Won
Breaks Silence Since Election. Wish.
ing. Success to Administration.

(By the Internationai News seryice.)
New York, Nov. 3o.-"We who support
ed Mr.. Hughes will always be glad that
we supported him. We believe that his
triumph and the national welfare were
closely interviewer. We now, for the
sake OF the hatich, earnestly hope Mr..
Wilson will meet with every success in
the task ahead of him."
Theodore Roosevelt, In the Christmas
Metropolitan Magazine, published tomor-
row, thus concludes his summary of the
election. Speaking Of the election of Mr..
Wilson and Of Democratic Senate and
the closeness Of the party division in the
House, he says:
"To men who feel:as the present writer
does, and who hold their convictions with
a fervor Of intensity and who wished to
see the American people repudiate Mr..
Wilson's policies by an overwhelming ma
jority, the disappointment is naturally
keen. -
Puts Blame ON Voters.
AS in all such cases, the result Is more
oasy to explain than 1t had been to fore
tell. The appeal made for Mr. Wilson
was one which would tell very strongly
with good, honest citizens whose pre-
occupation with their 6wn pursuits was
such that they could not be expected to
look deeply into our International rela-
tions and the general world conditions.
This appeal was In It's essence that we
should vote for MIR. Wilson because he
had kept us out OF war and because we
we're prosperous. 1t would have been
highly creditable to the average man
il he had possessed the vision and dis
interestedness to disregard such an ap-
peal; but the fact that he did not dis
regard il merely means that we were
nt nh tn ka the tn his
eyes. It does not mean that he would
remain morally obtuse IL he could be
shown In convincing fashion where his
duty lay.
mo sensible man wishes to go to war
II he can honorably keep out OF 1t; and
when to this natural inclination is added
the fact that the man Is very busy and
Is puzzled about the issue involved. he
Is certain to cast his vote on the side
that he Is told will guarantee peace.
Attitude on Disasters.
Evidently people tend to look at the
dreadful crimes committed in Belgium
and Armenia, in the sinking of the
Lusitania. and In Mexico. as an analogous
to disasters such as an earthquake or a
fire; as properly exciting a discreet SYM
pathy but not as calling for an action
which would jeopardize the comfort and
"eh peihs oi those NOT inmeuiateiy con-
cerned. l do not approve of this attitude.
We are at the moment well of. The
cost Of living is very high; and the gov
ernment is rapidly, becoming unable to
pay its debts; but business men. farmer
and wage worker are all prohtably busy.
Under such circumstances only men Of
unusual insight and foresight will make
a political change because of just con-
Germ about future conditions.
In addition to these counter-claims,
there was the fact that the Adamson
bill unquestionablys sproduced a great ef-
feet in Mr.. Wilson's favor in all labor
circles. 1t was taken as an indica-
ton that in any conflict between capital
and labor. Mr.. Wilson would support
labor. without any overnice scrutiny OF
the merits of the case or the future
effects of hia action"