The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-11-17

Executive was surrounded by such a
multitude Of troubles that none but
the ranEest of partisans could deny
him sympathy, the nations leader has
found the wolves in his path.
When he has had to carry crush
ing burden of responsibility and care,
this paper has done what it could to
light the way by keeping the lamp
of patriotism burning, although at
times the flame fickered low and the
light shown but dimly among the
people trained by constant years of
poisoning literature to think along
party lines.
Not being so wonderfully wise as
some other editors we have not pre-
sumed like them to sit in a dingy lit
tie office and pit our judgment on
grave questions of worldwide i'm
portance against the conclusions reach
ed by so able and splendidly trained
mind that had the additional advan-
tage of facts to consider before reach
ing a decision.
With the nation divided by a hyphen,
with the thoughts of millions of So
called American citizens centered on
| the welfare of the lands across the
! seas, taking sides every time against
the country of their adoption when
any controversy arose, the President
of the United States has had most
| trying task to perform and has de-
served better treatment than he has
received from the Republican party
organs.
We are proud that being independ-
ent and free to express our opinions
as we formed them, without any po-
| litical masters to dictate cur policy,
we chose of our own free will to ov-
erlook what at times seemed slight
mistakes, and preferred rather to
judge the general aims of the great
hearted ruler.
But while being independent to take
just course without selfish motives,
we thank God we can say that not
once were we neutral when Ameri-
canism was confronted by Hyphen-
| ism.
During his four years he has strug-
| gled under the weary load of protect
ing the interests of 100,000000 people
and while carrying that burden he has
been subjected to constant ridicule
and abuse.
In Utah, men high in the official
| life of the nation and their women
have added SANDER to enlarge the va
riety of the attacks against the Chief
| Executive.
An ex-president has paraded about
the country holding up to scorn the
name of the patient man in the White
! House.
One at first could not keep down his
emotions of resentment at the in
gratitude and the unfairness of it all,
but cooler judgment has changed the
feeling to one of pity for these little
mortals, who have to be measured by
the broadness of vision and the great
ness of the humanity of Woodrow
Wilson.
When their malgning tongues are
silent and their foul mouths are
stopped with DUST, they will be re-
membered only for the evil that they
did. But the good example Of the
man they have reviled will go on
working for humanity long after he
/ has gone beyond their power to de-
fame him and he will be remembered
for the good deeds he has performed.
Like the little Belgium orphans,
who in their first lessons in English,
learned to say "God bless Woodrow
Wilson," the world, when it becomes
weary of it's bloodshed and it's whole
sale murder, will say "God bless
Woodrow Wilson" for having kept
that torch of civilization lighted when
there was so much darkness to blind
mankind. Lake (Utah) Tele-
gram.