Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-24

statement ne SalQ.
GAS to legislation that has been
passed, 1 mean relating to Mr.. Will
sons domestic policies, I know some
things to commend, and perhaps some
things to criticize. On the whole, Mr..
Wilson is to be commended for his
humanitarian principles. Some that
have been enacted into lew appeal to
me very strongly. On the other hand
think there are some things to which
I object, but 1 believe there are more
important considerations than the
mere weighing of his domestic poll
cies.
"He has been roundly condemned for
allowing the Adamson bill to become
law. My view of it is that after he
did the best he could to meet very
difficult situation, as a final step he did
the only thing he could do to pre-
vent great calamity. If we con-
denim the democrats for that bill, we
have also got to condemn the republi-
cans, because it went through without
any active opposition. I think it I'M
fortunate that we allow ourselves to
get into a situation where we have to
10 those things at the command of GER
tain interests in the country, but that
unfortunate situation is sign of the
weakness of social conditions gener-
ally, and should not be charged up to
he account of President Wilson.
GAS to his Mexican policy ] think
he has done just about as well as
any man could with a very had stu
alton. He has managed to avoid war
with Mexico, with it's sacrifice of
American lives and expenditures. I
am in hearty accord with him in not
recognizing "a man like Huerta. He
probably knows what some of the
ranch owners and mine owners in
Mexico are trying to do in the way of
fomenting trouble, and I believe in
him when he refuses to sacrifice
American lives for the sake of prop
erty interests in Mexico.
There are three grounds for my
support of Mr.. Wilson.
Zone is what seems to be real
interest in the social welfare of men
and women; in his humanitarian i'm
pulses and purposes. We find some
men naturally emphasizing property
and financial interests and the mate
rial side of life. Mr.. Wilson seems to
emphasize the humanitarian side.
"Now, property interests are i'm
portant and we ought to look after
them carefully = trade, commerce,
financial operations and industry, are
entitled to our best thought and our
best protection. I do not think Will
son neglects any of these interests,
and at the same time he is trying to
do something for the man who is
struggling the man is in
America or Mexico.
ain the second place, I am with
Wilson because he takes very def
mite stand on-the German-American
question, sometimes called the ny
phenate' question. l have no quar-
rel with any man because Of his ma
tionality I think as much of a. Ger
man as a man as l do of any man Of
any other nationality. But those
men born in Germany or of German
descent who have tried to destroy
our property, intimidate our congress-
men, and interfere with the operations
of our government, all in the interests
of foreign government and foreign
ruler, ought to be rebuked at the
polls. Apparently these men are try
ing to unite their forces in the in
terest Of Hughes. Since they are, it
behooves others at this critical time to
come to the support of Wilson.
"Our foreign relations are very
much strained, as they have been for
over two years. Mr.. Wilson has had
more serious problems to meet than
any other president since Lincoln. He
has done his best and he has been on
the job all the time.
at would not mean that a man
were a brave man, If he got into
trouble with Germany. We could not
have real warfare with Germany. 1t
is unfair to call Wilson a coward be-
cause he has held the scales evenly,
and with the purpose of serving Amer
lea first-and then all the other Ia
tons.
81 think Wilson has handled foreign
affairs with large vision and looking
to the future, as well as to the pres
ent. 1t seems strange that on the one
hand we accuse Wilson Of being cow
ardly in his attitude toward Germany,
and then on the other hand he is ac-
| clhsed by the German-Americans of
having a bias toward the allies. /
commend Wilson for acting with ine
poise and balance in very trying times.
I think he has preserved our stand
ing among nations, and when this war
| is over, IL Wilson's policies are contin-