The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26
A VENTILATED HONOR

Rumor comes from Washington that President Wilson is planning on q swing around the country in the in. tnrSst of the Fourth Liberty loan. pro- lided he can manage to absent him elf from the White House at that jmc. His contemplated itinerary will ,arry him clear to the Pacific coast, f being said that he is particularly Gesirous of meeting the people of the West face to face and talking things over. It is needless to say that we
 Il all be glad to see the President
 nd that he will be received in true Western fashion, if he can arrange to eomo.
 But to what are we indebted for this prospective honor? Surely the prcsid, mt has no fears lest We fall Town in the next big drive? It is no
 ccrot that it is going 10 take q lot nf -craping and skimping to fill th" treasure next time, but we will man go il somehow And so. if his aim is merely to put the loan across, he "erhaps could sell more bonds in other sections of the country where war profits have caused an unprece- dcnted circulation of loose change.
 It is to be assumed however. that President Wilson has more than this in mind; that he hopes to avail him. self of this opportunity to become personally acquainted with the West and 10 express his thanks first hand tc the people who made possible his reelection So far. at least. he has not seemed to show the proper amount of appreciation in this re sno,i The fayors that we have re, pci .,l from his hands have been few and fla between. The war. of course has seriously muddled affairs. but even so. the West has received shabby treatment at the hands of tn" admin ietration That the President will sense this situation when he comes amongst us need not be doubted.
 And then there may be another req son. The Fourth Liberty loan will be foated during the heat of tn" con .rcssional campaigns. Is il too much to slv that the President is as deeply interested in retaining the control ot congress as he is in the success ot the bond drive? If so. then what tempting opportunity to tour the country in October, It is to be cN- pccted. of course, that the chlel eN- ecutiye will confne his utterances al all times to matters other than par tisanship at the polls-sinCe he has already assured us that politics IS ;diourncd"-b he would not be hu- man if he did not make every move count for a ringing endorsement ol his administration Besides, he is master of the art of the spoken Word' but no matter how carefully he may guard his utterances or conduct him self on the stump, his appearances will virtually resolve themselves into rip-roaring Democratic rallies. All of which, judged from the Republican standpoint, will seem like taking an unfair political advantage.
 But even so it will be good to see the President and extend him a royal Western welcome. We are more con cerned with winning the war than with winning the elections for any particular party The trip will do the President world of good personally. It will open his eyes to matters c: especial moment to the people of the coast. He is bound to gain in 4Dirati1u from contact with a people ho haze given more towards the war and got less in return than those ol any other section Of the country. II will Ic worth while having him see the West at wa"