Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-27

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Let ~ lAy aside every weight and the
sin which doth 20 sasIly besst Vs. and LEI
ut run with patience the rare that IL set
before VA. looking unto JsIus. the author
and finishsr Of our faith. Heb. IL 1, ?
WOODROW WILSON. POLITICIAN
Failing in his attempt TO fool
the American people into electing II
dem ocratlc congress by his poll
tics is adjourned" Mr. Wilson
throws of his disguise and steps
forth az n politician and urges the
election OF democrats 10 the senate
and house OF Representatives with
out regard to their record on war
problems His appeal TO the voters
does not in the least degree dlstln-
Euish between those democrats who
have opposed his measures and those
who have Loyalty stood behind him.
30 we must conclude that he Is, not
50 much interested In a congress 10
support the war az he is In the sue
cess Of his political party.
W.T. " ilHOH NbHlNNHNf lual tHt
publican minority has Seen loyal
and pro-war, but complains that II
has attempted ito take the choice
OF policy and the control OF the war
out OF MY hands and put It under
the contr6 OF instrumentalltlss Of
their own choosing" In this he
stoops to the act OF a politician and
nnlsrepresents the facts. II is true
that republicans have largely advo-
Gated the creation OF a non partisan
war board. but In this they have not
been alone. Many prominent demo-
Gratis have endorsed this propONItIon
and urged It's adoption.
Mr.. Wilson attempts TO capitalize
tho influence OF his high office for
the aggrandizement OF his personal
ambition, He inJects his personality
into a political campaign not for the
purpose OF securing an endorsement
OF the president OF the United States
but for his individual satisfaction
and acclaim. He does not appeal for
vote Of confidence In the president
but makes II conspicuous that he
wants vote OF confidence in
Woodrow Wilson. The practically
united support given the president
In this war Is not because the presl-
dent happens 10 he Woodrow Will
son. The support would have been
given just as loyalty were the presl-
dent Champ Clark or William Jen-
'nlngs Bryan, In time OF great ma
tionsl distress the individual loses
his identity and II IL the office OF
chief executive that commands the !
respect and support OF the nation,
but Mr.. Wilson's vanity leads him to !
view the matter from personal
angle.
There might be some justification !
IN Mr.. Wilson's appeal for demo-
cratic congress II tho facts sustained |
his argument II the democrats in
tho present congress had stood SOL
IDLY behind him, and the republican |
minority had opposed all or any Of !
his measures he might with good !
Erace ask for a return OF that con-
Eress. but the public knows. and the !
record shows, that IL II had not been |
for the loyal support OF the repubr-
can minority all OF his measures for
tho prosecution OF the war would |
have failed. Under the facts as tho !
people know them, the Inconsistency !
OF Mr.. Wilson's appeal becomes
Transparent.
The inslncerity OF his position
stands out boldly from the fact that |
ne does not ask the voters 10 defeat
those democrats who have contlnu-
ously opposed his measures He
does not say their election would be
a menace to his policy, but ne asks
that these democrats who have op.
posed him be elected along with
those democrats whose loyalty il un-
disputed in order that his personal
vanity may be appeased,
Republicans and the pubic gen
orally have felt all along that tlu,re
has been entirely too much politics /
In this war, and the presidents pro-
nouncement that he only wants DEM
ocrats elected to office confirms this |
suspicion and will have more to do
with destroying tho morale OF the !
people at home than anything that
has occurred since the outbreak ~
tho war. Instead oLproving himself
TO be the great man the people had
hoped he was he Is a very poor grade