Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-14
MIR. WILSON : APPEAL,

Editor Every Evcnmg Nbnthcr Mr.
" llSou appeal for q Democratic ton
gress did hnn good or Ill on November
y the appeal ana The discussion Ia
which Il gave rise should -crvc to set
the American people ~ thinking upon
aspects oi the higher politics hr
President of Tho ulc3 States called
long ago ~ Sir ilrutv M@,uc ~ h~
lriIhant volume. Popuial tioNerhmcnt
Il. iotIt-Ncar~ KING Is forced 10 taAC
on lhr duublc role 81 a non-paTi t,an
tlGtt of state like he Trench lrsel-
dent and Il parti~lan prime minister
like the head Of ihc ErItiSh cabinet
Ot course tho fWn functions ART really
lrrrcouclabIr. hut fhc american people.
dc>pI~ing do-uo'mng President and
ever placing pom the President morc
and mur, T, ~ponSibiiItN. clothing hlm With
grc4tor u rratcr power. demand hat
~ rccunriir the trrcceucjiahlr, icTidt hnl
II ht fails to speak with authority as
thcir man ritcizc him II hc plays tho
part 81 hi> oWu III II Ster rcs, on
81 (. not - Con rcss lit TO &c !.
Wilson speaking a> his second
~elf the prime minister asked the support
Of q Congress controlled hv his own
party, and from i variety ot motives
ono of winch il seems s. many vi, Tevo Z
IL hIe frank appeal the people pl;.c.
one possibly Lott Iiou~e> III Cungre>-
ln the control ot the opposition
am ONE 0i thCec Who thluA thar tho
pcopic should jc extremely sensitive
10 such appeals from thc President,
ANA ready t. rcitu 1 him When be over
steps ,hc line Of prupricty though had
| been on Noleubcr whcre Was
euliricd to vote. should have stained
Mr. Wilson with my laIlot because
elievc Europe. accustomed 10 the
system q ministerial responsibility to
Parliament. Is likely to uverratc the
significance of Democratic defeat st
the polls in the presenf crlsis Am
inconsistent in tins attitude Not IL
tho Iea,' The President doomed BY
virtue 81 hIs double function "a attempt
the reconciliation Of The IRE oncilabie.
deserves 10 be judged hy the circlnn-
stances of each east and tins happened
10 bc :; ease IN which his appeal WAS
Just ted. though possibly not needed
ii ms motive IN turning from his func-
tion rs non-partisiau chiet Of state u
his function aS prime minister had been
merely partisan IN purpose. he could
not have been justified and the \meri-
can people declined To justify him a.
il seems 10 me. because they we're moi
accustomed to thinking in terms Of
European Parliamentary theory and
practice such AN appeal from 4 Re
publican President made Grover Clevc-
land Governor Of New ork by huge
lnalonty. and eventually President o
the 'nited States
Il the Republicans are sincere they
will now see to it that the influence oi
the United States ID the peace councils
Of Europe Is not lcssened by their VIC
tory Of Nov d Luckily Mr. Wilson
has yct Il few months to deal with g.eet
problems he has hitherto handled :,
ahly without authoritative inter
ference from q hostile majority iii Con.
gres- 1lt- incident however. sccIr,
ID point ID i weakness III oar system
3 weakness arising from he President
double function one that may pcrIatr
lc corrected ii time IN closer relation
between the executive and the gret
committees of Congress That woull
mean an approach lo tho British Parla-
lnentary system with Treasury BencE
and Opposition lined up for debate lpoI
every important question Of policy
With such change must come, how evei