The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-04-01
FEET OF CLAY

1t begins to look like another idol was
headed for the political scrap heap. Dem
ocrats who have sat at the feet Of Mr. Will
son in profound alteration are beginning
to see that after all he is only common
clay, and his halo of infallibility has van
ished in the light of closer inspection.
There was time when w. j. Bryan was
the arch political idol Of his party. He
was able, through fetish and emotional
appeals to gain the name Of new Moses
but Bryan failed to put it over. His
~'crown of thorns and cross of gold"
speech was a master stroke of oratorical
emotion and during his first campaign
people in all parts Of the country would
walk for miles to touch the hem OF his
garment. He lost little of his following in
his second campaign--the faith of his pa
tient admirers held firm until after the
second ignominous defeat. Then they
began to wonder why he was not making
good and the Bryan meeting house looked
like it had been quarantined by the flu
committee. When he came up the third
time they let him have the nomination by
default because there was no other lead
er in the party ready to assume the Bry-
an burden. When the umpire called
.'three strikes and out" they took their
Moses up as gently as did Pharaoh's
daughter and laid him on the shelf along
side of other political brio brio that had
accumulated in years Of unsuccessful eff
fort to stampede the people of the United
States with emotional appeals and prom
Uses.
And then came the mighty of mighties
the real Moses, who took Mr.. Bryan aside
at Baltimore and said:
"Bill, you're quarter horse, and these
men will not put their money on you, for
you'll never see the wire after the start
For heck's sake get out of the way and let
somebody run that knows how-me, for
instance, and I'll let you groom me for the
race and go fifty-fifty on the winnings"
Bryan had enough political sagacity to
know that Wilson was speaking the truth
as far as his (Bryan's) chances of win
ming were concerned, so he proceeded to
hand Champ Clark the political sleep po-
ton, and a new Caesar was born, who
would also be the Moses to lead the way
to land overlooking with milk and hon.
ey-and considerable money. Later Bry-
an was handed the double cross, but that
is another story.
That much accomplished, Col. George
Harvey, who Is today taking the blame
for bringing Wilson out of seclusion, got
on the job and started to advertise the
new superman. AS an ad writer Harvey
was a bowling success and the blue sky
law could not reach him. Wilson won He
came up and won again and if all reports
are true he is so in love with himself and
Europe that hi sheart is set on third
term, provided he does not have to take
out naturalization papers to qualify.
AT any rate, he was Moses who made
good on his promises of milk, honey and
money. But now he is promising so many
new and strange things and threatening
to turn the pictures of Washington, HAM
ilton, Jefferson and Monroe to the wall or
send them to the attic, chat the hero wor-
shippers are beginning to wonder what
kind of dope those European potentates
have been putting in the champagne and
what kind of meat they have been feeding
Caesar on the Quai d'Orsay. And the
consensus Of opinion among the Demo-
crat leaders is that the Wilson idol has
feet Of clay and these ocean trips have
badly disfigured them.
Even Senator King of Utah, who, four
monhs ago, was .bemoaning the fact that
the country voted the President down, is
now numbered among the severe critics,