The sun., 1919-09-28
WILSON TO REST
FOR OCTOBER 6


est estimation Of the public mind in the
states through which he travelled 1t
could not spring from the feel OF the
people, TO employ one of the words that
the President 10 SO fond OF using,
Even making allowances for the ten
dency and disposition Of peripatet'c
statesmen to credit crowds and cheers
to their own personal attractiveness-to
the cause they trumpet--rather than to
the official position they happen TO occupy
and to the rivalry of citiesand communi-
ties in making SHOW It Is hard to
find a foundation for the Presidents pro-
fessed optimism.
Had he not actually sueeumbed 20
overstrained nerves the apathy and ami
able dissent which he encountered In so
many communities, the refusal OF thu
people to be swept Off their feet. might
conceivably have reduced him to a low
state of vitality; for Mr.. Wilson takes
disappointment very hard. No man
seems more easily elated or exalted by
the cheers of q crowd or more readily
cast down and depressed by their unre-
sponsiyeness.
lnlS TENDENCY OF MS litu dihplo OPPN'
tunity to function. He made his appeal
In seventeen States. delivering more than
forty speeches. and the result, judged
nom what the President expected and pre-
dicted, could have been nothing less than
disappointing to him. unless he entirely
misjudged ana Incorporated the
greeting and hospitality extended to the
President OF the whole people. There
was never manifested In single one OF
the seventeen States any evidence that
the people were aroused to Wild enthusi-
asm for unqualified ratification of treaty
and covenant.
Here and there. especially in strongly
Democratic communities, Mr., Wilson
stirred a good deal OF enthusiasm, bul
always there was that undercurrent Of
feeling, that hint of the doubt, as to the
| wisdom of going blindly into world
| agreement He counted on the West tc
arise solidly at his back and to whiI
recalcitrant Senator's into line. and he
counted wrongly. The best that his In
| telligent supporters can claim Ia thai
there was a sort of "fifty-fifty" opinion
a division of sentiment as to whether
the treaty ought to be ratified without
reservations. II Is the opinion of thu
States visited that not single vote IL
the Senate will be changed as a result o
the speechmaking tour.
The people, as whole, are still so un
informed as regards the complexities o
the peace treaty, 30 puzzled about man,
OF its aspects. that they are willing to le
Mr.. Wilson and the Senate fight II out
convinced that eventually the RICH
thing. whatever it is. will be accom-
| plished.
As whole, the people have taken tn
view that both Mr.. Wilson and the Sen
1 nj In a
they that 1t would be foolish for then
to try TO instruct their representatives.
II was their zest for scrap vhicl
prompted audiences here and there =
clap their hands and yell when Mr., vii
son discharged such sentiments as "pu
up or shut up" for this was big talk, Il
phrasing just vulgar enough for swif
public appreciation.
The very people that batted thei
palms together and shouted had httl
conception of what Mr.. Wilson was talk
rough and tumble emanating from a
| unlikely rough and tumble kind of Per
son that got some cheers.
| After Effects Had.
Butt was also very obvious that MI
Wilson's epithetical method of allusio
u to the Senate and TO Senators made
Y poor impression after the emotional eS
c'trment always to be looked for in heli
day crowds confinedin halls had dissipateS
Ia fairly TO be asked. Was Mr. .wiiso
eeluded by this sort of applause? III
subtlest appeal everywhere was tina
appeal he made three years ago In pei
sonal ambition, 81 will keep you out q
war" Upon the instrument OF this ice
he played with marvellous dexterity, ey
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swift versatilities OF his technique.
| What business asked for whereye