The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-16
most moving experiences of my life" ;"
A Dramatic Scene.
George K. Hunton of New York:

! A Dramatic Scene.
George X. Hunton of New York:
81 feel as I would have felt if 1 had
been privileged to hear President
Lincoln read the Emancipation Proc
lamation. l have no words to de-
scribe the touching scene before this
man who has spent his strength, his
health, and sacrificed his whole ply
sical well-being for the thing that is
nearest his heart. He sat there in
his wheel chair like wounded SOL
der, only too anxious to keep up the
! fight to the last by explaining and
clarifying the issue for American
citizens. When he alluded to the
loss of lives during the war, his voice
not only faltered, but very percepti-
+. bly, broke. He was overcome by a
tenderness and feeling that you
would hardly expect in public man.
And as he sat there beneath pic
ture of Lincoln, 1 felt that the Great
Emancipat9r was looking down and
| indorsing the man and his message.
eff Woodrow Wilson isn't sincere,
we have never had public man
that was sincere. / think the rrivi-
lege of witnessing such a dramatic
scene in the elimination of the fight
around the issue that is an epoch in
American. history is the biggest thing
that, has ever happened to me-" =
Joseph NJ. Price Of New York: !
81 feel that the man has. simply
laid down his life for the things lie
believed in. If the people of the
Ecountry could realize what he has
gone through I believe such wave
of sympathy would sweep over the
country that all the rancor would dis
appear overnight.
''It was horrible shock to see
President Wilson. Probably to those
who have been with him constantly
the change has not seemed so ire
mendous, and probably he has been
Il great deal worse than he is now,
but the physical! change in the man is
something of which the people of the
country have absolutely no realiza-
ton. At times when he was reading
his address ! didn't think he could
finish. He feels so much about this
subject of the league of nations! He
really feels that it is the one hope of
the world for peace.
Utterly Broken.
! ''To those who remember him as
he was when his voice was alert and
clear and keen, the sight Of him as
i he is now is shocking. He is really
broken, and | feel that he has mar,
/, tyred himself for the great cause
People have no idea of the terrific
strain he has been under, and par,
ticularly the strain of the last two
years. In Paris Mr.. Wilson put in q
! tremendous effort to put across the
league Of nations. People have nc
idea how he has worked.
"The hatred of Wilson is to ne in
comprehensive. He stands now Just
where he has. always stood-where
he stood when the people acclaimed
him few months ago. He has not
changed. Their point of view may
haN changed poisoned by the delib-
crate conspiracy Of Republican sena-
tors. | haven't doubt that the
treaty would have been ratified in 4
month if it had not been a prcsiden-
tial election year. | have seen a
number of campaigns. In 1913 | cog
ducted the mayoralty campaign for
Mitchell against Tammany Hall, and
| have never seen campaign where
there was as much misrepresentation!
and lying as there has been IN this
one"
John Bates Clark, professor OF eco
nomics at Columbia university:
'In general way everybody,s M
preston was alike. The president
was easily fatieued, and MS strength
was not as great as we had hoped
to find it. | feel that he has almost
martyred himself in great cause IN
which We profoundly believe. The
II cmendous crucial hour IL the close
of the war would rot have found the
nations 50 closely together but for
the presence Of a great man has lost