Arizona republican., 1920-11-07
Mir. Wilson In History


 We do not think that the world will agree with the London Statesman that Wilson's will go down to posterity of the greatest failure fin history" On the contrary feel that he win always occupy spectacular place in history. what above the commonplace. for many of presi- dents have been commonplace
 It is true, the London Weekly Review ob- serves that the people Tuesday revolted against wilsonsm but that is not condemnation failure of the public career of Mr. Wilson If in 1896 MT. Cleveland had been candidate for reelection. if he had been regarded by the people the sponsor for the candidate that year, the revolt would have been pronounced than that of last Tuesday. Yet. MT. cleveland's place in history is secure.
 It is true that events have since justified the course of Mr. Cleveland which brought down upon him the execraton of his party It unlikely that the course of Mr. Wilson in the great event which drove the people away from him will ever be just- fled But history and the world will yield tribute to his learning his consistent wisdom. and to his vision a distorted one. true, but the less great one.
 Mir. Wilson is a man of striking contradictions. His state papers writings generally, appear in tho volume the set of volumes so directly contradictory they essential points No admiring biographcr will present them in juxta- position for comparison.
 consistency" said Emerson 'qs the weak hob  unchanging contrary to progress Yet MT. Wilson's lack of 1t is unaccountabe and his changes of mind, it is generally agreed, not always in the direc ton of progress. On great issue dealt with him his historical and philosophical works before his entrance public life his state since has he preserved with single exception. the same mind. That exception was in the matter of the League of Nations him the greatest of all issues There he was strangely fatally consistent.
 L ~He does big things in a big way and little things in a little way" That estimate accurate at time but it the littleuess of the which he tried at the last, to do the biggest thing American had attempted, that brought his downfall. If he had proceeded in big way, with tho consent assistance of his people, bring America into association of nations it would have becn accomplished. But hc attempted it, first alone little later. he invoked the help of tho democratic party alone. It was too big a thing for enc man party and failure was inevitable.
 No other man ever entered the presidency under such favorable auspices. Few men had gone to the White House apparently so we'll equipped He had been deep student and acknowledged teacher of politics and government. He stood among the fore most in the world of letters As governor of New Jersey he displayed surprising executive ability and breadth, the surprising because he had lived coister. He escaped the consequences DlLterneSS d the bitterness been lavished by the Republicans and Progressives upon each other. The latter were inclined to welcome him good second choice and of the former. only few of the most reactionary were disposed to obstruct him.
 It is needless to refer to his earlier mistakes. It was because of his uncertain in 1915 that popular criticism of him began be uttered but then it was not loud wide. His reelection the following year deceived him the attitude of the people toward him. He failed to perceive the ele- ment of accident in his success It was that fatal deception that drove him along his course-which sent him to Paris and involved him in hopeless con fict with the American senate his return
 We do not think that the elections of 1918 or his unfortunate tour the following year quite undeceved him or enabled him to distinguish between the atti- tude of the people toward the president of the United states and their attitude toward Woodrow Wilson. We suppose though, that illusion that may have fingered was dispelled last Tuesday night
 But Mir Wilson is great man and will be sc estimated in history. There will always be admlra- ton in his own country the world for his great ouarties He is not a failure and will never be SC regarded.
 If is A weakness of humanity to err. Faults are ocessarv attributes of humans Mr. Wilson is human and so. is not free from weaknesses and faults. Btu lie ,ir,ues predominate. It Is happy thing in this
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