Evening star., 1920-03-04
WASHINGTON SEES
LITTLE PROSPECT
OF ATH|RD TERM
March 4 Inspires Thoughts
OF Change Coming Year
Will Bring Here.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Seven years-long or short, ac-
cording as ones politics may be-
! have gone by since the Wilson ad-
ministration came into power. 1t is
natural that officials should ''remi-
n 'isce into the future" as one of them
~ presses il. Who will be occupying
the executive mansion one year
heucA? What hopeful. worid-to-con-
auer yA,irit and freshness Of touch
viii, pN<ail aa another administra-
ton seS FORTH on the perptexinS
paths rnarhed out by variety Of
campaign piedgess and promises?
OF one t>hinG there seems lutte
doubt Woo oSrow- Wilson will not he
in the White ylonse "a year from now.
Everybody. in nSluding his intimates'
will be surpr yea ~ ne makes an
would dare con te their belief that
if he did make Vhe ran the third
term tradition WOW defeat him. hut
that's the convictkSi of. most OF the
wilson people here.
NJ, Wilson himseM .sncSa said some
thing pertinent on this pd mt 10 a DEL
egation at the White HoNse when at
TEN ri ed to browbeat hirt< into accept
ing an opposite point. Sf view by
threatening not to vote fuls MN again.
He remarked. more or i.Ss ansriiy.
that a ..rrAan is fool who seeks the
presidency Of the United StaOss"
Selection OF 1910 Candiat,te~
The remark caused very littVe COM
ment at the time, hut 1t iS typio el Will
sonian philosophy Mr.. NcAdSo mas
awaited himself of the doctrine Wy re-
fusing to sanction the use ID his sname
the same thing. The, idea sessns Eo be
that the presidency is somefhAng
which no man ought to SEEK perEdr-
ally, but which should come to I'M
only when the people do the l'ekfnA
Mr.. Wilson believed he was sougfA.
after in 1916\by his party. Mr. HSighea
was sought after by the republicans
in 1916.
The particular application which thes
President may have had in mind when
he declared a mau was a fool for his:
pains il he sought election 10 the
presidency was to the burden or the'
office Many President has unques-.
tionably exclaimed again and again
that he wished he never had entered
public life. The controversies and the
quarrels. the bitterness and the hH-
tired the constant bOmbardmeht NOT
merely of ones work. but of personal
character. the questioning of motive.
the paucity of praise and the plethora
of attack-all this will mean>in Wood-|
row Wilson's case at least sigh OF
relief as he bows out the glass doors
Of the White House twelve months
hence and a new President bows in.
Possibly it was asprophecy OF events
year away: poss'h'y II was the
knowledge that the President wasn't:
winding up his term of Office with the,
same physical vigor and enthusiasm,
OF performance as he entered upon his
duties seven years ago: possibly it
was the feeling that official life had
exaoted 4 terrible toll from the
physique of an already frail indi-
vidual- but White House officials got
n fivyon ,to1 fhar, ta1l lna1 tnHo
of the future and the fateful March
4. 1921. when the change from the
most powerful executive in the world
to the retirement OF private CITIZEN
ship goes into effect.
High Tension and Reaction.
Seven years have gone by-<vent-
ful; ,. exciting, ting LEVERS lsvsrish; battie-scarred
cjally during the war period. and
plenty OF awful responsibilities. The
year that has followed the ending Of
the war has been with the President
enc OF fatigue and reaction from the
high tension of previous exertion.
Mr.. Wilson took his first automobile
A de this week. 1t is the first con-
vAncing sign of his return to health.
TA> President has been out of per-
soma touch for many months with
Us,IA lily departing President -
RooseA ,lt was 2 typical case winds
up with a whirlwind of controversies
with Goa .ress. Mr.. Wilson Is weaker
in hesItb Ills illness may have mel
Jou-ed hir4 Certainly if there was a
TINA whem = he sp4rit of reconciliation
could he an pfed for the common
good. it is ~,N ssent.
Mr.. wilson h W forgiven political
foes before and cTns fsss oaTinsss an Wssb;nu MN
ton is wonEer;ny whether il willie be
merely a prolone> tion Of the petty
strife of the last a shteen monrhs or
whether it will meA ne Desnn.ns
of new era of feIldA snip III sovern-
hmrw hut the side and, the individuals
taking the initiative enelns .ns
epoch of hate in WaA ing 'o, % WI
earn during the next - @
Can be derived from any al stract is
sue or achievement of govern heh'
(Copyricht 1920