The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-04

cnd-ho was thc cabinet congress and all the
people Al Of their parts and functions In thc
accredited authority lie thuswisc wrecked his
party and oil but brought the country TO the
brink OF ruin
No highly ala he regard the prowcss Of his
personality, that hc in q fDrthwlth sort of way
projected hs prrscncc into the midst of the
congress whenever he saw 1T 10 bcApcak that
meek and lowly aercmbly-a good deal after
tho mcn and manner. We imagine. that were
peculiar o. him with his school boys I'm tho class
room Washington jefferson. Lincoln ana the
rest Of his predecessors we've iuapt indeed, com
pared 10 himself in tho fine ana complex art Of
human government. Little boot 10 him what
they sald or did. They on needed and hooded
inc couHiiution Hs @ guide ana guard. lie did
neither lio was on frc with tho deal Of gov
crnment by self determination not Of the gov
crned, but Of himself Quite substitution
think you2 How does A. square with the sense
and spirit of the tlmcq' lie made ballast Of
hts cabinet congress people, chart and compass
ana cast thsm overheard. HIS mounted the
bridge ot the ship OF state, ana sailcd her fun
ohiy ne f'li born 10 command ana never
To GptnHcl lie stood giaut-likc, thinking and
acting alone. In tho wonderful altitude OF him
selt' making American policy AZ homo and
abroad along the lines of now and unheard of
patterns.
with one foot on tho senate and the other on
the hourn, he looked down from his towering
scf elHyatioh upon them, while his herculcan
figure clov" the sky line OF a wonder stricken
world. Wh"thcr II were wise or cxpodlent, were
neither here nor there-t spectacular and
for him enough The war diverted the popular
the cabinet became hut name Of not anything.
Tho people sent him a congress. brand now and
fre1h. from themselves, which enacted t2.iO
wheat 49, raising ihr president 80 cents. lie
knew and did better than they with his infntly
pree wl"s daln :" Veto ,aS S .ruek ,ss5 ssvo the
an ncrobatic hoist "a SEQ Tho war price ot
wheat must be regulated. else the farmers might
proiitoer. But tho price OF sugar-Oh! you
sweet sugar-spread It's shiny wings and flew
upward. as doth the sparks. without limit Tho
sugar folks were too patriotic to profitcer--
me farmers were long on cash and short on
conscience In the executive egimation.
M"ssers. Sprecklcs and Havemcyer with what
magic did you SAVIOR the sugar industry that
II become so seductive to the prcsiden 5aI
favor? Neptosim transfgured from its
stain OF guilt to the snowy whitcness OF angelic
virtue, when he chose his prospective son-in-
law Tor federal treasurer, and when the rela-
,lohshp was consmmated, he nevertheless
kept the honor and emomment OF this high
office In the family--selfish, we say, and shtfty
The war over, the prclimnaries of peace
were snch that OF an the millions OF men young
and old, In the sense and sciencc Of statecraft
none bit himself could he find who was equal
In honor to the trust, or In ability 70 the task
Selecting only those of his exclusive liking. he
lett hts white house home, and sailed away
with his satellites. No Aajesty oriental or else
wherc. ever Travelled In greater and more ex-
tho assumption of powef or in the freedom and
independence of Its exercise. than was the presi-
dent OF the United States In and about every
thing he acted with an amazing autocracy In
the OF democracy lie signed up to
eink and mix ourselves In the fermcnt of Euro
pean dissonsion and war and to sponsor with
our sons and sinews, peace wide the
world His mistake very great. He
peraeded, without the tromor OF an eyeash, tho
domestic and foreign policy OF this country,
fixed by the constitution and forecast by Wash
ington. $4,000 laundry bill was q trife COM
pared to the cost OF social fetes with which he
advertised abroad the plain, sweet and simple
American taste and traditions. His two trips
and intermediate soJourn, hobnobhinR with i'm
perial majcsties, cost us unnecessary multi
Nh hgy
are out nothingP Certainly not the ,resident.
Hearts and homes were riven ana rendered
desolato with grief wars bereavements.
and he colncldentaly loaded himself with mag
nificont presents from royal hands, In viola
uon OF Fundamental law. and came home as he
went Is he selfish unto the last farthing?
Think OF the billions spent on tho war. Strike
out billions for inevitable waste, and then stand
aghast at the avalanchian sauander. Awe
stricken amidst the mountains OF Democrat tic
prodigality, and bent low meath ponderous
taxes Just listen to the reverberating hollow
echo OF the Cox cry for economy in adminlstrn-
ton Of the government What an nsolent
mockery 1t is blending It does IN the same
breath with his praise Of the president and viii
sonism---thcn give ear To his commcndation of
democracy as personificd by the president. for
It's progressvism and his caustio condenmna-
ton OF the republicans for their conservatism
Tho thought will como. naturally as light
from the suni that the democrats have prog
ressed entirely too fast and far In the extra
VACANT expenditure OF the public monies, bur
Tor winch the country would be billions OF
dollars better off---and that what IL needs tust
now most of all is return to the saving grace
and business like management OF the republi-
can party. Wilson's greatest Joke and Jonah
TO his party Is his self-ordained league of ma
uors-hiI last and least his contrbu-
ton OF $500 to It's campaign fund. by prefer
mcnt OF his party he will have had honors and
perquistes above compare, and 100000 in
salary We repeat, his gift to its campaign Is
CHASTITY jotc Had he been tithe as con
scrvatve with the war funds OF the people
as he is with his own, the democratic candidate
for his succession woule not have been, as he
is utterly shorn to the storm of popular
disapprohation which, according TO the poliu-
cal weather man, is booked to break on Cox,
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