Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04

VI uISy years. Us SNtlor nnQ owner
Of the Louisville Coislor Journal
most pct1rssque and beloved figures
commemorate no; only people and
y events. but an epoch OF American life
That Is fast passing away under the
In thus Undertaking 10 jot down his
recollections OF men. women and events
4 during q ght decades Of American his
tory. Colonel Watterson says; 1t shall
he my aim as far rs may be 90 avoid
i the sarrulttE of the racon'eur and 10
!, restrain the cXac geraiions o. the ego.
~ But neither fcRr of the charge of self
= exploitation nor the Spcc;cr at q mod
sstS too ohtrusive 10 be reai shall deter
ton. where. though in the mn n but an
humble chron c!or. must needs APP
i self. for nj least have not always been
a dummy and have sometimes IN way
helped 10 mako history" In this very
a siderable gain 10 tho truth OF his
tory none who peruscs these memoirs
hut will attest that the DISTINGUISHED
4 nCthor has held true to Wpttcr.on ia n
( form in Is fulhlimon;, both in letter
y and spirit.
Journalism" writes. Colonel Waiter
versatility is not a disadvantage" and
Y himself one Of the most versatile OF
men; he is an c,Xample Of the truth
eompiishments have brought him in
contac; with every phase, OF life From
Inc tlmt I'lal ne StopV ~ Lincoln -
elbow when the inaugural address was
spoken t:ll the question o. the league
Of nations began 20 aritatc the coun-
affairs. and his editorials have made
public opinion In every state of the
Union.
the most thrilling moments in cur his
tory. and introduces you TO his famous
. friends Win mamy 4 new siqflisht OF. on
record OF life illll interest ins
thinss: lived TO tho full by a man who
played his part ~ national and inter
cult TO match in hi. day or any other.
Hero. in truth. IS a mirror OF the social
and =. political iii OF the greater part
statesmen. society women. famous ac-
tors and actresses, Journalists, must
clans. generals. crowned hcads authors.
{ pToprictors. theatrical prodlIccrs-aIi
Geurc in Colonel Wa;torson's rccollec-
lions.
OF The .pol'ticai trrnd of the times.
S Ssss ,fis "nistor,e nemSerney is
cratic Marty organization has ceased 10
exist. Nor does i mean that there are
no no NOR" Democrats and that the Demo,
The fcdcraliSt party is dead or the
Whig party IS dead or the GGrcenback
Wis dead. That which has died is the
| Democratic party Of jefferson ami
jackson and 7 ldcn. The primo plvS
OF government which they laid down
and advocated have been for The most
part oblitcratcd. What slavery and
secession were unable to accomplish
has been brought about by nationaliz-
inc sumptuary laws and suffrage Th.
deathbiow TO Jcfiersonian democracy
was deiiyeTed by the Democratic sena-
tors and Representatives from the
South and West who carried through
the nroh hilton amendment. The coup
/ de grace was administered by u PrcS!-
Il Oent oil the United States alfrtEi "a :.
Democrat when be approved the Fed
Nerhl suffrage amendment 10 the Con-
RSstttution. The kind Of government for
switch the Jefersonian democracy sue
Ii oessful!y battled for more than a cen
/ .ury Was Thus repudiatcd: .centrali2a-
X ton was inv ted: States rights were.
assassinaSed in the very citadel OF State
rights. The charter OF local sclf-gov-
Il Mny is open for the obli,cration or The
u states in all their essential functions
and the erect on Of Fedora govern.
II which Alexander Hamilton dared to
cream Historic Republicansm is
lRoMise dena' ns dead as historic De-
surviv ny. Thai tn" nr rnS a.iai :
the Bosheyiss. tho people are V't on tho
way seems pla in enough. How FAR the ).
so clear WIKI Kind of education
most men laugh, TO read. very few
mand yet more a2d moro for them,
selves They will continue strcnuously
Nnu chcct Iely TO resent the start ling
contrasts OF fortune, which aptitude and
opportunity have created in a social
ana political structure claiming TO rest
upon tn, the formula, equality for all. spe.
Cfai privileges for none. The law OF
force will yield to the rule OF numbers
Socialism. disappointed OF It's Utopia
and reproduce ;hc mam-on -horscbaci:.
or the world may drop into another
abyss, and, after the ensuing dirk
ages. like those that swallowed Baby
ION and Tyre, Greece and Kome. emerge
with a new CIV l!zaiion ANA religion. %
Colonel Wattorson gives his estimate
lows ''Jc rose ~. wor!a celebrity Nv
Glrcnmsta nces rgth''r than by chArac-
possessed a bright. forcrful mind. Ills
ach cveInents were thrust upnu him.
Ihough II sometimes van away with
i him. his pen possessed extraordinarily
facility. Thus h. was ever aIis -
Pvt his best foot foremost Never In
the largo, sense = leader of mon. as
fnGton. Gay ana Lincoln, nor ideas as
We're Rousseau. Noltairc and Franki n
ne had the subtle tenacity Of Louis ri
Or France, the Keen foresight Of Richie
ileu, with . talent for the surprisiuC
(which would hav" raised him to ON
finepce IN journal sm In short he wa /.
ian opportunist void of conviction ana
3fdndifercnt 20 consistency. would
tnot say aught in a spirit OF hostility
3sand writer. Yet the usual trend and
Ephrase OF his observations seems Ia be
those of 4 special picadcr. rather Than
those OF a statesman. Every man. each
sof the nations Is for peace AS an alb
sStract proposition That inuCn goes
without saying. But Mr.. Wilson pro
Exposes TO bind tn. hands OF Z ant and
Hktahe lottery chances on the future.
This. j think. the country Will contest
SIG is obscssed by the idea OF n league
sof nations. If not his own discovery.
she has yet made himself its loader,
He talks fippantly about American
sideals' that have won the war against
8sGermany. as II there were no English
kidcalB and French ideals. In all that
The does We can descry The SCHOOL
nnaster. who arrived q tho front rather
late in life. One needs only TO so over
the record and marx how often he has
reversed himself TO detect certain
mental and Compartments! instability
clearly indicating tack Of fixed or
fesolutc intellectual purpose This is
OF AN excess in cduca-
tion; Of the ha!f-bakcd mind over
Trained The oNereducatcd mind fan
cies himself dOctrinairc when he I'm
point of fact, is only disciple Wood
row Wilson was born 20 the rather
i soph:sticatcd culture OF the too too