New-York tribune., 1921-12-23

party, crucified in 1860, received no de-
cent burial, and has been rotting away
ever since in the omen air"
few days later he ADDED: "rhe re-
ganization Of thc Democratic party
after the war was "A capital mistake.
and the participation in that act by
the South WAS FIRST class hlunder. In
the past il wac the party of slavery;
IN the present it is The party Of OBJ
struction."
Critic of Woodrow Wilson
A year later he said Neither party
a. party loves its country. Ono is
in'hecile and ignorant, hidcbound and
false; the other malignant and mis-
chievous.' lIc was in Switzerland in
1895 when ne~y reached him of the
nomination Of William J. Bryan for
the Presidency on 'frce silver plat
tcrm ard he Instantly cabled to "Tho
Courier journal. "No compromise
with dishouor. Another platform and
ticket our only hope. Stand firm" Ia
national economies he vas always an
earnest freo trader. and Il WIS he who
dictated the phrase Tariff for revenue
only in thc Democratic platform.
n was not at all pleased with The
candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for thc
Presidency, and accepted it under pro-
test. and during Alr. Wilson's Admins-
tration he was his frequent and severe
critic, particularly for his autocratic
tendencies. He did not hesitate &c
speak of "thc irr;pient prorincisinento
Of dynastio plan and propaganda
looking to third term in the White
House for it's present occupant. and, il
default of this, for the succession IN
the person Of eop-in-iaw McAdoo
At this ratc-thc people complying
how long shall it be before Cromwell
goes down to the Capitol not to make
taking speech, but TO cry Git, you
varmnts, git.
To He'll With Hohenzoilcrns''
When the great war broke upon the
world Watterson was among the fore
most in rally;ng the American people
20 the support of the Allies against the
Central Powers, for the sake of free
dom and democracy, His spirit famed
stically forth III the scntenc,
with which he concluded nearly every
editorial that he wrote on the subject
! TO hell with tho Hohengollerns ane
! Hapsburgsi" This spirit of passionate
patriotism finally ilnpelied him to the
action referred to at the beginning oi
this sketch Of his career.
On August G. 1918, the control OF
"The gonrier-Journai passed into
other hands, and he retired from the
editorship. which he had filled for fifty
years, and became editor emeritus. Ir
the LITTER place he continued TO write
much for She paper and TO exercise
much advisory influence over it's col
umnS. But when President Wilson
ought to involve the United States in
league Of nations on n plan VIII
Watterson believed would impair the
independence and jcopardize the wei.
fare OF the country he revoted against
! The propoeal and eagerly accepted the
I Leadership Of nation wide organizs
ton TO oppose it, Then, when the new
I proprietors Of the paper decided tr
support the Presidents plan and tx
commit THE Couricr-J ournal" to it he
resigned his place and severed hi
connection with the paper.
| Mr.. Watterson received the honorary
| degrees of y. G. L. from the University
| of the South and LII. p. from Brown
University and the University OF Ten
nessee. He edited Oddities Of South
| ern Life and Character and was ths
author Of History of the Spanish
American War" "The Compromises 0.
Life" Looking Backward" an auto
! biography, and other works.
He was also, according TO his owl
declaration, the inventor Of the disl
beloved Of gourmets as "lobster !;
| Ncwburg," the recipe for which he con
veycd TO Charles Delmonico. He wa
married on December 20, 1865, to Mia
Rehecca Ewing, daughter of Andray
Ewing, of Nashville, Tenn, who sur
wives him. He was the father o
three sons and two daughters. On
OF the sons, Harvey w. " atterson, wa
a rising lawyer of this city when, OF
November IL. 1908. he was killed by al
accidental fall from ninth story win
dow Of the building in which ne hat
his offices.