The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-04
WILSON, MOST BLINDLY IDOLl.
ZED CHIEF WHO EVER PRE-
SIDED OVER AMERICAN NATION
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NOTbl pedctt II was thought, UpO, tue
outgoing president would take up the
business of literature which he left
off when he quit the presidency OF
Princeton university to enter poll
tics and become governor of New
Jersey.
"Frail in health with his body
racked by is months Of Illness, II
had been supposed by Mr.. Wilson's
closest friends. that he planned moth
ing else than rest. But Rear Admiral
Crayson. his personal physician. says
he is able 10 take up legal work and
could even possibly appear before the
supreme court of the United States,
10 which the retiring president soon
viii make application for admission
to practice -
The second democratic president
since Andrew Jackson to fill two sue
cessive terms, MIR. Wilson's eight years
in the White House carried him
through the range of human emotions
He was almost blndly idoliZed and
cordially hated. Profound peace, the
most terrible of wars. death of a wife
and helpmate, courtship and marriag e
and finally lingering illness came in
turn to brighten or daTken his days
Eight years OF 1t whtened his hair
racked his frame and impaired fms
physical vigor but did not rust mis-
mind.
/ l,. ktr h friana1c rnlinl
wounded veteran OF the World Wai
as il he had been shot in battle, he
goes back 10 private life today re-
garded by his partisans as living
sacrifice his ideals.
Woodrow Wilson was not well man
when he tcok up the presidency. Ht
was decidedly sick man. He was
| threatened with Bright's disease
which physicians diagnOsd as hav
ing been brought about by particu.
lar treatment for head colds which
he and the first Mrs. Wilson We're sub
ject The wife died soon after, but hi:
case yielded to care.
Same years before that Mr.. Wilson
| ildl SulltIth q NliIOilApOSiGf III SiiS "
his legs. 1t was the lodging of &
blood clot in an artery, but because o.
its location, not serious. 1t was, how
ever, complaint of the same nature
which caused his breakdown in 1919
when the clot sqmed on the righ
side OF his brain impairing the con
trol OF his left arm and leg.
Little known also, is the fact tina
Mr.. Wilson. like Mr.. Roosevelt, wa!
practically sightless in one Of his eyes
Bursting blood vessls in the retin;
practically made ii useless, although
the impairment was in part overcome
by the use of eve glasses. He suffer
ed also from nervous indigestion. With
pre-disposition TO take cold easil,
added TO this list of troubles, Wood
row Wilson took up the arduous dutie:
OF the presidency with far less ply
sical equipment than the public gen
orally gave him credit for.
Once in office the round Of complex
tiles which brought Mr.. Wilson praise
on one side and damnation on the
other, was not long in starting, ane
like a snowfall rolling down hil
continued to take on volume until the
day OF his departure from the White
House.
| Once. in the midst Of his seige Of
prostration which accompanied the firs'
stages Of his present Illness. he de
bated with himself whether he ought
not 10 relinquiir his office and give
way TO successor Later when health
had improved and the democratic CON
vention at San Francisco was ballot
/ ing night AMI day to agree on
presidential nominee, Mr.. Wilson de
/ bated with himself whether he shoulc
/ be candidate for third term. II
could not be said that either subject
reached the stage of being considered
! But 1t is known that Mr.. Wilson gave
the subjects some thought.
These with many other things from
the highly interesting unwritten chap
tiers lof Woodrow Wilson'S life. The,
would make volume Of far morI
engrossing reading than anything una
ever had been written about him.
such volume might include tht
inside" story of the break with Colo
onel House. mis- former confidential ad
visor, il might tell how Mr.. Wilson
rousing Mr.. Clemenceau. the Frencl
premier from bed al . o'clock on,
morning, practically charged un'
| French delegates with tampering witt
the records Of rhe peace conference
proceedings.
/ II might tell how Mr.. Wilson mad,
up his mind 10 fire" some other cab!
net officers soon after the resignation
Of Secretary Lansing but desisted be
cause, he said, it would only uid 4
the p5pular impression that he 'coul'
not get along wiuh anybody
II might also tell what Mr.. Wilson
said with smile" to Lloyd Georg'
concerning the relative strengths o
the British and American navieS an'
Il might disclose that Mr.. Wilson wen
TO the peace conference prepared q
! u W Wv ~
IT'S midst.
All these things, however II they d.
beoOme public, probably will do SO bl
the pen of the historian after Wood
row Wilson has been assigned to hi
proper niche In the wall OF history
While the principal actors in that ser
ics OF drama live. all these things ar
likely to remain behind the scenes
Mr. wilson's retirement to private lif
is not likely to release them for pub
lie consumptson.
Until the beginning OF the Worl,
War Mr. Wilson held the attention o
the country with his swift strokes a
getting legislation from congress. viii
the coming OF the war ne devoted tn
last two years OF his first term to al
attempt 10 keep the United State
a,,s f1ga. ~ "A =. tho ., q,