Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
CHAPTER XVI
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The progressive element Of the
Democratic party had triumphed
after a long, stubborn fight by
| what at first was a minority in
the convention for enlightened pro-
gressivism, with Woodrow Wilson
| as the standard bearer. To those
like myself far away from the con-
vention there was the sense of a
| great issue at stake at Baltimore.
One old gentleman who visited Sea
| Girt after the convention compared
the stand of the liberals in the con-
Vention to the handful at Thermopy-
lac; others compared their heroic de-
termination to the struggle of Carl
baldi and his troops. To the out
side world it was plain that a great
battle for the right was being waged
at Baltimore, under the inspiration
of a new leadership. At times it
appeared that the raw Wilson re-
cruits would have to surrender, that
they could not withstand the smash
ing blows delivered by the trained
army which the conservatives had
modified. They stood firm, for
there was in the ranks of the Lib
eral group in the Baltimore conven-
ton an unconquerable spirit, akin
to that of the Crusaders, and a
leadership of ardent men who were
convinced that they were fighting,
not merely for man but for the
principle which this man symbol
lied. Among these were men like
w. G.. McAdoo, of New York; A.
fn1, Dol
mick, of Pennsylvania; Senator
"Billy" Hughes, of New Jersey, and
Angus Mclean, of North Carolina.
Although the Wilson forces were
largely made up of new" men,
some of whom had never before
been actively interested in politics,
comparatively young men like Nc
Adoo, Palmer, Mccormick and Nc
Lean, and the old men like Judge
Westcott, of New Jersey; yet they
were drawn to the light that had
dawned in New Jersey and were
eager and anxious to have that
light of inspired leadership given
to the nation. Judge Westcott, of
Camden, N. j., fired the convention
showers of applause when he quoted
v
son had made when president of
Kissed, lampooned and derided by
the Princeton opposition:
Men are known by what they
say and do. Men are known by
| those who hate them and those who
oppose them. Many years ago the
great executive of New Jersey said,
No man is great who thinks him
self SO, and no man is good who
does not strive to secure the happi-
| ness and comfort of Others This
| is the secret of his life. This is, in
| the last analysis, the explanation of
his power. Later, in his memorable
effort to retain high scholarship and
simple democracy in Princeton uni
| versity, he declared: The great Voice
of America does not come from seats
of learning. It comes in a murmur
| from the hills and woods, and the
| FARMS and factories and the mills,
rolling on and gaining volume until
it comes to- us from the homes of
| common men. Do these murmurs
echo in the corridors of our uni
versities? I have not heard them.
| A clarion call to the spirit that now
moves America. Still later he shout
ed, I will not cry peace so long as
social injustice and political wrong
exist in the state of New jersey
| Here is the very soul of the silent
revolution now solidifying senti-
| ment. and purpose in our common
| country"
Men, overwhelmed with the emo
ton Of the great hour and the vim
dication of the bold liberal, Wood
row Wilson, bowed their heads and
sobbed aloud. The amateurs" of
that convention hall met the on
slaughts Of the "Old Guard" and
had won, and thus was brought
about, through their efforts, their
courage, and their devotion, the
dawn of a new day in the politics
| Of the nation.
BY JOSEPH p. TUMULTY
CHAPTER XVII
| q HORTLY after the Democratic
y national convention 1 gave a
dinner at the newspaper mems
| cottage at Sea Girt, to which l in
vited the Democratic candidate and
| the newspaper men, in order that
they might be given a chance to
meet him in the most intimate way
and obtain from him what he was
pleased to call the INSIDE of his
mind. Upon the conclusion of the
| dinner the Democratic candidate
| opened his heart in a little talk of
the most intimate and interesting
| character. 1t not only contained
| his views of the presidency, but also
| a frank discussion of the great prob
lens that would confront the next adj
| ministration. In this little talk he
discussed Theodore Roosevelt in an
| intimate way. In referring to Mr..
! Roosevelt, he said that he had done
| a great service in rousing the coun-
try from it's lethargy, and in that
| work he had rendered admirable
and lasting service; but beyond that
he had failed, for he had not, during
his administration, attacked two of
the major problems: the tariff and
the currency, which he, Wilson, con-
sidered to be the heart and center
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