The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-19
Mr.. Wilson s
Memory Is
Failing Him
ny DAVID LAWRENCE
(CcpyriEh, by The In;cUiccncer)

Washington. hp-,! iE--ro'it,cS ;s No
longer adtourHei VITA Woodrow WtiSrU.
Publication OF his letter 10 tho 81 l."I's
Globe Democrat denying that he had
ever written a ,et:c- Som7cnd!nS Scpa-
tor James Reed OF Missouri. for his part
N the making nt tho federal reserve act
has been followed BY the c:-cuia t!on ot
Photographic copies ct the cvmmunica-
ton itsef.
Although !. has been supposed ;hat
the former president would stay .r Sc
clusion. and that his letter 20 the NJ"
York Times repudiat:nE a message read
- the Cox dinner. WAS prompted ty
desire to remove himself from present
hour politics. Scarc~iy wees has
elapsed and the former president has
Issued a le;ter which WI bc used n
ths primary campaign n which Bccck-
inridge Long. close friend o; Mr.. Nil
son. is sndeavorIng to>wrcA; ;hs Demo
cratic nomination try7n Nr. Reed.
Mr.. Wilson's letter 70 the -. Louis
Globe Democrat states that 20 has no
recollection Of ever having written any
letter warmly thanking SeHatH- Reed
for tho great service The senator rem
dsred IN pe-tec,ing and 3Iss'H= the
tade-a, reserve bill NJ, W"Soa adds
that ne clearly remembers ,ha; NJ.
Reed in,crposed every possible objection
TO the completion and adoption of the
bill.
II. wilson's Letter.
Something IS v-o7S with ~ VII
sons powers o. -ccc"cct:o For the
text N the letter written b. NJ. wilson
on October -. 1918. was photographed
and widely circulated n tho campaign
q: 1918 when NJ Reed VAS candidate
Cor reelection. Indeed. the letter VAS
used with the permission OF the White
House. Here IS It's full text:
Ny dear SENATOR hesitate 10 ask
Sou TO break in upon what must be ono
oe the bpaieSt weeks which YOU have
had by requesting YOU TO come IL
White House. In order that l ma. say
what It Is perfectly possible for me TO
say in letter. | write to thank you
serr warmly and sincerely for your
statement ma ie through n New York
newspaper. have fel, all along the
sincere honesty and independence OF
Judgment YOU were exercising in this
wao.o matter, and you may hC sue that
thsre has never been IN ny mind any
c-irctsm except on an occaS'"na. dit-
terence Of judgment. think taN
things ara now shaping ;Ncma"'HeS al
rpirably. and ! am quite willing 20 ad-
init that the processes upon which you
have insisted have contributed 10 ths
result feel that can CONT IN you
from Shis time out 70 pla% 'sad,ng
part Ia bringing this matter II Satts-
factory Issue and I want Vol to know
what sAtiafaction Il gives me to teeI
That can DO this,
Cordially and faithfully yours.
WOODROW WILSON"
~
(irtA you would like to confer about
any feature OF the matte.
(te.Sned with init'ais) w. ".
LOOKING back over the events ~ the
autumn OF 1913. II will he found tNa
the 1enator from Missouri tnSist"h
who vas impatient to rush the icgisia-
ron through thought It might mean
endless delay and naturally looked upon
the suggestion Of hearings as an %
stn,ctjve measure. In his l"tt"r I" Mr..
Eeed. however. he admitted. later that
tho hearings had been a good thinS dHc
that the processes upon ~hiCh %Hu
havs insisted have contributed 10 ire
GOOD results obtained when the o.! WaS
reported from the committee.
But even though the letter vas %-'''
ten in October. 1918. and tAH oii was
psssed and signed IN n"rcnfsr "t h.,c ., ocra, ,n
sion TO use the letter until his earn
naIzn for re-elcctior in l2lS. nearly
three years afterwards.
Using tho Letter.
NJ Reeds friends used - :h"n "a
they are doing now 10 she" 'nAl IN
great piece OF ronstructL" lrriS,ation
Of a domestic character Mr.. Eccd was
a, tho side OF NJ. w M'IS%m, Eo,,,cr ,-..,1c,,s
Communication TO the -. Louis ifnhe
penocrat have caSi"n"d mncn com.
men, here. Many ot ,hos" "no HnHw
Mr wilson in the old dars arc wonder,
irg whether ne could hay" cn'pi"!"d
.uch severe language To tni,rd Stat">
ssnator, especially n man "t Mr.. Reed
temperament. without "-, eriTinSS ,"pii''S xcu.d cu
h,,.e made Washington fiuttcr with cA-
ritement. Most observers think MI
wilson Is confusing som" ~ rae
thoughts he had or r1prsST,o1ISs in Iss"rs"n NJ "n
Gr Reds course ~ the SoHat" Sith
what was said on the dsE OF their 90
Der conference.
Tho asrator from Missouri - no' =. -
e,.ased With what has occurred n"
contradiction between NJ. Wnsnn ~
ter Of october. 1913. and h,s Ir'itr 10 re
100. yiIl be exhibited in the campaign
aS An evidence OF Mr.. Wilson'S lncmn-
sistency Senator Rod had rany d,t
terepses With Mr. w''S"n Sonrrim,iion IL Il iUT Of
Ronss u Jones. Of rh'raE". :" ="
chairman Of tho federal r"Ncrr" board
Afr Reed protested that u ~cH,H pS
wrong to confirm Mr.. Jones while an
Indictment was pending against Ny.
Jopes AZ the department Of justice IN
connection with tho SoNcrnm"nt SUI
Sxainst the 1ntsrna tiona' Harvester
Company. differences Developed ire
suenGy after that but in ,hc camra,En Hr
~ Io1I Mr.. Wilson stood alonS SIDE Ny
Rsed and helped 10 re-elcct Mr. krr'
thronxh the permission given TO use
ths latter OF October. 1915.
Entirely aside from the merits ~ 'ne
.oHroyersy. the request by Mr. wilson
~ Tho 81. Louis Globe r"m"crai that
Mis- letter OF denial DC given puhIC,iE
"a taken here to mean that inc tprm%T
n-estdent has not relcnted on MS HlH
Sos, and that he will take as 'nuch OF i
nart as ne can in preventing -enomina-
ton and r~-clc"ti"n. In the lnemortatiic u,
s,iopal convention at san Francisco IN
1870 friedS oE Mr. wilson Flcc"euru
In preventing Mr.. Hc"d from heing SCAT
ed as 4 delegate and Will" tho Cox wing
OF the party helped Rcd and Not"l ="
srat him, the wilson supporters Fought
.uccessfuliy against u. This = IN" Sc
ond blow in a week ther"f"r" thht MT.
wilson has de;iN cred ayaIm~' IN" COX
faction in the Democratic "1r''N Nh'I"'
Mr. Cox himself - maki"g >H""'h"~ n
pralsr OF The iCaSu" g: nh'."!l~ an! ilc