The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-13
WILSON SHOWS
new POWERIN
DEMO CIRCLES
fcontinuod from First p,..,

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nervous breakdown and II. =. !,
tionary figure who with ola ".
gesture, with sharp enunc,.,;a.,
and the same rapidly OF eYtem,. 49, !.
aneous speech which distinvn,sS
his earlier career on the ~.
was able in a few minutes to m.
his audience forget he was a. naLe
valid and make them think onI, u !.
the doctrines he was again ch,s y
Iioning. SuA'
The same characteristic e,.,,. !.
sis OF facial expression. tbs qua
easy moving of the speaker e~Me
from one end of the crowd - e!es
other. the same smiling oui IN -.
ne asked permission to put on Il.
hat with a promise that IL NV s as
SO he wouldn't speak throurh I ;,s
all this was convincing eyidens.
to the crowd that Woodrow WIFE,
was coming back in health
almost himself agsI>
Wilson Is Rallying Point /,
Here and there in the cro-.
were prominent Democrats. nv,
influential in the councils Of ~.
party-Cordell Hull, chairman !,
the Democratic national coSamjt,s.
was there, and few members NJ
the senate and house. The eff.c,
upon them was electric. Stimplat.
ed by the results of last Tuesday,
election, most of them feel thew
have a rallying point once more IN
the man who led the party for eipht
turbulent years. Theodore Roo,e..
velt's popularity was at low point
when he left the presidency. hut
gradually it rose until the tide Of
1912, four years after he left the
White house, saw it at unprece.
denied heights.
The value Of leader with thu
prestige and influence. Of Mr.. vii.
son may not be considered impor.
tant from the Republican view.
point but when one considers the
state of disorganization Of the
Democratic party from coast to
coast and the need for harmony
and revival of party activity, the
return Of Mr.. Wilson to more or
less active counsel is tremendous.
ly significant. The Democratic
party was buried in 1920 in the re-
action following the war admins
tration, but the Democratic party
was largely and is largely. so far
as party leaders are concerned, q
Wilson organization. Only the
split between the Palmer and Nc.
Adoo forces at San Francisco en-.
abled the anti-Wilson elements
from New York and Illinois and
New Jersey to select another can.
didate, who however quickly recos.
nized the Importance of the VIII
son leadership and faithfully
preached the Wilson doctrine
throughout the campaign. But the
Wilson strength is dominant in the
party today and a coalition Of the
Wilson groups can easily name the
next candidate.
Wants 10 Lead Party.
Mr.. Wilson in his letter to Sen.
ator Caraway has given first express
sion to his desire for leadership. He
said: We must now clear our
minds and purify our hearts. to
offer to the country in 1924 exactly
the service it most needs and the
candidate who can best render
that service.
Mr.. Wilson's health alone has pre-.
vented his assuming the reins Of
leadership before this. His ply.
sicians and family thought it would
be too much of strain. But Inc
tonic of victory which his intina~
have been praying for has come az
last. The tide is turning, they ieel
and with it will come better day.
for the ex-president who hopes %
see some day complete trium[~-
the principles which he believes
America fought for in 1917 anu
1918. There was touch OF war
time enthusiasm as the ex-president!
entered his big touring car anu
waved his hat to the crowd. Ihey
formed a lane on either side ana
cheered as the motor passeu
triumphantiy along. Bigger croSas'
TO be sure, there were on cramps
d'Elysee nearly four years ago.
greater demonstrations were gwen
on the Strand and in the conges.eu
streets of Rome, but for INSPIRATION
to man who had suffered me re.
verses in health that WOODROW
Wilson has, nothing could have Deea
more stimulating than the Afml-
stice day demonstration, the ap-
pealing plaudits of a party mat Aas
been leaderless for two years anu
sees the old leader able AGAIN u
enter the fray.