The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-09-14
HARDING AND WILSON

HARDING AND WILSON
The personal affairs of Washing
toms leading citizens, Warren G.
Harding and Woodrow Wilson are
always of acute interest in the Ma
tional Capital. They stand in
about the same relation to the peo-
pie in that city as do Mayors and
ex-Mayors in the ordinary ,commun-
.ty. The frivolities of the Hardings
on the Mayiower and in their social
connections are always morsels for
the gossips. The Woodrow Will
sons appear almost daily in the in
diligence of automobile trips and
IN Saturday nights at Kieth's vau-
leville shows. They are always en-
Enthusiastically received by the popu-
lace, and there seems to be steady
determination to let the ex-President
understand that 1--WE love you STILL.
Washington is non-partisan enough
so that the same people give their
applause to both Harding and Will
son. Mr.. Harding's appearance
vould be described by those who
see him constantly as folder" than
when he went into Office. 1t is
known among politicians that he
axes his duties very seriously, and
laturally the unusually heavy re-
sponsibilities that he has Jared have
made him appear careworn at times.
If it were not for the little holidays
md relaxations that come into his
ife Mr.. Harding would not be apt
o "wear WE'LL" physically. But
The friendly conspiracy" of the
White House physician and the
Family of a President has saved
many chief executive of the Ameri
IAN nation from a premature Will
son until he went to Europe, where
ne renowned his accustomed golf
games, only to collapse beneath the
weight of overwork and public wor-
ries. Perhaps some people are old
enough to remember that as a pro-
lessor at Princeton Woodrow Will
son was a good deal of bicycle en-
thusiast, while Warren G. Harding
Used to pitch quoits and INDUCED in
many of the very ordinary recrea-
lions.
Already the political conspirators
are preparing to push Mr.. Harding
nto the background of political lea
lership. "Did YOU hear about the
riumphs of La Toilette, and Beve-
ridge, and Pinchot" they ask-just
as though that indicates a collapse
IT good old Republicanism. And in
he Democratic camp the same human
gloom makers specialize on how
Reed in Missouri "walloped" Wilson.
IF course, they admit, Vardaman
couldn't help losing in Mississippi,
because John Sharp Williams did
aot want him for his successor"
I There are SO many strings to the
political bows that it is. impossible
TO guess which way the next arrows
will fly. But one thing is certain
and that the real leaders of the two
old parties are the President and
the exsPresident. Even so, it
would not be at all strange if these
Two illustrous gentlemen felt a
good deal of concern about the drift
in national affairs and wonder when
and how the country is to get "back
to political normalcy."
There are so many strange bed
fellows las usual in political beds.
1t seems that lot of the old pro-
gressive Republicans are determined
70 beat Senator Lodge if possible.
Former Senator Moses Clapp of
Minnesota is leading a group of
opponents of the peerless man from
the Bay State and he is campaigning
Massachusetts against his old col
league in the Senate.