Evening star., 1924-02-04
'AMONG IMMORTALS'
i is view OF BRYAN
Wilson's Influence Continues With
Increasing Force, Says Former
| Vice President Marshall.
DIED IN SERENE CONFIDENCE
Daniels Says No Doubt of League
, |, Triumph Was Entertained.
sIv the Associated Press.

SIy the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February 4.
Former President Wilson gave his
life in defense of "A great truth as he
was given to see that truth, and his
death marks the passage of n great
influence for justice and brotherhood,
Thomas II. Marshall, Vice President
during the Wilson administration.
said. The statement follows:
1T is with sincere regret that l
notice what the world calls the death
of Woodrow Wilson. Humanity speak
ing. he is dead. and with his passage
from mortal contact there has gone
y great influence for justice and
brotherhood. The only consolation
therefore. is the belief that high
thoughts and splendid purposes 90
not die with our common mortahtS.
Whatever. therefore in the lie OF
this great man was intended for the
good of the world will live on ana
find its eventual accomplishments.
at is always a sad thing 1or tne
American people to lose great man,
hut doubly so when his death means
that he may never know in the body
whether the travail OF ms S1uI Is
TO be satisfied. In spite OF an con
troversy, truth and justice ueili"iu n =,
the admission that his soul hau az
oyermastering love for peace: MS
vision grasped the way in whlcn ne
thought it was to come. ms paS"aS
from mortal life has Charmed sne
atmosphere. Those VINO DeiieNe -
his condemnation of men was per ;,
aoual must now see that it was not.
Place Among Immortnis.
liam Jennings Bryan, in a trlpu'e .,.o w
Woodrow Wilson, declared that ne
cannM be, denied place among the III
mortaIs: his failure to abolish war Can
not dim the glory of that eftort.
as the nation mournS the paSsiiS
Of former @ President Wilson it will be
able to make a more accurate measule
n,er,t of his relative place IN uieloiS
than was possible during MS liletilie.
mo President except Washington an altu
Lincoln was ever confronted u! p p,.ar
iems as grave. and no President etel
brought to their solution greater ~, III -
ljgence. patriotism. courase .ntos-
three qualities without which states,
manship is impossible. To these he
added sympathy with the masses
Many Economic Reforms.
"gis first administration brought VIC
tory and embodied in law more ecohoili'o
reforms than We're ever tirna During
this administration, also, our natpi ~
was linked to three-quarters OF .ns
world by thirty treaties that mace wa
almost impossible between the contes'-
Ing parties. .,o,,a, ;+s great
sst war and mobilized its vast resources
r,ora uuickIy and more efficiently tnai,
such a task has ever been accomplished
by any other executive in any age.
His effort to abollsh war "! eol'e
nlflOnS
noble an effort as was eyer mace oS
man and his failure to accolnpilsI
his purpose cannot dim the glory u
that effort. o,,o, ,
the immortals. His substantial ac
complishments will live long after MS
mistakes are forgotten.
By the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, \. C, FEBRUARY
.'Woodrow Wilson died in the serene
confidence that the covenant OF ma
tions would bring the world to per
manent peace" declared JosepIluS
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy IN tne
wartime Presidents cabinet. MT
Daniels left last night for Washing
ION the occasion of my last visi,
to him." continued the former Navy
Secretary, "he said we must never
doubt that things we stood tor WI, WI,
come And he added. and L VIII
make this concession to Providence
that they may come in a better way
than the way we believed best
His Prophecy Fulfilled.
.eWhen Amaerica RECEIVERS it's soul and
the covenant of peace has become IN
ternational law the world Will un,
Woodrow Wilson. In our own coun-
try il is now seen that his prophecy
of the chaos that would follow the
rejection of the covenant mas peen
fulfilled. 80
President Wilson ever lose a battle
Every measure that he proposed as
President up to the tragedy OF his
sudden illness at Wichita became
law His record for Accomplishment,
was unparalleled in the annals OF
American government and attestec
his masterful leadership. II he mac
retained his health. would he have
won victory for his covenant? 1 be.
lieve he would have made or fought
u way. If, in spite of him, the Sen.
ate had still rejected, nothing could
have prevented the nomination and
election of Wilson in 1924. The only
thing that stood between him and
his recall to the presidency was his
health"
Mind Was Richly Stored.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February A.
Newton D. Baker, wartime Secretary
of War under former President Will
son. said:
He had mind richly stored and
disciplined to almost perfect pre-
cision. He had "a prophetic vision OF
the need of the world for peace and
order based on understanding anG
upright dealings and he had courage
both physical and mental. in degree
rarely equaled, even in great men.
HE was a bit impatient of slow
heads and fiercely intolerant of bad
hearts. but he was a considerate
helpful and loyal chief Of those who
saw him literally carrying the weight
of the world. We knew that his
single purpose and desire was to sac.
rifice himself to serve his fellow.
men,"