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GRAFTON To
CHIEF
IN CONGRESS
Wilson Did Not Fail HUI
manity in War Crisis-His-
tory Will Honor Him.

washington. Dec. 11-Congress and
those who had an intimate connec-
ton with the private and public life
Of woodrow Wilson. paid tribute TO
his memory Monday In the chamber
of the house of representatives.
Former cabinet officers who shared
his burden of war and It's aftermath.
members OF the supreme court and
ENJOYS Of foreign governments with
Mrs. Wilson and members OF his fam
ily ana special guests, sat with the
senators and representatives as Dr.
Edwin Alderman. president of the
University OF Virginia and lifelong
friend Of the war president, delivered
the formal Grafton.
IF there was failure, Il was hui
manlty's failure" he said II en-
visage him rather MS a victor and IA
conqueror. TO make him, the one
undaunted advocate of the worlds
hopes. the scapegoat Of world col
lapse. Is to visit upon him an injus-
tice. is so cruel that II must perish of
its own reason"
Calling the session 20 order, Presl-
dent Cummins of the senate said;
"The two houses OF congress with
their invited guests are assembled to
render tribute to the memory OF
great man, n great president great
patriot. towering figure In the his
tory Of mankind
DIR. Alderman said It was not for
him TO undertake. the task OF apport-,
ioning with nice justice the respon-
sibIlity for the cauldron OF heat and
'sweltered venom, of deadlock and
indeclsion, craftsmanship and passion,
I'm which for weary months this lar
gest question of modern times boiled
and bubbled.
"Other ages win make that solemn
appraisement', he added. 81 may he
permitted the reflection that some
thing less of malice In the hearts OF
his enemies, and something more or
compromise in his own heart, and
something more Of political genius
and firm purpose In the hearts of
those who kept the faith. and there
might have been another world.
ut ia commonly said that the his
toric rank OF Woodrow Wilson Is
wrapped up in the destiny of the
covenant; that If It fails, his rank
will be merely that OF one more ra-
diant spirit who's reach exceeded his
grasp. and II II succeeds his place In
history is secure. / find the formula
too glib and automatic for the forces
and ideas It presumes to enyelop.
"The world used TO be full Of peo-
ple busy discerning, imagining ana
cotolceulng the fauits or woodrow
Wilson. Dogmatsf and hermit, rhetor-
ician and pacifist, cgocentric and In
CRATE. dreamer and drifter were
some of the milder coinages Of bis
more civil and restrained enemies.
Wen. he had his faults
"His countrymen do not tattle n
bout Washington's blazing profanity
) at Monmouth, but see his stately fig
ure riding into the storm Of bnttle
beneath the tnttered flag OF new
nation he would fain bring into the
world They do not whisper about
TincoIn's choice OF companions or his
toste I'm anecdotes or his cunning In
politics: hut they read inclsed ON
white marble walls the sacred poems
which his literary genius has left TO
posterity, behold him in the night
watches correcting his mistakes and
using even his humility az sword
with which TO carve out the victory
Of his cause. And so It will be with
woodrow Wilson in the long perspec-
tive Of the years.
His ambition to serve his country
was as intense as Cromwcll's. IL was
not easy for him TO forget or to for
give. The pride OF righteousness
! sometimes froze the more genial cur
rents Of his soul, but he was willing
TO die, and did die to guarantee to
q humble men falrer chance In a
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