The Washington times., 1924-02-04
QUALITIES
RAISED
BY ALL
Editors Unite in Appreciation
OF High Ideals Revealed
by Ex-President.

u6u tOV01S N0V0oI0O
by Ex-President.
Newspapers of all shades Of polj
ticai opinion today united in pay
ing tribute to the memory Of Wood
row Wilson. Extracts from edi
torialS follows:
New York American.
Though the Wilson policies have
aroused exampled partisanship both
Tor and against him, friend and foe
alike recognized the essential great
ness or the man, a gentleman, an
american OF unassailable ideals and
motives"
80 New York World.
by the death Of Woodrow Wilson
the greatest figure in world histroy
that ever has arisen from American
SOIL Is removed from the scene of
his labors."
New York Tribune.
THE figure of Woodrow Wilson
IN death stirs in the nation the
same tense emotions which sur
rounded him living. Every Ameri-
can salutes the passing of great
figure"
New York Times.
IA great light has gone out.
Happily he (Mr. Wilson, did not die
until he has seen the waves of per-
Sonal animosity subside and until
he knew that the indliest public
feeling would accompany him to
his grave"
New York Herald.
Woodrow Wilson will take up
many pages in American history.
He was a man who did things. He
was g. man who reached out for
new IDEAS"
New York Daily News.
He (Mr. WILSON, tried to do
something which is beyond the in
t9lligence and wisdom of any man.
he tried by word to correct all the
Ills OF foreign statecraft accumu-
lated in centuries, sharpened by ma
tional instincts and animosities, in
all lands, and he failed by act to
correct any Of them or to preserve
the rights of the United States any
where"
New York Evening World.
mo one can say Woodrow Will
son spared himself in the service
OF his country. No man can say
that what he wanted his country
20 do for peace was more than he
was ready to help it do with all the
energy OF his mind and soul."s
AL New York Evening journal. III
It Will be remembered that his
Ndr. Wilson's) health broke down,
partial paralysis overcoming him on
account of the terrific strain to
which he was subjected and for
which he would take no relief white
the emergency lasted. Therefore,
upon the tomb Of Woodrow Wilson
there may be written the words the
French repeat each year in memory
of their greatest hero: Dead on the
field of honor"
Cleveland News.
Woodrow Wilson has passed from
life to an enduring place high
among the notable figures of his
day and generation.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The world mourns the passing of
q statesman. An epic figure has
gone from American life.
Cleveland Times.
There is nationwide grieving for
the learned scholar and distinguished
president who honestly wished to
be a real friend of all his country
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war for, all time.
Cleveland Press.
Wilson sleeps but his light
burns on.
Syracuse Post Standard.
His successes were personal
triumphs which will be written in
capitals. His failures were equally
titanic.
It will never be said that he was
cowardly, mediocre or colorless.
u Boston Herald.
The great orator of his dream
abides. The tragedy of his repudia-
tion by the American people per-
sists. Woodrow Wilson was more
Of a prophet than statesman. 1t is
as a prophet that he will be re-
membered, great preacher who
affirmed consistently the necessity
Of moral sanctions in international
relations.
Boston Globe.
There is not yet such science
as the geometry of political thought,
but there ought to be and some
day will be. Meanwhile there
arises now and then a commanding
intellect which is able, even as
things are, to conceive of such a
science and, within the limits of
his capacities and opportunities to
practice it; and such a figure was
Woodrow Wilson. i