Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-02-07
WOODROW WILSON

woodrow Wilson been severed,
than peoples in all walks of life,
and newspapers practically without
exception, paid honor to his mem
ory. Some of these glowing trib-
were from so called states
men. who had never before, during
his long illness, spoken of him 9TH
er than in words harshly aimed to
wound him. Since his death, one of
the finest tributes to has memory
came from Henry Cabot Lodge
senator. of Massachusetts, the man
who perhaps sank the dagger oil
hate deepest in Wilson'S heart,
leaving it's wound, just as painful,
as were the wounds of thousands OF
our boys Of the great war. With
All of this. Woodrow Wilson never
was vindictive against those who
bad so bitterly and unjustly as
sailed him. When did he ever ut
ter single word of criticism
against the man VINO Succeeueu
hinl-President Harding, in the
White House? What a comfort it
must have been to Woodrow Wilson
upon the death of President Hard
ing, but six months ago, to know
that heavy as the Presidents load
was, too heavy for him to stand, he
had done nothing to make 1t more
burdensome, that by Withholding
criticism he had made the burden
lighter.
AS the years fit by, Wilson's s
greatness will be universally recog-
nized. Those who do not fully
agree as to his peace plan methods,
will recognize his sincerity of eff
forts for peace.
Woodrow Wilson did every hon
orable thing within his great pow
er of intellect to keep America out
of the world war-fe was man of
peace. but when in his mind he was
convinced that nothing else than to
get into the struggle could be hon
orabIy done and after we were once
in, how skillfully and thoroughly
did he pilot this country through: :
how quickly did the machinery he
nut into motion get our army OF two
million men across the summarized
sea, and without the loss OF 4 life
in transit. Such a feat had never
been eGualled in history From the
time this country even considered
entering the war on through the
great struggle and to it's close the
thoughts uppermost in his mind
were that it was war to end war, 10
make the world safe for democracy
pie under foot the weaker-that the
Golden Rule should he the rule APP
piled to all nations. 1t was these
thoughts that he took wlLh him to
the peace table; that he cryStalliZed
into the League of Nations idea. At
that peace table, he was the out
standing figure. He knew the his
tory of the various nations better
than did many Of their several rep
resentatives Thus we must con-
slider that while he had proved him
self great national leader. it will
be also as a great world leader that
history will regard him. While
partisan politics and jealousies
cropped out in his own land, and his
own country refused TO adopt his
peace plan, in passing Judgment on
his policies ii is only jrls. and right
that the combined verdict Of hu-
manity be considered and that
would he that he wrought nightly
i'll the interest of peace, since over
half hundred nations are included
in the peace league which he did so
much in building Time only will
tell whether his own country will
accept his peace plan. However
one thing must not be lost sight of,
and that is while our country has
considered many things looking to
peace solution, they have ali en-
bodied much that was formulated
by Woodrow Wilson in rhe League
of Nations-the disarmament con
ference, the world court, and the
Box peace plan.
His place as President was a hard
cne to fill 1t is always so after every
war and war which involved prac-
tically the entire civilized world,
made it more So No human could
meet all the issues that arose
without making mistakes. Wood
row Wilson made them, but allow
ing for all the mistakes and fail
ures of his two administrations, his
positive achievements will always
blaze brightly. not only in the his
tory of America, but Of the whole
world.
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