Show rEATH EATH TAKES WOOD HOW WilSON 1 OU H STANDING J OF THE AGE ME Remarkable Career of the Man Who After Gaining Fame as an Educator and Author Became President and t During the Great War Was the Most Po Powerful erful Individual in the World World Originator Originator of the League of Nations Woodrow Wilson twenty-eighth twenty president of ot the the United States of America was the most most prominent world figure of the events growing out of ot rt the e World war the most momentous of ot nIl all wars His place as history will wm fix It can cnn only be conjectured Hundreds Hundreds Hun Hun- of millions placed hI him liln at the zenith as they placed the kaiser ex atthe at atthe the nadir The great war brought to the front many men whose names ti will tm ill live In hon honor r. r In the the- thelast last analysis three e men stand out Wilson Llo Lloyd d George Clemenceau Of these three It was was Wilson who he held d the worlds world's eye eye WU Wil Wilson son the human phenomenon of the tho times until four fifty-four no more than a college president and political writer and antI at nt s three sixty on a pinnacle of fame and honor and power unsurpassed unsurpassed passed if It ever attained by any man manIn manin manIn In history It is impossible now to differentiate between Woodrow Wilson the man and Woodrow Wilson the head of ot the most powerful nation of ot earth arth in wealth material and fighting men Certainly 1 he could not have reached the place he held without t great ability and extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- ex- ex capacity for leadership By virtue of his place he became a n focus of of world attention as as' so soon m as ns the great war began Before the armistice armistIce armi arms stice was was' signed he had become a great moral leader with th the ear of the peoples of ot the world o Only iy as such could he have forced up upon n the allied world the unofficial acceptance of his project of a 9 league of nations with its fourteen points as set forth to congress congress congress con con- gress January 18 1918 I Abroad and at Home The enthusiasm evoked by President I Wilsons visits vIsits' to Paris London and Rome was proof of ot his unique place Inthe in inthe inthe the regard of ot the people It was evident evi evi- evident vl- vl dent that he was to Europeans not so much a man as a voice voIce voIce-a a voice putting putting put- put ting into words what they wanted and had not been able to express his Ideas and Ideas Ideals were a n sort of religion to them But he showed himself a n statesman as well as a voice He played the game masterfully He established sympathy between himself and his man or his crowd He made few if any mistakes in n taste or Judgment He matched his mind to use his own expression with the best ot of Europe and he got his league eague of nations before tine tile peace conference and got It adopted President Wilsons Wilson's two months in Europe Surope may be divided into phases When he landed the attitude toward the he of If nations was u this s The government of ot France was cae anta antagonistic tic ic Great Britain's was suspicious Italy's taly's was skeptical The first phase his ils triumphant progress through France England ard aNI Italy opened the thee e eyes es of these goY governments to his hold holdon on the people The second phase the preliminary work worl of the peace conference conference con- con ference convinced these governments that hat President Wilson had an nn Idea rather than a set plan which h he purposed purposed purposed pur pur- posed to force upon them This simplified sim the situation and the rush to climb on the bandwagon be began nn Contemporary estimates of President Wilson Nilson at home were as as wide apart as the poles Senator J. J Thomas Hoflin Heflin Dem Ala when when representative spoke on the floor of Wo Woodrow drow Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son the greatest apostle of world liberty liberty liberty liber liber- ty and democracy since Jesus Ch Christ 1st Senator Thomas W. W Hardwick Dem of Georgia said January 21 in the senate sen- sen s ateI ate te I believe belleve in a written tion I believe in a Strict t interpretation of ot it and I believe that un unless ess we leave and abandon this mud mad saturnalia saturnalia satur satur- I nalia of Imperialism here at nt home and I return to the ancient principles of our fathers there will be no safety nor happiness for the people of ot this re re- re public Senator Albert B. B Cummins Rep of Iowa expressed the way halfway view when he said in the senate January 23 I think President Wilson is the most Intensely practical statesman of this or any other day He lie began his administration in the belief that thai the executive office had not the power that it ought to have He has accomplished more in the direction in which he set his face and his Ills mind than any other man either In this generation or in any former generation and the only criticism if It it be a n criticism Is that I he has not marched in the right direction dIrectIon direction tion and has done things that he ought not note to have done In the process of ot wresting from congress congress congress con con- gress all the powers he believed the Constitution conferred upon the executIve executive tIve tIve- President Wilson made many political political po po- enemies who questioned not his ability but his motives and methods L Si n r. r r l J. J 4 t cT cTt t r rC y s C F G t i F MRS AND MRS WOODROW WILSON To particularize would be largely to r review YIew the poll political history of pf the last lasts s six years The railroad situation however however how how- ever may be cited as ns an example Representative E E. E E. E Denison Rep I of ot Illinois said January 15 1910 1919 Government ownership of railroads will be the dominant political Issue is issue Is- Is issue sue in the Hie next national campaign and Mr McAdoo will of course expect to tobe tobe tobe be the candidate of his party He will hope to capitalize what has been done for the railroad men President Wilson was re-elected re in 1916 1910 upon a n peace pence platform October 25 1918 just 1918 Just before the congressional elections he lie Issued an nn appeal to the voters of ot the United States asking them if It they had approved of his leadership and wished him to continue t to be their unembarrassed spokesman esman I In affairs at home and abro abroad d to express express express ex ex- ex- ex press themselves unmistakably abl to that effect by returning a Democratic majority ma may to both houses The rhe result of the elections was to ch change fh the political political po po- po- po complexion of both houses as follows Goth congress Senate congress Senate 51 Democrats and 45 Republicans Republicans' house honse Republicans and Democrats congress Senate congress Senate 47 Democrats and 49 Republicans house Republicans Re Re- publicans and Democrats President Wilson In attending the peace conference made several new departures He left the country during office He lle took the office with him signing acts and making appointments while in Paris He Ignored the senate though t he Is empowered by the Constitution Constitution Constitution Con Con- to make male treaties by and with the advice and consent of the s senate nafe He appointed n as the American himself Secretary of ot State Robert Lansing Henry White Edward M. M House and General Tasker H. H Bliss DUss I He sailed December 4 1918 and ar arrived arrived ar- ar rived at at Paris December 14 Tho The French capital was en fete tete for tor the occasion oc oc- casion December 24 he be went to England and thence to Italy He Ho returned to Paris Parts January 8 after a n Journey that resembled a n. triumphal procession After the preliminary sessions of ot the peace conference President Wilson returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to the United States in February February ary returning to Paris March larch 15 1919 He lie signed the tile peace treaty June 28 19 1919 9 and returned to the United States July 8 8 His second term as president expired March 3 1920 IDO After hl his retirement from the pres presidency presidency I- I dency Mr Wilson lived quietly making a n partly successful fight tight to re regain aln his health He occasionally went to the theater heater and rode much In his car about the environs of ot Washington He lle bought a n ahome ahome home in Washington and in 1921 formed a n law partnership with BainbrIdge Bainbridge Bainbridge Bain- Bain bridge Colby who had been his bis secretary secretary secre secre- secre- secre tary of state state succeeding Robert Lan Lan- Lan sing He took part In the funeral procession procession procession pro pro- cession of ot President Harding in WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and was the recipient of much public attention Mr Wilsons Wilson's last public utterance was last fall November 10 1923 the eve of Armistice day clay ay he spoke by liy radio to the American people defending his peace policy and saying that the American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican people had bad withdrawn into a n Bullen sullen sullen sul Bul len and selfish Isolation which Is deeply ignoble because manifestly cowardly and dishonorable Armistice day Mr Wilson briefly addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed thousands from the front steps of his home concluding thus I I I am not one of ot those that have the I least anxiety about the triumph of the I principles I have stood for I have seen fools tools resist Providence nce before and andI I have seen th their Iz destruction as will come upon th these se again utter again utter destruction destruction tion and contempt That we shall prevail prevail pre pre- vail l is as sure as ns that God reigns I Thank you Chronology of Wilson Wison Woodrow Vl Wilson son was born December December Decem Decem- ber 28 1856 in Staunton Va He was the son of ot Rev Joseph R. R Wilson a n Presbyterian minister and Jessie Woodrow Wilson In 1885 he married married mar mar- ried lied Ellen Louise Axsen They had bad three daughters JessIe daughters Jessie Mrs Francis B B. B Sayre Sarre Eleanor Mrs W. W G. G McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Adoo and Margaret Mrs Mra Wilson died August 16 1914 in the White WhiteHouse House December 18 1915 Mr VII Wil Wilson son married Edith Boiling Bolling Galt Gait a n descendant of The first 29 years of ot Mr Wilsons Wilson's life covered his boyhood and education The next 25 were devoted to teaching and writ writ- Ing With his big election to the governorship governorship gover goyer- of ot New v Jersey in 1910 began his Ills active political career His chronology chronology chronology chro chro- follows 1858 Family 1858 Family removed to Atlanta Ga Student in private schools 9 1875 Student 9 Student at nt Princeton 82 1879 Law 82 Law student at University of ot Virginia 3 1882 PractIcing 3 Practicing lawyer in Atlanta 5 Post graduate Post graduate course at nt Johns Hopkins university in history Jurisprudence and political science received received re re- re- re degree of Ph D. D 1880 Associate 1880 Associate ss clate professor of ot history at Bryn Mawr college Professor 1888 Professor of history and political po po- economy at Wesleyan 1890 Professor 1890 Professor of ot Jurisprudence and poll political economy at Princeton 1902 President 1902 President nt of ot Princeton first Political Career Begins 1910 Elected 1910 Elected governor of New Jer Jer- sey 1912 NomInated 1912 Nominated by Democratic national national national na na- na- na convention in Baltimore In J June June ne i ion on fort sixth forty ballot by vote of ot out of ot 1086 over Champ Clark of Miss Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- s and Judson Harmon of Ohio Elected president over oyer Taft and Roose Roose- velt Nominated 1916 Nominated by acclamation by Democratic national convention In StLouis St St. Louis in June tune E Elected president over over Charles E. E Hughes Woodrow Wilsons Wilson's Ph D. D D thesis was Congressional Government A Study In American Politics 1885 His later Inter works Include The State Elements of ot Historical and Practical Poll Politics tIcs 1889 new edition edi edition edl edi- tion 1911 An Old Master and Other Political Essays 1893 Division and Reunion 1893 Mere Literature and Other Essays 1896 1590 pew new edition 1913 George Washington 1896 1890 new edition 1913 1013 Th The Free Life 1908 new edition 1913 Constitutional Government In the United States 1 1908 08 Civic Problems 1909 History of the American People 5 Vols l 1902 02 new edition 1912 The New ew Fr Freedom edom 1913 When When a n M Man n Comes to Himself 10 1915 5 I 1 |