Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-06 | Page 8 | Wilson's Way That of an Executive, Not of a Monarch

Wilsons Wilson's Way ay Th That ato zt of f an an chi Executive Not o of a a Monarch S Strange r ge that Washington shou should d be s surprised and shocked by bythe the pr to congress for a vote on the proposal to warn Am Americans Q off belligerent merchant ship form of t. t One man mani Ours is called a representative government i cannot annot correctly represent the country's s sentiment in I every partie- partie u ular-on ular aron every occasion Since his inauguration Woodrow Woodrow Vilson Wilson Vilson has defied precedent and and custom and in many other ways m manifested strong desire to get into in I o close touch with the representatives of the p people ople sent t to V Washington Washington Wash Wash- ash ash- ington ing-fon from ev every ry part of the nation v i He e has seen two of his secretaries resign because they thought ought his poli politics policies ies were not indorsed d by the people He has lead t to make personal persona la deal appeal to factions in congress in order to prevent open revolt revolt revolt re re- re- re volt volt volt- against measures of vital importance to his p plans ns of handling foreign r relations and preserving genuine gent gem ne fine neutrality Relations with Germany German are arc at a stage bordering on actual rupture rup- rup 1 ture war tore war ture or the next thing to it He is is trying to put t the e most vital of f all an questions up aP to the peoples people's immediate representatives He is is' is doing just exactly what the kings kaisers czars J and courtiers courtiers courtiers cour cour- tiers did not do r He honestly believes he is right in his attitude toward Germanys Germany's submarine rine warfare but he recognizes o that there is a power a are re responsibility re- re sp in jn this country greater than his own and that is the wil wills of the tile people and his only way to an und understanding of that will is through appeal to the representatives of the people H He is s too proud to fight the will of o the people His Isis appeal is a nov novelty It i is It is right It is the of act-of an executive not o of a monarch ar and expresses expresses that glorious l rious distinction in a way that th the people will like v