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Show THE WEAKNESS OF WILSON. Woodrow Wilson is a good note writer, but he lacks the punch. That Is an objection placed against the President by the Helena Record, which says: As an historian Woodrow Wilson acquired fame. As a public speaker he is credited with being magnetic. As the president of one of the country's coun-try's great colleges he ranked high in educational circles. As a catchy phrase maker he has few equals. At a note writer he has become famous since assuming the presidency. But as an American president, at the head of a great nation of patriotic Americans, Amer-icans, he has been a sad disappointment disappoint-ment and a failure.. Even the most ardent followers of Wilson express the wish that he was leBs of the student stu-dent and more of a virile man. That is one of the reasons there Is now doubt as to whether he will again be the candidate of the Democracy for the presidency, and that is why the star of Theodore Roosevelt is rising on the political horizon as a possibility, possi-bility, or a probability as the Republican Repub-lican nominee for president. The demand for a "president with a punch" is growing all the time, and that is why Roosevelt is meeting favor where a few years ago he was anathematized, and why Woodrow Wilson is losing caste. Papers all over the country which opposed Roosevelt during the last presidential campaign and which have had little use for him since, are more or less openly advocating his nomination next June in Chicago. The leading Republican paper of Pottsville, Pa., which has been classed as a standpatter stand-patter among stand-patters, in a re- cent editorinl gave voice to this sentiment, senti-ment, when under the heading: 'Roosevelt Is the Man,' it said: "The man of the hour today is Theodore Roosevelt, not only in this country, but throughout the world. After scouring the country for an available candidate for the Republican choice for the presidency, the choice has been narrowed down to one man Theodore Roosevelt. The American Amer-ican people want a true and vigorous American In office during these trying try-ing times. He is the one man who can gain for the United States the respect of the world and who can, when necessary, compel this respect. He Is the true type of American and under him will come to an end the insulting humiliation to which this country has been subjected, by the warring nations of Europe and other nations of the world. A man of the Roosevelt type is most sorely needed at this time, and today ever)' indication indica-tion points to his unanimous nomination nomina-tion next June by the Republican party and his election by a majority unparalleled in American history. Give us a president with a punch.' " nn |