Show A PLEA FOR magnanimity PROBABLY the most conspicuous among the journalistic contributions to mr wilsons Wll Wil sons support in the present campaign are those of the new york times and the new york world these two papers have the largest circulation among the morning papers of 0 their city and probably could be described with accuracy as the most wealthy and powerful organs in the metropolis of the country journalistically the world is by tar far the best asset the democrats have indeed from a rather intimate knowledge ot of what the democratic papers all over the country are saying one is tempted to assert that the world is so preeminent that all the other democratic papers of 0 the country at least those in the north prefer to accept the worlds inspiration and leadership rather than attempt much initiative of their own what appears in the world Is repeated either verbatim or in paraphrase in the democratic papers of 0 the country and that constitutes utes nearly the only original journalistic contribution that there Is to the democratic side ot of the campaign able and powerful as the world Is ono one has haa a feeling that it would be even more powerful it it were here less partisan anybody who has read mr pulitzers paper tor for years past as we have knows for or example that the holdup hold up of congress by the irabor unions must have been as odious to all its traditions and to its instinct tor for a government based on liberty as any conceivable thing could be and yet just because of that act at this particular time would interrupt partisan support 0 of mr air wilson for reelection the world reserves denunciation nuncia tion and does the world really add anything to its help of mr wilson by calling mr hughes the wall street candidate does anybody really believe this epithet it one ot of those things which a headlong partisan says to please his own ears cars rather than in the expectation of 0 convincing anybody we have lave seen it in print and frequently heard it stated so that there Is no question ot of delicacy in reprinting it here that when the late mr pulitzer wrote his will ho he made mr hughes then governor ot of new york one 0 of the trustees who were to direct his great newspaper property mr hughes refused tile the trusteeship within a few hours after mr pulitzer died and the will was made public it if mr hughes had not refused this delegation of trust lie he would today to day be ono one of the controlling guardians ot of the world and it would i in that case be perfectly correct to speak of 0 him as tile the worlds candidate what mr pulitzer thought of mr air hughes probity and hish high mindedness Is the same thing that everybody who knows anything about mr hughes thinks the worlds support of president wilson which is very able and very earest be even more convincing if it conceded these high qualities of his opponent the new york evening post is a third paper which is supporting mr wilson its circulation is much smaller than that of oc the times and the world but our guess Is that its effectiveness Is much greater in proportion to its circulation just because while advocating the election of mr wilson it does concede mr hughes good qualities and does not hesitate to point out mr wilsons Wll Wil sons detects defects colliers weekly sept |