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The Commoner
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. 13f NO. 13
Lincoln, Nebraska, April 4, 1913
Whole Number 637
WOODROW WILSON AS A LEADER
Writing in The Public, Louis F. Post says: "President Wilson's second international
pronouncement, his declaration regarding the Republic of China, harmonizes with his first, the
one with reference to our Central American and South American neighbors. Our diplomacy
is to be no longer plutocratic but democratic the man above the dollar wherever American
influence goes."
The Recent Disasters
Tlio people of the United States have recently
gone through some terrible ordeals. Tho
cyclones in the south and in Omaha and in other
sections of Nebraska, tho floods in Indiana and
Ohio, have all called for and have obtained
the keenest sort of sympathy from men and
women in all sections of the world. It goeg
without saying that every one who has been
required to go through ordeals like these has
the loving sympathy of men and women every
where. In tho presence of these disasters we may be
grateful that we may see through our tears tho
tenderness, and the love, and the simple ever
ready kindness and sacrifice which men and
women are ready to show for one another in tho
presence of disaster.
Some one has said that the kindness and good
cheer generally prevalent during the Christmas
season represents the normal condition of
society when it shall have reached that perfec
tion possible among human beings. What
would the world be if the kindness universally
shown during the Christmas period were dis
tributed throughout the whole year? What
would the world be If the tenderness and appre
ciation shown among men during periods of
great disaster, such as we have recently gone
through, were permitted to become the rule
throughout the year in men's intercourse with
one another?
Let us be thankful that men are better than
they give themselves credit for being. Let us
be thankful that there is so much golden
goodness abounding in the hearts that are beat-
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WOODROW WILSON'S PRAYER
Made Up Almost Entirely of Phrases
Taken From the Inaugural
A nation deeply stirred by solemn pas
sion, At sight of wrong,
Calls to heroic work of restoration
The brave and strong.
With heartstrings swept as by an air
from heaven
From God's white throne,
We listen to the moan of countless
thousands,
Life's undertone.
No day of triumph but of dedication
Is this our time;
Men's hearts, men's lives, men's' hopes
appoint us
Our task sublime.
O, God, here at the hearthstone of the
conscience,
We 'seek Thy light;
Justice, and only justice is our motto,
Show us the right!
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
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HELP FOR THE SUFFERERS
Many people In tho tornado and flood
stricken districts are in need of assis
tance. Commoner readers are urged to
contribute.
Contributions for Indiana flood suffer
ers may bo sent to Governor Samuel
Ralston, Indianapolis, Ind.
Contributions for flood sufferers in
Ohio may be sent to Governor James
M. Cox, Columbus, Ohio.
Contributions for tornado sufferers in.
Nebraska may be sent to Governor John
H. Morehead, Lincoln, Nob.
Contributions for tornado sufferors in
Omaha may-be sent to Robert Cowell,
treasurer of relief, committee, in care of
Thomas Kilpatrick Co., Omaha, Neb.
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ing all around ua. Let us turn from every
disaster with new hope In our hearts, with new
kindnesses in our conduct toward our fellows.
Today wo read of calamities falling all about
us; we are told of these terrible affairs in which
tho lives of Innocent men, women and children
are blotted out; we hoar of terror-stricken
human beings, some driven to tho asylum, and
others to tho very verge of insanity; we learn
that property, the accumulation of years of toll
and privation, is in a moment swept into noth
ingness; that towns built through vast expendi
ture of public spirit and individual struggle have
been destroyed; that prosperity and plenty have,
in the twinkling of an eye, been replaced by
privation and penury; that death and diseaso
stalk triumphantly in places where, but a mo
ment before, all was life and health. In the
presence of these awful facts no man need bo so
rigidly "practical" as to bo ashamed to make
grateful acknowledgement for the manifold
blessings that are showered even upon tho
humblest member of a community that lies not
within the pathway of the storm and comes not
within the courses of tho flood.
SENATOR LEWIS
Tho Illinois legislature has chosen James
Hamilton Lewis of Chicago for United States
senator for the long term, succeeding Senator
Cullom, whose term expired March 4th. Colonel
Lewis once represented the state of Washing
ton in the lower house of congress. He has a
large personal acquaintance In every state of
the union. He Is regarded as one of the really
great lawyers of America. Newspaper reporters
and paragraphers poke considerable fun at
Colonel Lewis because of the frequency with
which he changes his wearing apparel and to
the alleged lurldness of his numerous vests. But
no one has questioned his ability, while every
one concedes his honesty, his clear understand
ing of popular government and his keen sym
pathy with the people. He will faithfully repre
sent Illinois in the United States senate and
democrats everywhere will rejoice at this great
good fortune that has come to Illinois and to
the senate.
President Wilson's Order
President Wilson's decision In tho matter of
tho six-power loan has met with widespread
approval. Tho Chicago Record-Herald (rep.)
says that tho tormB of tho six-power loan aro
obnoxious to tho peoplo of China and "that
settles tho question for this country." The
Record-Herald adds: "Tho United States stands
for tho open door and for tho physical Integrity
of China. It stands for Justice in foreign affairs
and for the pursuit of trade and commerce along
all legitimate and honorable linos. The Wilson
administration is ready to encourago American
enterprise abroad, but it will not 'request
bankers to participate In a loan that spells
coercion, sanction of terms resented by tho
Chinese and future discord and mischief."
Tho Dubuque Telegraph-Herald (dcm.) says
that President Wilson's decision means that "for
tho big stick will be substituted reason and
right."
Tho Knoxvllle (Tenn.) Sentinel (dom.) de
clares that it means that "tho United States will
not lend their power to an arrangement, dis
tasteful to the Chinese peoplo or to any other
country, which obligates them to Interfere by
force if need bo in the internal affairs of such
country."
Tho Omaha World-Herald (dem.) says that
there Is nothing "abstruse of cryptic about tho
policy" and adds: "It is simply the statement
of tho rule that American financiers who make
their investments in foreign nations must do so
as business men and not as politicians. It
means their Investments must stand or fall as
a business proposition, pure and simple, and that
they can not depend on the Influence of tho
United States government to secure for them
lucrative loans or investments, and then de
pend on the power and majesty of the United
States government to insure that, whatever else
may betide, they will get their full pound of
flesh."
The Philadelphia North American (rep.) de
clares that tho Wilson policy means the "open
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THE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL
Washington, March 26. Tho follow
ing appeal to the nation has been issued
by the president:
The terrible floods in Ohio and In
diana have assumed the proportions of a
national calamity. The loss of life and
the Infinite suffering Involved prompt me
to issue an earnest appeal to all who aro
able in however small a way to assist the
labors of tho American Red Cross to
send contributions at once to the Red
Cross at Washington or to tho local
treasurers of tho society. We make this
a common cause. The needs of thoso
upon whom this sudden and overwhelm
ing disaster has come should quicken
every one capable of sympathy and com
passion to give immediate aid to thoso
who aro laboring to rescue and relieve.
WOODROW WILSON.
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