The political laboratory -- Doing the political chores -- My first meeting with the political boss -- Colonel Harvey on the scene -- The New Jersey salient -- Something new in political campaigns -- The crisis of the campaign -- The end of the campaign -- A party split -- Exit the old guard -- Executive leadership -- Colonel Harvey -- The "cocked hat" incident -- Wilson and the old guard -- Mr. Bryan issues a challenge -- The Baltimore Convention -- Facing a solemn responsibility -- William F. McCombs -- The inauguration of 1913 -- Mexico -- Panama tolls -- Reforming the currency -- Renominated -- The Adamson Law -- German propaganda -- Wilson and Hughes -- Neutrality -- Preparedness -- The great declaration -- Carrying on -- The pen is mightier than the sword -- Colonel Roosevelt and General Wood -- Wilson the warrior -- Germany capitulates -- Appeal for a Democratic Congress -- The great adventure -- Wilson : the lone hand -- Japan -- Shantung -- Ireland -- Prohibition -- The treaty fight -- The western trip -- Reservations -- Wilson : the human being -- The San Francisco Convention -- The last day