Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin Sakataren Sojojin Ruwa, Daniels ya kula da manufofi da al'amuran da suka shafi yakin duniya na farko yayin da babban mataimakinsa, Franklin D. Roosevelt, ya kula da manyan shawarwari a lokacin yakin. A matsayina na jakadan Mexico bayan juyin juya halin ta
, Daniels ya yi mu'amala da gwamnatin da ke adawa da Amurka da kuma kwace kadarorin man fetur na Amurka. A Arewacin Carolina a farkon karni na 20, ya kasance jagora mai ci gaba, yana tallafawa makarantun jama'a da ayyukan jama'a, kuma yana kira ga ƙarin tsari na amintattu da layin dogo. Ya goyi bayan haramtacciyar doka da 'yancin mata, kuma ya yi amfani da jaridunsa don tallafawa tikitin Jam'iyyar Democrat na yau da kullun.