The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 06, 1912, Image 3
WORLD SAYS WILSON
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DECRLAES THAT HE IS THE HAN '
WHO CAN BE ELECTED
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IS STRONGEST CANDIDATE
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New York World, Greatest Democratic
Paper in the Country, Comes Out |
Strongly for Wilson as Only Democratic
Presidential Possibility Who ]
Can Make Good at the Polls.
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A dispatch from the WoordowW 11- j
son Headquarters in New York to
Capt. Gonzales, Editor of The State, ,
* says: i
"The New York World this mornine
comes o^it emDhatically in the
strongest editorial of the year for
iWoodrow Wilson. It reviews the lack
of strength of Messrs. Harmon, Clark
and Underwood; calls attention to
the fact that only Gov. Wilson assures
victory In the sections where
victory is essential to Democratic
success. The World says Wilson is ,
the Democratic candidate who can
carry the great debatable States of ,
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut."
Comment In Washington.
The Washington correspondent of
The State says not one incident In the
entire preconvention campaign has
attracted more attention than did the
powerful editorial declaration of the
New York World In favor of the nomination
of Governor Woodrow Wilson
at the Baltimore convention. The ,
editorial was discussed to the exclusion
of almost every other subject by
the Democrats at the capitol, who
recognized in it the most powerful
appeal that has been made in favor
of the nomination of any of the Democratic
candidates for the presidency.
Party leaders have come to a realization
of the fact that Governor Wilson
is the candidate whose nomination
at Baltimore will mean certain success.
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The vote in Ohio, where Governor
Wilson was given an almost even '
break with Governor Harmon in the
election of districts delegates started
the tide in the direction of Governor .
Wilson. Then came victories in Tex- j
( as, the biggest Democratic State in
' the nation, in New Jersey, the most
nromislncr Democratic State in the
East, and in Minnesota, a State which
Republicans admit would give Gov- ,
ernor Wilson its electorial vote over
any other man that can be nominated '
at Chicago. Governor Wilson's I
strength in every section of the coun?*
try has been well demonstrated, but
as The World clearly points out he is
the one Democrat who can appeal
to the independent voters in Eastern 4
States like New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Maine whose support
Ls essential to Democratic success.
It is the opinion of Representative <
A. Mitchell Palmer and other wise j
Democrats in Pensylvania that \
Woodrow Wilson would stand a good j
>/ chance of carrying that State if nom- j
<dl7r inated. I
Poth United States Senator Gard- ,
ner and Representative McGillicuddy ]
of Maine give it as their deliberative \
opinion that Governor Wilson can <
tarry Maine against Roosevelt or any j
Republican. Governor Wilson's j
Rtreneth ls confined to no section; i
it is nation-wide. 1
Mr. ^eGillicuddy, who is a dele- \
gate to the Baltimore convention, (
said of The World editorial: j
"The World editorial is unanswor- '
able, and will have great influence f
' with the delegates to the Baltimore (
convention. Not only would Governor t
Wilson carry New Jersey and New ;
'York, but he would win in Ma:ne t
against any man the Republican con- (
ention at Chicago can nominate."
Representative Henry, of Texas,
who is a delegate at large to the
Baltimore convention, eaid: "The \
World editorial urging the nomination
of Woodrow Wilson is the greatest
that has been written in years,
and will have much influence with
d
every Democrat who has the success
of the party at heart. The World has (
pointed the way to success and I b>
Uvo when the delegates assemble at (
Baltimore they will seize the opportunity
to nominate the New Jersey T
executive, who can defeat any man j
the Republicans nominate.
Representative Goodwin of Arkan- '
cap said: "Tho World has done this 'Democracy
a distinct service In so
ably directing attent ion to oppor- (
tunity for victory in November. Gov.
Wilson Is tho strongest man the par- 8
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1/ Citll UUlIIIIIUtV, nuuiu uwv
poll the normal Democratic vote, but
he can command the groat Independent
vote of the nation, without which 8
tho Democracy cannot hope to win in r
this contest." *
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon v
said: "The World splendidly stated c
tho case In behalf of Gov. Wil3on, and
everything that Is said is true. The
forco of that editorial expression will
have great weight with evory Democrat.
Gov. Wilson is tho candidate c
whoso nomination will mean almost s
cortaln success at the polls. Ho Is e
not so progressive that he can not c
command the support of conservative s
thinking people, and advocates of
progressive legislation would surely c
give him their support. I believe c
Gov. Wilson will be nominated be- i
VAUGHN IS WANTED
BE IS CHARGED WITH A MOST
HEINOUS OFFENCE.
told to Hove Outraged o IJttle Girl
of the Odd Follows Orphanage ot
Greenville.
A dispatch from Greonvillo to The
News and Courier says In consequence
of a meeting of the board of
trustees of the South C*r.r.?.\a Odd
Fellows' Orphanage, held in that city
Wednesday night, a warrant was neat
morning issued for the arrest of T. U.
Vaughn, erstwhile supanntendent of
to*; orphan home, charging him with
rape the alleged victim being one of
the little orphan girls under his
charge. The warrant has bssn placed
!n the hands of Sheriff J. Perry Poole
for service, but as yet he has been
unable to apprehend the accused.
The affair has created a sensation
In church circles, for Vaughn was
prominent in church work, often
prayed in public and was looked upon
as a devout Christian gentleman, the
few who have learned of accusations
against the young man express themB^lves
as "thunderstruck" and in the
next breath express the bitterest inJlgnatitn.
Concerning the matter, a member
of the board of trustees, who took the
lead in the investigation, leading up
to the swearing out of the warrant
against Vaughn, dictated the following
statement to The News and Courier
correspondent:
"About two weeks ago the board of
trusses learned that former Superindent
T. U. Vaughn was implicated In
some very serious conduct. A full
investigation was made and Mr.
Vaughn was summoned before the
hoard. He came and denied the charges
and wo dispersed.
"A subsequent meeting of the
board was called and Mr. Vaughn was
Eought to be served with a notice
Lo attend the meeting, by mall and
otherwise, but could not be reached.
His family have not been at home In
the city for two weeks. His brother,
is said to occupy the house at night,
and told the messenger of the board
of trustees that T. U. Vaughn had
Kono North.
A meeting of the board of trustees
having been set for May 2 9th, and
having been unable to reach Mr.
Vaughn, a warrant was sworn out
for his arrest, charging an unmentionable
offence with one of the Inmates
of the Orphan Home. This
warant was placed In the hands of
3herll J. Perry Poole, but up to the
present he has not apprehended
Vaughn.
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KILLED ON COLUMBIA STREET.
One White Man Shoots Another to
Death in Row.
The Columbia correspondent of
rho News and Courier says R. L.
3'Pry was shot and Instantly killed
in front of the Southern Express office
there Wednesday night by Curtis
Spence, both parties being white.
Five shots were fired, one through
Lhe breast, producing death, and othparts
of the body getting the lead.
It is stated that after O'Pry dropped
to tho ground, mortally wounded,
3pence fired two more shots Into tho
prostrate body. Spence was at once
irrested by the police and locked up,
tvhile the coroner took charge or tne
aody of the dead man. The shooting
:ook place Just a little before nine
>'clock, when the streets were full of
people, and attracted a largo crowd.
The express offie is located on Lady
?treet, just off WaJn street, and it was
flirectly in front of this that the
shooting took place. Spence is about
15 years of age and his victim was
ibout the same age. The trouble was
>ver family matters.
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MINNESOTA IS FOR WILSON.
Every District Votes for the Governor
Except One.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn.,
lays returns show that Woodrow Wilion
was indorsed at the Democratic
caucuses held Monday in a majority
>f the counties in Minnesota. Champ
31ark failed to carry a district In the
tate with the exception of the fourth,
f the unit rule prevails at Duuth,
however, as now seeima probible,
all of Minnesota's 24 delegates
o Baltimore will go to aid the New
tKfl rofurna Wll.
U1 8WJ 5UVU1 UVi vyj! vuv WUAUW vt
on has 662 Instructed delegates;
?lark, 193; Bryan, 37, and 66 uninitructed.
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Thirty Brides from Abroad.
Thirty brldea-to-be from Scotland
nd Ireland reached New York Wedtesday
on the steamer Caledonia
r.1 t\r?a ~ m %>
rom IrlHHgUW. I.MUBI %J JL UUtJ jruuiJfS
vomen wero bound for points west
>f the Mississippi and in southwestern
Canada.
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Wilson Gets More Delegates,
Democrats of the Fifth North Car>lina
Congressional District in sesion
at Greensboro Tuesday night
lected two delegates to the Demoratic
National Convention and lntructed
them for Woodrow Wilson.
auso ho eah defeat either Ronsevoit
?r Taft, and for that matter any man
yhom the Republicans nominate."
SWEPT JIS_ STATE
WILSON'S SPLENDID VICTORY WILL '
HELP HIS CHANCES
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NEW JERSEY IS FOR HIM
The Handsome Endorsement of His
Own State Proves tlmt He Has '
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Made a Good Governor, and Makes <
Hira *he Most Prominent Cnndi- !
date Among Democrats.
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The Washington correspondent of
the State says as the result of his '
splendid victory in the New Jersey
primaries and his equally gratifying
triumphs in Minesota and Texas, Gov. ,
Wood row Wilson yesterday annexed \
88 delegates to the Baltimore conven- ,
tion, and is now claimed to be in the ,
lead in actual voting strength for the
Democratic presidental nomination. ,
Following so closely updn his splen- ,
did race in Ohio, where he made an ]
almost equal division with Gov. Har
mon in the election of the district ,
delegates, the three big results in ,
New Jersey, Minnesota and Texas
have put Gov. Wilson well to the j
front. The overwhelming primary i
victory in New Jersey in the face of
desperate opposition, bached by a
bountiful supply of money, was an ac
complishment that gave renewed <
strength and vigor to the Wilson can- i
didacy, but coming as it did with an <
overwhelming victory in Minnesota, ,
where there was the most aggress- ]
ive sort of opposition, set politics to i
talking, and most of this talk was to
the effect that it would be impossible j
to prevent the nomination of the New
Jersey governor at Baltimore. j
It is certain that Gov Wilson will
have the bulk of the North Carolina ?
delegates as the result of the action
of the county conventions already
held.
Of course that primary victory ;
scored by Gov. Wilson in his own
State was most pleasing to his .
friends. It was essentially a triumph
for progressive Democracy. The fight '
against him was in the name of no ]
candidate and was conducted and fi- '
nanced by a "boss" who was flayed
by formenPresident Cleveland* and <
whose opposition is regarded by right
thinking Democrats everywhere as a
badge of honor. <
The following statement was is- j
sued by chairman E. E. Grosscup of
the New Jersey State committee today:
"The result of the primaries must ]
be taken as a most emphatic indorsement
of Gov. Wilson and the progressive
policies which he represents
and at the same time as a severe
rebuke to those who have attempted
to divide the Democratic i
party in the State. Every effort that ]
could be made by the disgruntled office
seekers, who informed the back- '
bone of the opposition to the govern- ;
or was used to bring out the vote
against him, so that the result might (
be accepted as showing the full ]
strength of the opposition. This vote
except in the two districts of Essex, c
was absurdly small, in some places
not a ballot being cast against Gov.
Wilson. There can no longer bo doubt
that Woodrow Wilson is the real
leader of the Democratic party in 1
New Jersey."
"Gov. Wilson's success in the New
Jersey primaries Wednesday was of
sweeping character, and was an in- c
dorsement of his clean and progres- (
sive administration." was the com- ?
ment of Representative William l
Hughes of New Jersey, who returned g
to Washington today. "Our people c
will regret to lose him as governor 1
and as a citizen, but they believe he c
can serve the nation in a higher ca- s
pacity, and that he will be nominated
and elected president of the United t
States. Woodrow Wilson can defeat j
any man the Republicans nominate y
it matters not whom. That he would t
carry both New Jersey and New York ?
in the event of his nomination is as y
certain as anything can be. In the g
New Jersey governor the Democrats a
have the opportunity to nominate a c
winning candidate, who can meet all t
comers on the hustings of elsewhere." v
The primary election in New Jersey e
was conducted under a law that was y
passed at the instance of Gov. Wil- y
son in deflnance of the bosses of both
parties. The New York World today
rvoM o tr? thla Wilsnn lACtflln.
jmiv* 1% V A i U M VV WW VM?W ? ?
tion with the assertion that: "In no
other Stato has money or political or- j
ganization played so small a part in '
the campaign." By way of explana- .
ion The World added: "Withi a strict
registration law and a drastic corrupt
practices law the opportunities for
corruption were reduced to a minimum."
Judged from every angle Woodrow
Wilson has made good as governor of
New Jersey and has set a now pace
for American executives.
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Divorco Every Five Minntes. n
A dispatch from Atlanta says a e
divorce every five minutes is the rcc- v
ord that has been hung up by Fulton
superior court. Judge Pendleton on
Wednesday gave freedom in the form d
of decrees to 64 mismated persons, t
The judge was on the bench two and 1
a half hours and granted 23 first ver- t
diets and nine second verdicts. 11
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WILL HAVE WARM TIME |
EtEPUBLICAN COMMITTEE PACES
MANY HOT FIGHTS. *
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rtio Seats of Two Hundred and Four
Delegates to the National Conven- j
tion Contested.
When the Republican national {
committee meets in Chicago June 6th
;t will be called on to decide 204 contents.
Four years ago 219 contests
were submitted to the committee. Of
[ho 204 contests filed with Secretary
Hey ward, 177 were presented by the
itooBevelt faction and 2 7 by the Taft
adherents.
The principal contests filed by the
Taft managers are from Missouri and c
Texas. t
In Louisiana three sets of delegat- f
38 wore elected at large and in the
first, second, fourth and fifth dis- c
tricts, two sets were named by Taft 1
supporters and one by Roosevelt I
3upporters. i
More delegates than the number
3pecified in the call for the convention
chosen at large in Missouri; at i
large in Alabama; in the Fifth dis- e
trict of Kentucky; In the Fourth Dlsr* i
driat of Minnesota; in the Seventh l
district of Texas, and in the First, t
Tenth and Eleventh districts of Geor- 'a
5ia. Secretary Heyward has classed c
these as contests and the committee e
will bo required to determine what I
will be done with them. 1
There are contests from eighteen f
States and tho District of Columbia, j
Ghalrman New of the subcommittee s
pn arrangements said that no other r
contests had been received but it was f
possible that a few others might bo t
In the mails.
Following is a list of contests
filed:
Alabama?At largo, Second, Fifth,
Sixth and Ninth?14.
Arkansas?At large, First, Second,
Third, Fourtn, Fifth and Seventh?
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Total delegates contested, 204.
District of Columbia?At largo?
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Florida?At large, Second, Third
ind Fourth?12.
Georgia?At large, First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Righth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth?2 8.
Indiana?At large, First, Second
xnd Thirteenth?10.
Kentucky?Fifth and Eleventh?4.
Louisiana?At large, First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sxith and
Seventh?20.
Michigan?At large and Sixth?6. 1
Minnesota?Fourth?2. (
Missouri?At large, First, Third, 1
Fifth, Seventh, Fourteenth?14.
North Carolina?Fourth?2. 1
Oklahoma?Third and Fourt?4. J
South Carolina?First?2. f
Tennessee?Tenth?2.
m^vaa TTMraf fippnnd Third. Four- ^
th, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh and c
Fifteenth?1C. 8
Virginia?At large, First, Second, g
Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth? v
18. 1
Woshington?At largo, First, Sec- i!
)nd, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, 1
Eighth?18. 1
(Mississippi?At large, First, Sec>nc!,
Third?14.
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PRESIDENT TAFT ATTACKED. J
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\n Italian Struck Him In the Face 0
With a Paper Ball. a
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At Rutherford, N. J., Chief Wilkie o
)f the secret service has been con- v
lucting a quiet investigation into an s
ittempted attack on President Taft p
>y an Italian while the president was [\
ipeaking in the public square Satur- k
lay night. A statement given out by e
?rank M. Buckles, leader of the Taft n
>rganization, regarding tho Italian's a
ittack, says: *]
The 12,000 persons assembled in b
he public square were disappointed t
n not hearing the president speak T
jecause of tho act of a vandal. As n
he package struck tho president's c
ace or came down scraping his face F
io was about to speak, but tho secret
service men pushed him back in his
eat and took chargo of affairs. They g
irdored tho car ahead at full speed p
hrough the crowd, not knowing what f
vas in the paper and got away. Lat- tl
ir they informed me that the paper r,
tad been soaked in water to make it n
teavy." p
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Wants to liaise Titanic. ci
Ono of the inmates of the Matte- o
fan State asylum, at Fisksville, N. e
., has prepared an elaborate set of i<
dans for raising the steamship Titan- li
c by means of magnets . Blue prints n
>f the devices will bo sent to the En- y
;lish and American investigating h
ommittees. si
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Industrial Institute.. h
John H. Cleveland and the Saxon n
Jills Company of Spartanburg have P
;iven eleven acres of land near tho 11
laxon mills as a site for the indus- c
rial instituto established thero about t<
, year ago by the Methodist confer- o
nco Twenty-five thousand dollars c<
rill b? expended upon buildings. 1<
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Both Congressman Clark and Un- h
lerwood aro candidates for re-elec- h
ion from their respectlvo districts. K
rhis shows that neither of theso o
jentlemen have any serious notion of a
jeing nominated for President. P
LOOK THEM OVER
CHARACTER SKETCHES OF DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES
IS SEEN BY A MAGAZINE
Iryan is Introduced?Clark the Most
Incapable of Combating Ilepublicans?Wilson
Armed at Every
Point and Splendidly Equipped for
Success.
The World's Work for June diseases
the Presldental candidates of
>oth the Democratic and Republican
>arties. It does not seem to consid>r
Underwood in the running at all as
t does not mention his name even.
Jere is what it says of the Democratc
possibilities:
William Jennings Bryan.
Mr. Dryan, whoso career is without
jarallol in our history (certainly
dnce Henry Clay ceased to be a prosdental
candidate); a man who has
lved to see his sucossful competitors
ako many of his political doctrines
ind plans and relabel them and get
:redit for them;^et observing this
leries of events and his series of deeats
with philosophy and even with
lumor; an enduring campaigner, a
riendly and kindly nature with a
)hilosophy of life that gives him a
lincero sympathy with the masses of
lien; a man who missed being the
oremost Democrat of his time by
lis intellectual limitations, but a man
vhose instinctive precepnon 01 uiu
Democratic philosophy has made him
i great leader of the masses; sobered
y time and become more tolerant and
iroader he is the loudest voice yet in
expressing his crude cry for justice to
he unprivileged and forgotten; a
(hrewd politician and thrifty, with
lis belief yet unshaken that he was
jorn to be president?why not at the
eoming election? A party dictator
vith an air of humility; if his mind
vere as good an instrument for clear
hinking as his voice is for clear
ipeaking, he would, long ago have
ieen invincible; and he may be invincible
yet; for he can yet convince
limself of any popular plausibility,
ind the Republicans may accept a
candidate of desperation.
Governor Judson Harmon.
Gov. Harmon, a man of comnonplace
mind whose thinking was
lone a generation ago; old fashion>d
because inert and temperamonally
"stand-pat;" a lawyer of good
iractice chiefly corporations; a man
xf for a president if he liven in a
ashioned gentleman furnished to
>rder for the present occasion, who
vould not would have been thought
?f for a president if he lived in a
mall State; acceptable to those who
;od is named Status Guo and who
vish a president who will not disurb
things; a sort of intellectual
.nd political brother to Alton 13.
'arker, who once ran for the presidency.
Speaker Champ Clark
Ohamp Clark, a good natured
nnniao(o nni< nil i( I nllor nf
A/llllll J (in vi bviivt vi.
nicolic yarns, well-liked by his felows
of the same calibre in congress,
yho call him by his first name; with
nit dignity of mind or of manner;
, man to who the routine of party
nd of political procedure is the aim
f things and party loyalty is law;
without any vision of statesmanhip;
a common politfcian of the
icrsonally respectable sort, lacking
a prudence because lacking in
:nowledge; with a genius for blundring
speech; without hardness of
riind or of convictions; in the race
s a stalking horse or dummy, as evryone
knows but himself, yet a possile
nominee by a slip in the game of
he managers of the convention;
lerhaps the only Democrat whose
omination would mako licpublian
success certain whoever bo tho
lepublican nominee.
Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson, a scholar in
overnment, with an historical and
oliticril perspective; a man of proound
convictions, holding that
liero should bo no class that shall
pceive privileges from tho governlent;
regarding boss rule and tho
rivate conduct of public business as
se worst crimes against political solety;
trustful of the people, a Demcrat
in fact; with brief but emlntly
successful executive expermco
(the New Jersey of today be
mg a wholly different political community
from the New Jersey of two
oars ago); courageous because he
as fundamental convictions and a
turdy seriousness of character; a
man of high ideals to whom politics
as a profound moral significance; a
inn with a definite, well-reasoned
orgramme, to whom our national
fe are living organisms; his politial
creed, therefore a working creed
3 fit present problems and not a set
f fixed formulas; courageous for
onscience's sake and not from sheer
3vo of fight; modest to the verge of
Imidity as regards his personal regions
and fortunes and, therefore,
andicapped in a rough race by a
entlo hesitancy, having the modesty
f a well bred mind and tho humor of
, phllosphor; tho most convincing
lublic speaker In political life, mas
WILSON IS STRONG *
WHAT AN INDEPENDENT NEWS*
PAPER THINKS OF HIM.
Springfield Republican Indicates Various
Points at Which He Would
Meet and Defeat Roosevelt.
The Springfield Republican, an 'ndependent
newspaper, says:
Assuming that The Republican had
especially in mind lMr. Bryan, when it *
said that the Democrats "must have
a candidate radical enough to hold
the radical wing of the Democratic
party to the last man," in case Mr.
Roosevelt should capture the Repuolican
nomination, the Hartford Times
protests against another Bryan campaign.
It holde the view that Roosevelt
should be opposed by a Democratic
conservative.
Wo adhere to the view already expressed,
although it would not be necessary
to nominate Mr. Bryan In order
to hold In line the radical wing of
the Democratic party. Gov. Wiison
is qualified to meet such an emergency.
If Gov. Wilson were nominated
at Baltimore, he would be sure of
Mr. B<ryan's Bincere and whole-hearted
support. He would be able to hold
the radical wing of the Democratic
party to the support of the Democratic
ticket. There would he no repetition
of the Parker campaign of 1904,
when a million Bryan Democrats, it
was estimated, voted for Roosevelt or
stayed away from the polls.
It is not necessary to "outpoint"
Roosevelt in an appeal to the discontented
voters of the country. But it
is necessary for the Democratic party,
If it is to win against him, to keep
its own radicals in the fold. Gov.
Wilson coma ao it. lie is ownea Dy
no boss. Ho stands for the "people's
rule." He is controlled by no "interest."
He is at swords' points with
"Wiall street." He is sufficiently progressive
to make ridiculous a charge
that tho "reactionaries" could enfeeble
his good intentions. Even La
Folette, estranged from Roosevelt,
could support him.
But, at the same time, Gov. Wilson
could be presented as a foil to Mr.
Roosevelt's most blatant excesses. Ho
has always opposed the recall of
judges and the recall of decisions; he
could make mince-meat of the colonel's
"new nationalism;" he could
stand for a certain "wise custom,"
whilc the colonel was standing for
three presidential terms, with a
fourth and a fifth in prospect. On
the tariff issue, he could eat tho colonel
alive. As a campaigner, no other
Democrat could surpass him in tho
intellectual clarity, precision and effectiveness
of his spoken appeal. As
a forensic antagonist, ho is a kind
such as the colonel has never encountered.
Gov. Wilson presents an extraordinary
opportunity for the two wings
of tho Democratic party to unite on
a basis that shall make the party an
efficient instrument for social and political
progress on truly Democratic
lines and an incomparable defense of
tho republic against a Roosoveltian
dynasty. The Democratic attacks on
him because of his attitudo toward
the initiative and referendum in tho
several States seem petty in the extreme.
We regard him, on tho whole,
as a fresh, invigorating and entirely
pane influence in tho Democratic
party, and tho political situation is
apparently shaping itself in a way to
make his merits as a candidate bo
conspicuous that one must marvel at
the witless prejudice against him
which Democrats hero and there havo
allowed themselves to entertain.
Havo conservative Domocrata
thought of this?that If they don't
take Wilson, Bryan may he forced
upon them? If they destroy Wilson,
what shall it profit them?
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Meet for First Time Since War.
Gus Allman, a Confederate veteran,
of Ocalla, Fla., after the Confedorato
reunion at Macon, Ga., visited his
old home at Perry, Ga., last week,
and thore met his sister, Mrs. Nicholas
Marshburne, whom ho had not
seen since ho marched away to the
Civil war, in 1861.
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Wilson Wins Decisive Victory.
In the New Jersey primary on Tuosday
Wilson won a decisive victory,
winning all the delegates but two.
Governor Wilfeon's opponents had to
bo satisfied with the showing they
made In Essex County, the stronghold
of formor Senator James Smith, Jr.,
the ex-Democratic boss.
ter of exact language without pedantry;
not favored by tho9e who for apy
reason wish the government to be a
dispenser or ravors or wisn it to do v>.,
conducted by professional cliques or
bosses; a man of stern stuff, resolute,
gently bred and, becauso of his combination
of force, dignity and grace,
in a class by himself among tho can
dldates for tno presidency; so cieariy
right-minded and right-tempored that
If there wero a clear-cut presidential*
primary in all the States, ho would
probably win tho nomination with no
second in the race. As Mr. Roosevolt
gives tho Republican party a chance
to show its desperation, so Gov. Wilson
give tho Democratic party a
chance to show its wisdom. It would
bs an interesting summer if these
two?this modest man and this other
?should be nominated.