The Penn's Grove record., 1910-09-16

inc suaue pouy OF organized labor OF
New Jersey condemned him as un
friendly.
Woodrow Wilson believes that the
men who labor in shops and factories
have a right to band themselves to-
gether to resist the aggressiOns of or.
ganized capital, and it Is safe to say
that in every contest between capital
and labor he i~nstinctively and impul-
sively takes the side of the under dog.
1t is a strange thing that organized
labor Of New Jersey should condemn
such a man. 1t is a strange thing that
organized labor should pass resolu-
lions against such. a nan without max
ing a single direct effort to ascertain
his views on labor questions.
It is still a stranger thing that Or
,Eanized labor should base such action
on one or two mere disconnected
scraps from his lectures when his
whole life and character constitute a
perfect pledge that his innate sympa-
thies are with the men and women
who toll, with the men and women
who struggle against h%ardships and
courageously strive toward . success
and progress In spite of burdens and
In spite of adversities and discourage
mentS.
Woodrow Wilson NOT a friend of
the men who labor?
Read this incident, absolutely truth
full in every detail:
A stonemason who had been work
ing on one Of the university buildings
at Princeton appeared early one morn
ing at the door of the Wilson residence
and asked to see "Mr. Wilson," He
was at once shown into Wilson's pri-
vate room and was greeted as cor
daily as If he had been an honest
millionaire come to make a great gift
to the university.
The stonemason had a story to tell,
and he found no difficulty in telling it
to Wilson. 1t was about a student
who had been boarding at the house
where he was staying and whom he
had been observing for some time.
The student was a western boy who
was striving to make his way through
college. He had to work to support
himself while keeping up his studies,
and he underwent many h~ardships and
deprived himself Of many Of the bare
n-ecessaries Of life in order to support
himself in school. Thus he studied
under a heavy handicap, and when the
examinations came he failed.
The stonemason who had witnessed
his struggles and his failure was so
touched that as he told his story to
Wilson the tears rolled down his
cheeks.
"Tell him to come up and see me;
1 want to talk to him." said Wilson.
The sequel came to light months
afterward. Wilson laid the students
case before the faculty In such a way
that the boy got another chance. The
president Of the university helped him
in his preparations for another try at
the, examinations, and the youth, his
courage and hope renewed, plunged
into his studies with determination and
a few weeks later passed the eXamina-
lions with credit.
Similar stories could be told by
scores of poor young men who have
gone to Princeton. They constitute
but a meager illustration of the mans
sympathy and kindly regard for the
men who struggle against adversely.
Woodrow Wilson Is of Scotch-Irish
descent.
His grandfather was a country
newspaper editor in early Ohio days,
who made a success of his business
made his newspaper sc influential hat
President Jackson offered him a}good
political job. But Grandfather Wilson
vas Independent as well as influential.
He liked his independence better than
9 soft political snap, and he turned
down President Jackson's offer.
Woodrow Wilson's father was a
country clergyman in western Pennsyl-
vania and later in Virginia. The rec
ognition of his abilities took him from
the parsonage to a chair In a theolog-
ical seminary.
Woodrow Wilson himself was born
In Virginia ifty-three years ago. His
hnvhood was much like the hnvhnod