Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-08
WILSON WRONG
IN HISTORY IN
POLITICAL PARTY
Says Letter to Legislators Re-
garding His Statement at
Recent Dinner.
From a stan Correspondent. ]

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TRENTON, March -S.-Some Of the
senator's who attended the dinner ten
dered Governor Wilson at the Ritz
Carleton last Friday were somewhat
phased when they received today a
criticism of the historical knowledge OF
the former Sage of Princeton In the
form of the following unsigned letter:
Senator Hands jocular request OF
Governor Wilson at the banquet by the
Senate to Governor Wilson in New York
on Friday evening to define the differ
encs between the Republican and DEM
ocratic parties, brought forth a state
ment from the Governor, which, IL cor
rectly quoted by the newspaper reports
of the incident, entities him to take a
seat at the foot of the class.
Tells Why He La Democrat.
He Is quoted as having said that he
was q Democrat and not a Republican,
because, as he understood 1t, the Re-
publican first principle was IN Hamu-
tonian attitude that trusteeship In gov
eminent had better be administered by
those who had the largest stake in the
community.
He said this was instanced in the
protective policy. where 1t was held
that the country was the solidest which
had the greatest prosperity in a COM
paratively limited class.
If he Is correctly quoted, it would be
interesting to have him explain how
he had come to understand" anything
of the kind, because there is certainly
no foundation for such an understand
ing In any portion Of the history Of the
Republican party or in any of its acts.
The protective tariff instanced as ev1-
dence of It, has always been urged for
the benefit Of the whole people. and has
proven by results that it has been bene-
fetal to all classes. 1t has certainly
never been held by anybody in this
country that "the country is solidest
which has greatest prosperity in a COM
p%aratively limited class"
Proposition Absurd.
Such a proposition is too absurd for
discussion, and a mar who would u
ciate it as his serious belief in public
would be hooted in auy audience which
could be- gathered together. The gov
ernor's attempt to connect the Repub-
lican party. with Hamilton and the
Hamiltonian era cannot be sustained.
Hamilton is not recorded as having
held the doctrines imputed to him, and
the Idea that the Republican party can
be traced to the Hamiltonian era either
under any other name or by its doc
trines can be fully refuted by Wood
row Wilson'S own statements when
writing as one of our most eminent
historians.
In his Division and Reunion" he
details the first State convention held
In the interest of the new "anti-slav-
ery' party in Jackson. Mich, July 6,
1854, at which a full state ticket was
nominated and the name Republican
adopted as the official name of the or
ganization. He then states that with
In the first year of its existence 1t OBJ
tanned popular majorities in fifteen
States, elected or won over to itself III
members of the House of Representa-
tives and secured eleven adherents in
the Senate.
2 Representatives of all of the older
parties came together in its ranks in
novel agreement, their purposes mas
tered or brought into imperative con-
cert by the signal crisis which had been
precipitated upon the country by the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
from Free Sellers.
1t got its program from the Free
Sellers, whom II bodily absorbed; its
radical n aggressive spirit from the
Abolitionists, whom it received without
liking; it's liberal views upon constitu-
tional questions from the Wings, who
constituted, both in members and in
influence, its commanding element, and
its popular impulses from the Demo-
Gratis, who did not leave behind them,
when they Joined 1t, their faith in their
old party ideals.
1t will be seen, therefore, that ac-
cording to the authoritative statements
of one of our well-known historical
writer's. Woodrow Wilson, the Repub-
lican party was formed without refer