Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-08

che following editorial appears in todass issue . HI New York Eve
N HOSE Who had been taught BY "a n able ingenious campaign Of pub
naty to look upo Professor wilson of Princeton N New Jersey
as 4 brave man with no thought of protecting himself and with an
eagle eye fixed on the dizzy heights Q unsedshness are shocked. They
learn that befores she decided to become the servant IF the people and
n earnest worker in the vineyard OF the public payroll Nh Wilson ooked
around for a double safety anchor in the shape Of a pension ron Andrew
Carnegie.
Governor Wilson. formerly president of Princeton College and Just now
candidate fol President of the United States appealed to MI. earnese
a man who goes inop politics bound by the principles Of onor
port port at the mercy Of any incaeuiabe prn If he wheel of fortune
and I felt entirely Justified lin, in seeking samsts 10 pE Tr w psom' n apsn ssHs N.
btons viii know how it feels to fall into ice water o that Governor
MI. Carnegie. al estfmabe little gentleman is a steel rust maenaie,
and IS n who enjoys himself giving away each year " mall art OF the
income Or hundreds Of millions taken from the public 80,
Esinabe Us ne is Andre% Carnegie n rs ne INC ca 'o n%ost id oy uS" Earn earn
And the honest supporters OF Governor wilson Tor me pfs %% ,a mm -s sm
with a soo deal Of ANXIETY that their eana la, t tmsd very Srgo ha M S sroesi se IN
ns ps sn for tn White A'"' to we NJ 's"'' ''" :
= There is not the slightest doubt that the ordinary American citizen could
aud nan presidential candidates that would suit him better than a maa
psnsoned BY Carnegie o -rrrrNe QUIETLY TO GET : caRNhe'n PEN
,oN. II Mr. Wilson had been n old ken-do teacher retired because
O ae or feebeness, an facing poverty after a life well spent n on would
But that al not Mr.. wilson's situation.
lie was president Of Princeton and could have kept his job : HI had
rae aua..i,onyu IN work which he as doing made himself 4 caaetea:e
Drawing that salary, he has devoted much time in journeying about the
land to promote his " political interests n to secure the presidency
position that carries q big salary.
The ordinary hard-noaded American citizen of whom at least ntnety-nine
out of one hundred would be very lucky # they got half he salary that Mr..
wilson's gets o. half that he got a president of Princeton II a fraction
Of the salary that he is trying to get IS President OF the United States, will be
enlightened as to Mr. Wilson's character by his request fr a pension fro"
Mr. wilson's seeking to make himself perfectly happy m serene with IA
Carnegi pension before trusting nHSch 10 the leuuel HWIS0o VI Inv PSVP"
as their candidate is not 50 different from other gentlemen trying to lnsran-
Ito themselves with people Of tn Rockefeller I'd Morgan type attach to
their mouths q sucking tube leading to the trust milk pal-howeNer the pail
might be labeled.
Those that have The most friendly feeling for Mr. Wilson will appreciate
1nosl kecnly NJ mistake that he has made in advertising himself a a unsuc-
cessfut slnor FOR "A pension from Andrew Carnegie
MI Wilson'S attitude will seem especially strange to the ordinary ma m
is willing to take II risk when duty calls
AR Wilson. we believe, has expressed horror at the extravaganza of the
United states government pension system. and thinks that mar pensioners
get too much
Perhaps they 10. But MI. Wilson appears o be about the first noble sol
der that ever asted fol a pension BEFORE he started out to rwar.
The usual ponsoner went to the a because he thought h g ought to
Hht Whom hq 1p or his health or both, we're zone he rot the pension,
il he could n small blame to him especially a it is about $40 a month
ordinarily. The pension hat Mr. Wilson requested from Mr.. Carnegie was
81 a YER, different size
Mr.. Wilson tells is that he could serve the people as few and prob
ably non other could. His very request to Andrew Carnegie for a life
pension accompanied by the dhfident statement that ne IA rachcan
q monopoly of purity in politics
There is something in the Bible about the gentleman III congratulated
himself OF being boiler hn anybody else
And there Is something humorous aand Pecksnihan in any ma who calm
k say, "a Mr. Wilson does. 1.-THE only difference between me and other
Americans Interested in government is that like a certain soap, al 9e-1o0
pure
Something inclncs the ordinary American to The notion that protesta-
tons Of exclusive virtue are not absolutely convincing. To this point IN
doubtedn ve nd other admirers of Mr.. Wilson will rurn.
Meanwhile We regret as all of Mr.. Wilson's friends must do. that he
should present himself at ~ critical iunctue as a gentleman who would
rather trust himself to the AndrewC Carnegie pension fund than to the Judg-
ment and generosity of the American people
How many things a nan learns when he energies from the little routine
Of earnest personal approval nd goes tut into the world of stormy com-
pehtoni
How many things Mr. Wilson will learn between now and mex summer!
He will probably have nothing impressed upon him so emphaicany,
however, as the fact that when the Americans pick nut a nan or honor n
confidence they want a man willing to take his chance rs other men take
then; a MAJ believing that the average American citizen is about a IS good
as himself. ant a man free rom the notion that an Andrew Carnegie pension
ia the ht stem D he Tnre for the oeSidencN of the TnUed States