The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-09-01
GOVERNOR WOODROW WILSON OF NEW
JERSEY.

GOVERNOR WOODROW WILSON OF NEW
JERSEY.
"Woodrow Wilson, Possible Presi-
dent" is the title of an interesting arti-
Gle in the May Worlds Work by vii.
liam Bayard Hale concerning the per-
sonality and record of the militant
governor of New Jersey, whose sue
cess in obtaining popular reforms from
an unwilling legislature has focused
upon him the eyes Of progressives of
all stripes and parties throughout the
country. Here are some of the things
Mr. Hale has to soy about the man
who may be the leader of the fight
against President Taft in 1912:
There may have been tiercer pc
litical battles than that which was
now Joined between the Democratic
old guard of New Jersey and its new
governor, but few have been in their
issue of greater possible significance
to the political future of the United
States.
1.-THE quiet gentleman who had Just
emerged from the delectable groves OF
Princeton academy, his garments
odorous with the vapors of Iarnassus
his lips wet with the waters OF Helicon
this long haired bookworm Of pro
fessor whol had just laid his spectacles
on his dictionary came down to the
Trenton statehouse and licked the
gang to a frazzle.'
ut appeared that he did know the
difference between q seminar ana
caucus, a syllabus and q New jersey
corporation; that he did know Hobo
ken and Camden politics pretty nearly
as we'll as he did his Burke and his
Bagehot and that, able to write book
on constitutional government. be wls
just as able to handle a governors
job, constitutinnally or otherwise
This is the fact that makes Gov,
ernor Woodrow Wilson looming fig
ure in the world today This Is the
reason 1t was worth while to 20 tc
Trenton to observe the advent of
new type OF man into the arena ol
politics"
Here is the pen picture Of Governor
Wilson as painted by Mr.. Hale:
"Dr. Wilson's face is familiar--a
high forehead. gray eyes, a long jaw,
a very long jaw. He instantly recalls
Joseph Chamberlain as that British
statesman was In other days. The
profles of the two might be ex.
changed almost without detection,
DR.. Wilson is of good height, sturdily
built, with square shoulders. He
stands erect and on bis feet. If you
want mannerisms you note that his
hands seek his trousers pockets; that
he changes his glasses with much care
when he looks down at document
or up from it; that every time he has
used his pen he wipes 1t carefully
with a cloth taken from drawer,
into which he palnstakingly replaces
1t, closing the drawer. There is a GER
tain trained precision Of habit in mat
ters of routine and free spontaneity
in others. There would be gray
grimness about him except for the
pocketed hands, frequent sunburst
of q smile and a voice like music.
You learn in the course Of few hours
that man with stiff jaw and SEN
sitive mouth is pretty sure to be mas
ter in any situation. Governor Will
son Is a man of positive opinion, re-
lieved by an eager sense of humor.
He moves and speaks with unfailing
poise, with good natured certainty Of
himself"
The story Of Governor Wilson's fight
with the bosses and the special inter-
ests is Interestingly told by Mr. Hale.
Here is one of the governors quoted
statements, which gives clear idea OF
his attitude on popular government:
"Back of all reform lies the means
of getting 1t. Back of the question
what you want Is the question, How
are you going to get it? We are all
pretty well agreed, | take 1t, that Ger.
tain reforms are needed. But we find
lHdt tue uISb hcICpoatJ lNiOi III 10 VhS
| that will render us able to get reform
1--WE have been calling our govern
ment republic, and we have been
| living undefSthe delusion that it is 0
representative government That is
| the theory. But the fact is that we
are not living under representative
government We are living under .
government Of party bosses, who In Sc
cret conference and for their private
ends determine what we shall and
shall not have. The first, the imme
diate thing that we have got to do Il
to restore representative government
There has got to be popular rebel
lion for the reconquest and reassump
tion by the people of the rights OF tht
people too long surrendered"
Charles Lamhs Excuse.
Leadenhall street, London, was fol
many years the scene Of the daily la
bors Of Charles Lamb, That Lamb
despite his many complaints, appears
to have had fairly easy time at thu
East India bouse Is evident from
story told by Algernon Black in Mac
mlllan's Magazine for February, 1878
One morning he was observed to ell
! ter the office hastily and III an ex