The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-02-16

mate Of the coal deposits be accurate,
the GuggeDheims would save $4,000
900, or roughly speaking. more than
five times the whole cost of Alaska to
the people Of the United States.
These figures drawn altogether from
official reports, serve to explain why
the Guggenheims have lost interest in
pressing the Cunningham claims, and
also why the Alaskans are hoping
that the next congress will send
an unbiased and competent commits
sion to examine into the wealth OF
their territory and the intelligent
means for its conservation.
Descendant of Jefferson
Congressman-elect Jefferson M.
Levy, Of what used to be called the
brown stone district" Of New York,
and is still the aristocratic district, al
though that gloomy sandstone Is rapid
ly disappearing from 1t, has several
claims to public note. He comes to
the Sixty-second congress to serve MS
second term in the house-his nrst
was served Just ten years ago. In
the recent election he beat Represent
ative Herbert Parsons, the bosom
friend of Roosevelt, by more than
1000, though two years before Mr.. Par
sons had defeated the Democratic can
! didate by almost 5000. Mr.. Levys
name indicates distinguished ancestry.
But perhaps Mr.. Levy;s chief present
claim to fame is his ownership Of the
historic home of Thomas Jefferson,
Monticello, on the high hill overlook
ing Charlottesville and the University
of Virginia-that college which Jetfer-
son thought so much Of that he chose
to put on his tombstone the record
that he was its founder, while he
wholly ignored In this epitaph, writ
ten in his own hand, the casual fact
that he had been twice president OF
the United States.
In few weeks Monticello will again
come into public notice, as Mr.. Levy
has generously invited the delegates
and guests Of the National League Of
Democratic College Clubs to make a
pilgrimage to Monticello and the Uni
versity Of Virginia, April 13, which is
alike Jefferson's birthday and Found
er's day at the university. Gov
ernors Harmon, Dix, Wilson, Mar
shall and Foss are to be invited
Democratic clubs, whether collegiate
or otherwise, have long languished
sorely. The National League of Clubs
| fourished most when William R.
Hearst poured in his money in 1900
to promote it. The College league has
never greatly thriVed. Still l am in
formed that now in the University of
Michigan alone It has 600 members.
And more interesting to collegians
than this is the fact that the new
Democratic senator from Tennessee,
Luke Lea, won his election by two
votes, and those two were cast
by members of the college secret So
ciety of which he is a member.
Wilson Presidential Stock Rises.
| The notable success of Gov. Wood
row Wilson in defeating former Sen
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electing to the United States senate
James F. MARITIME, a figure hitherto
| unknown in national politics, has
caused much talk in Washington and
is likely to cause much more. OF
course the immediate effect Is to stim-
ulate greatly the talk of Wilson as a
presidential candidate. 1t is pointed
out that although supposed himself to
be the tool of reactionaries, and the
creature of Wall street, Governor VIII.
son fought and defeated the senate.
rial candidate who has always repre-.
sented these undesirable factors In
the Democratic party. From newspa.
pers in New York where there Is a
deadlock in the assembly between the
two forces which clashed at Trenton
comes a plaintive cry of "Oh, for one
hour of Wilson," For Dix at Albany
has kept his hands scrupulously of
the senatorial contest, insisting that
it is no part Of the business of the
executive to interfere with what is
purely the function of the legislative
branch of the executive. Neverthe
less the New Jersey governors vic
tory has greatly strengthened him
among the politicians at Washington
who are likely to have something tc
say about state delegations to the
next Democratic national convention
Yet as there are always two sides
to question, there is almost as much
criticism as applause evoked by the
Wilson fight and the Wilson victory
Politicians believe that a man who SO
licits, or even accepts, support from
an organization or even an infiuentia
individual owes a certain debt of graf
itude to the supporting force. Per
haps there is nice ethical question
involved in this which every maj
must solve for himself
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.) }