The Penn's Grove record., 1911-02-17

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Descendant Of jefferson
g1rsressmgn-elect Jefferson NJ.
Lev of what used to 10 CARED h
Grown stone district" Of New York,
and Il stiil The ~aristocratio district al
though chat gloomy sandstone Is rapid
iy Disappearing rom It, has several
/ GAINS 10 public note. he comes .
tne oiAty-secoAa ..Aeress to serve hts
| second term in the house-his hrst
was served Just ten years ago. In
the recent election he beat Represent
/ alive Herbert Parsons, the bosom
friend of Roosevelt, by more thai
| 1000, though two years before Mr.. Par
sons had defeated the Democratic can
didate by almost 5000. Mr.. Levy's
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 Jeffer-
son thought so much Of that he chose
to put on his tombstone the record
that he was it's 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 a 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 Is, which is
alike Jefferson's birthday and Found
er's day at the university. Gov
errors 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
hourished most when William R.
Hearst poured in his none 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 1t 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
ator James Smith of New Jersey and
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 slim
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 WallsGtreet, Governor Will
son fought and defeated the senate
rial candidate who has always repre-
scented 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 plaintiye cry of ooh, for one
hour of wilson," For Dix at Albany
has kept his hands scrupulously off
the senatorial contest, insisting that
1t 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 to
say about state delegations to the
next Democratic national convention.
Yet as there are always two sides
to a 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 influential
individual owes a certain debt of graf
itude to the supporting force. Per-
haps there is a. nice ethical question
involved in this which every man
must solve for himself.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B.. Bowles.)