The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-06

Jersey" began the answer. Drawn
into his support by the casual Inch
dent OF a weekend at country
house, was captivated, as the world
seems TO be, by the outer aspeces
or the then head or Princeton; a'man
of leading and learning To find in
such "A place and such a person n
Democratic nominee for president
looked like finding a fortune In the
lining Of an easy chair
And Then the Revelation"
"All that the World says so coz cptly
ard so confidently had considered and
was prepared 10 say OF sudden
there came a revelation. of personal
ity, as by fashigit making II plain
that when the fairy godmother bent
ever the cradle of the little Woodrow
Wilson TO give him so many bless
ings she withheld the virtue OF fdel.
ity. without which the rest, however.
shining. are tainted
The widely-accepted version or
your falling out with Gov. Wilson is
that he could not consistently ac>eht
large financial support from source
that you suggested.
Let me say that the occasion c.
difference given out by the Wilson
press agency, silently acquiesced in
by Gov Wilson and since exploited
by the Wilson promoters from one
end OF the land 10 the other-Thonas
F. Ryan's money-had no existence
whatever. and was not remotely =
cause. or in issue. No honorable man
can learn the facts and inspect the-
proof which I hold and have repeated
ly offered TO produce under proper
restriction as TO personal rights and
party interest. and remain OF the Upin-
ion that the governor OF New jersey
is either a trustworthy, or a safe man
10 be invested with Democratic lead
ership and the presidential Office. Un-
fortunately good breeding and in
tegrity are not convertible forms.
while susterity and virtue are often
wide apart"
.'But in the absence of this scri-
Gus disclosure, which you do not feel
at liberty 10 make. what have you to
say as to the matter of availability?
The World asks: Who is better quail
ifed than Woodrow Wilson to appeal
10 the intelligence and common sense
OF the American people against iho
most cunning and adroit demagogue
that modern civilization has prodIc-
ed since NapoleonlII.?'
Mentions No Names
why, | venture to answer, any one
OF a dozen Democrats in whom the
elements of flesh and blood FREEDOM
mate over the elements OF excessive
culture and overweight ambition; IL
whom the essentials OF everyday Wis
dem, OF loyal faith, of stable, nonor-
able, generous manhood, prevail over
seif-exploited virtue and doglnauc
seff-assertfef+ anyone OF a dozen
Democrats who have had even lit
tie experience in public affairs as
against a doctrinaire man OF letters
who has acquired by a lifetime 10 |
the classroom the tyrannons, cast OF
mind and the disciplinary habits or
the schoolmaster, and who. suddenly
10 the presidency, would lose
all real sense OF the relation OF things,
If ever he possessed any faculty for
common cause and working
to harness. The country very much
needs another Lincoln. IL does not
need a mild-mannered Roosevelt,
We may find objection TO every Que
named in connection with the Demo-
cratic nomination for president. bat
most OF all 10 the governor OF New
Jersey, beeauseshe- alone Is Fepresent-
ed as ideal. "s 49, saw ~. ~Ts-tas- 4
Colonel Watterson. you have noted
that the (, World puts Soy. Wilson 81
through public service |
above those OF Tilden o. cleveland. at !
the time Of their nomination. for tic !
I'm this II shoots wide or the mark |
and is singularly unfortunate. Mr.. |
Tilden had been an eminent citizen,
lawyer sand publicist full five and |
thirty years before he was nominated |
for governor of New York; the friend |
Of Van Buren, and Marcy; the col
eague of O'Connor and Seymour; the
destroyer of the Tweed ring AS gov
arnor OF the Empire State he put him
self at the head OF the national move
nent for administrative reform. He
became the idol of the rank and file. |
Opposition TO his nomination for pres
cent, proved negligible quantity. |
Gov. Wilson. attaining no success at |
the law, turned Cteasherl and writer
Witch - not bear |
scrutiny made him No<1|hor OF New |
Jersey. Since his Indu9tioh 10 Office |
ne has spent most of hisNenefgies and |
resources, il not his time, seeking |
the presidency Mr. Cleveland, part |
ly through ignorance and party |
obstinacy, wrecked us. Ii is |
safe 10 say that had the party known |
IN the beginning what II learned in the |
end, IL would never have chosen him |
for leader With that warning in |
mind it will not make the same mis-
take in the case OF Woodrow VIII |
son"
The Times, not having access 10
the evidence OF Gov. Wilson's serious |
delinquencies. which you claim TO
possess. does not share Your. misgiy:
ings concerning him, but believes he |
is the Democracy's strongest candi- |
date for the west. Just as the World |
believes he is the party's strongest \
reliance in the east. But as an In !
dependent newspaper we Will be glad 1
to give your preference as 10 the par /
tvs standard-bearer."
Boosts Champ Clark.
Kentucky, among many other l
states, has presented, as by an UP
rising, the speaker or the house. The
World says fatty that Champ Clark !
cannot be elected. All the World !
says against Champ Clark was said