The sun., 1912-07-21
W 1rrH the announcement OF the


candidate for President peo-
pie began to look around for
other men bearing the name OF Wilson
who have achieved prominence. They
found a lot OF them. State officers. mem
Ter OF the Cabinet. diplomats. military Of
,icers and various others in public life.
Recent events. meaning the convention
at Baltimore. bring ons Wilson more
prominently into the limelight than al
the rest. Woodrow Wilson. former prcsi-
dent OF Princeton. Governor of New
jersey and Dem ooratic nominee for Presi
dent Of the United States. is a direc,
tiescendent OF the old Scotch stock. his
grandfather having emigrated from Scot.
land by way Of County Down. Ireland
In 1907.
James Ruggles Wilson. son OF Judge
Wilson and father of Woodrow Wilson
was born in Steubenville. Ohio. February
"a, 1922. Jefferson College graduated him
as valedictorian in 1s4a. after which he
taught school and prepared for the min.
istry at the Western Theological Seminary
and Princeton Seminary. In ls49 he mar
ried Janet Woodrow. daughter Of DR.
Woodrow, a prominent Presbyterian min
lister OF the day and a descendant OF old
English stock. He became the father OF
two daughters before he was called to
Staunton, Va. where third child. a SON.
was born and christened Thomas Wood
row Wilson.
In September. 1878. Woodrow Wilson
entered Princeton University. whence he
was graduated forty-first in his class
10 eli, al; tho <1r,cx, ~ hia
graduate days. by publishing in the Inter
national Rerieu for August. 1879, an ar
ticle entitled Cabinet Government in
the United States
In the fall OF the same year he began
a law course at the University of Vir-
gfnia. where he INDUCED in long droop-
ing moustache and membership in the
glee club--two follies Of youth which his
managers hope will not he brought 10
light by his opponents in tho coming
campaign. -She Sleeps. My Lady Sleeps
is shown by old programmes of university
concerts at Charlottesville to have been
one Of Wilson's favorite tenor solos.
In May. 1852. he carried his law diploma
and an oratorlcal prize to Atlanta. Ga
where he opened an Office for the practice
Of law. The Office. however. did not
prosper. and after eighteen months Of
almost unbroken leisure he gave up
His soJourn in Atlanta was far from
profitless rs it was here that he met
Miss Ellen Louise Arson, whom he mar.
ried in 1855
In celebration Of this event Wilson. the
lawyer. published Congressional Govern
ment. A Study of Government by Com
mites" The bulk OF the labor on this
volume was done during Wilson's two
year course in the science OF government
in Johns Hopkins University. which
accepted the work as n thesis and con-
ferred upon the author the degree of Phi. d.
In the fall of 1885 Woodrow Wilson
began teaching political economy to the
girl students of Bryn Mawr College.
From this institution he went 10 Wesley
University. where he remained until
called to Princeton in 1890 to occupy the
chair Of Jurisprudence and politics. In
1902 he was So elected as president Of
Princeton. In November. 1910. he was
elected Governor OF New Jersey and this
fall he hopes to trade this mark of dis
ttnction tor that Of President lect,
dropping the last half OF the title next
March.
A course OF lectures delivered a.
Columbia University in 1908 contained the
substance OF his first book. Congressional
Government This volume he brought
up to date by his attempt TO show how in
the years between lssC and 1908 rcsponsi-
bility gravitated toward the President of
The United States.
DR.. Wilson's second book. The State, :
a used as a textbook in many schools and
colleges. This was followed by two
volumes OF essays. Then came George
Washington and 'The History OF the
American People, The Governor Of
New Jersey has made many educational
addresses and has written great number
Of essays on political. educational and
economic topics which have never beer
out into book form.
cratic nominee for President II Tams
Jim Wilson. the friend OF the farmer.
Ask any farmer throughout the land who
10 the greatest agrlcuiturist OF them all
the firmest friend Of the man who labor
In the field. and you will get but one reply
Jim Wilson. From the Lakes to ths
Gulf. from New York to the Pacific, tht
man who tills the soil knows and sdmirei
Tams Jim. the dean Of the Cabinet.
A citizen Of Traer, TaIna county. Iowa
Secretary Wilson 10 q 6cotchman by
birth. having been born In Ayrshire
August 10. 1885. In 1852 he came to the
United States. settling In Connection
With his parents. Not satisfied with thu
conditions surrounding agriculture ir
the East. he moved TO Iowa In 1855. locat
ing In Tama county. Here oil through
The civil war he managed his little trac,
Of land and the end Of tho war found hin
occupying a high place among the agri
culturists and politicians OF the State.
Leaving his farm Ia be managed by al
ovsrseer. James Wilson opened his polit
ioal career by being elected to the Iows
GtaAs Legislature, where he served durini
~ twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth