The sun., 1912-07-21

Only six weeks ago Wilson came to
Washing gton to confer with the President
concerning various American claims. and
rumor had it that the Ambassador to Mex
leo City would not return. Rut he did.
and with official commentator for his
acts.
In Congress there are no less than three
Of the clan Of Wilson of them Repre-
sentatives and al! Of them prominent in the
House.
William Bauchop Wilson Of Pennsylva-
mia is probably the best known Of the trio.
having specialized In labor work and being
particularly interested in lettering the
condition Of the mine worke rs of his State.
Like -Tama jim" William Rauchop is a
Scotchman by birth. having been born at
Rlantyre. April 2. 1862. He came 10 this
country with his paarents inis70 and sri,
tied at Arnot. Tioga county. Pa. In
March. 1871. he commenced working in
mines and he has been actively interested
in quest ions concerning mines and miners
ever since.
He was International treasurer OF this
United Mine Workers OF America from
1910 to 1908. having been elected each year
without opposition. He was elected to
the Sixtieth and Sixty first Congresses.
and reelected to the Sixty-srcond Congress
by vote Of 1894 TO 10 .5ss for Clarence l..
Peasee. the machine candidate.
Frank r.. Wilson of Brooklyn, one OF the
doctors in the House, is q native Of Rox-
bury. \. V. and was graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College in 1882. Finding
the profession Of medicine less remunera-
tive than he expected. he turned politician
and was elected to the Fifty sixth. Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and
reelected to the Sixty-second Congress by
q majority Of only Ssi out Of some 10000
votes cast. Like William b. Wilson.
Frank f. is a Democrat.
William W. Wilson, Representative
from Chicago, sits on the opposite side
Of the House from his colleagues OF the
same name and votes the Republican
ticket. He is lawyer by profession
and has the degrees Of LII. ID and LII. b.
He has served from the ifty-eighth 10
the Sixty-second Congress-. being re.
elected last fall by a majority OF i57 votes
out Of as, 3o5 polled.
The Wilson's are represented in the army
by two Brigadier- Generals. Charles Irving
and John Moulding. The latter Ia the
better known Of the two. having had
charge OF the completion OF the Wash
ington Monument and q number Of other
important engineering works. Both OF
these Wilson's served with honor In the
civil war and both were promoted at the
close Of the struggle.
Then there are Charles Stanton Wilson.
secretary to the American Embassy a,
Rome; Ripley Wilson, Vice and Deputy
Consul-General at Moscow. Russia; Hugh
Wilson. recently appointed secretary
Of the American Legation at Guatemala
city and Charge d'Affa!res at the same
place, not to mention $50 other Wilson's
who draw more or less money from the
Government for their services and whose
names are inscribed ON the official blue
book Of the public servants.
Wilson's there are In the Cabinet, In the
diplomatic and the military service, in
Congress and in nearly every other de-
partment Of the Government
holding lowly and Wilson's holding high
offices-and II the Democratic are vio-
torious next fall there will be one more
Wilson In the foremost rank Of public
life. Woodrow Wilson. Presidsnt-elese