The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-10-24
RULE Of few
SAYS DR." WILSON
Would Change Democratic Form
From Rule OF Many.
DENOUNCED LABOR UNIONS.
Democratic Candidate Does Not Be-
leve In Higher Education For
Common PeopIe-"Let Them Do
the Dirty Work." He Says.

Governor Woodrow Wilson, the
Democratic candidate for President of
these United States, has been cavort-
ing about the country discussing GER
tain issues of the campaign, and incl
dentally demonstrating his utter I'M
familiarity with conditions, his woeful
ignorance, and emphasizing his paip-
ably inconsistent attitude now, as
compared with his well known utter
ances and opinions on these same mat
tiers within recent years, before the
shadow of the White House was
thrown athwart his path. Governor
Wilson, among other things, has been
making himself ridiculous by attempt
ing to convince the wOTkingmen of
this country that the Republican party
and President Taft have given the la
borer as class and labor unions as
an organization, scant consideration.
"Dr" Wilson has made many mistakes
In the manner and method of his pre-
sentation of the issues, but his effort
to force himself into the good grace
and favor Of the workingmen of Amer
9Cd udS DC6H Tic Vi Nv mug biuiANCi VI
his entire canvass. OR" Wilson him
self, by both instinct and training, has
inherently been hostile to the working
element of this country, and his hypo-
critical efforts, bordering on hysteria,
to square" himself would be amusing
were it not for the serious prospect
that some not-too-watChful voters
might be misled by his ingenious pro-
testations on his own behalf, and his
deceptive criticisms of the Republi-
can party and President Taft.
In all of his campaign utterances
Governor Wilson, while enlarging upon
the great evils under which the Ameri-
can wage-worker labors, has never
advanced one sensible or practicable
suggestion as to how these injustices
might be remedied; nor, most import
ant of ALL has he in any shape or form
referred to his recorded ISLANDERS
against trades unions, although he has
been asked again and again to make a
statement regarding these animadver-
sions 1t follows, therefore, that his
opinions on these matters remain I'M
changed and that he still believes that
trades unions make the labor of the
American WOTkmen Improbable and
in order to meet this condition the
tariff must be reduced and cheap
goods of foreign manufacture must be
admitted in competition. The evil
dence of Or" Wilson's hostility-we
use the word hostility advisedly-his
hostility toward the American work
man and the labOring element, and to-
ward the whole common people as
class, is so overwhelming that there is
no room for a semblance of doubt,
hence the more recent testimony Of
the attitude and belief of the Demo
cratic presidential candidate is merely
corroboratiye.
J. w Park, a Princeton graduate of
1898. in a letter to w. H. Edwards, of
the Wilson College Mems League, in
answer to an invitation to join the
League thus refers to Or" Wilson's
position on the matters of the labor
ing element and the common people
of this country:
"On one occasion" writes Mr.. Park,
CDR Wilson said to me, I do not be
1ieve in the rule of the many; | be-
lieve in the rule of the few. And on
another occasion in conversation with
me, he said, 4 am opposed to higher
education for the common people.
Somebody must do the dirty work of
the world, and why should not the
children of the working classes be
brought up to do the same work their
parents are now doing""
Nice talk, that, from candidate for
the Presidency of this great country
of ours, where the poor mans chill
dren are intended to have the same
rights, advantages and privileges as
the rich mans. But the eminent
"Dr" Wilson would have the children
of the common people remain ignor-
ant and half educated, in order that
they may continue TO do the dirty
work Of the world" Would the work
ingmen of this country-wOuld their
children of the wage-earner-haye a
friend in the White House if the great
"Dr." Wilson were elected President?
Let every workingman, every wage
Garner, every member of labor
organization take that home to him
self and answer that question when he
votes on November 9Th next
But Mr. Park continues: ut is
claimed that Dr. Wilson's views have
changed in recent years; yet less than
three years ago he bitterly denounced
labor unions before an audience of
Princeton students"
Can there be any doubt as to Gov
ernor Wilson's attitude toward work
ingmen and labor unions-toWard the
common people?
Another proof of his true position is
found in the influences which sur
round Or" Wilson, and which are
boisterously supporting him in this
campaign. The New York Herald,
The New York Sun, in fact every
reactionary journal, every organ Of
special privilege everywhere, Is either
openly or covertly exerting every eff
fort to accomplish his election These
Argang Of Wall Street have facilities