The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-21
Woodrow Wilson's Con-
tempt for the Poor People
George Fred Williams Writes Ex-senator Pettigrew
And Quotes Candidates Book Against Him


stnde and ignorant Minds.
lie SAYS of tho Farmers Alliance
PROPOSALS: These were vague pur-
poses and the means of reforms pro-
posed showed the thinking at crude
and ignorant minds" ~. I'D
The of the south after the
war he describes as men new i'll poll
ties. as new in political thinking and
constructive purpose. as much bound
within tho narrow limits of their w
'rh farms. ANY II who noted how
the t"nrts of the Farmers Alliance
and he new radical llcr"si"s With re-
gard tn money took root there could
sec q thoroughly it had in fact be-
como itself a new region" (P. 203.)
"Thc ~country's knowledge of his
"l"Nelandsl conviction in that criti-
probably saved his party tho discrcd-
itinS suspicion which the fusion of
Democrats n Populists upon the
Pacific coast might have brought upon
1t. The country has never needed d
man of his fibre more CP. 22O.)
.lhc Peoples party, which tn,
m]swspapers of the country usoe)
forth a platform which demanded
that the federal government itself ac-
dulro IN" ownership of all railways.
tel "graphS and telephones: the free
coinage of silV'r. the graduated in
come tax, postal savings banks. and
all lands held by aliens. or hy cor
porations in excess of their needs, re-
jumped with the humor of hundreds
OF working men and farmers the
country over" Up. 3l6.l
Remote From Seats uf Trade.
n" ttl"veland in lS42l led Il party
IN which silver advocates %aboundcd.
men wh" lived remote from the
seats OF trade and knew nothing of its
laws" Up. 224.)
Fonrth-Cirovcr Cleveland.
Mr.. Wilson trcatS him thoroughly
Us a somewhat godlik" person., and
hnhs nothing to critirisc i'm his entire
p"it!"al course. MIR. Cleveland is
described as ii "coml,art of frank
ness. conviction and force: no mere
partisan, but II man of the people.
him" II. 1919
N Democrats ISSiD won because
.heS nominated AN instrument of in
tegri1E and sensible rcrtiiication in
public affairs" Up. 40,
.Ihc courage. dircctnesS, good sense
public spirit" made him Il man whom
all IN" country Marked" tP. 1872,
Nf; c'eveland was a man of the
i! / They Ghe MugWumps OF $3.50
most desired. not touched with tho
older s"rhis1ications of politics. his
lacr set forward. his gifts the gifts of
right action" lP. 17G.,
HIS quality was as unmistakablc
AS General Jackson's. and vet he had
non" of General Jackson's blind inn
poauosltN or mere w%illfulncss.' P.
iSo.l ON pensions he SANS:
says Tic Tried to Cut Pensions.
"Rofh Democratic house and re-
publican senate Gin 1850 were in
'llned I" grant m man or class of
men who had served in the federal
hrmic during the civil war the right,
10 he supported out of the national
treasury, and Mr.. Cleveland set him
self Very rcsolutelv to check c]xtrayo-
cameo" U. $50,
lifth-Th" campaign i'm 1896.
Mrn were easily persuaded thai
money would be moro plentiful for
me individual. as for the nation. If
scare" gold were abandoned as tho
exclusive standard of value and
abundant silver substituted. so that
.nef" could he metal currency
easily hcg,ilcd To dream what a
blessed hS" shomll come when the
thlng should havc been done. Thcy
were not stldious of tho law of value"
tP. 2ao.)
1 "Ih" Republicans had their chief
"u'''Slh M inc central and eastern
states OF tho union. where trade and
H'a'l'if;'rtlr" moved strongest and
men Wrr" most apt to understand tho
wldc foundations of their businesses.
'h' D"nl"rrats drew their sumo
rainier. from tho south and west.
,wliere disturbing changes of opinion
mao long h"cn in llrogrcss and where
radical programs of relief were mos,
apt I" be looked upon with favor"
N'. 23G.D ''
Like Peoples Party Platforms.
rho platform "r 1896. he saws cut
tered radical doctrines of reform
which sounded like sentences taken
from IN" platforms of tho peoples
party. az. 25S.)
OF tn" campaign of 1896, "thc bat
~" was I" be- won 10y argument, not
ny rIdlrnlc or terror or mere stub
h"rnn"ss of vested interests. 1t was
won by argument (P. 1922
lN"te-This WAS Mark uanua.s
campaign arennnrnt.'D
SIXTH Greenbarks and silver
Money after tho war WAS moro
easy to get, tho paper money of tho
treasury, and could be usc,l AT It's
face value. as Well ais gold itself. ia
pay tn" mortgages off. which tho old
er times Of stress had piled up. The
'grcenharkS OF the government be-
came, for the agricultural regions of