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SiouN Fails IS. ID. December 10,
1911.
Senator r. +. P%et,igrcw, Boston,
Mass.
Since We visited Governor Wilson
last Summer and carried away such
pleasant Impressions of his personals
itN and conversation, | have had hopes
that n" might he the solution OF our
presidential problem.
h week l ave hccn shocked at
the reading of the fifth volume of his
history of tho American People,
published in 1902.
1t Is Toryism of tho blacklist typc;
1t is not a history of the American
N"hpl" but n history of Woodrow Will
sons admiration for everything which
the radical! democracy now seeks to
change and II series OF silecrs and in
suits l." every class of mon who have
sought to alleviate the injustice of
capitalism. | think Senator .Aldricl
would haN" written with moro charity
and less bitterness. The worst is that
thrre is II" note of sympathy for amy
suffering and protesting class, but he
seems To search for phrases to show
his contempt for them. Read the vol
am" II judge whether
in this statement.
should BE known Now
one thing is clear. The content.
of this volume should he fully known
and considered now, and not develop
ed in The headlines of the Republican
press after a nomination based upon
ignorance of a mans own history of
himself.
The radicals of the country MAY
overlook tho past ut,crances but they
should he fully informed of them,
Governor Wilson has undoubtedly
changed materially his old points OF
view, but this book proves that a rcvo-
dictionary change of heart is also ncccs-
Sary.
arraN h. quotations according Ia
TIL" classes OF men he treats and cite
tho
First-Thc laborinG classes.
lie discovers during the first Glove
land administration that the air was
lllcd With anarchy and "citcs film.
un With foreigners of the sort the
know-nothin2S had feared. who came
To speak ~trcasons."
or. 1869 The air of the industrial
regions thickencd With vapors of UNI
wholesome opinion"
Il. Of l.. "TOucl,cu With IT"
The Haymarket riot of 1856 proved
the strength and andarity of the am
archist leaders" and "a concerted plan
70 practice defiance OF the law" (P.
1870 Mon of American training he
gan TO take ain Of anarchistic sem
tiimcnt." the Knights Of Labor "wrre
TOUGHER With it, ':'and in proportion
as it became anarchistir. tho great
order suffered disintcgration and de-
cay" Up. 1879
He ascribcs tho march Of CnXey's
army with sncers. how tho villagers
fed tn" mcn lest they should linycr
and grow ugly in tcmpcr." Good
nhturcd ~sympathiZcrs and mon who
wished To SEQ tho comedy played ont
contributed funds for their most ur-
gent moods; tho painful farce was
soon over tP. $50,
"hihor armies gathered i'm moro sui
len m"od:" hitnminous roal miners
and railway employees struck 1T hc-
gan to seem as if there WAS no law
and order in the land. Yet tho presi-
don't Ulcvcland) moved in all mat
tors with a vigor and initiative which
made tho years memorable. (P. 23S.)
He speaks of the "tirmncss and de-
cision' of Cleveland in his use of the
United States army during the Pull.
man strike without n application
from the state authorities or tn,
courts. lie states that the governor OF
Illinois had not even called out the
militia of tho state to maintain urdc,
and protect property. s. AND
sNmpathizcrs indeed with The strikers
resented Interference" (P. 262.)
Mate, ~r1;r ,,,r,,- t-..
that Mr.. Wilson in writing such ST..
called history did not cvcn take tho
pains To ascertain facts.
Later he notes tho difficulties which
MIR. Cleveland had been Obliged 10
settle by tho use of federal troops
CP. 60
Miners Union Bent on Mischief
Tic speaks Of the railroad men an,
miners in 1877 AS mot only idle bur
bent upon mischief" CT. 1loD Ex.
presses his satisfaction With tho VIC.
lent methods used to suppress Their
ny saying. but they the outbreaks,
were at least gross. tangible, sus.
rcptihle of being handled by counter
force and sheer authority" Cp. 1879
nc touches upon government h,
Injunction by referring to the use o
the boycott as q system of terroriz
ing % who Won not yield to thei
demands and then says:
The courts were forced to exc
cute. sometimes Very harshly. IN,
law against conspiracy, fitting for
mllas. originated i'm an age gone by
to new circumstances. Up. 1853,
I find in this history no mention q
the Carnegie Homestead strike an,
carnage.
Speaking Of industrial monopolies
NO wonder thoughtful mon, as VOL
as mcr" labor agitators. grew uneasy
etc. Up. 1861
Second--Immigration Gin the nine
ties.)
"NIcn of the Mcancr Sort"
NOV there came multitudcs of mci
of the lowest class from the south @
italy and men of the meaner sort on
of Hungary and Poland. as IL tn,
countries of the south of Europe wcr,
disburdcning themselves of the NOR,
sordid and hapless elements of thci]
populations" Up. 212.)
He thinks the Chinese, which were
excluded by law. were more to b,
desired as workmen, tf not as citizens
than most Of the coarse crew tina,
came crowding in every year" III,
habits of the Chinese. 1T was he'll
skill, their injustice. their knack al
succeeding and driving their dullcl
rivals out. rather than their alier
habits. that made them feared and
hated and led to their exclusion al
the prayer OF the men they would
likely dispIacc should they multiply,
The unlikely fellows who came in a,
the eastern ports were tolerated be
cause they usurped no place but the
very lowest in the scale of labor
Up. 213.)
History does not seem to require
II the negro hould be described
as the incubus of that ignorant and
hostile vote In the south. Up. 1885,