The Washington times., 1912-01-13
Will SON BACKED
BY COLLEGE MEN
Boomers Of New Jersey Governor Have Powerful Or
ganzaton in All Sections Of the Country Fight
ing Spirit Shown.

IL Woodrow Wilson. former president
of Princeton and now governor of New
Jersey. Is nominated for President OF
the United States by the Democratic
party, it will In no small mea sure be
due to the influence Of the college mar,
In politics. This fact was made clear az
the recent meeting of the Democratic
national committee here.
The Wilson boomers have an organi-
sation and powerful organization at
that. When the national COMMITTEES
held its meeting 1t was made plain
that there is a let Of good teamwork IN
behalf of the Wilson movement. That
is one of the reasons why Governor
Wilson. when he came to Washington
to attend the meeting Of the committee,
found the situation about Hike that OF
men who sits in q game With the
cards stacked In favor of the other fell
lows. When he went away, things were
beginning to come IN the Wilson direc-
tfon.
All Are Enthusiastic.
The men around Wilson TO IL large
oxtent are old Princeton men. They
are whooping II up for Wilson not be-
cause they expect to get anything out
OF it, but because of the enthusiasm
they feel for the man they want to
head the Democratic ticket In the list
of the men foremost among the Wilson
supporters one will find lot OF the
alumni of Princeton, young men and
young old men, who are bringing to the
rre-convention campaign for the nori-
nation something OF the same spirit
that they would take with them to a
big football game.
1t Is this sort of spirit that Is likely
to win out, or at least give the opposi-
ton lot of trouble, whethe4. It be In
politics or any other sort of contest
One OF the reasons why Wilson is
strong enough through the South Is
that in every Southern State there is
a large contingent of old Princeton
men. II you apply the acid test to al
most any one of them, you will find a
Wilson boomer, in all reasonable likeli-
hood. At the same time, the Princeton
men I'm other parts Of the land are
numerous, and they are just as inter-
ested and just as busy as their South
ern brethren. -.
1t is all well enough to deride the
college man In politics or in business.
but II one will cast an eve over the
hnd that college support has cut a a
large figure. One could go through the
membership OF Congress and find
numerous interesting examples of men
who have been elevated to high places
largely through the influence OF their
old college chums.
President Taft is a Yale man. and
has q deep-seated fondness for Yale
men. His old Yale friends have done
lot of boosting for him In the past,
and will doubtless do It again. The
President seldom loses an opportunity
to go to Yale, and there is no doubt
that his first nomination was material
ly helped along by his Yale friends.
Roosevelt Is q Harvard man, with q
weakness for appointing old Harvard
men to office. His success in politics
did not depend on his Harvard sup
port, OF course, but there Is no doubt
that 1t helped. -
Senator La Toilette is University of
Wisconsin man. 1t Is probably true
that he would never have succeeded In
his battles against the machine in the
State Of Wisconsin had 1t not been for
the loyal support he has always re-
ceived from the university both the
alumni and the student body, as well
as the faculty. And while there Is lit
tie indication now that Senator La
toilette Will get the nomination of his
party for President. no small share OF
the support he does get will be the re-
suit OF the activity OF old University
OF Wisconsin men scattered all over
the country, and especially through the
middle West. Nearly half the Wis