The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-01
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Especial 10 The Caucasian
Washington, d. c.. Jan. 80, 1912
I The chief interest in conversation
/ not only on the Hill among Senators
and members OF the House. but also
in every hotel and in every part oi
the capital for the past week, has
been about equally divided between
the prospect OF the name of ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt being presented to the
next National Republican Convention
on the Republican side and the Will
son-Harvey-Watterson controversy on
tn Democratic side.
Wilson Has Lost Ground.
The net result of the discussion
abotu candidate Woodrow Wilson is
that he has lost ground
Immediately after the first an
nouncement that Colonel Harvey, the
editor Of Harper's Weekly. had ceased
to support Governor Wilson because
Colonel Harvey and Henry Watterson
wanted him to agree to let Mr. Thorn
as F. Ryan finance his campaign, it
caused the people from one end of
the country to the other at once to
praise his independent and patriotic
position. Later, facts have come out
which have much modified this view.
1t now appears that Governor Will
son accepted the support of Colonel
Harvey and Harper's Weekly when
he was a candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, and that he also accept
ed the support of of a number of
leading New York financiers during
that campaign who contributed be-
tween seventy and eighty thousand
dollars to his campaign fund. 1t
appears that when he became a can
didate for President that he was will
ing to accept the support of the same
influences, and that Colonel Waiter
son was appealed to by Governor Will
sons friends to raise a goodly sum
Of money, and that he did so. It also
appears that Governor Wilson did not
object to the support of these parties
or of other friends who were putting
until the fact began to leak out and
certain of his progressive supporters
began to protest. Indeed, the net re-
suit seems to be that Governor Will
son was in favor of accepting the sup
port of all of the people whose sup
ha iof
such support was kept in the back
ground.
In this connection, attention has
been called frequently during the past
week to the fact that Governor Will
son has only recently become a pro-
nounced progressive. That for all of
his life until he became a candidate
for President he was known as con-
servative and had the support OF what
is known as the conservative interests
in this country.
Attention has been called to a num-
ber OF books and articles which Gov
ernor Wilson has written within re-
cent years. A book which he wrote
and published on the American Gov
ernment took most conservative posi-
tions. Indeed, he took the side of
capital against labor
Governor Wilson has been one of
the greatest admirers and defenders
Of President Cleveland He has up
held and defended President Cieve- |
land as being wiser than his party /
and defender of vested interests, |
and has attacked all who opposed the
position that President Cleveland /
.ook on the money question, the trust /
question, and all other similar oues-
ions
1t has been pointed out that a man
who not only held such views, but
Who wrote books and articles and
made speeches in support OF the same
lfter having reached mature age and
,ssayed to be not only speaker but
teacher, could not suddenly change
hese views, and that IL he did the
public should be entitled to an ex-
,lanation for such a change.
The newspapers and magazines are
'eginning to publish extracts from
uch speeches and articles by Cover
lor Wilson. and this is only the be-
inning. Already this has turned the
ise in popular tide for the Governor
q the other direction, and many wise
oliticians are now saying that IL he
J nominated that this kind OF Htera- ]
ure circulated all during the cam !