Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-16
DEMOCRATS SET UP
BUREAU TO COMBAT
LIES OF OPPONENTS
Literature Printed in All Lam
guageSr viii Be Sent Over
Country Giving Wilson'S
Views on immigration

SEAGIRT, N. J., Aug. 1s.-The spread
Of the personal campaign against Gov.
Woodrow Wilson throughout the coun-
try is so great, according to evidences
received at Seagirt and in New York,
that the executive committee has de-
cided to establish a bureau for the pur-
pose Of combating it.
Pro-Catholicism and Catholicism. pro-
Chinese and immigration, IN short every
charge that might tend to inhame the
mind, is now being circulated among the
political opponents or the personal enc
mics of the nominee in about every
state of the union
The bureau or department, or what
ever IL is to be called, is to distribute
literature in all languages. and further
more it will organize great mass meet
ings in all centers OF the country so
that not only compatriots of the dis
many instances IL Is hoped to have the
governor himself present to speak.
A movement for such a mass meeting
is now under way ia Chicago and there
may be not only one. but many other
smaller meetings for the same pur-.
pose. The Democratic leaders OF the
foreign-born voters in New York city
have offered to organize mass meet
ings there. Boston, PhiladeIph and
other cities have made similar offers.
NO PERSONALITIES.
The governor Is resolved not to de-
scend TO personalities in this campaign.
but il has been apparent that his p0-
litical opponents or his personal enc
mics were not TO be so chivalrous
Hundreds OF letters have been re-
csived this early In the campaign fro1e
persons all over the country indica ting
that the Democratic nominee is being
attacked on all sides for about every
thing on the calendar. Anonymous cir
culars are accusing him Of being under
the domination of the I;oman Catholic
church. and other circulars assert that
he has Disseminated against the
church.
In the far west circulars proclaim
him as being in favor of the unre-
stricted admission of Chinese coolies.
and in all sections of the country where
the. Italians, the Poles aud the Hun
garians are at all strong an avalanche
of circulars pretend to quote from his
history of the American people to show
that he had referred in sighting terms
10 the immigrants of these countries as
a 'meaner and bsser sort of people"
MANY WRITE.
Just how many letters from persons
aggrieved on one side or the other have
been received cannot be ascertained, but
the number is very large. Earlier in the
campaign those from persons who have
not yet attained a proficiency in Eng
lish were very strong, some even carry
ing threats in them. They announced
that all foreigners in the country would
vote and work against Wilson. All the
circulars have been answered repeatedly
by the governor.
In response to a question whether he
had Disseminated in favor of the church
in. the matter of abolishing civil mar
riages, he has explained that all he ever
did was to sign bin to end the mid
night marriages from Pennsylvania and
New York by justices Of the peace.
The justices only were deprived of
the power to perform the ceremony. He
has explained again and again that
passage in the history referring to the
"meaner and bsser sort of people" sat
isfactorily to the intelligent, who will
work for him in this campaign.
1t has been said that the special bu-
reau will be the only defense depart
ment in the Democratic campaign. All
the others will be aggressive.
lAJ!I- O.Ia H.,