Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-25
HAIL WILSON AS
GREAT LEADER
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1T is now accepted as true that
Governor Wilson was asked by Col
onel Watterson or Colonel Harvey to
ftake financial assistance, from
Thomas Fortune Ryan, that he re-
fused and that at least Colonel
Watterson was annoyed because his
efforts to commit Governor Wilson
to the political chaperonage-of Ryan
had gone away" writes John e.
Lathrop. the Washington correpson-
dent OF the Newark Evening News,
to that newspaper.
"And the acceptance generally
here of that as the explanation of
that reaction which had been ex-
pected from the beginning. This
reaction Is sweeping. 1t appears to
have wiped out the slight injury
that an insu fficient statement of the
facts at first had produced-for II
was not denied that, at first, the
opponents of Governor Wilson pro-
duced a temporary situation that
was not advantageous to the New
Jersey candidate.
To-day, instead of indulging in
adverse criticism Of Wilson, for the
part he played, he Is commended;
and in addition the disposition to
condemn Watterson and Harvey is
noticeable. In fact. indignation is
expressed on every side at what APP
pears to have been an attempt to
lead Governor Wilson into political
/, Affiliations which would have de-
stroyed all his hopes Of enjoying
further confidence of the people OF
the country.
Impugning Wilson'S Loyalty.
THE Importance attributed to the
affair resulted from the human CON
sideratiDn, rather than the exact
estimates that were made of the
political Importance either of Wat
iterscr or Harvey. II had been sought
Ito create the impression that Wilson
was not loyal to his friends; and
the deep-down motive, doubtless,
was to SOW In the minds of political
workers all over the country the
suspicion that Wilson'S election as
President would not be to their IN
I~terest.
For a few days, this effect was
produced. But, upon the general
publication of the facts relating TIC
II =. -
the attempt to lead him into the
ultra-conservative political camp
an entirely different character Of
comment was noticed here in the
many places whehe politics is talked
even before the state or the weather
i THE Washington Herald prints
an excerpt from q Southern paper
which says that, Judging from tbs
~ WaJterson-Hdrvey matter. ff Wiser
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want -parapnrasing the now IA
, nous epigram OF the late senate
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) describing President Taft.
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