The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-15
HOLD HISTORY
AGAINST WILSON

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
| letter written by George Fred VIII
liams. OF Boston. William J. Bryan
| friend, TO ex-senator X. r. Pettigrr,e
Of South Dakota, in regard to WvoI-
row Wilson, was made public here
last night. Mr.. Williams and Senator
PettigreW started out as Wilson sun
. porters, and Mr.. williams gives his
reasons in thle communication why
he cannot devote his efforts to the
nomination OF Governor Wilson. Mr..
Williams has reached the decision af-
ter perusing the fifth volume of Gov
ernor Wilson's History OF the Amer
lean People" which he describes as
Toryism OF the blacklist type"
Both Williams and Pettigrew are
now supporting the Champ Clark
boom. and the Williams letter is in
teresting chiefly because of the close
friendship between the Massachusetts
Democrat and the presidential candi-
date.
Since we visited Governor Wilson
last summer" says Mr.. Williams TO
Senator Pettigrew, and carried away
such pleasant impressions of his per
sonallty and conversation. l have had
hopes that he might BE- the solution
OF our presidential problem.
= Book on Black Toryisn.
This week / have been shocked at
the reading OF the NTH volume of his
History of the American People"
puDilSntO IN lSOZ.
1T is Toryism Of the blacklist type;
it is not a history of the American
people, but a history of Woodrow Will
sons admiration for everything which
the radical Democracy now seeks TO
change and a series of sneers and in
suits 10 every class of men who have
sought to alleviate the Injustice of
capitalism. think Senator Aldrich
would have written with more charity
and less bitterness. The worst is that
there is no note of sympathy for any
suffering and protesting class, but ne
seems TO search for phrases to show
his contempt for them. Read the
volume and judge whether l exag-
gerate in this statement.
One thing is clear; the contents Of
TINS volume should be fully known
and considered now, and not devel-
oped in the headlines of the Republi-
can press after a nomination, based
upon ignorance Of a mans own his
tory OF himself
Country Should Know Record
The radicals of the country may
overlook the past utterances, but they
should be fully informed of them. Gov
ernor Wilson has undoubtedly
changed materially his old points Of
view. but this book proves that a rev
dictionary change OF heart is also nee
essary."
Mr.; Williams then quoted many ref
AAOAAi 0ONcInOT wilson = WORK.
He points out how Dr. Wilson de-
scribes the march OF Coxey's army
with sneers, and how the villagers fed
them lest they should linger or grow,
ugly In temper" Mr.. Williams quotes
other passages which he thinks show
contempt for the poor workingman.
Mr.. Williams found reference 10 the
farmers alliance and the farmers
winch he regarded as disrespectful He
was particularly displeased with Gov
ernor Wilson's references to the 1896
campaign. He points out that Cover
nor Wilson pointed to the platform of
reform which sounded like sentences
taken from platforms of the Peoples
After several typewritten pages OF
quotations, Mr.. Williams adds that ne
Is against Governor Wilson because the
latter does not believe in the recall of
Judges, while he admits the value of
the recall of officials, and because he
applied for Carnegie pension He
also says that he does not want a can =
didate who is so near a Republican
that ne can carry a Republican State.