Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-01-23
PLAN FOR NEXT
WILSON TACK
Opponents to Bring Religion
and Labor Into the
Fight Soon.
SEARCHING HIS RECORD
Attempt to Discredit the Gov
ernor Goes on Systemati-
cally Throughout country.

Religion and labor are to furnish
the subject of the next attacks on
Woodrow Wilson, according to an
article by John e. Lathrop, the spe-
cial correspondent ofNthe Newark
Evening News at Washington.
The article as published in that
newspaper last night, Is as follows:
1T is positively known that the op-
position to Woodrow Wilson for the
Democratic nomination for President
are considering plan to attack him
on the allegation to anti-ROman
Catholic and anti-labor opinions.
! Men connected with the anti-Wilson
propaganda have brought to Wash
! lington excerpts from speeches or
| writings OF DR.. Wilson, which they
Will assert are to be taken as indi-
eating prejudice against Roman
Catholics and labor.
| These excerpts are to be given
that wide publicity made possible by
q weli-organized press bureau and
powerful newspaper agencies. 1t, is
known that this plan has been under
consideration for several weeks, and
that 1t iss~designed to prejudice the
votes of labor men and those who
profess the Roman Catholic faith.
The matter was discussed before the
Democratic National Committee met
here, and was well known as ten
tative plan, thought not then fully
worked out. Since then. however,
I the plans have been perfected, and
unless they are changed, will be ex-
ecuted soon.
Failed in New Jersey.
The friends nf ftnvArupp William
here have told inquirers about this
latest plan, that 1t was tried out In
the New Jersey campaign with the
result that 1T failed, and proved to
be boomerang.
This and other plans to break
down Wilson's strength through the
country are we'll known here to have
been formed in the same circles that
are booming the candidacy of Major
|ity Leader Underwood. the Wall
street coterie, which Is, of course,
anxious to control the nominations
by both parties. and has gone to
work to do SO, If possible.
These men are rapidly inclining
to the view that Harmon, of Ohio
is eliminated; that his appeal to the
public has fallen dat: and that the
alleged connections with Wall street
is too deep-seated to make it possi-
bic to name him. They have to
large degree turned to Underwood,
lin the hope that he may be able to-
stem the tide which they all admit Is
running toward Wilson for the nom
Iination.
IN these anti wilson plans and
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Clark are Joining, to the extent OF
acquiesence, in some instances, and
in others, TO the extent OF actual for
warding the anti-Wilson work. Some
of the Clark men, however, do not
indorse the attacks planned to be
made; but they have not been strong
enough to direct the current of the
influence the Clark forces exert.
1t becomes, then, a case OF q vir-
tual coalition between the forces
that are behind Harmon, Underwood
and Clark, with the avowed purpose
of forcing Wilson from the, field.
knowledge OF these things Is fast
causing a clearly defined alignment
of the progressive forces behind Will
|son, the reactionary forces backing
the other candidates and making the
ant-Wilson fight as common cause.
Fear Wall Street Stigma.
Sober realization of these truths
has given pause to many members
of Congress who have been favoring
the candidacy OF some OF the other
candidates. They are beginning to
realize that, II they continue to sup
port these other candidates, they
Irest within the danger of being list
ed by the masses as committed to
the plans OF the Wall street inter-
ests, and they know that that would
be miserable politics this year, when
there is such general uprising all
over the country.
1t is making these members of
Congress nervous, and 1t has result
ed In advances by some of them to
offer the olive branch OF peace In
the form of pledge OF Wilson as
second choice, In the event their own
candidates show not enough strength
in the national convention to justify
continued support.
And 1t is from these sources that
lit is believed the accretions OF dele
gates will come to make up the NEG
essary two-thirds vote In the conyen-
tion.
NOW, at Ine Deglnnlng OF the Sec
ond week after the Harvey episode
has been Druited, II is realized that
the expected effect did not material
ize. It is realized that Governor
Wilson was placed where he was
somewhat at a disadvantage be-
cause of the consideration which any
gentleman would be forced to give
to what passed between him and 9TH
er gentlemen. and which partook of
personal elements which one would
hesitate to drag forth to the gaze OF
the public.
But that 1t resulted In revealing
to the public Wilson's honest atti-
tude toward Wall street and that
tnar attitude was favorable to the
public interests, is now the quite
general belief in Washington.
1t Is taken as evidence OF VIII
sons refusal to tie himself up TO
any interest In exchange for sup
port.
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