Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-22

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Mr.. WILSON'S HISTORY.
IN connection with the action OF the
woodrow Wilson boomers IN Iowa ~
securing the first instructed county
delegation for their candidate, there Is
An element of interest in a communlca-
ton published In one OF the Des
MONIES papers attacking Wilson's MS
toricsl volumes. In his historical WORKS
M Wilson makes sighting reference
~ the class of immigrants arriving IN
this country from southern Europe.
The Des Moines correspondent CUES a
few OF the men Italy and otner SCUM.
ern European countries nave gwen
America as q sufficient answer 10 MI
Wilson. His communication Ioliows'
TO the Editor: Gov. Woodro" WI
son of New Jersey, who IS seeklns
the nomination for the presidency mas
ALSO attempted to seek place among
the historians of this country. 80 ne
has. I have incontestable proofs, OF
hig struggles towards attaining I'M
mortality as an American historian
I Will cite here below few sentences
taken from his great work: NO"
there came multitudes OF men OF the
lowest class, men Of the meaner sort
from the south of Europe italy,
Hungary and Poland, especially. Inc
Chinese were more to be desired as
workingmen than most of the coarse
crew that came crowding in every
wear at the eastern ports. The un-
likely fellows, who came IN at our
eastern ports, were tolerated because
they usurped no place but the very
lowest In the scale of labor" :.
"A stated above, our wonderful
Wilson is the author of such splen,
did and truthful piece of historical
literature, and there is no doubt as to
It being originally his, for no one else
could have ainassed such STUN put
him.
..The unlikely fellows" that come TO
this country, such as Chrlstopner
Columbus, Italian, discoverer OF me
American continent; Amerigo YES
pucci. son Of sunny Italy, who gave 10
this country the name of America after
his Christian name Amerigo. Giovanni
ia Verrazano. navigator and discover
az 81 the Hudson river, also came from
Italy. southern Europe. To this country
came De Soto, Marquette, Chaplain,
In Sale and many more explorers
and nioneers from the south Of Europe;
those men we're tolerated because
they usurped no place but tne very
lowest in the scale OF labor.
Peter stuyvesant and Lafayette,
the former a Dutchman and the iatter
a Frenchman, they were OF SO ht,le
inheritance that Mr.. Wilson allowed
them to remain in this country OUT u
compassion, 80 to speak. -,
Giuseppe Garibaldi (who is to ltaly
that washington is to the Unlteo
states), Kossuth, the great Hungarian
natriot. these men also came 10 Inls
country. and they too were men OIL
the meaner sort" H..
To this country came from soutn'
arn Furope Adelina Patti utaHan), the
greatest soprano of her age; Tamagno
7Italian), known as the greatest tenor
that ever lived; Jean De ResKe
lFrench), also famous tenor; Caruso,
Ranci Terrazzini; all OF them great
singers and Italians.
Paderewsky, Busoni, Pole ana
Italian. both considered to be the '"o
greatest pianists now living.
The following composers were
European southerners and emlgrateo
10 this land Of the free: Sousa
fPortuguese), Mascagni Qtalan),
feoncayallo Otalian), and finally
pnccini. also Italian, composer OF me
music of Madame Butterfly and OF
..The Girl of the Golden West and
many others. - .,,-,+:oa
The above y mentioned celebrities
did not have the good fortune OF be-
ing from the same country that Gov
ernor Wilson's ancestors came from.
Campanini and Tosenini. both
leading conductors of orchestras OF
the two greatest opera companies or
this country, the Chicago Grand Opera
company and the Metropolitan Opera
comnany of New York City; these
men were not born in this country nor
were they named Wilson.
Thomas Salvini Qtalian), Ermete
Noyelli (Italian), Sarah Bernhardt
.(French), Eleanora Duse Qtalian) +,
we're the greatest tragedians that this
land ever had on the stage; they
usurped no place but the one they
wanted.
Guelielmo Ferrero (the Italian his
torian), who is as great as Wilson Is
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