Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-12
WILSON A MAN
TO Be TRUSTED
Counselor Tansey of Newark
Gives Reasons.
BY MICHAEL j. TANsEY,
OF tho Woodrow Wilson Lawyers Club
of Essex County.

History in repeating itself reproduces
epochs approach also come the men to
ill them nnd make them renowned
The problems Of this generation must
be solved by the men Of the present
time, strong in their manhood and
brave to meet the giants that threaten
the safety Of their kind. The struggle
cies as OF men, and, being so, a mar is
sought to lead and give direction to the
struggle.
In n battle you In the ranks perhaps
cannot scan the field nor can you dis
Germ clearly the combatants nor note
the reason for the movement of the
troops. You are content, however, TO
obey orders II your leader has your con
tidence. Your duty Is ahead Of you.
That you will do and let the outcome
be what 1t may. The mar in com
mand, though, has before him the en-
tire field. He knows when to advance
here and when to retire there, ever
with nm eye to ultimate advance along
the whole line. No chlld's play this!
You ave your own post to think OF.
He has the general situation IN charge,
and II he is the man you hope him to
be your mind Is at rest, although you
do not know the plan and cannot faith,
ON the result.
The Democratic standard bearer must
be such a mar that the people will raj
ly willingly to support the advance be-
cause they trust him.
Progressive policies demand that ne
who Is to lead them must be able to
think In other terms than the clogged
up channels of past political struggles,
Il man to whose mind the troubles Of
the people appeal and who crystalllzcs
wrongs OF years.
Such Is Woodrow Wilson, whom in
trenched privilege fears Snd hates.
The very safest man In this world for
the people to lean upon IS he whom
1.-THE interests dislike, for they will
dislike any man whom they cannot
bend to their will, be he who he may.
The princes of this world judge a mans
~'safeness'' In terms of his subserylency
to them, and woe to that man who de
fies them! They will resort to any
means, not emitting personal vilitica
ton and abuse, to accomplish their OBJ
1ect, which is to weaken him in the
,.,Nn1nt, sinlf F'hnxr rrppGh wifi thnir
teeth and speak vain things. And the
man whom they have marked must
not unseldom be "aS deaf and as one
who heareth not" They say 1t Is easy
to know a man by his friends, but per
haps more surely is he known my the
enemies he has made.
~Te began our reputbfhfc With the
greatest man of this or any other our
try as president. We like to regard
this high office as requiring the same
standard to be maintained by Its occu-
pant, md, while in the nature of
things men of great and heroic mold as
IFwas George Washington are not every
day products of any people, yet we de
mand Mt least that the presidential as
pirant show forth attributes OF char
acter from which the heroic elements
are not entirely absent. Above all, we
insist that his heart be open for the
great masses of citizens, who neither
by wealth, family nor inherited priv
ilege can claim any advantage beyond
the right to eat their bread IN the
sweat of their brow.
Wherein does Woodrow Wilson quail
ifyT First of all, he Is above the age
OF thirty-tve years, as required by the
constitution, and rs to that point Is ex-
tremely eligible. He is Il citizen born
OF the United States and thus fulflls
the other constitutional requirement.
One may think 1t needless to mention
facts 80 obvious and well known, but
because facts are so plain and easily
seen is 10 guaranty that they will not
be overlooked by the thoughtless.
Moreover, he has spent the whole Of
his hfu within the confines of the
country wherein he was born, and not
a small part OF his active career has
been taken IN writing n history of Its
people. Industry Is the keynote of his
life. and he has earned his way slowly
and painfully, not perhaps without
tears and hearthurning often, to the
leadership In educational thought and
progress rs the head of n great univer-
sity.
To have lived q clean life is not a
tritie in these surging, passionate times,
but to have achieved greatly rs wen
is a record few can equal, none can
surpass. As a man, showing his quail
ity, 1t need only be said that IL of his
greatest contests in his university life
was His struggle TO break down that
traditional eXclusiyeness which when
fostered in the young Is The prolific
producer of the snob, and to his credit
1t IL that he abated not a jot in his ef
forts because he was resisted by al
means that wealth, power and preju
dice could devise.
Taken from his college, he was elect
ed in a Republican state to the gov
ernorshlp by a tremendous majority
over his very popular Republican op
ponent, and the interests, sleeping IL
the belief that they had elected
schoolmaster, awoke to the fact tina
a leader rather held the governor
chair,
In no state of the Union perhaps
more than New Jersey has corporate
power been in control The VAST ap