The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-27
J. P. s..aiCReAN IS
AGAINST WILSON
mOneyed interests Behind Fight
to Prey.ni HIS Nomination.
STATEMENT BY CO!. AS. BACON

Champ CIarS's Connection With ths
Financial Powers 10 Traced Through
Ex-senator Pettisrew Of South Da-
kota-Why They Hate the Governor
of New Jersey.
In booklet written by Colonel Alex
ander s. Bacon OF New York and Is.
sued by the Woodrow Wilson man
agement J. r. Morgan & Co.. with
other money interests. are specifically
charged with being behind the fight
against Governor Wilson.
Colonel Bacon traces the connection
through ex-senator Ri. Lrd Francis
fettigrew of South Dakota. one of the
leading managers of the Champ ClarF
cause. Petfigrew has written many
letters for circulation through the mid
die west, saying things which the VIII
son people declare are untrue.
Senator Pettigrew, Colonel Bacon
says. has always been a servant to
James j. Hill and the Hill railroads
and has boasted that Hill enabled him
a ..
says Colonel Bacon:
The bankers for the Hill lines and
the interests for years identified with
the Hill properties are j. P. Morgan &
Co. The fact that Pettigrew Is taking
the lead In this crusade against Wilson
lends considerable weight to an impress
sion that Is pretty general as to the
real forces fighting Wilson. Wilson Is
the one man. above all, whom the spe-
cial interests are determined to defe 1t.
The financial powers hate him not
only because they regard Wilson as a
dangerous man" but because they re-
gard him as "a traitor to his class.
They hate him for his attempts to de-
mocratfze Princeton; for his refusal to
let their representative. ex-senator
James Smith, return TO the United
States senate; for the popular meas
ures he has placed upon the statute
books In New Jersey; for his refusal to
take their money for campaign pur.
poses. They hoped for better things
than this from Woodrow Wilson: al
first they regarded him as one OF them.
seives-taking the popular side. Wilson
has unclassed himself.
Above all, these forces know that
once Wilson Is elected they will lose
control of the government. Senator
Pettigrew is precisely the type Of mar
these forces would select to serve theil
ends.
The plan of campaign engineered
against Wilson is no secret. Pettigrev
is loudly campaigning for Speaker
Clark. Pettigrew and his fellow cam
paigners, however, care nothing fol
Clark Wall street cares nothing for
Clark. Had Pettigrew all the electora
votes In his hands at this moment hs
would not cast them for Clark. What
Wall street wants to do is to defeat
paign fund. not to nominate Clark, but
to destroy the New Jersey man.
Likewise politicians OF the moneyeG
interests are pushing the candidates OF
several men all against Wilson. AS the
sugar trust years ago testified that Il
contributed to the campaign OF botf
parties, so the Wall street financiers
are now supplying money to the back
ers Of Underwood, Harmon and Clark
They realize that there is only one ma
tional candidate-Wilson. Clark. Un
derwood and Harmon have following.
only In certain localities, while Wilson
Is strong in every state. They have
therefore determined as a fixed policy
to use the favorite sons in states whers
they are especially strong merely a.
tools to keep the delegates from viii
son. Underwood Is strong In Alabama
and as a southern man naturally find;
favor In other southern states.
Mr.. Harmon Is presumably popular
In Ohio and perhaps In the several
eastern stand pat states, 50 Wall street
pushes Harmon ahead In these quar-
ters, keeping Underwood and Clarl
out OF the struggle. Similarly CLARK
ought to be strong In the west, and &c
the ti-Wilson managers push his can
didacy In these sections. 1t is In q
campaign OF this kind that men like
Pettigrew, In spite OF his record. have
q certain usefulness.
The first part Of Colonel Bacou's let
ter answers the charges so freely
made by Pettigrew, Hearst and George
Fred Williams OF Massachusetts,. Ac
cordin. to William Randolph Hearst
the chief backer Of Champ Clark. VII
son ID "a federaiist" According Il
George Fred Williams, he Is ga horri
bl. to-y." One Of Pettigrew's accuse
tions Is that Wilson was brought up IN
an atmosphere Of great wealth: he wa,
president OF an aristocradc college
Iocated In New Jersey, In an atmos
phere OF trusts and political corrup
ton"
Colonel Bacon points out that VII
sons father was poor Presbyterian
preacher and that the boys bringing
up was simple and democratic. Hs
quotes from Wilson's books and mag
azine articles to show that politically
he Ii the exact opposite OF federal
ist" and "a horrible tory"
After saying that Governor Wilson
at Princeton fought for Democracy
Colonel Bacon goes on to tell how thu
moneyed interests. (which control thu
institution" proved too much for VIII
son. and In October. 1910. Wilson re
signed and transferred his battle FOL
Democracy to another field"