The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-02-01

10 Judge both of tn Character ard tnsI
sxpedinncey 81 Its pahIaeasAon. shall
sring this aan@s dimtAasefai epaaosT 20
i close. - far - al concerned
The claim that I mast rash snto
print wi;h this proof sguzaates either
frcga the perwerse or the malignant
/ hare IL an ready. under proper
supervision. % produce IL. and caa be
asked IN reason 70 do 10 more II
should publish IL the very uen waa
are demanding that shall. woald te
frat 10 accuse me o. reckless dIsre-
gard OF wha, they would call party
prudence and private rights- The
sole Issue - whether | have lied. a.
Governor Wilson says ! have. or lie
/ has lied. which have engaged coz
ciusively To show. lie dare not not
f face the fact
With "a brief a review as may be
f of the circumstances ~ which I owe
the misfortune Of having made Gov
ernor Wilson's acquaintance. not 10
mention my endorsement OF his piaus-
/ ible but speeious pretenslons. shall
cease TO trouble the public with \
controversy no wise OF my seeking.
During the early summer of 1910
was passing a weekend with Col.
George Harvey, an old friend. al Deal
Beach, his home In New Jersey.
There arrived for dinner. DR.. Wood
row Wilson, then President Of Prince
ton. and the Hon. James Smith. Jr-.
late a Senator In Congress. DR.. VIII
son | had never met before. The
talk at the table was mainly about
the prospective nomination Of Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor OF New
Jersey. Drawn into the converse
ton. | ventured the opinion that II
nothing more than a Governorship
was in sight, IL would be a sacrifice
for DR.. Wilson to quit his exalted
station at the head OF a great univer-
sity and get down into the bull-ring
of politics TO struggle for preferment
so ephemeral and uncertain.
THAT was probably what Colonel
Harvey, who seemed under the spell
wrought by Dr.. Wilson, had planned
Mr.. Smith declared that he wanted
nothing for himself; only to see :he
State redeemed; that no one but DR.
Wilson could redeem 1t, and the like
In due season, DR.. Wilson was nomi
, mated and elected.
How Relations Started.
Not long after | was called K
, New York. The situation in New
| Jersey was explained to me. | wa:
told that Mr. Smith wished to return
, to the Senate, despite his declaration
that he wanted nothing for himself
[ that there had been a primary cleo
5 ton which had gone by default, il
which a person of the name of Mar
: tine, represented as wholly unfit, hat
= obtained a rather meager vote, tina
, Governor Wilson held Senator Smitl
2 to his bond and stood by the part
= pledge touching primary elections Il
r this he was clearly right.
D "The Presidential campaign, t
= which the Gubernatorial election ha
. served as prelude, began. In man
4 ner l had been dragooned, | Will no
4 say decoyed, into the service Of Gov
/, ernor Wilson and Colonel Harvey
The succeeding ten months brough
me into confidential relations wit
Governor Wilson. Letters passed be
tween us. Upon his invitation an
on his business l visited his home /
IA. Il ,yh f1c
winter to come to the steamer to Sc
~ me off for Europe. We were eve
; caught by the inevitable kodak fen
and pictorialized in the ribald pres
: side by side, making quite a touchin
l. group.
81 found him a man of polishe
/, manners, scholarly attainments an
It undeniable talents.
|. ION my return from abroad tn
} Governor met me in New York. Agai
II in November and December we fore
1. gathered there. In short, nothin
l. was wanting to the most cordial an
d unrestrained intimacy.
IL 81 make this detailed statement b,
cause TIE puUllC hight WcI Idne
Ie from the Governors present attitud
lie and tone that I had in some wa
L thrust myself upon him and that m
l. friendship and support had not bee
L desired by him.
=, THE fortnight Immediately pr
- ceding the interview at the Mania
~ tan Club, of which I have been
= pains to say as little as was needf
=. to justice between man and man, ar
=, men and men, l had done what
could in the interest of his campaig