Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-03-21

per Bros. of New York published five
volumes of Mr.. Wilson's works en-
titled History of the American Peo-
Pile"
In Vol. Of that work, facts are
given of the importation to this coun-
try Of contract laborers by large
manufacturing and mining trugts, who
do not always make the best class of
citizens. Mr.. Wilson speaks out
plainly in his history on page PIP. OF
volume 5. in part as follows:
The census Of 1890 shows the pop
ulation of the country increased to
81, 622,250, an addition of 12,446. 467
within the decade. Immigrants poured
steadily in as before, but with am al
iteration of stock which students of
affairs marked with uneasiness.
Throughout the century men of the
sturdy stocks of Europe had made up
the main strain of foreign blood which
was every year added to the vital
working force Of the country, or else
men OF the Latin Gallo stock OF
France and Northern Italy; but now
there come multitudes of men of the
lowest class. from the south of Italy,
and men Of the meaner sort out Of
Hungary and Poland men out of the
ranks where there was neither skill
nor energy nor any initiative or quick
intelligence and they came in num-
bers which increased from year to
year, as II the countries Of the south
of Europe were disburdening them
selves of the moro sordid and hapless
elements of their population. the men
whose standards of life and Of work
were such as American workmen had
never dreamed hitherto.
The people of the Pacific coast
had clamored these many years
against admission Of immigrants OF
China, and in May, 1892, got a federal
statute which practically excluded
from the United States all Chinese,
and yet the Chinese were more to be
desired as workmen, II not as citizens,
than most of the coarse crew that
came crowding in every year at the
eastern ports"
Governor Wilson further suggested
grafton that the Chinese were more
skilled and intelligent and had
knack Of succeeding better than 1.-The
unlikely fellows who came in at the
eastern ports and usurped no place
but the very lowest in the scale OF
labor"
1t came to the knowledge OF Wall
80 Ahok
Governor Wilson had written an Amer
lean history containing five volumes,
OF about 1000 pages, and he must
have said something in writing his
torical facts which could be used
against him in this presidential fight,
with certain nationalities.
Therefore, George Fred williams,
Boston lawyer of some political fame,
was employed to bring a case against
Mr.. Wilson from his historical writ
ings. Lawyer Williams went through
the history and took parts of para
graphs and sentences from different
parts of the history which could be
used to injure Mr.. Wilson with the
italians, Poles and Hungarians. OF
course, Mr.. williams In brief1ng his
ease left out the first part Of the para
graph on page 212 wherein Mr. Wilson
had praised and eulogized the Scandi-
navians. the Germans, the Irish. the
Scotch. the French. the English and
all those immigrants who had come to
this country for hundreds of years
from Northern Europe, and began his
circular with Now there came multi
tudes of men" as 1t appears in the
above, With this brief submitted and
accepted by Wall street, containing
about ten pages of extracts and
shrewd legal comment, 1t was turned
over to ex-senator Pettigrew former
ly of South Dakota (now of New
York;, who is head of the Anti
Wilson Democratic move" in Wash
ington, with ex-senator Dubois Of
Idaho as helper
Hundreds of thousands of these cir
culars have been distributed through
northwestern states and the large
cities. with the hope of iniuring Gov
ernor Wilson and defeating his nomi-
nation.
III COulu lIHkuld lue progressive
Democrats have received a long ex-
planatory letter with this circular,
from Mr. Pettigrew, dated at Sioux
Falls, s D., but mailed at Washington
D. c., telling them how he regrets to
turn his support away from Governor
Wilson, but his history of facts as
they occur does not please the senator
since he has formed some partnership
In New York,
On February ellison Gardner, one
of the best-known and most reliable
newspaper correspondents. sent out
from Washington column statement
regarding this anti-Wilson circular.
and he links up the Hearst newspa-
pers with its attempts to defeat Gov
ernor Wilson in the interests OF
Clark Harmon or Underwood. Mr..
Gardner opens his statement as fol-
lows: