The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-18
WOODROW WILSON

'The great voice Of America does not
come from seats Of learning. It comes
in a murmur from the hills and woods
and the farms and factories and the
mills, rolling on and gaining volume
until II comes to us from the homes OF
common men. Do these murmurs echo
in the corridors Of universities? nave
not heard them.
THE universities would mako men
forget their common origins, forget
their universal sy7npathies. and JOIN
a class-and no class ever can serve
America Woo Wilson,
If this man is nominated for presi-
dent Of the United States at the BaIn-
more convention, It will be due to the
fact that the masses of the Democratic
t,artv will take no denial from the
politicians and bosses of the Demo
cratic party, and if he shall be elected
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be due TO the fact that he stands in
veterateiy opposed to and is the re
lentIess enemy Of all there is IN poll
tics and government that such men as
GIN Smith represent Without insinu-
alton against or aspersion of any
Other Democratic aspirant. It Is but
the truth to say that Woodrow Wilson
1s the man against whom is directed
the IRE Of corrupt big business and
the malice of depraved big bosses.
This is manifest to the least observing.
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when he was nominated for govern
or of New Jersey. that Jim Smith set
had not the slightest doubt that they
owned him: but when they came to
owned himself. Two Of them were In
Baltimore q few days ago and they
assailed Gov. Wilson bitterly, calling
him migrate" self -centered. sell
fish." vain" and they applied many
unprintabIe epithets in addition. Here
Is one OF their indictments:
Wilson let Smith work for him Tor
governor. He let Smith spend $780,
600 in electing him, and then he turned
him down fat. He never knew him
after election. Why? Because ne
thought Smith might prove q detrf-
ment to his candidacy for the presi-
dency, and so he threw him over.
Look what he did to Harvey?
Now. il Jim Smith spent $780, 900, or
SIC. 600, or $4,000, or 81, in that election
he spent It for Jim Smith. He wanted
to be United States senator, as he was
IN 1894, and his intention was to do
what he did before-defeat tariff re-
form. No doubt Jim Smiths vote in
the next congress would be worth
twice or thrice 100000 to the leather
trust that has made him a very rich
later he rejected the aid of Jim
Smiths fellow millionaire. Tom Ryan.
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II was not the money Of Jim Smith
that elected woodrow Wilson governor
but the character Of woodrow Wilson
that elected him The bosses awak-
ened to ind that Wilson was not with
them nor Of Them A native OF old
Virginia, Of that indomitable Scotch
.se1- I7at hos g
TALLY to make our government the best
and our republic the greatest Of the
nations, Wilson is the son of a beloved
PRESBYTERIAN clergyman. He lived in
Georgia and South Carolina, where be
was a pupil in school. teacher OF
youth. and a lawyer at the bar. He
was educated at Princeton, OF which
Institution he was subsequently the
head He also is q graduate OF the
law department Of the University OF
VIRGINIA In addition, he was q fellow
of Johns Hopkins, where he took de-
gree. He taught IN Pennsylvania and
in Connecticut. Appointed professor
of Princeton, he was raised to its pres
idency, an office he held when he was
nominated for governor Of New Jersey
Gov. Wilson Is q student in the best
sense of the word-he thinks pro-
foundry on what he reads He is gifted
with the genius of taking pains, and
recognizes that excellence is the fru1I
of labor He is the author of several
books, some of which are now stand
ard, notably his Congressional Gov
eminent" The State" and "A History
Of the American People" Before he
was 80 he was an eminent publicist
and no man of the present day is bet
ter fitted for the public service OF q
free people. He IS q practical man.
an administrator. He is a creative
genius, and he can make paths where
there were none before He is a man
of destiny If there be such a one now
on the public stage. He is q man oi
courage and pre- eminentiy independ-
ent. He kcould have the unanimous
support OF knavish big business for a
wink and a nod. He scorned to bid
money for the nomination. He offers
character for it, and his Is to the
highest bid as well as the best.
woodrow Wilson Is a Democrat In
social contact as well as a Democrat
in political principle. He is as APP
proachable as the late William R. Nor
rison, and free off-han'" his story
tells His style is open. simple, terse
direct, virile. His sincerity is mani
fest IN every word. I take the liberty
OF inserting what one of the shrewdest
observers of the newspaper press saws
of Understandable 3. Morton, Of the
Nashville Banner:
Wilson's capacity for looking after
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