The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-05
Carried Out His Platform.

WilsOii showed MS trdlnlDg IN exact
expression when he was governor OF
New Jersey. He interpreted the plat
form on which he was elected IN the
manner that the people thought they
understood it. He also carried it out.
When riTt7 fpciy1atOrs -nesfrated ne ciil-
ell them In and talked to them like a
father. This was such novel proce-
dure that the voters elected him presi-
dent. Promising has become Il grand
old art IN politics. hut performance. II
1t is an art. is one Of the lost arts.
A few years after the war the Viii
sous went to Columbia. :. c.. and
while here Woodrow. or Tommy. as
hp was. still called. entered Davidson
college. Now. Davidson was one nf
those grand old institutions of learning
in which the boys swept their own
rooms. made their own fires. carried
their own water and generally made
themselves useful. have certain
shivery memories Of that sort of school
myself. in which the boys took turn
about getting up at ) o'clock In the
morning to ring the bell. do not
know whether the future president Of
the United States had to take his turn
at early morning bell ringing or not.
hut hope he escaped that particular
form Of punishment. He spent but one
year ut Davidson. i'll health compelling
him to quit. During that one year he
did not make any particular mark. He
Is remembered as pleasant spoken
young man. who was good In his de-
hating society. Former Governor
Glenn of North Carolina was his class
mate aud is repoued to have said to
Wilson that he would make n good
hall PLAYER If he were not so lazy.
That sort of story makes interesting
newspaper reading. whether II ever
happened or not do not know how
Ia verify this particular one without
calling up Governor Glenn on the long
distance or wireless. and probably he
would deny il. Calling president
elect of the United States lazy does
not sound nice unless he belongs to the
other political party. Then it is too
mild.
The Original Wilson Man
II was ut about this time that DR..
Wilson perr became himself Il college
professor. holding the chair of theolo-
gy. He did not like the change. how.
ever. aud in few years was back In
the pulpit. Before the sou returned
from Davidson the family had moved
TO Wilmington. y. c.. where the lad
spent year at home. recovering his
health aud being tutOred for his en-
trance into Princeton. IL was ut this
time also-sO runs the story-that n
prophecy was made that he would one
day be president OF the United States.
4 similar prediction Is made for many
boys. bur the interesting thing about
this one is that il came true. Another
valuable feature of the story Is that II
determines the identity of the original
Wilson man.
You know how IL Is. Whenever a
man Is elected to high office there IL
not only the Il told you So brigade.
but the regiment of the Originals
who doomed him for this particular
job before anybody else. There were
oGI of these original Wilson men at
last accounts. and the returns were
not all In. Strange as 1t may seem.
many Of the originals were looking for
Jobs under the new administration.
They were not Office seekers. you
know-nothing SO vulgar as that-but
felt that they owed their services as
patriotic duty 10 the country. FL
AT one time thought about trying
TO qualify ms the original Wilson man
myself. but the dream was shattered
by this story from Wilmington. Ac-
corilng 10 the tale. Mrs. Mary Russell
taught Woodrow. or Tommy" always
getting those names mixed when he
was ten years old. She then predicted
that he would be president. This set
tied the question not only for yours