The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

chair at Princeton for twelve years. writ
ing during this period rrs famous work.
n History "r IL" Aru,-ican People.
In NO. le was calleI 10 the presidency
Of Princeton.
As president cf "Old Na-sau,' he at
once bean To- make Princeton stand for
something more than mere country
,Ivh for rich men sons In his work
h. was uTpIs, 4 bitterly T.e advocates
o.. .zr!g-iy.r,-s'' ratI"d gIu The I,v-
cncr.'' Il socialist" They accused him of
ur:tnc t" make '-;'rt.em'u rnum with
mrIcI;~~s. Nevertheless he hept up the
u-ut. OAK never wholly succeeded
Iu fact. he was IN the midst Of this
Fight. AID JIiHEs were becoming some
what embarrassing. when some Of the
po.t.cal uosses Of New Jersey conceived
the brilliant idea that with his name at
the head Of the STATE ticket. Democracy
had a good chance TO win. When this
call ,aIne 10 him in proper form. that is
from Il convention Of duly elected dele
gate, h" accepted il
Nominated for Governor.
As a GlbrruutorIal candidate he went
before tn propI" and told them if he
w"r" elected Governor hc would consider
himself th- leader Of the Democratic
PARTY IL New J-rs. y II,. told the bosses
l.ll IS N4bh ll''4 - " '-s4A tA' 'lN -. NS
# n no one except the I-ur!e. The
hsssrs secretly characterized this as one
Of the vagarlvs "f i candidates mind
and stood strongly brhiud him. with the
result that b. was elected.
As Governor Of New jersey Woodrow
Wilson was one Of the political surprises
OF the generation. Alter flooring the
bosses. he walked into the legislature
and mad" III" reaCt!pnaries do as he
baGe them. He dominated the New Jer-
s-y law making body, but only for III"
purpose %: 0'r.ng that II carried out
the viii Of tHr people.
A. an Instructor Of Princeton he had
deprecated such measures as the initia-
tive and referendum and had taken a
conservative stand on many other issues.
As soon as he. got into active politics. he
became a radical Of radicals. For long
time his critics doubted his sincerity.
uut he frankly stated that hr had prev
iousIy been mistaken. that he had found
that many things which wouldn't work
in theory worked admirably in practice.
Within six months after assuming the
gOvernorshrp he had forced the Legis!a-
Jure to pass a series OF laws OF the most
advanced type, such as the primary eleC-
ton law. the corrupt practices act. the
employers liability act. q public utilities
act. municipal commission government
law, and sterilization OF antI-PFOCrratlOn
at.
1t was this brilliant record ard the ar
1rIt enthusiasm % one Of his students
at Princeton. William +. MCCoOmhs.
which won COR Woodrow Wilson the
nomination At Baltimore.
He carried on his campaign for the
Presidency in 4 high-minded. generous
manner. and set a new standard for pO-
f1ttraI speech making.
President Wilson has three splendid
Gaucht"rs. They are Miss Eleanor Ran
iolph wilson Miss Jessie Woodrow Will
son. and Miss Margaret Wilson. Like
their father. they are simple and demo
cratic. 'rar from all affectation, devoted
I" uVtd "r sp"rtf and To- books.
Thr Wilson's IN America date about a
century back. wnen James Wilson.
grandfather Of the President. came over
from Scotland and settled in Philadel-
pha From there he went TO Steuben-
Vile. Ohio. which was thvn on the from
tier. He published a newspaper and prac-
tiCcd a little common law and was known
As Judge The Presidents father. Jo-
seph K. Wilson. was born in Steuben-
vile and grew up amid the hardy and
Misunderstanding surroundings of the
pioneer country.