Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-02-06


included Albert Shaw and Il. Il. l.,
Gould. John Franklin Jameson. the
historian; Arthur Wager. now president
Of Georgetown college. Kentucky. and
Thomas Dixon. who writes novels.
The advantages enjoyed at Johns
Hopkins by Wilson lay not so much In
the hearing OF lectures rs In the oppor
tunity OF making researches, Here he
got Il valuable impulse In the direction
OF the careful and exact ascertninlpg
OF facts. Though always priding him
self on dealing with actualities, Will
son was never II grubber after fact
and, indeed, never became one. But
he undoubtedly did get here training
that balanced the natural tendency OF
his mind to work from within out
ward.
He remained two years. the second
year as holder OF the historical follow.
ship. The time was frightened by oc
casional visits to New York md his
fiancee and to Philadelphia. where
lived an uncle OF hers whom she some
times visited.
There was no glee club ut Johns
Hopkins but Wilson set straightway
about organizing one. When II wuc
proposed to give u concert Mt Hopkins
hall and charge for admission In or
der to pay some expense of the organ
isation, the grave gentlemen who mt
the time presided over the dcstinics of
the university demurred President CIT
man offered to donate the necessary
money provided the club would give Its
concert without admission fee. In the
slight controversy that followed VIII
son appeared MS an insurgent. protest
ing that the glee club had Its dignity to
consider AS well as had the university.
The concert was given rs originally
planned. and no one felt that the dig
nifty of the university suffered in the
least from the performance.
One piece of writing that Wilson did
at this period, study OF Adam Smith.
was recognized by all ny exceptional In
felicity and power of expression. Ii
was given magazine publication and
later gave the title to volume of es-
says--"An Old Master"
Early In 1885 was completed and
published-the result of the suggestion
made by the perusal of the Gentle
mans Magazine articles ten years be-
fore and of constant thought and study
ever since-a book. Congressional
Governmental Study OF Government
hxy h., NNAnAr,,, -
IT was the first account of the actual
working of the constitution of the uuit-
ed States; an inspection of our govern
meat, not ms II is theoretically conSti,
SGteI, but ms II actually works.
The book met with instant success
a 'rious work seldom makes Il sen.
alt;on. and that word would he too
strong to apply to the Impression pro,
duced by congressional Government"
but II Is quite true that ii received m
enthusiastic reception at the hands ot
all interested In public matters. CT its
merits 1t Is enough To say that Mr.
James Bryce. in the preface to The
American Commonwealth" acknowl
edged his obligation To Woodrow VIII
son.
1t was n great moment In the life of
the young man indeed. great moment
for two young persons. Success like
this meant that life was ut last To be-
gin. On the heels of the fame won by
Congressional Government" came il.
vitations To several college chairs
There was more work still to be done
for Phi. d. But the Johns Hopkins
faculty was to accept the book as a
doctors thesis. and the author accept
ed one of the calls-that from Bryn
Mawr. which wanted him to come as
associate in history and political econ