Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-05
wilson AND HARVEY
ARE FRIENDS AGAIN
Editor Entertained by Presrues.
at White House and Breach
Is Healed.
OLIVE BRANCH HANDED OUT
TO COL. WATTERSoN, ALSO
Mccoy Appointment Taken as
One of Many Acts to Unite
Party Factions.

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WASHINGTON Oct. 5.-President
Wilson and Colonel George Harvey
have buried the Ratchet 1t came
about yesterday afternoon when Col
onel Harvey called at the White
House by invitation and had long
chat with the man with whom he
had been at odds for more than two
years and whose public acts he has
not hesitated to criticise In the col
umns of The North American Re-
view, of which Colonel Harvey is
| editor f
1t was a peace day literally as
well as figuratively for the President
and the editor. In connection with.
Colonel Harvey's visit 1t was dis
closed that President Wilson and Col
onel Henry. Watterson were in COR
respondents likely to lead to a res.
! toration of good relations
The meeting between the President
ana Colonel Harvey was regarded az
important enough to justify this
statement from the White Houses,
Colonel Harvey, on the invitation OF
the President, spent an hour with
him at the White House this after
noon discussing the general situar,
tion.''
1t was said that the resumption of,
friendly relations between the two.
men was initiated when Colonel Har-
vey wrote to the President express,
ing his sympathy over Mr.. Wilson'S.
recent bereavement. Correspondence
was then begun. with the way clear
ed Tor settlement of their differ,
ences, Colonel Harvey made yester.
days meeting easier by writing an
article for the North American Re-
view under the heading, Uphold this,
| President"
Compliments Wilson In Article. 81
In the article Colonel Harvey res
viewed the Wilson administration
While he did not hesitate to say that
1t was to be expected that the DemoAa
cratic majority in the House of Rep
sentatives would be reduced at the
election, the article was compi5s
mentary to the President through
out. 1t ended with this paragraph"
Our appeal Is to all good citizens
first, to register without fail; second
to vote not as partisans, but as
patriots. and, finally, to uphold the.
president. who has kept the faith
among peoples and among men. =.
The breach between President VIII
son and Colonel Harvey was the re-
suit of frank talk at club in New.
York at which Mr. Wilson, then gov
ernor of New Jersey; Colonel Harvey,
| then editor of Harper's Weekly. and
Colonel Henry Watterson, editor OF
the Louisville Courier-Journal, were
present. This meeting occurred early
In 1912, few months before the.
Democratic convention in Baltimore.
Harper's Weekly. under Colonel Har-s
vey's direction, was urging that Mr..
Wilson should be the Democratic
nominee for President. The story told
after the meeting at the New York
club was that Mr.. Wilson had told.
Colonel Harvey he believed that the
atter's support of his candidacy was
hurting his chances for the nominal
ton and he would be glad to havs
Colonel Harvey cease his literary
efforts In his behalf. The GOODNESS be-.
tween Mr.. Wilson and Colonel Harvey
dated from that time.
Col. Wstterson Also Appeased.
Colonel Watterson also felt aga
grieved over what Mr.. Wilson had
said to Colonel Harvey, and since
then he, too, has not had the friend
Hest feelings toward the President
1t was learned that recently Presi-
dent Wilson saw some kindly refers
ences to himself in the Louisville'
Courier-J Journal, and out of that grew,
a cordial correspondence.
The patching up of the quarrel be-
tween President Wilson and Colonel
| Harvey serves to emphasize, in the
| minds of prominent Democrats here,
| the Roadway that the President IL
making in harmonizing the differ
ences In the Democratic party. What
ever feeling there may have been on
the part Of the Tammany organiza-
ton in New York against the Presi-
dent, based on the belief that he was
| behind the candidates. of John A.,
| Hennessy and Franklin D. Roosevelt,
| for governor and senator, respective-
| ly, has been dissipated, 1t Is said in
the knowledge that the Federal adj
ministration would give its cordial
| support to Martin H. Glynn and
James w. Gerard. the successful pri-.
mary candidates
| In New Jersey also, it is declareds
| the President will have the support
| of his old enemies, the Smith Nugent
! faction. Evidence of this was found
| in the fact that last week the Presi-
dent sent to the Senate the nominal
| ton of Representative Walter !.
Mccoy, of East Orange, to be JUS
| tice of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
Another instance of the restoration
| of harmony in the Democratic ranks
| Is pointed to in Illinois Although
Roger Sullivan was opposed on tho
| stump by Secretary Bryan in his ef-
| fort to obtain the nomination for
senator, President Wilson, now that
Mr.. Sullivan has won the primary
nomination, Is understood to be
strongly in favor of his election. e
| Altogether, according to what is
said by close political associates,
President Wilson has shown himself
to be master hand at harmonizing
| party differences. One of his sup
porters said last night that it was
worthy of note that in Congress- also
all the Democratic leaders, including
| Champ Clark, were in thorough ac=
cord with the President and the poll
| cies of his administration. an