New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-25
AN ARTFUL DODGER
Mr.. Wilson Deprived Of Claim to
Credibility by Broken Promises
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir: When the law laid down the
maxim of falsus in uno falsus In ON
nibus it deprived Woodrow wilson OF
his claim to credibility as a competent
witness in his own behalf, thereby re-
moving from him forever his right 20
claim the SURFACES of his fellow citl-
Gems, based upon any promise which ne
might utter. His whole political career
is a Cretan labyrinth Of falsehood in
terlaced with studied effort to deceive
the credulous.
For years this man was an ardent foe
of organized labor, who proclaimed
himself "a fierce partisan of the open
shop and of everything that makes for
individual liberty we SPEAK,
too, exclusively Of the capitalistic
class. There is another formidable
enemy to equality and betterment OF
opportunity as it ia, and that is the
class formed by labor organizations
and leaders of the country" THIS
same foe to organized labor in his
History OF the American People de-
clared that "the Chinese were more to
be desired as workmen if not as citi-
zens than most Of the coarse crew that
came crowding in every year at the
Eastern ports" His vicious assault
upon the honest and hard-handed i'm
migrants from all the world is too
plain TO require more than to quote his
own words.
Is his lodging to deceive the labor
ing man of this country after ne has
read Wilson's estimate of him at
time when, as a publicist, he gave an
honest transcript of his opinion OF or
ganized labor? Let US read from his
address to the graduating class of
Princeton on June 3, 1909. Said he:
"You know what the usual standard OF
the employe is in our day. 1t is to
give as little as he may for his wages"
Again, Wilson said at dinner in the
Waldorf Hotel in New York on March
IS, 1907: ave speak too exclusively OF
the capitalistic class. There is an
other as formidable an enemy to equal
ity and freedom of opportunity as 1t IS,
and that is the class formed by the
labor organizations of the country"
And here is the record in part only of
his pronounced opposition to organized
labor, a record which he wishes organ
lied labor TO forget, but from which he
has turned to the employment OF So
phistical methods to deceive the
coarse crew" with the cooperation of
Gompers.
Mr.. Wilson's ridiculous claim that he
has kept us out of war" is just an
other shameless claim to superiority
over George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. In his third volume Of his
History OF the American People" he
tells US that he is a protectionist and
gives great credit to the young Repub-
lcan party for rescuing this Republic
from the ruin brought upon it by the
free trade Democrats of 1916. He has
changed his mind just thirty-five times
on vital issues since ne has been Presi-
dent Of the United States, and ne has
broken Just twenty-five solemn pledges.
He was elected upon platform which
pledged him to the single term theory,
and after obtaining his election he de-
lberately repudiated it. William D..
Bryan characterized this act as that OF
"a criminal and worse than one who
embezzles money" He first favored
Presidential primaries, but afterward
he opposed them. He favored free tolls
through the Panama Canal, which doc
trine he forced through Congress, but
shortly thereafter demanded its repeal.
He destroyed the Tariff Commission
left him by Mr.. Taft, but now he In
sists upon its recreation. He opposed
interference with the domestic affairs
of Mexico, but he afterward twice in
vaded this same country. He was a
bitter opponent of preparedness, but
afterward changed his mind and
marched with the same men whom he
had characterized as NERVOUS" lie
was ce-president Of the Civil Service
Reform League of the United States,
but after becoming President Of the
United States he joined the raiders and
aided 10000 deserving Democrats" to
seize more Offices than he added as SOL
Giers to the army or as sailors to the
navy of the United States during his
term. W. D. WOODWOhlh'
Norfolk, Va, Oct. II, 1916.