Evening star., 1924-02-04

attention in the fight for preserva-
tion of democratic ideals at the uni
versity. but he lived the life of 4
family man on small pay. and as late
as 1910 was contemplating retirihs
on a. teachers pension.
: That year the inexorabie force OF
events came into evidence Ins tlde
which sweeps on to fortune pegan
: to rise about him. Nominated IoT
Goyernor Of New Jersey in political
situation about which many interest,
ing things have been said and denied
with equal fervor. he was elected on
the democratic ticket, and imme-
diately took on the state posses ior
, psloeIllB uoIuM asqmoo 10 punoi
the attention of the country. In the
Jersey legislature he found the young
lawyer, Joseph P. Tumulty, who be-
came his private secretary and biog-
rapher
Charged With Rndicnlism.
Political opponents charged Gov.
Wilson with radicalism, but he drove
his program through. The outstand-
ing legislation was the seven sisters
laws" a series of bills drafted under
his direction which dealt with trusts.
New Jersey up to that time. because
of its corporate laws, had been
called 4 rendezvous for monopolies.
tTON. WILSON, = nomination IOE the
presidency at the democratic con-
vention of 1912 in Baltimore was one
of the dramatic spectacles of Ameri-
can political history. 1t was a battle
royal which brought him victory
after more than forty ballots.
Champ Clark, the venerable and be-
loved speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, led Wilson in the early
voting--in fact, polled a majority of
the delegates. For the first time in
l. IsrA
vention refused to give the neces-
sasy two-thirds to a candidate who
had gotten majority. William Jen-
nings Bryan. himself the nominee of
three previous conventions, led the
fight against Clark in one of the
bitterest contests ever conducted in
American politics. 1t broke Ciark's
heart-he never forgave Wilson or
Bryan-and he opposed Wilson's pol
icies in Congress repeatedly. Clark
knew he lost not only the nomina-
tion, but the presidency, for the con-
test between Taft and Roosevelt as
sured such rift in the republican
vote that the election of democrat
was all but inevitable.
Clark Saw victsry.
The convention realised this. for
the man who nominated Clark de-
clared:
I'VE meet not only to choose a
candidate but to choose President.
At any rate, Woodrow Wilson got
the nomination and won the election
got SS and Taft got 8. Mr.. Wilson came
to the White House on March 4, 1913,
signalizing the return Of the democ-
racy to power after successive de-
Immediately he galvanized the
country. appearing before Congress
in person, publicly denouncing "a
vicious lobby" which he charged was
- Iva,
Washington, and launched legislative
program which Included repeal Of the
tariff, revision of the currency system,
new styles Of control OF the trusts,
ment agencies and such a multitude
Of other legislative business that
Congress and the country had diff
Guilty in keeping up with It,
Made Congress Dance.
Congress thought Theodore Roose,
Welt a dictator" and an autocrat,
but 1t soon found itself dancing to
Woodrow Wilson's tune and at first
very little grumbling. Mr.. Wilson
early confessed that he had one
track mind," and he proved to Con-
gress early in his administration that
he knew what he wanted and how to
but he consulted it after he had de-
termfned what he wanted to do
4 When he wanted g. bill introduced In
Congress he frequently drew it him
self and if 1t hesitated on passage he
summoned the leaders-and 1t passed
soon thereafter. In dealingswith the
cabinet he did his own thinking and
conducted much important business
of the various departments direct
from the White House.
Hardly had Mr.. Wilson gotten him
self turned around when he had his
first foreign situation to deal with.
| It was with Mexico and was legacy
lfrom the preceding republican ad-
iministration. The republican chief
tains said they left 1t for Mr.. Wilson
because, they didn't want to embar-
democrats declared the republicans
had e"passed the buck" It came to
| a crisis when Huerta, the dictator,
setsed the reins of government and
President Madero and Vice President
Suarez were murdered. Mr.. Wilson
had very fixed ideas of his own on
succession to the presidency by as
Isassination.
Withheld Recognition.
He thought 1t pretty general in Cen
tral America and he told confidantes
It was going to stop. He withheld
recognition from Huerta and the stu
ati6n boiled until Huerta troops at
tackled some American bluejRckets at
Tampico and Mr.. Wilson ordered the
occupation Of Vera Cruz by the Amer-
ican Army. The official reason given
for the occupation was that the Ger
man ship Ypiranga was about to land
arms and ammunition for Huerta and
the occupation was to prevent it. The