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6 DESIRE FOR PUBLIC CAREER EARLY ONE 5 Mr. Wilson, Even When in Col i - lege, Had Resolved to . ' Go Into Politics. .. LAW STUDIES FIRST STEP Quarter Century as Educator, Lec turer and Writer Precede Cam paign for Governor W bich - Olade "Him Famous. REFORMS ADOPTED W TITLE VILMO HAS BKE GOVERN OR OP .NEW JERSEY. Among the laws enacted while Woodrow Wilson has been Gov ernor of New Jersey .have been: Worklngmen's compensation act. Change in election laws to make direct nomination possible Corrupt practices act. Public utilities commission bill. ' Providing: for a commission form of government for cities. These measures were enacted despite the fact that one house of the New Jersey Legislature was controlled by the opposing po litical party. Governor Wilson's fight for James E. Martlne. the direct-primary choice for Senator. In oppo sition to James Smith, Jr.. leader of the Democratic "machine," also added to his political fame. TRENTON. N. J.. July 2. Woodrow Wilson, who now becomes the Demo cratic party's nominee for President of the United States, was born In 185 In Virginia, where he was baptized un der the full name of Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He dropped the Thomas about the time he contemplated his first book and took his first position as a teacher. Mr. Wilson cannot, like many office seekers, appeal to the sentimentality of the public by an. account of a self made man's rise from poverty. - His i father and grandfather were educated : men, prominent In their communities, and. while not rich, were able to give the aspiring young scholar a liberal education. It was not toward scholar ship, however, that . bis earliest am- bitions led htm. Public Life Early Aim. While In college he resolved to be . come a public man. To that end he ' studied law and hung out his shingle. ' But his legal practice was not lucrative and after 18 months of it he gave it up and with It. for years to come, his" de sire for office. His father. Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, moved to Georgia when the boy was two years old, and ' later preached in various churches in North and South Carolina. Young Wilson entered Davidson Col lege at the age of IT. After two years he entered Princeton, from which he was graduated in 1879. . Ha then stud ied law in the University 6f Virginia. .receiving the degree of bachelor of law in 1882. He received the decree of doctor of philosophy from Johns Hopkins University In 1886; that of doctor of laws from Lake Forest TJnl . versify, North Carolina, In 1887. and that of doctor of literature from Yale University at its biennial celebration. Wrttiags Aid to Fame. Professor Wilson occupied the posi tion of adjunct-professor of history in Bryn Mawr College and afterwards was professor of history and political economy in Wesleyau University. In 1890 he became professor of Jurlspru ' dence and political economy at Princeton University. In 1898 the title of . his chair was changed to that of professor of Jurisprudence and upon its endow . ment he become McCormlck professor -of Jurisprudence and politics. Profes sor Wilson also for several years gave IL course OK lectures in unus xaupji.ns University.-: He gained fame as a lec- ' turer and writer. His work entitled "The State" and -his "Life of George . Washington" are among his best known writings. - Professor Wilson became the thlr- - teenth in the roll of presidents at Princeton in 1902 and the first layman to hold this office, all his predecessors having been Presbyterian clergymen. - He is. however, a ruling elder in the Second Presbyterian Church, of Prince ton. As a professor he was extremely popular and his lecture classes were al ways among-the largest. .' Educational Reform Sought. In his administration of Princeton. Dr. Wilson made ' two attempts to change materially the character of American education. In one project he not only failed, but alienated the sup ; port of a large body of the alumni, of many of the trustees, and some of his ' co-workers on the teaching staff. The project which did not succeed waa to establish the "squad" system for un dergraduates. It was resented by the alumni as an attack upon the students' clubs and the opposition became so strong that the president was asked by the board of trustees to withdraw his proposal. The successful innovation was the preceptorial system. That called for. the .r-nnlnf mortt nf Rft iHrhflfa OC Dm. ceptors to be added to the. faculty at increased cost to the University of .8100.000 a year. But the alumni so thbroughly' approved the plan that they told the president to go ahead and as sured him that the money for the sal- " aries would be forthcoming. The plan succeeded and -loyal alumni have fur nished the funds. This preceptorial system, by which each student gets the benefit of personal contact with a teach er, is referred to by the president's ad mirers as the best thing he has done In the field of education. C'asapala-a for Governor Wlas. - When Mr. Wilson, after 25 years' service as an educator, resigned the presidency of Princeton in 1910 to ac cept the nomination for Governor of New Jersey, there was a general ten dency to look askance at the "school master In politics." However, he was carried into office on the radical anti Republican wave that swept so many states. - : Mr. Wilson was elected by a plurality of 49.000 votes and' became the first Democratic Governor which New Jersey had bad for 1C years. It was this sweeping victory in a state that had been consistently hostile to Democratic principles that brought the former col lege president prominently ; into Na- ' tional politics. The platform on : which he ran pledged his party to the enactment of a. workmen's compensation act. a re form of the election lawa of the state which would make direct ' nominations-possible, a corrupt practices act and a public utilities commission bill. All these measures were written into the statute books of New Jersey in the first year of . Governor Wilson's term, in spite of the fact that one bouse of the state Legislature was Re- . .publican. . - in addition, a law was enacted au thorising municipalities to . adopt a FOURHOTOQRAPHS OF DEMOCKATIO NOMINEE FOB PEESIDENT, TAKEN BY OREGONTAN STAFF FHOTOGEAFHEE WHEN NEW I -rf-TTnTOWSv!!. . commission form.' of government, as well as several other measures of re formatory character. While his success in obtaining the passage of these measures served to bring him still more prominently be fore the Nation, It was his figv: to obtain the election of James E. Martinc to the United States Senate to suc ceed Senator Kean which probably focused the most widespread atten tion upon the New Jersey Governor. In his pre-election speeches. Gov ernor Wilson had given the pledge: "The people of the state will be he boss, the only .boss." When James Smith, Jr., leader of the state 'machine,' which nominated Gov ernor Wilson, let it be known after the election that he expected the Sena torial toga, the Governor espoused the cause of Mr. Martlne, the candidate chosen In the popular primary. Gov ernor Wilson won his fight. In the 1911 elections, tables were rather turned against Wilson and he lost ground In the Legislature. Cur rent comment in many Quarters was that the Governor had received a re buke for his activities the previous year, but Wilson's adherents said that he merely had been "knifed" by the bosses of the Democratic "machine." In the New Jersey . Presidential pri maries the Governor retrieved his so called lost popularity by sweeping every district except . two in which Smith and James Nugent made a big .fight against him. Of the 28 delegates to Baltimore, 24 were -pledged to Wil son. WILSON RECEIVES NEWS (Continued From First Pge.) son then telegraphed to his manager at Baltimore, William F. McCombs, to re lease' the Wilson delegates. - Mr. Mc Combs, according to Governor Wilson, told the delegates they, were released, but they refused to change their vote. Governor's Wife Feels "Solema." During the time immediately pre ceding his nomination, the Governor walked back and forth on the lawn, chatting informally with newspaper men and residents of the town who came- to be on hand for the celebra tion. Within the Governor's parlors was a great crowd of visitors shaking hands and bestowing all sorts of good wishes and predictions. The Governor's three daughters, the Misses Jessie, Mar garet and Eleanor, were quite beside themselves with happiness, while Mrs. Wilson smiled and said she felt "Oh, so solemn." and that the responsibility was almost as terrible as. the suspense. Governor Wilson . has not decided whether he .will resign as New Jersey's Governor to make . the Presidential campaign.. - 1 . His close friends say he will not at least not for a while, and probably not until election. . v Mack Congratulates Wilson." BALTIMORE, July 2. Chairman Nor man E. Mack, of the Democratic Na tional committee, sent a telegram to night to Governor Wilson, informing the Democratic nominee for President that under no circumstances would be be a candidate to succeed himself as a chairman. of the National, committee. Mr. Mack congratulated Governor Wilson on his nomination and said he would devote all his energies in behalf of a Democratic victory TTTK 3IORXIXG , OREGQyiAN; WEDNESDAY, JE&SJJX QOVWIUK rAXU VI oil iu x-uxkxucuii. CLARK BLAMES VV. J. Defeat Laid to "Vile and Ma licious Slanders," FUND FOR FIGHT LACKING Speaker Hopes Wilson Will Be Vic torious - in Election, and Says He Is Too Good Soldier Not . . ' to . Accept Result. WASHINGTON. July 2. On his return tonight to Washington from Baltimore. Speaker Clark issued J the following statement: "No set of men made a better or braver fight, for any man in this world than my friends all over the country made for me. , They have my heartfelt thanks. We never had.money enough to pay for an adequate supply of post age stamps and literature. I was tied down here by my duties of' the Speak ership. I could, therefore, aid. my friends very , little. They made' the fight, gave me 200.000 majority in the states where Governor Wilson and I competed In the primaries and caused me to lead on 30 ballots in-the conven tion., in -nine of which I had a clear majority. Nevertheless, the, nomination was bestoyed upon Governor Wilson. "I never ; scratched a Democratic ticket or bolted a Democratic nominee in my life. I shall not : change the Democratic habit now. .1 am too sea soned a soldier not to accept cheerfully the fortunes of war. . "I will support Governor Wilson with whatever power I possess, and hope hA will be elpcted. "I lost the nomination solely through the. vile and - malicious slanders of Colonel William J. Bryan, of Nebraska. True, these slanders were by innuendo and insinuation, but they were no less deadly for that reason.' - "CHAMP CLARK." PRESS AGENT ACTIVE MAN Wilson's Publicity Campaign Starts Late but Wins. ' '. . : Woodrow Wilson, unlike most men in public life today.' launched bis cam paign for the Presidency first and established . a press bureau . after wards. This reversal of the usual order by Wilson may be attributed to - the fact that he was not learned in the modern-day art of political publicity. But he soon realized the need of a live presa. agent .and supplied . this necessary' agency which' has. become so essential to the average seeker after political office in these days, when the candidate, more than ever be fore, must carry bis appeal for sup port direct to the voters. - The Governor of New Jersey really opened his campaign in the Spring of 1911, when. accompanied by Frank Stock bridge, an experienced publicity man, he made a trip through the United States that extended to Portland and the other Pacific Coast cities. This tour was made by Governor Wil son primarily for the opportunity it would afford him to exhibit himself to the people and to add to the list of his personal acquaintances that would be invaluable to him later when he should become a full-fledged candi date for the Democratic Presidential nomination. He started from the Atlantic Coast without having prepared in advance a number of speeches and supplying him self with copies thereof for the con venience of the newspapers and other publications. Learning that Wilson had not sup plied himself with this sort of am munition, Mr. Stockbridgef Just be fore starting on the tour, by telegraph arranged for appointments with a stenographer in each of the principal cities included in the itinerary. With this arrangement and further instruc tions, from his publicity manager,-Wilson became a. good advertiser' before he had completed the ' circuit ' of the United States. ' Certain portions ! of each day on the tour were set' apart and reserved religiously by Wilson for dictating, his speeches and receiving reporters from the daily newspapers. -The result was that Wilson was the fir8t;of the active candidates for the Presidency in either- party, to- estiblish a publicity bureau. The Wilson bureau was In thorough operation by August, under the direction of William F. Mo Combs, a Princeton graduate and practicing lawyer in New, York City. After enlisting the active services ' of former graduates of Princeton through out the United States,. Mr. McCombs secured extensive publication in maga zines and other periodicals of Wilson's speeches. -r Last January another Wilson publi city bureau was established in Wash ing, -D. C, in charge of Tom Pence; e newspaper correspondent at the Ni tional capital. From this bureau 6000 weekly papers ' were regularly fur nished with Wilson campaign litera ture. The cost of. Wilson's publicity campaign is said to ' have been less than that of either of his- three most active rivals for the nomination Clark, Harmon and Underwood. In Oregon, the Interests of Wilson were looked after in the primary cam paign by. a committee of which Paul Seely and R.'.W. Montague, both of Portland, were chairman and secretary, respectively. Wilson was the choice of United States Senator Chamberlain, Governor West and other prominent members of the party throughout the state. Thomas O'Day, John H. Steven son and Fred J. Phelan, secretary , of the Jackson Club, were among those who-championed the New Jersey man. 'After a campaign of more than usual activity and interest for .Oregon Demo crats. Wilson received the popular in dorsement of the party by- a plurality of 1731 in a total vote of 18.098. The official vote was: Clark, 7857; Harmon, 606; Wilson, 9588; scattering, 47. A .North beard Dakota man has an 11-foot . w JULY 3, 1918. , l I BRYAN IS PLEASED Nebraskan Says Result Gives Assurance of Victory. WILSON ON EVERY LIST Action ' in Coming Out Against Parker, Says' Statement, Was Turning Point in New Jersey " Governor's ' Career. ' BALTIMORE, July 2. William J. Bryan in .' a statement tonight said that the nomination of Woodrow Wil son on a. progressive platform meant an overwhelming victory for the Demo cratic ticket .next Fall. Mr. Bryan said: ... . ' "I feel sure that the action of the convention thus far will appeal to the country. . I had no choice among pro gressive candidates, but from the first Included Governor Wilson in every list I had occasion to make." His action in coming out strongly against Mr. Parker for temporary chairman was the turn ing point in his campaign. - The coun try is progressive. Nearly all of the Democratic party, and more than half of the ' Republican party ; are pro gressive. , "I am satisfied that with Mr: Wilson running for President on the platform which has been prepared, there will be comparatively few progressive Re publicans who will not feel justified in supporting-the Democratic ticket. If I were to make an .estimate- tonight I would say that we ought to. have not less than 200.000 majority of the popular vote and enough of the elec toral vote to give us an overwhelming majority In the electoral college. - "The action of the convention in adopting the . anti-Morgan-Ryan-Bel-mont resolution has demonstrated that the Democratic party' is not only pro gressive, but Is bold enough to throw down the gauntlet to the predatory interests. It is fortunate that Mr. Wil son's nomination was made without the aid of Mr. Murphy. It Is no reflec tion upon the many honest men in ftie New York delegation to say this." Mr. Bryan held an Informal levee this afternoon in his room and many delegates dropped in to congratulate him upon his fight. Telegrams poured in praising him for the campaign he had made in the interests of nrogrea slvlsm ' PRESS ANALYZES WILSON'S VICTORY Some Regard It' as Personal; Others Hold Radicalism Is in Saddle. "MARSE HENRY" IS BITTER Courier-Journal Chooses "Devil," Being Unable to Take to Woods. London Newspapers at Sea as to Real Meaning. NEW YORK. July 2. Opinions of the nomination of Woodrow Wilson, edi torially expressed by some of the lead ing newspapers of the United States, are as follows: Now York Herald The New Jersey Governor has won and won handsome- lv. When It Is analyzed there is a per sonal triumph. He was nominated in spite of Mr. Bryan's tactics, and as the direct result of the action of the Illi nois delegation, which started the "stampede" resulting in a praclically unanimous choice in the 46th ballot. Hats off to the Governor. His work is cut out for him. He may not Know It. hut he Is "on his way," and that way is the way of a radical of the rad liiala. Kansas City Post The nomination of Mr. Wilson on the platrorm prepared bv W. J. Bryan ought to satisfy the Droa-resslves throughout the country and dismiss the fear of a third party headed by Roosevelt. It Is a pity that with the abundance of Presidential material there snouia be such a bitter Btruggle, and while Mr. Clark's friends are no doubt sorry to see him lose the nomination, there Is little doubt but Mr. Wilson will have the loyal support of all Democrats. Definite . Alignment Possible. Cleveland Plaindealer Democracy puts forward its strongest candidate for the Presidency in Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. By his nomination Democracy ap peals to the progressive sentiment of all parties. It makes prospects for tht! first time since the rise of the pro gressive movement a definite align ment between progressives and con servatives, using each term in its gen eral significance. Philadelphia Record No party ever nominated a candidate for President more free to enter the Presidency as the impartial representative of the whole people. Woodrow Wilson would have been nominated on the first bal lot at Baltimore had he been willing to deal in the usual political way for sup port, but he has kept himself free to be tho representative of the whole peo ple when he becomes their President. Baltimore Sun To those of us who have been struggling these many years. not only for decency und honesty in politics, but for. sometning Deyona inm for knowlegde and an intimate sense of needs of the people; for enlightenment upon great public ques tions: tor nign inieiiigennn in iu- lis office: for the economists view or public questions as contrasted with that of the politician the news that Woodrow Wilson has b'eeh dominated for tue Presidency seems almost too good to be true. ' ' ' - - Watterson Is ' Distrustful.' Louisville Courier-Journal It would be Idle for the Courier-Journal to deny It is disappointed by the result ob tained at Baltimore, and hypocrisy to affect -anything other than regret and distrust. Perhaps here, as In other dilemmas, the least said, the soonest mended. Touching the nominee, we have nothing to add to or subtract from what has already appeared in these columns. If the issue were purely personal, tne matter were easily disposed of. But there are considerations far beyond either like or dislike of Individual can didates. In a contest between three tickets headed respectively by Taft, Roosevelt, and the devil, the Courier Journal, being a dally newspaper and unable to take to the woods, would perforce be obliged to support his sa tanlc ' majestly. The Courier-Journal approves at least the platform and will support the ticket. Boston Globe Woodrow Wilson fits the era. No better choice could have been made. He was the logical selec tion. With Governor Wilson in the field the Roosevelt third party movement cannot be very formidable In the coming elec tion. ' St. Louis Republic The record of Governor Wilson In the executive chair at Trenton has been a just source of pride to every Democrat. While Wood row Wilson is the beneficiary of the wrong done to Champ Clark, the Re public doubts not that he is the inno cent beneficiary. No honest Democrat may quarrel THE 0.-W. R. & N. IS GIVING EXCURSION RATES TO Bonneville Cascade Locks Bridal Veil Hood River , and Many Other Points SPECIAL TRAIN leaves Portland Union Depot 9 A. M.; returning, leaves Hood River 5:30 P. M., arriving Portland 8:30 P. M., thus giving a full day of pleasure. . For particulars apply to City Ticket Office THIRD AND WASHINGTON STS PORTLAND with the nomination of Woodrow Wil son, for not only is he expressive of those Ideas and ideals that Jefferson Imposed upon the Nation In its plastic period, but every principal action of his public career has proved him alive and sympathetic to those fundamental problems that have ground out of eco nomic, social and Industrial changes, and on the solution of which so largely hang the permanency of our Demo cratic Institutions and the happiness of a people. New York World The nomination of Woodrow Wilson for President means a new Democracy. It means a new epoch in. American self-government. The Democratic party at least has broken its shackles. It has emancipat ed Itself. It has rehabilitated itself lm power and principles. It turned Its face to the rising sun to re-establish the faith In the American people In their own Institutions. Woodrow Wil son will be the next President of the United States. Chicago Inter-Ocean Mr. Wilson's nomination against Mr. Taft clarifies the Issue and Is welcome to loyal Re publicans. It makes the appeal to the people clearly upon their choice be tween representative government and the Constitution as it Is. with all Its safeguards of liberty, and helter-skelter government of first Impulses, al ways ready to disregard Constltut loral limitations for the sake of Immediate, results. LONDON' EDITORS MYSTIFIED Opinion of Leading Newspapers as to Outcome Varies. LONDON. July 2. (Special.) The newspapers hero are at sea over ths meaning of the nomination of Woodrow Wilson. The Standard says: "Mr. Wilsons nomination Is due to the pertlnarions fight by Mr. Bryan on the Wall street Influences." The Dally News says: "Of all men. eminent In American politics Pr. Wil son is the one most free from machine control and whom bosses most dreml." The Daily Graphic says: "Mr. Wilson Is looked upon as the only Democrat who could have vanquished Mr. Roose velt If the latter had obtained the Chi cago nomination." The Morning Post says: "The nomi nation of Mr. Wilson Is regarded as a defeat for Mr. Bryan. New York op posed Mr. Wilson to the last because he was regarded as too radical to he safe. If Mr. Roosevelt: runs as an in dependent candidate, ho will divide the radical strength with Mr. Wilson. Of course, if tho more radical vote Is di vided between these two candidates, the better it will be for Mr. Taft." The Times says: "The Democrats probably have chosen the best candi date at thir disposal. Dr. Wilson s nom ination must prove a serious obstacle to Mr. Roosevelt's schemes." CLARK'S 'HOME FOLK' REGRET Secretary of Bowling Green, Mo., Club Sas He Is "Eating Crow." BOWLING GREEN. Mo.. "July 2. Champ Clark's "home folks" received with regret this afternoon the news that Governor Wilson was the Demo cratic nominee. . Members of the Clark Club of Bowling Green, the Speakers horns town, who read the bulletins telling of the outcome In Baltimore expressed the opinion that their fellow-citizen, after having had a majority of the votes for nine ballots, was entitled to the nomination. The Secretary of the Clark Club said he was "eating crow." BANDANA CLUB ASSURED Promoters Say They Will Go Ahead and Finish Organization. , Neither the nomination of Wilson by .v. T-.nAH.,. . Aai tiinn bv Roose- velt nojt to organize another political . TT.ii, ..mitt.j in . Interfere pany wu ' l1 1 - -- with the permanent organization of tne . . n I DanHnnm PI 11 n of rtauonat r-r.5i",vc ....... - Oregon at the East Side Library next Monday night. If Dan Kellaher and U M. Lepper nave tneir w.. . ... . i . i la.t ntirnr n v tne ummaium Bllcu Kellaher and Lepper. who were elected temporary chairman and secretary, re spectively, of the proposed Bandana Club Monday night. ' .v. . u hni arrived we leei iiio-w m . in American politics," said Mr. LePPf last night, following a conference with Mr Kellaher, "when an organization of progressives snouiu uo -- r 1- -n nrrin T.ation. In IS neea lor oun . which all voters who stand for clean politics may become affiliated, regard less of who may or may not become nominees lor me riwiucuw. . nnna other, the meeting reasuu, n iv. -- will be held next Monday night to or- . . . . . -1..K 1 1. a t warn ganlze permanently mo v.v. - Started last night. At this adjourned ,i u .in h. f rr thnnn who nave """""""J' :k. roll of the club to decide what further action shall be taken. There is no qw" " the club will effect permanent organ ization. Marsfleld Cyclist Run Down. . . . nCTTlTTl.-- r fir.. . JulV 2. (Spe- clal ) Carl Abram. riding on a bicycle today was struck by an automobilo and run over. He was riding on Broad way when tne auiomooii" " , ,,, T .... a narrnwlv escaped being killed. Th.' ..drient resulted in the police curbing the speed of the automobiles How Will You Spend JULY 4th