TIIZ OIUZGCIT DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY " EVENING, JULY 3, 1312.
Voodrow
Wilso
Cr. Woodrow Wilson u born at
Staunton, Va December. 4s. 185. He
la the ion of Dr.- Joseph R. Wilson, a
Presbyterian minister, and the grandson
-of Judge James Wilson, enIrlshman
ofScptch descent, ' who" migrated from
county Down to Philadelphia In 1807.
. James Wilson prospered and became
manager of tha Aurora, a leading Dem
..ocratlo Journal, Philadelphia then being
the national capital.
-It was at. Bteubenville. Ohio, that
Joseph Rushes Wilson, the-father of
Woodrow Wilson, : was. born, February
- 58. X 82 J. He was the scholar of James
.Wilson's family. : Jefferson- college
graduated him. as valedtctorlan in 1844.
after hlch he taught school and pre
pared for the Presbyterian ministry at
vthe Western Theological seminary and
Princeton seminary. - In 1849, Joseph R.
Wilson married Janet Woodrow, daugh
ter of Dr. Thomas Woodrow, a famous
Presbyterian-minister of the May, who
wae a ileiceodant f rom ancient English
stock. Tho Rev; Mr. Wilson became
-the father of two daughters before he
was called as pastor to Staunton, Va.,
whers a third ohild, a son, was born,
i ana -christened Thpmas Woodrow.
:Xarly Xlfe in Georgia.
When Thomas Woodrow was 2 years
old his: father took a pastorate in Au
gusta,, 3a., and soon became one of the
most noted ministers of the south. Thor
oughly equipped as a theologian, and a
, pulpit orator of power, he early reached
and long maintained a position tof much
-influence In his church. When the Civil
war broke out he embraced the Con
federate cause. ,
"Tommy" Wilson, the Augusta school
boy". Is described bv Professor John T.
Derby, one of his teachers, as quiet and
exceptionally studious- The most lm--portant
instructor 6T young Wilson,
.. however, was his father, a man Of wide
Information on the affairs of the world.
His father believed that nobody had
grasped a thought until he could put it
Quickly and definitely into words. This
be did himself, and this he taught his
aon to do. As if result Tommy came
, to learn the written symbols in which
speech is set down, he was learning only
I method of recording and transmitting
ft language which he was already well
able to handle.
Attended Private Bohool
The Wilsons moved fronv Augusta
to Columbia, S. C, In 1870, Dr. Wilson
resigning his pastorate to take the chair
(f pastoral and evangelistic theology
In the Southern Presbyterian TheologU
eal seminary. At Columbia Tommy at
. tended Charles Barnwell's private
- school. At the age of 17 he entered
Davidson college at Davidson, N. C.
Living at the college was rather prim
itive. The boys kept their own rooms,
filled their own lamps, cut up and
brought In wood for their own fires, and
carried In water from the pump. Young
Wilson Joined a literary society and
. played on the. baseball nine, once having
the pleasure of hearing the captain say:
"Wilson, you'd make a dandy player If
you weren't so blamed sleepy."
Illness Interfered With Bohool Work.
He did' not finish the year at David
Son, for he fell ill before examinations
came on and was taken to his home,
now at Wilmington, N. C, where his
father had taken a pastorate. Here
Wilson took things comparatively easy
for a year. Except for tutoring in
Greek and a few other studies that he
thought might be necessary for entrance
to Pflnceton. he busied himself with
' reading, looking up the historic points
of tho city, and with the social life of
the City. '
Dr. and Mrs. Wilson's popularity had
made the parsonage a social center In
tho city, so young Wilson's associates,
who were practically all older than
himself, were men and women of cul
ture and brilliancy. Because of these
associations it was an urbane and amply
self confident young man who left Wil
mington one day in September, 1875, to
enter Princeton college. About this time
ho dropped his Christian name Thomas
and became known as Woodrow Wilson.
In Class of 79 at Princeton.
Woodrow Wilson attained prominence
among his mates in the "famous olass
of '79." No less than 42 of the 122
graduates of '79 were "honor men,"
having un average of 90 per cent or
betterfortKe' "four years' "course. "WIl
- son barely got In among them; he ranked
forty-first. Betides being a good stu
dent at Princeton, Wilson became man
aging editor of the college paper and
was prominent In undergraduate actlvl
ties. Wilson spent a great deal of his time
, in the college library, specializing on
tovernment, the theory or .lt, and the
lives of political leaders. To this he
addod assiduous practice in writing and
extemporaneous speaking. He belonged
to Whig hall and the Liberal Debating
club. Wilson Is not recorded as a prize
debater, but be did score as second
sophomore orator.
Writing Studies on Government.
At the age of 22 he signalled the
eloslnff of bis undergraduate days at
Princeton by breaking Into the Interna
tional. Be view, in its Issue of August,
1879, with an article entitled, "Cabinet
Government In the United States." The
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A.. . V
n Profound Student of
Woodrow Wilson
article contrasted British and American
systems of government, pointing out
advantages In the British.
In the fall of 1879 Wilson took up the
law course at the University of Virginia,
where he Indulged a long, drooping
moustache, and membership in the glee
club. "She Sleeps, My Lady Sleeps," is
shown by old programs of university
concerts to have been one of Wilson's
tenor solos.
In May, 1882, he carried his law diplo
ma and an oratorical prize to Atlanta,
Ga.. where he opened an office for the
practice of law. The office, however,
did not prosper; and after 18 leisurely
months he gave up.
Married Into Southern Tamlly.
The Atlanta experiment, however, was
far from eventless. Although litigants
gave him nothing to do, he was not
Idle. He Improved his time by secur
ing the promise of Miss Ellen Louise
AxFon to be his wife. The Axsons were
a prominent Georgia low-lands family.
The young couple were married in 1885.
In 1885 appeared "Congressional Gov
ernment, a Study of Government by
Committee." by Woodrow Wilson. The
bulk of the labor on this volume was
done during Wilson's two-year course
In science of government in Johns Hop
kins unlversltyr-whlch accepted the
work as a thesis and conferred upon
the author the degree of Ph. D.
In the fall of 1885 Mr. Wilson began
teaching political economy to the girls
of Bryn Mawr. From this Institution he
went to Wesleyan university, where he
remained until called to Princeton in
1890 to occupy the chair of Jurispru
dence and politics. In 1902 he was
elected president of Princeton.
Changing College Work.
President Wilson made It clear at the
start that conditions at the university
were to be changed, and, whether for
better or -for worse, ta bff changed rad
ically. He stated that colleges needed
to be revolutionised, and went so far
as to say he' would endeavor "to gradu
ate students as unlike their fathers
as possible."
Call to Be Issued for Conven
tion of Progressives in
Chicago.
(Cat tad Preaa Leutd Wire.) 1
Oyeter Bay. July t. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt declares that he Is still
a candidate tor the progressive party
nomination, despite the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore. In. a
statement (riven out by Theodore Roose
velt are these significant statements:
"Under the conditions, I feel that the
events at Baltimore, like the events at
Chicago, prove the absolute need of a
new, nation-wide, non-sectional party
which shall In good faith stand for the
Interests of the people as a whole, and
I shall In far-reaching fashion, -alike In
the nation and the several states, take
the lead In the movement for social,
political and industrial Justice, a move
ment which- must include a broad, con
servative governmental policy which
shall look to both the present-day
economic needs of our people as a whole
and the necessity for the fullest possi
ble commercial development, both at
home and abroad. 1
"I shall, of course, continue to stand
for the progressive nomination. I have
just been going over with Senator Dixon
the call which la about to be Issued by
the provisional committee for the pro
gressive National convention."
(Dnitetf tree Leeee Wtre.1
Washington, July I. - "1 never
scratohed a Democratlo ticket or bolted
a Democratlo nominee in my Ufa" I
shall not change th Democratlo fcablt
now. I am too seasoned a soldier not
to accept cheerfully the fortunes of
war," said Champ Clark In a statement
Issued last night
"I will support Governor Wilson with
whatever power I possess and hope he
wnrW elMted.-Clark 'continued.
Clark said that victory could have
been his had the Underwood force
helped him on . the tenth ballot and
thereafter. He teemed relieved that
the strain was over and that he could
ROOSEVELT READY
TO CARRY ON FIGHT
CLARK WILL SUPPORT
WILSON FOR PRESIDENT
of New Jersey.
His policies kept him in almost con
tinuous conflict with 'the university
trustees and professors. In fact, the
bitterest controversies In the lnstltu
tlon's history marked his term. Wil
son's friends say It was a conflict be
tween a progressive and democratic
president and the forces of privilege
and aristocracy. 5
Elected Governor of Hew Jersey.
In May, 1810, tho Graduate college
of Princeton university became the. leg
atee of a $3,000,000 estate which could
not be accepted without sacrificing WU
son's policies-. The money was accept
ed. 'The president's resignation did. 'not
come, however, until after the New Jer
sey state Democratic convention, Sep
tember 15, 1910, had nominated him for
the governorship. In the following No
vember 1ew Jersey went Democratic
for the first time since 1892 and elected
Wilson by a large majority.
The spare, gray-eyed man started his
campaign by ordering the state chair
man of his party out of his office, never
to return. He also forced through a
Democratic assembly and Republican
senate a direct primary and election law
which takes the organization of both
parties in New Jersey out of the hands
of the bosses.
The Carnegie Iund Incident.
Governor Wilson's 25 years of teach
ing had qualified him, he thought, to
be a beneficiary under Andrew Car
negie's $15,000,000 foundation fund for
the support of retired college profes
sors. He applied for the pension, bdt
did not get It. When the news of the
application and Its refusal became pub
lic. Governor Wilson made this state
ment: "The Carnegie foundation for the ad
vancement of teaching is not a plan
for old age pensions, but for the grant
ing of retiring allowances on the ground
of-tength and"qTratrty or sef vlce. When
I had just entered the uncertain field
of politics, I applied to the foundation
for a retiring allowance, to which I
understood myself to, be entitled under
tVo rules adopted by th trustees!
retire from political activity for a few
weeks.
"No set of men made a better or
braver fight for any man In this worlJ
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 ma
jority.
"I lost the nomination solely through
the vile and malicious slanders of Col
onel William J. Bryan of Nebraska.
True, these slanders were by Innuendo
and Insinuation, but they were no leas
deadly for that' reason."
'BRIDGE OF THE GODS'
E
Immediately after the last perform
ance in Oregon at Multnomah field next
Wednesday. "The Bridge of the Oods
may, De destined to continue Its tour
not oply to the northwest but to Eng
land.,
Mortimer Blmonson. chairman of the
Doard or directora of the London Crys
tal Palace, has written to Melvtn O.
winstock, general manager of "The
Bridge of the Oods," offering terms for
an English tour and assuring him that
It would be possible to 4raw 118,000
persons a night, the seating capacity
oi me wryetai raiace lootball grounds
The offer was made on the oondl
tlon that "The Bridge of the Gods"
tours the east first, and suggests late
bepiemoer. as th most suitable time for
me tour.
"While it Is praotically certain that
'The Bridge of the Ooda' will tour
the northwest immediately after our
performances MondSjr and Wednesday,
ana wnue we may tour with the Dro
due U on, I can made no decision as to
an English tour. I have, however,
called a meeting of the directors of
The Bridge or tne Oods' and will dis
cuss, the matter with them."
A heavy seat sale is now th progress
at Rows Martin's drug store. The
Indiana coming to Portland for the
production are among the Tlnest avail
able In the northwest.
UkslReunioru
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Government
. "I have no private means to depend
upon. A man who goes into politics
bound by the principles of honor puts
his family, and all who may be depend
ent On him for support, at the mercy of
any Incalculable tunr-of-the wheel of
fortune, and I felt entirely Justified In
seeking to provide against such risks.
particularly when I was applying for
what I supposed myself to be entltOed
to by" right of long eervice as a teacher
under-the rules' of the foundation and
not by -favorv -
I understand that upon receipt of my
application the ,executive committee of
the trustees of the foundation restricted
the interpretation of their rule and de
clined to grant the allowance."
Favored Progressive tegieletlo.
As governor, Wilson changed his at
titude toward the initiative, referendum
and recall. "For 20 years," said he in
discussing (he matter, "I preached' to
the students of Princeton that the ret
erendum and recall were bosh. I have
since investigated and I want to apolo
gize to those students. They are the
safeguards of politics. They take the
power from the bosses and place it in
the hands of the people. I want to say
rwlth all my power that I favor them."
The earliest recorded mention of
Woodrow Wilson as a presidential pos
sibllity is in the form of a letter writ
ten by someone in Indianapolis to the
News of this city at the time of Wil
son's inauguration as president of
Princeton.' This faint boom was revived
February I, 1906, at the Lotus club,
New York, where Mr. Wilson was the
guest of honor. On that occasion ColO'
nel George Harvey mentioned him as a
possible candidate for the presidential
nomination.
Harper's Weekly Supported Wilson.
Colonel Harvey's magasine, Harper's
Weekly, for a time gave ardent support
to Wilson's campaign for the nomina
tion, but at the beginning of 1912 this
support was withdrawn. Harpers
printed this explanation:
The name of Woodrow Wilson as
our candidate for president was taken
from the head of these columns in re
sponse to a statement made to us dl
rectly by Governor Wilson, to the ef
feet that our support was affecting his
candidacy Injuriously
In the famous Wilson-Harvey contro
versy which followed. Colonel Henry
Watteraon sided with his fellow editor
and declared that Wilson who he had
hoped would prove another Tllden, "had
turned out to be merely a schoolmaster.
It was as an author that Mr. Wilson
first achieved a degree of fame outside
of Princeton. As an author he Is now
least known. His largest literary
achievement is his five volume "History
of the American People."
As Author and' Lecturer.
A course of lectures delivered at Co
lumbia university In 1908 contained the
substance of his first book, "Congres
slonal Government," and . they were
brought up to date by his attempt to
show how in the years between 1888
and 1908 responsibility gravitated to
ward the president of the United States,
Mr. Wilson's second book. The State,
Is used as a text book in many schools
and colleges. This was followed ty two
books of essays. Then came "George
Washington." and "The History of th
American People."
Mr. Wilson has made countless edu
cational addresses, and has written
great number of essays on political, ed
ucatlonal and economic topics which
have never been put Into book form.
His style In writing Is clear and vigor
ous and hla diction, both In writing and
speaking is noteworthy for its choice.
ness.
ter
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Not" Only Has It Proved lt$
Progressiveness, but It Has
Proved Self -Daring Enough
to Oppose Money Power.
. (Catted Pitts Leaned Wlre.1
Baltimore -July J. William Jennings
Bryon made this statement: 1 feel sure
that the action of the convention thus
far will appeal to the country. I had no
choice among the progressive candi
dates, but from the first included Gov
ernor Wilson In every list I had oc
casion to make. His action in coming
out strongly against Mr. Parker for
temporary chairman was the turning
point In his campaign. The country is
progressive. Nearly all of the PemO'
cratlc party and more than half of the
Republican party are progressiva The
paramount question before the conven.
tlon was whether we would take sides
with the reactionaries and thus encour
age the organization of a third party
and give to the third party hope of
defeating the reactionaries divided into
two parties. This on the one side and
on the other the nomination of a ticket
that would so appeal to the progres
slve element of the nation as to make
a third party Improbable.
"I am satisfied that with Mr.. Wil
son running for president on the -plat
form 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 I would
say that we ought to have not less
than 2.000,000 majority of the popular
vote and enough of the electoral vote
to give us an overwhelming majority
in the electoral college.
Party Bbown to Be Bold.
"The action of the convention In
adopting the antl-Morgan-Ryan-Belmont
resolution demonstrated that the Dem
ocratic party is not only progressive
but is bold enough to throw down tho
gauntlet to 'the predatory interests. It
is fortunate that Mr. Wilaon's nomina
tion was made without the aid of Mr.
Murphy, It is no reflection upon the
many goooTTHen Tirthe NetrTorkntettp
gatlon to say this.
"From every standpoint the outlook
Is hopeful. The only unpleasant thing
about a political fight Is that success
to one aspirant brings disappointment
to others. Those who fall ought to
find some consolation In the fact that
failure Is not always a reflection upon
the individual, because clrcumstancos
exert a larger lnfuence than Is some
times supposed to the determination of
a convention choice.
"Men are only available when they
fit into the conditions. I decided some
two years ago that I did not fit into
the conditions as we saw them and I
was not willing to assume the responsi
bility of advocating any particular pro
gressive, partly because I trusted the
wisdom of the multitude and partly be
cause I felt that a great deal would de
pend upon the action of the Republican
convention.
"When the Republican convention ad
journed It was even more apparent than
before that circumstances required em-
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Do you know that Errol Heights is a beautiful, elevated tract commanding a splendid
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Do you know that Errol Heights is in the immediate vicinity of Reed College?
Do you know that the choicest, highest-price residence property in all university cities'
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I chatla action on the cari of " our "n.
ventlon to insure a consolidation of the
progressive vote upder our banner.
Progresiiveneee Emphasised.
The incidents of the convention
have, in a strange way, emphasized the
progressiveness of our party far more
than I had expected "that .progressive
ness could be exercised, and the con
vention has decided with rare unanimity
that Governor Wilson fits Into the con
ditions that the Republican convention
and our convention have joined in creat
ing.. -.'- , . SjV
Knowing what the platform is. I feel
that it will 'RelpTlm in hie fight, and
I have no doubt that our convention
will proceed to choose a vice" presiden
tial candidate, who will strengthen the
ticket It Is needless to say that l am
gratified to see our party raising the
banner of progressive Democracy and
calling to the progressive forces of the
nation to Join In restoring the govern
ment to the people." .
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