St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 16, 1912

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Pe ceicuously eRe Men Whom I Have Met in Public Life, He Is Most Affable and Democratic. There Is No Room in His Honest Makeup for Eccentricities, Affectations or Poses — He Is Wholes omely Natural.”

“His Profile aa a Curious cute to That of an Eagle, the Placidity of the Brow and the Clearness of the Eve Beneath It Curiously Ac~ centuating This Remarkable Similarity, Keen : Observer. ; — : Says

| ee By Charles Raymond Macauley. @ New York World and Post-Dispatch Car- toonist. EB appeal to all Demecrats to consider this -matter soberly and thought- fully and without prejudice. We appeal to the delegates to the Democratic national convention to be swayed by no consideration except those of principle and the public welfare. We ap- -* peal to Mr. Bryan to throw his great po- litical influence upon the side of Gov. Wil- gon and aid the Democratic party to meet adequately this great crisis in the nation’s history. He has the most brilliant opportu- nity for disinterested, patriotic leadership. that has come to any American of this gen- ' eration, and he has before him in Theodore Roosevelt a striking example of the mean- —— {ng of ruthless, unyielding ambition. It is not in behalf of Woodrow Wilson that the World urges his nomination. It is not merely in behalf of the Democratic party aS a party. It is in behalf of the American people. It is in behalf of Amerit- can institutions. It is in behalf of the re- public. It is in behalf of the nation that is now confronted with the gravest menace that it has faced since the obliteration of human slavery an@ the overthrow of seces- sion.—Editorial in the New York World, May 30, 1912.

NEW YORK, June 15. PH HE supporters of Woodrow Wilson's can- didacy for the presidency consider this editorial of the World a powerful and ~ truthful presentation of the reasons why Gov. * Wilson should be nominated for the presidency as - at the Baltimore convention. “World and the Post-Dispatch are well acquainted with the political views of Gov. Woodrow Wil son. They know of the tremendous strength he has shown in the politica] arena since his ad- _ vent within it, less than two years ago. In that short space he has accomplished many important reforms. He has been praised fulsomely; he has 2 condemned bitterly. He is loved; he is Naeem In short, since his assumption of the » gubernatorial chair of New Jersey he has been _ whirled in the vortex of almost every political : Jematien. ‘It was to see Gov. Wilson at work and to intro- oy the personal and intimate side of the man to those unacquainted with him that I jour- _ neyed to the State capitol, in Trenton. Gov. Wilson is a son of one of the first states of our flag. He was born in Virginia in Decem- ber, 1856. Time has dealt gently with him, as it deals. gently with all men of his even tem pera- ment’ ‘The slight stoop into which he invariably j falls when standing or sitting is not that which - comes from the weight of years. It is a scholas- Ste steop—the stoop of the philosopher and the _ thinker. This posture was well exemplified in the immortal Lincoln (Lincoln—whose shade has ae me ‘He Has the Statesman’s Stoop. WN observation of the portraits of men suf- ficiently notable to be set down in his- tory will reveal, almost without excep- 88 did Frederick the Great'and Caesar—three in- domitable warriors. Voltaire hung slightly from shoulders and Thomas Carlyle much so—two It is quite vily upon the shoulders of Woodrow Wilson does the gubernatorial mantle. , is of light oak; its furnishings the same, with, black leather coverings. Surrounding him painlgd—more, I should say unhesitatingly. To this ~ simple room “Sam,” who has attended New Jersey Governors beside the same door for the past years, admits one. In “Sam” the Governors

| a in quiet gray. Sartorially = is always ; a noe y inconspicuous. Gray suit, gray eyes and _ fron-gray hair provided a sort of symphonic color » His eyes are worthy of careful. study.

Readers of the makeup for eccentricities, affectations or poses. He is wholesomely natural. Boyhood Ambition to Be Sailor. ASKED him concerning his boyhood—at what [ he play; what were his pastimes? His smile dispelled the gloom. occasioned by the cold walls and indifferently executed portraits. He turned and gazed restrospectively out of the window, affording a view of a broad reach of lawn trammeled on one side by a picket fence covered with vining roses and stretching to the beautiful Delaware River. “When I was a boy,” said he, “I had a pas- sionate fondness for the navy. My great desire was to enlist in the service and become a sailor.” The Governor paused. “Battleships were different then, however,” he resumed. “They smacked of the sea—sails had to be trimmed and rigging adjusted. Romance had not departed to give place to the merciless ' steel engines of destruction that plow through | the waterways of today.” The little Wilson boy even drew pictures of these now obsolete ships. Later in life he adopted the bicycle as a means of recreation and pleasure. He has wheeled along the hedge-bordered roads of England and coasted down the gorse-grown hills of Bonnie Scotland. Now he occasionally plays golf—but badly (and, by all the gods of the game, admits it). ‘This for the fans—he likes baseball and en- joyed football as it was played before the intro- duction of close-mass plays. His Tastes in Literature. OV. . WILSON’S tastes in literature are G broad and comprehensive. He has no fa- vorite novel, no definite preference of au- thors. George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” profoundly impressed him, he told me. Nonsense rhymes please him, and, apparently, he has a fund of them at his tongue’s end. He recited several, among which were Gelette Burgess’ “Purple Cow.” The third line, however, evaded his mem- \ ory, and neither I nor any member of his official

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ene than an eloquent orator. Sometimes he sat, bent forward in his seat, during these recitals. More often, however, he stood, leaning against the back of his chair. His profile as it was then pre- sented to me bore a curious resemblance to that of an eagle—the placidity of the brow and keen- ness of the eye beneath it startlingly accentuated this similarity. Lunches With Official Family. FTER the ess of receiving delegations A was finished the numerous duties in- volved in the gubernatorial day’s work were suspended for luncheon, which was served in a veritable catacomb beneath the capitol building. An open luncheon I took it to be—if I may use the term—where the Governor meets his entire official family for the impromptu discus- sion of affairs of state. The capitol building of our neighbor State is very old and has suffered the unbeautifying ef- fects of a number of additions to the original, as the press of business demanded them. In its general aspect of architectural inconsistency one could fancy detecting the hand of the wily con- tract-seeker, Its contrasts are certainly as star- tling as the famed coat of Joseph. Through devious winding hallways, ornamented with every variety of stone that can be torn from Mother Earth, we came at last to the stairway that descends into their catacomb. Another zigzagged walk along dark passages pierced by numberless asbestos-lined pipes brought us to the room where “Sam” had spread the luncheon. It can be said for “Sam’s” excellent luncheon that it was as consistent as the architecture of the building is not. The room in which it was laid, though primitively plain, was bright and pleas- ant, because of a window that opened on a broad view of the river. This meal must be one of the most delightful intervals of the Governor's busy day. Like Lewis Carroll’s walrus and carpenter they ¢ @ © “Talked on many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing wax; Sem EV SESTE Tea tSwits Bi atses

tions were propounded and discussed from every angle. The question of whether the recent preferential primaries had failed was put to Gov. Wilson. “I ghould say they were not failures,” said he, “but, rather, disappointments.” Upon wich the Governor told a most apt story of a man killing an elephant in the Central Park zoo which for years had been fastened closely to a pillar with heavy chains. His food was shoved within reach of his deadly trunk with a leig stick. To this manner of living he be- came so accustomed that when circumstances arose rendering it necessary to move the pachy- derm to other quarters, and the man-killer was unchained, he would not stir from his pillar. To induce him to do so food was set upon the floor just beyond his reach. The hungry fellow stretched out his trunk in its fiirection, trumpet- ing thunderously, but did not move his foot from the spot where the chain had held it for so many years. “This,” said Gov. Wilson, “is the attitude of the people toward the preferential primary. They do not yet realize the tremendous power that has been placed within their hands, though for years sional politician from public life. Once let them grow fully aware of the sovereignty of which they are possessed and the results will be re- versed,” lron Hand in Velvet Glove. PON questions vitally affecting the people Gov. Wilson’s opinions have proved sound and just. During his brief term of office he has stood for everything that is clean, honest ‘and business-like. He has succeeded in New Ui li 4 : ; : g d 2 F | é

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“The People ‘De ‘ Realize,” He rte Tremendous Pow Preferential Primaries © Have Given.” 4 a eae Say ose That Have Been el Are Not. Fecal! o Rather Disappoint a : ae a ~ —— ; < ee — The aforesaid wise ones waited. Ther waiting. oS There was published in the World at of Senator Smith’s overthrow a cartoon ¢ ing which Gov. Wilson honored the ° claring it to. be an apt comment qm/the it It is reprinted on this page. A man: of broad intellect, and yet 1 pera as a freckled schoolboy, Gov.” ishes no illusions regarding his cane ‘coming Democratic convention. He acci cai’ and unruffled spirit the assurances ¢ ‘supporters of his political strength, and itn nated will work earnestly to achieve’ y ‘his party. Se a

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