The True Story Of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE 1*24 H m? fiMTK H. 0?r 11 la t*? UMM State*. Cam 4a. tMtfe Am>k*. Warltf NMxitMi r.ffct! r imo>4 fry Cwrtal N??t Fialitrti, In.) Chapter XII. Wilson and the Progre??ive? Woodrow Wilson foresaw Ionic be fore he entered politics as a Candi da? for governor of New Jersey that the Democratic party of the nation needed new leadership. His letters to friends indicate that he looked forward to the campaign of J 912 as thF~occasion for a rebirth of the Democratic party. Prior to 1910, when he became governor of New Jersey, suggestions that Mr. Wilson himself might prove the new leader did not appeal to him as possible of fulfillment. He had no party fol lowing. He had made speeches from time to time, it is true, on -pub lic questions and had spoken from one end of the country to the othei before civic bodies and educational institutions; but not until the Dem ocratic leaders in New Jerse> sought him for the gubernatorial nomination did he begin to think that perhaps at last the road to the presidency had been opened. Woodrow Wilson wrote a frleud in the spring of 1912: "Roosevelt and Taft are busily engaged In splitting the Republican party wide open so that we may get in." Mr. Wilson was then Governor of New Jersey. He entered the Dem ocratic primaries in various states and found himself successful in some but resisted as a rule by organisa tion Democrats. Progressive senti ment in both the Democratic and Republican parties had begun to crystallze. The reflex of the Taft Roosevelt controversy on stand patlsm and progresslvlsm was felt in the Democratic ranks where it was not difficult to kindle fires of dls "Ctrntent over bossism and organiza tion control. There had been times when Mr. Wilson had been so indignant over boss control in the Democratic party that he was not unsympathe tic with the idea of having a new party formed by the progressives of both the Republican and Demo cratic parties., Just after the regu lar Republicans renominated Mr. Taft. a third party with Roosevelt at the head of it representing the progressive Republicans and Wood row Wilson as his running mate representing the progressive. Dem ocratic sentiment of the country was not only seriously suggested among progressives but there was a moment when \\'oodrow Wilson cnougnL Qi_ii nimseir too. , ? It was in those weary hours 1 when the Democratic convention 1 at Baltimore was deadlocked and ! It looked as If Champ Clark might be | nominated. Mr. Wilson had per- ' suaded himself that a victory for Clark wcruld be a victory for the bosseH in the Democratic party and he felt that those bosses were some- 1 how in the control of Wall street. This was so deeply ingrained in his mind that at a critical moment in the balloting, he turned to members of his family and remarked that he might not be able to support the Democratic ticket if Wall street cap-; tured the Democratic party. When ; a friend standing by suggested that the third party convention would soon be held and that Mr. Wilson i might be tendered the nomination \ for the vice presidency, the then Governor of New Jersey remarked j that "circumstances might make such a development possible." Strange ?as were the incidents i which led to the nomination of, Woodrow Wilson for the presidency. ; stranger ?tlll are the tales of how it was accomplished. The Wilson forces seemed like crusaders. Theyi had responded to Williams Jennings j Bryan's outcry against boss control.! They refused to make trades and i 'political -bargains. They refused to! yield even when Champ Clark had' passed the majority mark ? nt?ver I before had a candidate gone so far without winning the necessary two thirds. National political conven tions are rarely susceptible of pre else analysis. Too many things | happen at once as the numerous1 tacticians concentrate their sublet leu i and cajolery. Colncldentally the i floor leaders are working In a half! dozen different places to accomplish the Mine general result. The newspapers at the time gave William Jennings Bryan substantial credit for bringing about the nomi nation of Mr. Wilson but ever since delegates have insisted that In the many secret conferences of that convention. Mr. Bryan, after suc cessfully blocking the nomination of Champ Clark, really favored Llm hlmself. proposing from three to five other candidates following the Sun day adjournment on the Monday morning on the theory that the Convention was "hope lessly deadlocked." Irrespec tive erf what had really happened, the country was given the impress ion that Mr,, Bryan played an Im portant part In Retting the stage for the nomination of Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Wilson, not unmindful of the Bryan Influence In preceding Dem ocratic conventions, was Inclined tc share that view. Without doubt the faet that the Third Party Convention would meet a Week or so later and nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the national progressive candidate was constant ly In the minds of the Democratic delegates who, as usual, were not * little Influenced In selecting a can dldate by the thought that he de served the nomination who had th? best chance of winning the election Would the Democrats permit th? third party to draw progressive! from the Democratic party? Th? nomination of a progressive Demo crat like Woodrow Wilson, hli \ champions at Baltimore srgued would checkmate such a possibility and give the country a new view 01 ITCACH MOTH IN OBOROIA Atlanta. March 7 ? The oriental peach moth, a peat brought to this country from Japan, has appeared in the Georgia fruit belt. A thirty per cent damage to the 1924 peach crop is feared. America's Biggest Sugar Year Now In The Making Cuba's Position in Sugar Industry Becoming Steadily Less Dominant While American Sugar Producers, Both Farifters and Hefiners, Growing More Prosperous By J. C. ROYLR ik<- Tka A #*????> New York. March 7 ? The position I of Cuba In the sugar Industry ib I steadily becoming of less lmport ; ance. Consumers and retailers who , keep in close touch with the market are optimistic that future prices will be confined within a moderate range unless unexpected weather develop ments disrupt conditions. They are therefore buying refined sugar only ! for immediate needs at present, pre ' ferring to let the refhrertr run that risk and carry the stocks. ! The biggest beet sugar year in the history of this country is in the mak ing. according to estimates of acre ages now under contract. Growers assert that if conditions during the growing and harvesting season are even reasonably favorable, the year will see a production of beet sugar not hitherto approached. Records of the Colorado crop re porting service affiliated with the Department of Agriculture show that sugar beets were the most val uable crop in that state last year in proportion to the acreage planted. I- An increase of acreage of at least 20 per cent is indicated there this year. ? The Great Western Sugar Com 1 pany expects to contract this season for more than 160.000 acres, the Holly Sugar Corporation for. i5, 000 to 18,000 acres, the Independent Su gar Corporation for 8,000, the Am erican Beet Sugar Company for 30, 000, and the National Sugar Com pany for 6,000 acres. Equally heavy plantings are expected In other su gar beet states.' The efTed of the Industry on the nnancial and business position of the country as a whole is illustrated ac-i curately In the banking position in! the ijitermountaln states. For ex-| ample, the index of rediscounts and J loans at the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve I3ank serv- 1 InC I'tull tho lorooB ? nf Mohn I nd Eastern Nevada, shows .that rhereas In 1920 these Items reached peak of $44,000,000 compared rlth deposits of $6,500,000, the ?resent total of rediscounts and oatiB Is around $8,000,000 with de posits of $9,000,000. This Improved if the Democratic party. There was lomething fascinating, if not sen sational, about the spectacular rise >f the college president to fame as i courageous administrator and a earless spokesman of Democratic irinclples. A lac; he had carried Cpw Jersey by approximately 50, 100 only two years before and his itrength was undiminished by the ecord he had made as governor In t state repressed theretofore by boss nanagement of bi-partisan effective less. Convinced that ho won the Dem >cratic nomination at Haltlmre cm principle, Woodrow Wilson endea vored to conduct his campaign on! ihe same high plane. Not once luring the 1912 contest, for in stance. did Mr. Wilson mention the name erf Theodore Roosevelt . He tried to avoid personalities in poll tics. He was much more intrested In principles, preferlng always to ileal with persons Implicitly rather than explicitly. (Tomorrow's chapter tell* about Mr. Wilnon's singular notions about party platforms and campaigning.) SPRINGLESS SHADES l J<t I onvj. . Look Bitter condition is attributed largely to the recovery of the sugar beet industry. The companies making sugar there are in a greatly improved con dition and the farmers who planted beets have prospered. There is a no table lack of the complaints which have come in such volume from the agricultural sections devoted large ly to wheat, or in which crop divers ification has not been practiced, and better trade by merchants and large sales by manufacturers and whole salers in other sections. A deal now is "on the fire" which may result In a realignment of the sugar situation in Wyoming and California. The Holly Sugar Cor-; poration of Colorado has acquired a | large minority interest in the stock of the Wyoming Sugar Company op erating a plant at Worland, in the Big Horn Basin, and 'has obtained an option on the remainder. The Great Western Sugar Company has! offered to take over stock and option at a profit and if the offer is accept ed the Holly Corporation will aban don its plan of transferring its plant , at Anaheim. California, to Torring-1 jton, Wyoming, where it has contrac ted for 8.000 acres of beets this sea son. The Worland district would i be considerably expanded. The Great Western Company con siders the Torrington district as tri [ butary to its factories in Western I Nebraska and is willing to take over 'the Worland plant at a profit to the | Holly Company provided the Tor FIVE ROUND PENNIES males ? half a dim*. Any old tlma la Chockarbarry time. Try tha n?w cbtwing gum with t ha new flavor that * prmsaad in ? Flaer ? Chackarbfcy. rlngton factory i? not put Id oper ation. As an inducement, it is said that Great Western is willing to di rert enough beets from the Billings Montana district to the Holly plant at Sheridan to allow capacity oper ations there. Bradley Sweaters For these Cold days ? Made like a good sweater should be made and every one guaranteed to give sat isfactory wear. Made in all sizes for Men, Ladies and Children. Mitchell's Exclusive Dealers for Elisabeth City, N. C. No matter what brand of baking powder you use, you may have success with your baking today ? but what about tomorrow or next week. Uniformity ? un failing success every day in the year ? that's the biggest mark' of merit a leavener can have ? and that's the very thing that has made Calumet Baking Powder the pre ferred bake -day aid of America. A pound can of Calumet con tains full 16 ounces. Some bakiiig powders come in 12 ounce cans in stead of 16 ounce cans. Be sure you ? get a pound wheo you want it. If you doubt the unusual quality of Calumet, make a test? bake a cake with any baking powder you may select? then use the same re cipe and employ Calumet. This very test has caused millions upon millions of wo men to turn from a baking pow der they had used for years ? it has proven to them that the "Best by Test" leavener is the purest that money can buy. For better bakings ? day in and day out? use Calumet. EVERY INGREDIENT USED OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY U. 8. FOOD AUTHORITIES Sales xV? 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