Reserved.

Reserved.

Wilson Frontrunner for Democratic Nomination
Princeton President is Party Favorite to Run for Governor This Fall

Dr. Woodrow Wilson is the favorite among the potential Democratic Party members heading into the convention this September. The academic and professor of political science is well-known across the nation for his critically acclaimed books on American history and government but is a newcomer to public service. For his part, Dr. Wilson has remained silent on the issue of running. When pressed he has simply said, "My work and loyalty is to Princeton first. Whatever the Democratic Party of New Jersey has in store for me, I can only guess." Dr. Wilson has said time and time again he would not seek nomination, but would not turn a nomination down if the convention did indeed choose him as its candidate for governor.

Excerpt from Newark Star-Eagle Article
July 22nd, 1910

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George,

You have been talking Wilson up for nearly six years now and, upon finally meeting the man, I think I am comfortable with throwing the party machine behind him. Wilson is smart, eloquent, and perhaps most importantly very new to politics. Sure, he has studied it as an academic, but the statehouse is not the school room. He will need men like us to guide him and show him the way. He will need advisement if and when he gets to Trenton. By placing him in debt to the machine and men like us, he will certainly come to his senses and follow the party line. I am assured that this talk of progressivism is just talk for the campaign trail. When the times comes, you will find that Dr. Woodrow Wilson is most agreeable to our wishes.

-- Senator James Smith Jr.
Letter to Democratic Boss George Harvey
July 25th, 1910

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President Roosevelt Stumping For Congressional Candidates
T.R. Mum on 1912 Republican Nomination

-- Wichita Eagle Headline
August 30th, 1910

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Run, Teddy, Run!
The US Needs Roosevelt Again

-- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Headline
August 31st, 1910

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"It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to the problems of the present precisely the qualities which in other crises enabled the men of that day to meet those crises... The absence of effective State, and, especially, national, restraint upon unfair money-getting has tended to create a small class of enormously wealthy and economically powerful men, whose chief object is to hold and increase their power. The prime need to is to change the conditions which enable these men to accumulate power which it is not for the general welfare that they should hold or exercise... The prime problem of our nation is to get the right type of good citizenship, and, to get it, we must have progress, and our public men must be genuinely progressive."

-- Theodore Roosevelt Speech
August 31st, 1910

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"Well, I am a Roosevelt that much is true. But it seems that Uncle Ted -- That's what I call him -- and I are on different sides of the aisle. One thing we do have in common is something that you will find in all Roosevelts, and that is a sincere desire to help people. He may be a Republican and I a Democrat, but we both have a Progressive soul. We both seek to help the downtrodden and the infirm, those that have been robbed of their chance by cruel circumstance. I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. A vote for me is a vote for that early worm, a vote for me is a vote for Progressivism and a transparent government that works for everyone, not just those who can pay for my campaign. If you give me the awesome responsibility of being your state senator, then you will see that a Roosevelt can be both a progressive and a democrat."

-- Franklin Roosevelt Campaign Speech
September 7th, 1910

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Democrats Win House, Gain Twelve Senate Seats In Midterm Elections
Conservative/Progressive Split in Republican Party To Blame

Washington Post Headline
November 9th, 1910

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Wilson Wins!
Princeton President Beats Lewis by 49,000 Votes

-- Trenton Times Headline
November 9th, 1910

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Democrat Roosevelt Wins Senate Seat
Franklin D. Roosevelt Upsets Schlosser In Landslide

-- Albany Times UnionHeadline
November 9th, 1910