Cary T. Grayson Diary
Title
Cary T. Grayson Diary
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP17097
Date
1919 March 7
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
The President and I walked around the deck, while Mrs. Wilson played cards in her apartments with her Secretary, Miss Benham. After lunch the President and Mrs. Wilson attended a movie matinee in the main dining-room. The room was very hot and the ventilation imperfect with the result that the President got the start of what later turned out to be a nasty cold. At night he also attended the movies.
The President today sent a telegram of congratulation to Congressman-elect John H. Wilson, at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, who has just been elected on the Democratic ticket, his platform calling for a complete endorsement of the President’s peace program and ratification of the League of Nations covenant. The President was much gratified over this, as it is a forecast of what may be expected when the people of the United States have the opportunity to pass upon the League of Nations plan. It was especially gratifying because this is a marked Republican district, John H. Wilson being the first Democratic Congressman elected in the district for over fifty years, and the second Democrat ever elected in the district. The President said that if the Republicans insisted upon making this an issue it might be a straw as to how the election was going. He said that the political conditions in Pennsylvania really had to be viewed with alarm, because they were so corrupt and content. For instance, when Vance McCormick ran for Governor, he carried, if he recollects, every county in the State except Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In Philadelphia they have a machine by which they can keep on counting votes as long as they like and count out any one they do not want.
The President today sent a telegram of congratulation to Congressman-elect John H. Wilson, at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, who has just been elected on the Democratic ticket, his platform calling for a complete endorsement of the President’s peace program and ratification of the League of Nations covenant. The President was much gratified over this, as it is a forecast of what may be expected when the people of the United States have the opportunity to pass upon the League of Nations plan. It was especially gratifying because this is a marked Republican district, John H. Wilson being the first Democratic Congressman elected in the district for over fifty years, and the second Democrat ever elected in the district. The President said that if the Republicans insisted upon making this an issue it might be a straw as to how the election was going. He said that the political conditions in Pennsylvania really had to be viewed with alarm, because they were so corrupt and content. For instance, when Vance McCormick ran for Governor, he carried, if he recollects, every county in the State except Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In Philadelphia they have a machine by which they can keep on counting votes as long as they like and count out any one they do not want.
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Diary
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Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson Diary,” 1919 March 7, WWP17097, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.