Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-16
WILSON, NOT
A CANDIDATE.
Head Of Princeton University
SAYS His Duty Is With Prince
ton-.-ESSex Men to Insist.

woodrow Wilson of Princeton uni
versitv. is moi and will not be a can
didate for United States senator from
New Jersey. He believes that he could
not attend to the duties of his present
position and those of senator at the
same time conscientiously, and fur
thermore will not consider the ques-
ton of his candidacy.
DR.. Wilson received a reporter
shortly after Colonel Edwin A. Stew
ems. of Hoboken, the only avowed
democratic candidate for the senator
ship. had left Prospect, after a call
which occupied the entire afternoon.
my visit from Colonel Stevens this
afternoon was only a personal CALL"
he said. "You know Colonel Stevens
and 1. We did not discuss politics,
except that 1 G expressed my interest in
his canvass"
Questioned with reference to his
endorsement by the Essex delegation,
DR.. Wilson said that he was not a
candidate for the Office, and, feeling
that the circumstances warranted his
making his position clear, he would
not be a candidate.
when it is shown to a man that
the people desire him to serve them
in public Office" said DR.. Wilson, 81
believe he should make almost any
kind of personal sacrifice to perform
that service. In my case, though, it
would be, I think, entirely incompati-
Bile to enter the senate without re-
signing my work here, and as the
work in which | am now engaged is
essentially a line of public service, to
leave it for the %senatorship would be
simply changing from one form of
public duty to another.
II have been president here only
four years. Much of the work l have
planned is only fairly under way, and
a great deal of it not even begun. 1t
would justify me in leaving my work
here to enter the senate or even to
allow myself to be considered as a
candidate for the s~enatorship.
81 do not believe l could conscien-
tiously attend to the duties of senator
and president of Princeton at the
same time. Politics, as you know, is
a wide field, and would require much
time, which l have not to devote to it.
| have not been nominated, but as |
have said before, I have not the time
and will not consider the matter"
What do you think of Colonel Ste
vens' candidacy" the doctor was
asked.
Why" he replied, 81 suppose you
know that he was my classmate and
dear friend. Our relations have been
personal and close. l do not know
much about his political views, but l
would dearly love to see Ned Etevens
go to the senate"
Try to Persuade Wilson to Stand.
AS soon as DR.. Woodrow Wilson,
president of Princeton university, eX-
presses a willingness to receive them,
the eleven democratic assembly nom
inees from Essex county will visit
Princeton and personally inform DR..
Wilson that he alone is their unani-
nous choice for United States senator
as successor to Senator John F. Dry
den.
The eleven candidates, or a repre-
sentative committee, if considered
more desirable, will, when they meet
the university hear, state how, Sat
urday night, after a four-hour care
full deliberation, they agreed, without
a discordant note, that DR.. Wilson
was the man of the hour and the one
man who might be prevailed upon to
become the successor of the man.
brilliant democrats who helped to
make New Jersey famous while in the
halls of congress.
DR.. Wilson will be informed that
this action of the Essex assembly
candidates was taken with the full
knowledge that he was not a candi-
date in the sense that seeking an Of
flee is implied and that it would be "a
sacrifice on his part to permit the
use of his name.
1t was the delegation, they will ar
que, that made DR.. Wilson a candi-
date, not as the leader of a forlorn
hope, but with victory almost assured
and expecting, as they do, a ratifica-
ton of their action in other sections
of the state, they will ask him not to
enter upon an active campaign, but
to express a willingness to accept the
Office when elected.