The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-10-14
TIE STORM BREAKS.

Woodrow Wilson has asseverated that
he is under obligations to no one for
his nomination These asseverations
have been in the nature of denials,
which have been made by Mr.. Wilson
without any public accusation to bring
them forth having been made.
But now the cat is out of the bag.
The Newark Evening News takes ex-
ception to the fact that the Newark
Star omitted from report of Mr..
Wilson's speech at Trenton the follow
ing:
$50 far as 1 am concerned l have
not been told that anybody was re-
sponsible for my nomination. If any
body did bring it about I am glad to
say did not know who it was. There
fore l am not under the subtle inf1u-
ence of anybody"
The News thinks that the Star,
which is owned by James Smith, Jr.,
purposely omitted this portion Of Mr..
Wilson's speech in a natural desire on
Smiths part to suppress the candi-
dates denial of responsibility to any
one" The News goes ON to say that
the names of James Smith, Jr.; Robert
Davis and George Harvey have been
associated with DR.. Wilson's candi-
dacy from the first and that IF the
people generally had not that faith In
Mr.. Wilson's patriotism, honesty and
perspicuity which convinces them that
If elected he will rise superior to the
convention that accomplished his NOM
nation he would not have the ghost of
a chance"
1t is not remarkable that the Star
omitted DR.. Wilson's denial of obliga-
ton to any one for his nomination, but
DR.. Wilson's coy way Of making the
denial must arouse widespread sus-
picion Of his sincerity. II have not
been told that anybody was response
Bile for my nomination." he says. APP
parently the ingenious academician
believes his nomination was purely an
inspiration on the part of the Demo-
cratic convention, and If it was not
then somebody is to blame for not hav-
ing informed him Of the fact. IF any
body did bring it about" he goes on;
II am glad to say I did not know who
it was"
OF course the eminent educator of
Princeton had had no previous COM
munication with Senator Smith or any
one else on the subject, and no doubt
Senator Smith never consulted DR..
Wilson as to whether he would accept
the nomination or not if it were offered
to him. Senator Smith just took
wild leap In the dark, as is his usual
political custom. Senator Smith did
not send his lieutenants, chief of
whom was Jim Nugent, all through the
state for weeks prior to the Demo-
cratic convention examining Wilson
propaganda down Katzenbach threats.
oh, no! Senator Smith did none OF
this, and DR.. Wilson, who certainly is
learned enough to grasp the import
of the ninth commandment, did not
know what was being done, had no
communication with Senator Smith or
any other Democratic leader on the
subject and did not have a speech pre-
pared in advance of the convention to
accept the nomination
This denial of DR.. Wilson's is not
only silly; it is nasty. 1t proves by its
utter absurdity that DIR. Wilson is as
deeply in the scheme as Jim Smith or
George Harvey or Bob Davis or Jim
Nugent, and DIR. Wilson's frequent de-
mails Of obligation to these men with
out his having been accused of being
under this obligation shows that a rest
less consciousness of the situation is
disturbing his peace of mind.
Woodrow Wilson knows, Jim Smith
knows, George Harvey knows, Jim
Nugent knows, and all the others inter-
ested know, that Smith expects by the
election of Wilson to control the state
patronage and to bring about at the
same time the election of a Democrat
ic legislature which would result in
the choice of Smith as United States
senator. If Wilson is a deliberate
party to this scheme it simply proves
that there is no reason why a univer-
sity president should be regarded as
being in class by himself. when he
gets the political bee in his bonnet. If
Wilson is not party to the scheme
he displays an appalling lack of the
"perspicuity" which the News attrib-
utes to him and lends abundant Gre
dence to the reports that the Princeton
university trustees are anxious to get
him off their hands.
DIR. Wilson says, IF you pick out the
best man it doesn't make much differ.
ence in my mind whether he Is Dem