Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-01
SPLENDID PRAISE
FOR DR. WILSON
FROM OSCAR KEEN

If there was any doubt in the mind
of any one of the multitude assembled
last night in Kruger Auditorium as to
who Woodrow Wilson Is 1t was re-
moved by Oscar Keen, who presided
as chairman Mr.. Keen, who Is one
of the best known Democrats in the
county, introduced the candidate with
these words:
Fellow Democrats-I esteem it a
great honor to be selected to preside
over this meeting, which is held to
ratify the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson as the Democratic candidate
for governor of New Jersey, and feel
satisfied that Woodrow Wilson will be
the next governor of this State, and
that he will be a most worthy sue
cessor of Joel Parker, Theodore f.
Randolph, George B. Mcclellan and the
other distinguished men that the
Democratic party has given as gov
ernors of this great State.
Our nominee is man of such high
character that no one will doubt that
he will live UP to the spirit of the plat
form that was adopted by the conven-
tion that nominated him, and, If the
people will give him a Democratic
House of Assembly which / believe
they will, and by as large a majority
as Maine recently gave, this State Will
no longer be ruled by a party that in
comparatively few years increased
the State expenditures to such an ex-
tent that now they are more than
$4,000, 900 a year, when under the last
Democratic administration they were
less than $1,000, 900 year.
This must be stopped, and the
people have determined that the Demo-
cratic party alone can stop 1t, under
the inspiration of Woodrow Wilson.
The nomination of DR.. Wilson has
been criticised by some on the ground
that. being the president of a. large
university. he is merely student ana
scholar.
"But they forget that the University
of Princeton is a great institution ana
that 1t requires for its successful man
agement a man of large AFFAIRS, ana
one who is not only scholar, but VINO
is skilled in business and is Thoroughly
acquainted with financial matters
DIR Wilson has shown that he is
most practical man in every way, ana
we have every assurance that ne VIII
| govern New Jersey in the same sue
cessful manner as he has governed the
great university over. which he was
! called to preside on account OF the
talents he possessed.
Besides, he is not the first president
of Princeton that has been called upon
| to serve his country.
Zone of his great predecessors-Jonn
Witherspoon--for four years was q
member of the Continental Congress
and signer of the Declaration of In
dependence,
You can trust DR.. Wilson, for
| Grover Cleveland, a member of the
! board of trustees of the university
| trusted him and knew that he was
qualified not only for the presidency
of the university, but qualified to dis
charge in the most practical way
higher duties-the duties required tc
be performed by statesmen engaged In
the public service of the State and
nation.
II feel confident that we will. under
the leadership of Woodrow Wilson
achieve a great victory this coming
| November; and that he will administer
the affairs of this State with sucf
ability and satisfaction that the people
of the United States will at the proper
time call him to Washington to serve
In the same office the duties of which
were discharged with such con
spicuous ability by his friend and fell
low townsman, Grover Cleveland"