Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-29
Declares He Will Be Real Leader
if Elected Governor in
Elizabeth Speech.
WINS LABORING MEN
IN SECOND STRONG SPEECH
Lauds Right Use OF Unions and
Urges Adoption OF Employ
ers' Liability Act.
lrrom a star Correspondent.

ELIZABETH, oct. 25.~-"Nel, what
is IT ali about? What does it all
mean" has been a fayorite~e expression
Of Woodrow Wilson, as during the pas
four weeks he has Travelled from couh-
~ TO county through New Jersey ana
looked out upon the vast throngs ina
have been gathered night after nlgh'
TO hear him speak upon the vital issues
Of political life which are now con-
fronting the people of this state Woou-
row Wilson's experiences last night in
Elizabeth. where he addressed two
great assemhlages of voters, caused
rhe Princeton man once again to ask
the same question. There was every
evidence that the voters OF Union
COUNTY have caught the same indet1n-
able spirit of earnestness in TINS new
style of campaign which this mora
giant is wagiDg, and as they looked
into his earnest face and saw the lght
of his kindly eyes gazing upon them IN
the spirit of challenge they gave IN
their attitude the answer to the ques-
ton. what is ii all about? What does
ii all mean?' >,
Today, in Union county, they will tell
YOU that ii means that the voters OF
New Jersey have at last realized ina
one of the great leaders OF moral sen
timent and of the real life of the com
M people has been accepted, ahu
that they will follow his leadership al
the polls on November 5 when Union
county. by a large vote, Will register
it's faith and confidence in a zeal leader
who rests his case with the hard morse
sense Of the average voter.
No Longer an Amateur.
Az this campaign approaches its
conclusion the Princeton man VINO was
dubbed ian amateur In a poiiticsl
game, Is taxing on, in his speeches,
feryor and |eloouence that is sweeping
everything before him, and the audi
ences seem to be even more completely
under the wand of his mastery style
of campaign address.
Today hundreds of voters in MO
county who~had neither seen nor heard
this new leader are swearing allegiance
to him and will he in the very fore
front as workers in the battle of bal
lots which will wage IN this State one
week from TUESDAY.
sIf that man does not get what he
SAYS he wants he will know the reason
why he dots not"
Yes, he will have no boss when he
goes to Trenton. and | believe he viii
be for the people ali the time he II
ahere. and he VIII he the governor
There is no question about that"
Tho STAR correspondent. watkins
behind two workingmen after the con
clusion of the meeting. heard these re
marks. as the two plain, earnest ano
vet intelligent voters were matching
their. ideas about the candidate L
whom they had listened for over sixty
1t has been well suggested
hat the judgment Of the average citi'
zen is the best gauge of public opinion
about any public man, and these twt
Z New Jersey artisans. never before hav'
Ing seen or heard Woodrow Wilson
had taken the measure of the man.
1t was the correct measure. II wa.
the measurement which friends of DIT
Wilson have taken of him for the pas
twenty-ive years. it IS also the meas
which the voters of New Jer
sey have taken of him. and now !
seems that the voters are simply mark
ing time, impatiently awaiting the cleo
ton day when they may go to tin
ballot boxes and there register thei
conception of the man.
All over Elizabeth today expression
could be heard favorable to the can
didacy Of Woodrow Wilson, for las
night in his mastery speeches he Ger
tainly clinched more firmly the reasol
why all independent thinkers and vot
ers with progressive ideas should vet
fos the Democratic ticket, which h
has humorously suggested, compel
them TO vote for himself.
ut is nothing but Hobson's choic
in this matter; and because of TIL
limited number of candidates fror
whom the selection can be made tn
probably is all the greater that light
ming will strike the man who is askin
your votes at this meeting"
Remarkable Orator.
Several remarkable outbreaks Nwhic
show Enthusiastically the trend of pun
lie opinion occurred at Proctors The
atre. Mr.. Wilson. after discussing re
form and progressive legislation, ex
claimed: Where dc you see the roa
most open for reform? Where doe
the open road lie2 Does it lie follow
ing a man who has been trained In tn
habits of an organization that is unre
formed and probably unreformable, c
in following a man who never be
longed to any organization, who ha
been invited to lead with absolute free
dom and who intends TO iead?"
He could get no further along. Th
cheers began to sweep IN upon hii
and when the first wave had subside
A little a fervent elderly voter in tn
/. second row of chairs from the stag
shouted up at Mr.. Wilson: You'll /
our leader; we want you to be OF
leader" Then the storm OF applaus
began all over again. Mr.. Wilson stoo
there n smiled, which proadened
bit when some voter in the hous
yelled:
Three cheers for our leader-ot
next governor The effect was ele'
trio. Men stood in the house and q