The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-15
WILSON ON FIRST BALLOT
NEW JERSEYS DEuOI ARC
CANDIDATE FOR GOI ERNOR.
That u the Prediction sT FORMER United
states senator James smith. .Jr.
Hudson COuniy's delegates Are
lnAnlnaeus for PrIDretOo'S President

Hudson COunty's delegates Are
lnanlnlous for PriDretonS President
| TRENTON, y. J.. Sept 1.-THE nomina
ton OF President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton University as the Democratic
candidate for Governor Of New Jersey
will he made on the first ballot az the State
convention tomorrow According To- tn.
predictions made AZ the headana n err
of former United States senator James
smith. Jr., tonight
Perhaps MIR Smith and his as~ociatas
IN the Wilson movement were too omit
mtstiC IN making thus prediction. hut IL
was generally accepted that the nomina-
non ot MIR. Wilson WAS "a fnregone con
cil-IOu, whether on the first ballot or after
one or NOR" ~ the three other candidates
II the field had i',-n bo~itvi uut of TN.
running
The eve of the convention brought to
Trenton on. IL the largest gatherings
Of politicians which the D-moC rats have
assembled here in wears Mayor otto
Wittpenn Of Jersey CITY and Senator
George y Siller Of Mddlesex opened
headquarters Of their own and conducted
their campaigns among the delegates
DR. Wilson aud ex-Mavor Frank \
katzenbach. Jr Of Trenton. the real con =
te~tants IN IN. race had no heaciu,iarters
DIR Wilson being IN Princeton and Mr.
kat,enhach avoiding the crowds which
thronEed the various hotel corridors
In former senator smith. however.
DR.. Wilson had an advocate. who rnizs..,I
nu move IA IN. game 81 pohtIcs and as
haE
that Mr. Smith was gaming ground while
the anti-WIson f"rc~S We're trsing ~
VAIN To effect a combination against HIM
Former S-uat " Smith claimed thar
Dr Wilson would hav" more than SD
votes un thr first ballot IN ,Iyh thus wac
vigorously dispUtsl hv the opposition
careful canvass might Indicated thar
The vote on first ballot might stand about
a. follows Wills IA. 7a5 Kat z.uhach Pa
SILVER. :Ai. NutIenu. a. William -
ihTTlgdu. ~
The ten votes supposed to b,. controlled
hv Mr. Harrigan ar" cnunt.si upon bv
ka'yrubaCh. hut ar" likely to 20 any
wher' ~ M" convention.
" HUDSON county. the majority of
which - controlled bv Robert Davis who
faYOr- Dr Wilson. sho,Ild decide. Ia .n-
force the unit ruiz. Mayor Wlttpenn would
be left practically without a vote m the
convention.
Whll" II was reported that th.. Hudson
O~lSgate~ al fh-tr CAUCUS IN Jersey city to-
night had adopied the unit rule u was
~aid 10y several ~ the county leaders
here that her" wa~ No lntentIon Of en-
forcing ~
Two reasons w-r. given for this first
that he unit rule would create unnecs,-
Sary friction ~ the convention. and So
md that the nomination - Dr Wilson
would bo brought about without q
should there b- anv change IA ths. sitIl-
ton to-nOrrUw the Hudson delegation
has still r,'s"rv'si the right Ia enforce the
rule
A. caucus 81 the organization dele
gates from Hudson county 10 the Demo
cratic state convention held last night az |
the GrOy" Theatre. formerly a Baptist
church. IN Jersey city. DR. Woodrow
Wilson. president Of Princeton Cniver- |
slty. WAS Indor--d as Hud-on's choice for !
the Oubernatorial nomination
II was announced that ist delegates !
were unanimous for his selection. Joseph |
VI. Noonan placed DR. Wilson's name |
before the caucr- and Robert Davis !
The Democratic county leader. later told I
he delegates who had loudly ..nnand~d
a speech. that the doctor was sure
winner
Davis declared that the wittpenn ad- /
which tired - overthrow
ne. nrgaHisEiiDn ~ The primaries and
'aiI@d had used the police depArtm
10 heAi up men and IutimIdate voters
He SAid the aCtIun Of the pOliC. was dis
graceful The Wittpenn delegates ~
fused 10 Ro into caucus Ihev met ia
he Mayors ONCE last night and d.-cided
% 60 ~ the. state convention az Trenton
O-day ia a bodv The Davis d-l,-ga' ION
VII leave Jersey city Al s:0l 4 VI IN a
special tram