Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-27
CAMPAIGN FOR
WILSON OPENS
Democratic State Committee
Had Important Meeting
in Newark Yesterday.
BIG NEE. | .Gs PLANNED

Newark, Sept. 27:@There was
busting activity at democratic head
quarters, 772 Broad street, yester-
day, when the state committee threw
on the harness and settled down to
earnest work for the election OF
Woodrow Wilson as the next COVER
nor of New Jersey.
On the formal opening of head
quarters William X. Devereux, sec
rotary of the committee, took charge
of the routine and began to get
things in shape to carry out the pro-
gram mapped out by the state body
today. State Chairman James r.
Nugent visited headquarters several
times during the day and in the
afternoon had a conference with the
Essex assembly candidates as to the
conduct of the campaign in this
county. A schedule of meetings to
be addressed by the candidates and
others were approved.
General D. F. Collins, of Eliza
beth, who is treasurer Of the state
committee, dropped in to consult
with Mr.. Nugent over the details of
meetings to be held in Union county.
From reports that come to the
state committee from all parts of
the state it Is certain that IL the
~gubernatorial election were held i'm
mediately Wilson would be elected
by a large majority. Politicians well
know that there is usually a time in
a campaign when a much-talked-
about candidate reaches the zenith
or his ~vote-getting power. The state
committee figures that in the case Of
Woodrow Wilson he will keep grow
ing stronger till the very day of his
election.
Many persons who regard his
candidacy with great interest, but
have not yet decided to support him
at the polls, will be attracted to hear
him plead the cause of good govern
ment from the hastings. To hear
him Is to be convinced by him, the
state committee believes. The way
In which he won the minds of the
delegates opposed to his nomination
In the state convention is taken as
an indication of the manner in
which he will sway the voters as a
whole.
Mr.. Wilson's appeal is not to the
AAA ~ . i WHY pObhJCu ~
the eason Of his hearers. He does
Ut deal in platitudes, nor attempt
u stir the emotions. He is a logi-
clan, whose language is as chaste
and simple as the vocabulary of a
child's story book. He builds up his
argument from a plain premise, and
draws the conclusion with irresisti-
BILE force. His Is the ssence of elo-
n,,arna Ia L. T-@oz- A.. a.. @--
ness. Yet his words glow. They are
galvanized by the strength of his
thought. No man has appeared on
the stump in recent years who has
such an effective way of discussing
political issues. Because of the sym
pathy he is sure to establish with his
audiences the state committee feels
1t is justified in believing that Will
son will keep gradually growing
stronger. His zenith will be reach
ed IN the day the votes are cast.
The opening of Mr.. Wilson's cam
paign In Jersey City tomorrow night
is expected to be made by the demo-
Gratis of Hudson county a memora-
BILE event. The keynote will be
sounded there.
An an evidence Of the nationwide
interest in the Wilson campaign big
news-gathering bureaus like the
Associated Press and the Laffan
Bureau as we'll as others, have been
asked by their clients to put their
best men on the Wilson campaign.
tour. Already more than one corps
of newspaper men from outside the
state has been organized to follow
the Princeton president from n
end of New Jersey to the other on
his speech-making tour. The ON
ing battle In this state Is regarded
as the most notable IN the United
States and there r more than thir-
ty governors to be elected this fall.
The special correspondents will get
on the job at Jersey City and won't
quit the candidate till he makes his
last speech in Newark on November
s.
Wilson's appearance in this city
Friday night will not be less notable
than the gathering in Jersey City.
Kruger Auditorium's big seating
capacity will probably be taxed to
the utmost.
The state committee intends to
have no trife unattended to in the
effort to roll up a big plurality for
Wilson. A literary bureau has been
opened at headquarters, with Daniel
A. Dugan, of Orange, in charge, and
the state auxiliary committee, with
Job Lippincott. of Jersey City, at the
helm, has begun its activities in a
section of the headquarters. Next
Monday afternoon there will be a
meeting of the democratic editors of
the state. Some of the state com
mitteemen will be on hand. Chair
man Nugent will talk on the work
of the campaign to the newspaper
men and plans will be laid for effec-
tive missionary effort by the editors.