The Penn's Grove record., 1910-12-16
URGES CITIZENS TO SUPPORT WILSON
President of Federation of Demo-
cratic Clubs Issues Statement.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Dec. 10
Ray e. Mayham, Of Railway, president
of the Federation Of Democratic Clubs
of New Jersey, and who during The
last campaign WAS secretary OF the
Democratic Auxiliary Committee, and
of the Speakers Bureau, at State
headquarters in Newark, has given out
the following statement i'll regard to
the Senatorial contest, anu urging the
Democrats of the State TO support The
stand taken by Governor-elec0 Wilson.
l am one OF those who very greatly
regret the situation i'll the Democratic
party Of New Jersey at the present
time. 1t is indeed unfortunate IIitt
the fiuits of tie glorious Victory we
have just won are in danger % pclns
dissipated because Of the seihsi pun
poses of one individual.
The proposition to disregard the
choice CT the primary III the electioh
of a United States Senator, II TO
bring about the election of James
Smith, Jr., in place Of James +. Maj
tine, is, in my opinion, a breach OF a
generally accepted parry principle, and
would mean disaster to the Democratic
party of this State, for years to come.
AS GoverDur-elect Wilson has said,
the people of this State do not want
Mr.. Smith to represent them in the
United States Senate. Mr.. Smith
knows this, and ;hat his election can
only be Brought about through political
intrigue and ia,detiance of public SELL
timent. He has already served as a
,[n,Iora fIa Sn.1ta md tho rac,,lf
We're wholly unsatisfactory to the peo-
pie at large, and to the rank ard file of
the Democratic party Ill particular.
Whatever his purposes may have been,
it is, nevertheless, believed to be a
fact that his record as Senator shows
him to have been inimlcal to the in
terest of the people, and favorable to
the elements which thrive through the
benefits derived from special privilege.
Whatever can be said OF Mr.. Marines
qualifications, we know at least that he
can always he depended upon to be for
the people and against ''the interests"
and that is the kind of a MA the people
OF New jersey need TO represent them
i'll the United States Senate at the
present hour.
MI. Smith, in the opinion of the
people Of tins Safe is no letter than
M. Kean, Mr.. Lodge, Mr.. Depew OF
Mi. Aldlich, ana that is not tile type
of .nan Trey want to represent them.
That the attacks on Mr.. Marines
capabllii les. which are evidently emf
mating from the Smith headquarters, are
insincere and for a selfish purpose can
hnct lao pUl1All.a1 Inv tho f,nt fhat an
Tie ballot when MI. Briggs was elected
Senator, Mr.. MARITIME Was given the full
vote OF the Democratic minority, i'll
Guiding the Essex comfy asSemblymen:
also ny the TACT that i'll the State COLI
%yention III which Mr.. katzenbacl was
nominated Mr.. MARITIME was The can
didate of tie Essex county leaders
almost up 10 The time the nomination
was made.
Again, the attemp. to discredit the
action OF HE primary ana to claim that
1t vas mol taken seriously by the people
OF this Sale, can best be answered by
the statement that its provisions were
generally accepted by both Democrats
and Republicans alike, and that the
three gentlemen who entered the con-
test oil the Republican side were no less
%pers0nages than he chairman and vice
chairman Of the Republican State Com
mittee, both OF Whom were former Gov
errors OF this 5 ate, and the members
OF Congress trom the Sixth Congress
SIGNAL district. IL is very evident that
The, reasons WHY Messrs. Kean and
Smith did NC leave their fate with the
people, WAS 9ecal,h lhat, hey knew