Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-17
WILSON MISTAKES
CLAMOR FOR REAL
VOICE OF PEOPLE
Summit Newspaper Resents
Governor-elects Tendency to
Interfere With Legislature.

The following editorial Is from today's
summit Record:
The action OF ,GoVcraor-elect Wood
row Wilson in attempting to dictate to
The incoming Legislature on the subject
OF the United states senator IS exactly
The course that we expected he would
pursne and outlines cearly the policy
we hfsaly believe he will follow during
his tel. Thar of interfering in ell
questions whether they concern his
Office or not. Mr.. Wilson was elected
to discharge The duties OF Governor
While lie fo.ver to select United States
senators is vested in the Legislature.
The two departments 81 government
are entirely separate and distinct and
for him to attempt To Interfere with
The duties Of the Legislature is an
ASSUMPTION CT authority that we trust
the members Of the Legislature will
have sufictcrt dignity and courage to
resent. He mag have the same interest
that al GOOD citizens have in the ques-
ton OF New Jerseys United States sen
.ator. but when he attempts TO use the
office Of governor 20 compel another
branch of government to adopt bis
views and follow his advice or instruc-
tons, he is going beyond the limits Of
safety.
Z Mr.. Wilson'S statement on the sena-
1orial question was both a piece OF
4mpudent assumption IT authority -
speak for all Democrats Of the State
aid . ridiculous effort 70 prove tha.
because 5000 voters INDUCED in the
lastime OF depositing ballots Tor James
Il. MARITIME for that office at the pri-
mary ths remaining 100000 voters OF
the state must accept him as their
representative in the United States
Senate, and this despite the tact that
the yeriest novice in politics knows
that neither party ever declared in
favor of having the senatorial ques-
zion decided at the primaries. The
PARTIES have pronounced in favor OF
the selection Of the senator's at the
general election but TO secure this
right iRcplyes a change In the consti-
tuition OF which there seems no in1me-
diate probability.
The difficulty with Mr.. Wilson Is that
he processes to regard as tho Voice
of the people the elamoring and froth-
ing OF a coterl& Of Journalistic h,po-
critics and %agitators who necer aceonl-
.~Ifiished anything but the ruin Of every
public official who e~ndeaVored to eater
to tlfefr @hins. With columns OF space
at their command to devote to flettery
and appeals TO the variety of men
whom they desire to use they have at
tempted to foist all sorts Of freak
measures and policies eff government
ION the State. Mr.. Wilson has demon
strated before that he is amenable to
such influences and IL likely to develop
into the same sort of newspaper
statesman" that we have had il office
before in New Jersey. Franklin Fort,
Foster VOORHEES,, Frank S9mmer and
CORES OF others we might point out N
deavored in return for columns of full
some adulation to direct their course
in ONCE in accordance with the ideas
OF these freak theorists and each one
retired from public life politically de-
tested by the voters Of the State, With
nut regard to party. And Woodrow
Wilson will meet the same fate II he
attempts. as now seems likely, to per-
init their appeals to his vanity To in
.terfeT6 with. his work as governor.