Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-15
HALL TOO SMALL
TO ACCOMMODATE
WILSON AUDIENCE
Toms River and Lakewood Ad-
mirers Out in Force to Hear
Democratic Candidate.
EMPHASIZES NEED OF
NEW POLITICAL BLOOD
Growing Spirit of independence
in American Politics Is
Plainly Evident.
lF,rom a stan Correspondent

lIAONi d otdA SpiioepohASilA.i
LAKEWOOD, Oct. 15.-Woodrow
Wilson's campaign has reached the
open-air stage, for last night at Toms
River, the county seat Of this rock
ribbed Republican county, the court
room was far inadequate to accommo-
date the large throng that gathered to
ear the Democratic candidate, and L.
w. Carmichael adjourned the meeting
to the large yard below, where Mr..
Wilson stood on the steps of the build
ing and addressed an audience that
reached to the street. 1t was a very
demonstrative crowd n cheered his
words to the echo and showed that in
this supposedly safe Republican county
the voters hav been keenly aroused
over the candidacy of the man from
Mercer who is leading the Democratic
hosts in this fight.
b tremendous manifestation of in
terest was a complete surprise to the
managers of the meeting, and Mr.. Will
son was a much surprised man when
the exigencies of the situation forced
him TO make his first open-air speech
of the present campaign. But he made
good, and as the night was ideal for
open-air speaking he made a great
lhlpA CC0iOi OH Tie lSl6IlCTS, Ills NOlC6
carrying with rerparkable distinctness
to the remotest corners of the assem-
blage. There was no concealment of
the fact that the great attendance Of
the voters of Ocean county was an in
%splration to the candidate and filled
him with a spirit of remarkable
earnestness, which he manifested both
in the open-air speech at Toms River
and the oao0pI craa0I of thu R;odt NJ
Lakewood.
I~ntroduction of Candidate.
/. w. Carmichael, one of the prom
inent attorneys and leading Democrats
of the county, presided at the Toms
River meeting, and introduced Wood
row Wilson as "the friend of equality,
economy and justice, who would never
betray the people, but give them the
things which he pledged them before
his election, if the Legislature should
be Democratic, as he believed it would
be-" Continuing, he added that DR..
Wilson was a man of great ability as
an administrator. as a manager of
men, and one who had been accus-
toned to deal with large problems in
a large way. and would do all possible
to restore the rights of government in
all it's pristine state to the voters of
the state. When he introduced him as
the next governor of the State of New
Jersey he aroused many prolonged
cheers from the large throng.
1t was very evident that Mr.. Wilson
was greatly impressed with the size of
the crowd, and he has never been in a
happier mood since this remarkable
campaign started than he was when
he TOOK his hat off and waited for the
protracted applause to die away, SO
that his voice could be heard.
His first words struck the attention
of all the listeners when he stated that
there was only one explanation for the
remarkable crowd gathered before him
end that was tina the people of New
Jersey were beginning to feel that i'm
pulse that other parts of the nation
were feeling. the Spirit of Independence
in matters of government, and they
had about decided that they would
take a personal and active interest In
the administration of the affairs of the
political game, and not hand them over
to any board of guardians. The people
had reached the place where they were
anxious to come together and have a
heart-to-heart talk about these vital
questions, he declared.
Amateurs VS.. Professionals
Prolonged applause greeted his
statement that the Republican leaders
had described him as an amateur In
politics. and ne was willing to admit
he was of that class. However, it was
high time to have a few amateurs
enter the game of politics, he asserted.
for they played the game for the love
of the game, and their sole interest
was in the people, while the profess
SIGNALS played it for the money they
got out of it for themselves and
friends and the influence they would
have over the distribution of the Of
fees. Very happily he illustrated the