Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
Fine Weather FayOrs Beginning
of Another Week in Former
Republican Stronghold.
SUSSEX COUNTY GAVE
HIN GREAT RECEPTION
Pouring Rain Fails to Dampen
Enthusiasm of Those Anxious
to Hear Candidate.
FROM a stat Correspondent. ]

III
favored by crisp fall weather, is today
opening another week of whirlwind
campaign by touring Camden county,
which, although usually counted a Re-
publican stronghold, is in the doubtful
column this year. with strong Demo-
cratic leanings. The Camden county
tour will end with a mass-meeting in
this city.
There will be two meetings in this
city this evening. One will be in the
Temple Theatre and the other in the
Broadway. Speakers, in addition to DR..
wilson, will be Governor Hoke Smith,
Of Georgia, and Senator Isador Raynor,
of Maryland.
The Princeton Club. of Philadelphia.
will be in attendance at the Broadway
meeting and the First Democratic Vot-
ers at the Temple.
With his mastery speech delivered
at Newton Saturday night before an
audience which jammed every available
inch of space in the largest hall in
town, DIR. Wilson ended a week of cam
~paigning which could not but greatly
cheer the bearers heart,
and give him still stronger faith In the
outcome of the fight which he Is max
ing In this State to win a victory over
one of the most strongly ~entrenched po-
litical machines in the entire Union
Sussex County's Greeting.
Sussex county gave him a greeting
during his tour which was comparable
with the great receptions which he re-
ceived both in Hunterdon and Warren
counties, and the leaders of Democracy
there anticipate a very handsome ma
jority for Mr.. Wilson on election day.
Sussex county gave Katzenbach a ma
jority of 500 over Fort three years ago,
but there is strong reason to anticipate
a much larger majority for Wilson,
since a large number of Independent
Republicans have been greatly exasper-
ated by the action of the Board of
Guardians at Trenton during the adj
ministration of Governor Fort, and
state that they cannot n longer
accept a single pledge that the Repub-
lican party leaders give them on any
matter for the present campaign.
The run of exceptionally fine weather
that Mr., Wilson has had during his en-
tire campaign was broken Saturday,
when 1t rained very hard all during the
day. and travelling was by no means
easy, as the party made it's way across
the country from Phillipsburg to New
ton. But Mr.. Wilson has certainly
proved himself a good campaigner, forhe
stands all the incidental experiences of
the work with fine good spirit, and has
a source of good nature that never
fails to cheer his travelling companions.
Leaving Phillipsburg at 9 O'Clock Sat
urday morning. the party motored
across the country, repassing through
portions of both Warren and Hunter
don. until the boundary of Sussex was
reached.
The first stopping place in the county
was the pretty village of Andover,
where a party of Democratic leaders of
Sussex met the candidate and remained
with him during the balance of the day,
six machines being used to convey the
party from town to town until Newton
was reached in the evening. There was
a good-sized crowd who shook hands
with Mr.. Wilson at Andover, after
which the party motored to Sparta,
surrounded by its hills, where he had
the chance to meet a goodly number of
voters. all aof whom assured him of
their support at the polls. and a good
sized majority for their township.
Fastening on through the rain and
over the slippery end muddy roads, the
villages of Ogdensburg and Franklin
Furnace were visited, and Sussex was
reached in time for dinner. There a
crowd which completely filled the pub
lie school hall had assembled, despite
the. violent downpour, and Mr.. Wilson
and others made brief addresses.
Fin route to Newton the town of
BrAnchvilie was visited. and more of
the voters of the county were greeted
by the candidate and his travelling
companions.
Reception at Newton.
-Hlrrthe late afternoon the party
! reached Newton, and there the candi-
date held an impromptu reception,
meeting a large representation of the
voters of the town and vicinity, all Of
whom were delighted with the kindly
greeting of the man who will be the
next governor of New Jersey.
Despite the hard strain of travelling
through the rain of the day and the
fatigue of meeting so many hundreds
of persons. Mr.. Wilson showed when
he stepped upon the platform that he
was in fine physical shape for the
work OF presenting the issues of the
campaign to the voters. and in the
fifty minutes which he used made an
impression similar to those he has
made in every place where he has
spoken during the campaign. There
wal not the slightest reason to doubt
that he had the crowd with him from
his opening sentences until the closing
ones, There was that live-wire con-
nection between candidate an hearers
which has been the remarkable char
aeteristic of this campaign. No audi
ence that hears Woodrow Wilson can
be made to believe for one brief minute