Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-21
Patronage Creates Public Sentiment.

Once Proposed Compromise.
Though DIR. Wilson now declares that
he stands unwaveringly by the result
Of that primary. he admits that two
days before he declared himself and
before former Senator Smith formally
entered the field. ne proposed COM
promise candidate to Mr.. Smith.
When a reporter called on DR.. Wilson
at his Princeton home the Governor
elect expressed willingness 10 discuss
the senatorial situation freely.
My only restriction" he said. is
that you do not use quotation marks.
You are at liberty to use the facts I
give you in the form of a third-person
interview. l shall be glad to answer
any questions. but this matter is OF
such Importance that am afraid some
misconstruction might be applied to my
words il they appeared coldly within
quotation marks.
IL q Moral Obligation.
What is the ground for your decla-
ration that Mr.. MARITIME must be elect
ed United States SENATOR the reporter
asked.
Dr. Wilson replied that it was an alb
solute moral obligation which the Dem
ocratic party was bound to carry out If
1t kept faith with the people.
do you consider that obligation
binding to such an extent that you
would have insisted upon the selection
CT McDernit if he had received a ma
jority of the votes cast at the pri~
mary?"
The reply was that there could be no
such supposition. The people OF the
State of New Jersey would never have
made such a r-istake, DR.. Wilson de-
clared.
Would you accept a compromise can
didate in place of Mr.. Martinez?
VIII Not Accept Compromise.
No compromise could be entertained
the governor -elect said.
But did you not go TO Mr. smith
two DAYS before you announced your
opposition to him and suggest a COM
promise candidate?"
DR.. Wilson frankly admitted that ne
had made such an offer, but said that
II was before he had a full knowledge
of his duty or of the men.
When asked IL he intended to take
the stump and appeal TO the people
in the interest of the farmer orator,
DIR. Wilson said that he should not or
uanize any meetings, but that he stood
ready to accept invitations to speak
Are YOU exerting your influence as
a private citizen or rs governor was
asked.
The governor-elect replied. Both.
He said that he felt that he was quali-
fed to speak for the Democratic party
- \ oia i'm fha marty
leader.
No Longer Works at Trade.
At Plainfield there was no difficulty
in locating James E. MARITIME. He is
probably the best known man in that
section of the State, where everybody
calls him Jim" BY profession MARITIME
is a farmer, but he doesn't work at It.
The old MARITIME farm left by his
father has long since been transformed
into city lots. The farmer orator's'
chief pastime is politics. He has been
a campaign orator for forty-two years.
and has run for the Assembly four
times and for the state Senate four
times. He was an unsuccessful can
didate for congressional renomina-
tion in three conventions and ran for
Congress twice. He was once cam
didate for mayor of Plainfield and on
three separate occasions sought the
gubernatorial nomination. In the con-
vention three years ago half vote
was cast for him.
~ hold the long distance record as
candidate" said the farmer orator,
but / have never yet been elected to
anything I guess / am the original
unterrified Democrat"
MARITIME looks and acts the part Of
Kentucky colonel but oratory Il his