Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-28
SOUTH JERSEY FOR
EX-SENATOR SMITH
AS MAN FOR TOGA
Continued from First Psge.)

tilted in resenting an attempt of the
Legislature to coerce him in the ex-
ercise of his exclusive constitutional
prerogative,
Then, in logical sequence, we MAJ
refer to ours of the 10Th. The editorial
is headed, Wilson, That's ALL" and
reads. in part:
Getting down to brass tacks, It is
a fight between DR.. Woodrow VIII
son and James Smith, jr., for leader
ship. of the Democratic party in
New Jersey. Smith has kept the
party organization alive for the
past sixteen years, by responding to
the party's call for aid when it was
In extremis. Wilson, a Southerner,
with practically no roots in Jersey
soil. owes his political position to
Smith, who discovered him and
made him Governor of New Jersey.
Egotism and ambition combined
have inspired the creature to at
tempt to dominate the creator: ergo,
the fight is on.
"Will the rank and file of the
Democratic party make any mis-
take In standing by the man who
has maintained the organization
through all the dark and ~troublous
years?
you see. we are not hiding the fact
that we are for Smith in preference to
MARITIME. And there's a reason. Mr..
Smith declares that he is for a down
ward revision of the tariff-which is
bad enough, We'll admit, but he says
that he viii be discreet and make every
provision to protect our manufacturers.
Mr.. MARITIME Is for tariff for revenue
only, which means, virtually, free trade.
Well. you know as we'll as we do that
we who exist on our manufactures
uainly cannot %condone free trade,
Again, Mr.. Smith says that he is for q
ship subsidy measure. Mr.. MARITIME is
not for such legislation, SO far as we
know. Look at u great ship-buildine
Industries. What a fine thing for Cam
den a ship subsidy act would be. Natur-
ally, We are for Mr.. Smith. because, in
sofar as a Democrat can be, Mr.. Smith
is for u.s."
Mr.. Jefferys then declared fatty thai
the Republican sentiment, and, Of
course, the Republican newspapers
were against DIR. Wilson. He displayed
editorials which spoke of the governor
elect as a trouble maker" q "would-bt
dictator" a ''green-sea ~incorruptible
who was loath to have the light of pitt
less publicity turned upon himself" al
migrate" an "usurper of the power o
the Legislature" and so on.
One final editorial excerpt, dealing
with the situation as seen through the
eyes of the Post-Telegram editors, wa
referred to. 1t read:
The opinion expressed by the
more influential section of the press
is that the governor-elect has mis-
conceived his duty with respect to
the selection of a United States
senator; hat ibis attack pon
James Smith, jr.. was unfair and
unnecessary; that he has needlessly
precipitated trouble in his own
party and has put in Jeopardy the
legislative reforms to which he is
committed.
The editors of the Camden Courie
were not SO positive that DR.. Wilson
was referring to that paper when h
mentioned the Baird newspapers sig
nificant advocacy of Mr.. Smith. Their
is, however, considerable rivalry for tn
honor, and Editor Harper was not loatl
to declare that his paper had pre-
ferred Smith to MARITIME.
The editorials of the Courier are NOR
Wilson than pro-Smith. They de
cry MARITIME as a free trader
"Bryanite," and, above all else, a Evil
sonite."
The Camden Post-Telegram. yester
day said editorially: Y
Smith Exposes wilson.
Former United States Senate
James Smith, jr.'s reply to the persona
attack made upon him by Governor
elect Woodrow Wilson is plain, direc
and convincing. While taking the view
that DR.. Wilson's statement indicate
q 'harrassed mind Mr.. Smith raise
the question of veracity by denyin
hat he ever directly or through
spokesman informed DR.. Wilson befor
the State convention was held that n
would not be g. candidate for Unite
States senatrr, or that be made d