Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-10

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was serious, by what right do you
seek to tell us that w owe no duty
to that vast body of voters who
have expressed no choice. and who
outnumber three times the vote at
the primary?
A mar who has been the recog-
nized party leader for so long a
time must have made many enc
mics. Those enemies are seeking to
prevent his return to the Senate.
Their motive is malice. The welfare
OF the State does not concern them.
They are seeking recruits. Have
they enlisted you in their service?
The Governor OF New Jersey
Yields great power. He has, l un-
derstand, more appointments to
make than any other State execu-
tive in the Union. The position you
have taken today is a very grave
step. You can drive some members
of the Legislature. Your action is
an indirect threat. You may obtain
votes for MARITIME with patronage.
I realize that this letter CT mine
VIII Cut iIlc OII HULL oil pau IS
consideration, but that in no way
influences me.
I am sorry that you have enlisted
in a fight that in no way concerns
you as Governor that you have
worked to influence Assemblymen-
elect and Senators as o have.
You may call your interference that
of a leader, but the people will call
it by it's right name. You have
given no reason to cause me to
change my view. You have sub
mitted nothing that may be taken
as an excuse for your assertion
that the people do not want James
Smith, jr., to be returned to the
Senate. The statement is unworthy
of you. 4
1 am familiar with certain views
of Senator Smith. l know that he
Is committed to a definite legisla-
tive program at Washington. a pro-
gram which conforms to the views
OF a majority of the people of this
State. They are in accord with the
progressive spirit of the day.
Merely a Family Afnir.
As a merely family affair the
selection of a Democrat for United
States Senator admits of no other
choice than the man who has saved
the family from disintegration
through fifteen years of adversely.
But even SO strong an argument as
loyalty to the man who made
your election possible would not
have persuaded me to subscribe
to the petition to have Senator.
i SMITH become a candidate if I had
not known that he would use his
best efforts at Washington to Sc
cure the reforms demanded by my
constituents.
BY weight of the office you hold,
the patronage that is yours, and
your pleasing personal qualities you
may pull Mr.. MARITIME through. /
cannot conceive of such a con-
tingency. but If it should come to
pass you will have done ar party
more harm in this State than you
will cver be able to repair.
Your argument that the 40, 900 or
more votes cast for MARITIME at the
primary makes him the party can
didate overlooks the fact that the
CdIlulQdl6S ElOI kASStIiDlN dtlu DELL
ate refused to be bound by the pro-
visions of the primary act. 1t over
looks also the elements of calibre
and fitness. If the man who ran
against Mr.. MARITIME had been suc-
cessful would our position now be
the same? Do you honestly believe
that Mr.. MARITIME would win in a
primary to be held now? Is it not
a fact that a roll call of loyal
Democrats would result In a major
ity for Senator Smith?
The Republican party spent thou
sands of dollars to buy space in
newspapers throughout the State
for the insertion of advertisements
stating that "a vote for a Demo-
cratic candidate for member of the
Legislature is a vote for James
Smith, jr., for United States Sen
ator." You know the result. While
l personally did not regard the
Senatorship as within the reach of
the Democratic party before cleo
ton / regard the result as a vic
tory for Senator Smith.
He was made the legislative issue
and he won.
/ shall take the liberty of giving
this statement to the press.
Sincerely yours,
NJ. j. MCGOWAN, JR.
Sheriff William Harrigan criticized
DR.. Wilson severely. Mr.. Harrigar
said that former Senator Smith
vas the first to suggest Wilson's name
or the Governorship two years ago
that with the aid of an organi'
:ation which he had created ht
about Wilson's nomination By
he State Democratic convention. Har-
igan recalled the opposition that faced
smith in this effort in Wilson's behalf
In the course of an editorial thai
pleads for the preservation of the
party in New Jersey, which
t regards as paramount to the ambi,
ion of any individual to go to the
United States Senate. the Elizabeth
Times. Democratic. inferen-
tally refers to MARITIME as a clown
This newspaper is published at Eliza
beth. Union county, the home county
If Mr.. MARITIME