Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-07
WILSON IS READY
FOR DEBATE; NOW
UP TO OPPONENTS
Will Meet Record if Briggs Says
lie Represents Republic
can Party.

While Woodrow Wilson, Democratic
candidate for governor, has not received
the George L. Record letter, offering to
accept the Democratic standard bearer $
offer to meet any representative of the
State Republican organization, he has
taken official cognlzance Of the letter
through Chairman James r. Nugent of
the state Democratic Committee.
Candidate Wilson evidently does not
know that Mr.. Record has been regard
ed as more or less of a political joke
hereabout, particularly since his amoi-
tion to become a United States senator
was rather summarily squelched four
years ago by an exposure OF his official
record as counsel to the State Riparian
Commission, made through legislative
inquiry.
Both Candidate Wilson and Chairman
Nugent evidently regard Mr.. Record
solely in the light of congressional
candidate named by the Progressive
faction of the party in the Ninth con-
gressional district
Up to Briggs.
If the Regular Republicans, through
Vivian Nj. Lewis, their candidate for
governor, and Senator Frank o. Briggs,
chairman of their state committee are
willing to accept Mr. Record as their
spokesman. Mr.. Nugent informs Mr.
Briggs that he is authorized to arrange
for meeting in the following state
ment:
George l.. Records letter to Mr..
Wilson, offering to meet the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor in a
public discussion of campaign issues.
has appeared in the daily press. but
Mr. Wilson has not received 1t, and
probably will not receive it until his
return to Princeton at the end OF the
week.
"Mr. Wilson does not wish to leave
Mr.. Records letter so long unnoticed.
Therefore. he has asked me, as State
chairman. to do what in any case he
should do before replying to Mr..
Record, namely to communicate at
once with Senator Briggs, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, to
ascertain officially if Mr.. Record has
been or will be designated by the Re
publican state Committee and the Re-
publican candidate as their representa-
tive and spokesman. If so, ! am au-
thorized by Mr.. Wilson to arrange with
Chairman Briggs for such joint meet
ing, or meetings, as may be agreed
upon"
Replies Quickly.
Mr.. Nugent's statement follows
quickly the acceptance of George L.
Record, Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the Ninth District and leader
of the Hudson County Progressive Re-
publicans of the challenge delivered
by Mr. Wilson in his Trenton speech
Monday night, when he offered to de-
bate with any politician who cared to
discuss with him the issues of the cam
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