Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
WILSON TAKES STAND
IN FAVOR OF MAR TINE
-Covernor-EIect Declares People
do not Want James Smith jr.--Must
Stand by Primaries on Senatorship.
TAKES up PARTY LEADERSHIP

Trenton, Dec. s:-Having striven
party ranks, where there was every
evidence of growing discord over the
election of q United States senator
to succeed John Kean next January.
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson last
night came out squarely and un-
equivocally in favor of the election
OF James q. MARITIME, of Union coun-
ty, who won the majority of votes at
the primaries last fall. His person.
ally-signed statement, given to the
correspondents from his home in
Princeton, calls attention to the fact
that the leadership of the party was
put up to him by the recent cleo
tion. and as such and not as the new
executive he takes the stand forced
upon him, unpleasant as it is. He
declares that James Smith, Jr., must
not be elected to the senate, as to
do so would be to overturn the man.
ifest will of the people of the state
as expressed at the polls
1t was expected that the governor
elect would be ready to make some
statement as to his position, but it
was not looked for until today or
Saturday. 1t was stated that follow
ing his conference with former Sem
ator Smith. at the latter's home in
Newark Tuesday night, Mr.. Wilson
had made 1t plain to Mr.. Smith that
1t was his duty to withdraw from
the race, II he had really entered 1t,
as the people had expressed a deter
mination to be rid of machine poll
tics in Newt Jersey, and that the
t~io1 owoA II to
the people to abide by the decision
law passed by q Democratic assem-
bly, in good faith.
Unwilling to Withdraw.
1t is understood that Mr.. Smith
was unwilling to make any promise
of withdrawal to the Governor-elect,
as many of his loyal friends through
out the state had expressed the firm
belief that so long as he stood as a
candidate for the senatorship he was
entitled to the consideration Of TIE
members of the Legislature; that
he was the man who had for years
held the party organization togeth-
er through many hard knocks and
that 1t was his untiring effort and
skill that made success finally pos
sible. Mr.. Wilson is understood to
have acknowledged that Mr.. Smith
had done much for the party in
years past and had been the main
stay of the organization. but that he
could not consistently stand for Mr..
Smiths selection as senator in view
Of r.n .at. gv,r ts.4rryafny
pledges repeatedly made to the peo-
pie during the stirring campaign.
The conference. Of course, came
to naught, or at least showed that
there was little chance of reaching
o-i~-f~ 7otiN1 Some of the in
fluential men who seriously oppose
80 9-4tssIu1 Vi smith are as much
opposed to the election of MARITIME,
who, they say, lacks many of the
essential elements of craftsmanship
Since the conference at the Smith
mansion, Mr.. Wilson has been hard
pressed to make known his attitude,
which had been fairly we'll presaged
from the remarksshe had made from
time to time among his close friends
and advisers. He carefully consid-
(lCd AAIG lAOAA CfCiy FtCW~
point and then dictated the state
ment he gave out last night and
which follows:
Hoped To Stay Out of 1t.
"The question who should be
chosen by the incoming Legislature
OF this state to occupy the seat in
the Senate of the United States,
which will presently be made va
cant by the expiration of the term
of Mr.. Kean, is of such vital i'm
portance to the people of the state.
both as question of political good
faith and as question of genuine
representation In the Senate, that I
feel constrained to express my own
opinion with regard to 1t in terms
which cannot be misunderstood.