New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-16
DEMOCRATS NAME WILSON
Princeton Head Nominated Tor
Governor Of New Jersey.
WINS ON FIRST BALLOT
Platform Adopted Provides TOR
Entire Reorganization of the
State Government.
rBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune


Trenton. n. j, Sept lo-W oodro"
Wilson. president Of Princeton Uni
versitv. was nominated as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor OF Ne"
Jersey at the convention here to-day IN
which more than fourteen hundred deie-
gates took part He IS the first head Oh
an Eastern university to become can
didate for Governor
Mr. Wilson's nomination came on the
first ballot. the number Of delegates
voting for him being 1921, which was
41I1 more than he needed Frank Kat
zenbach tr who unsuCceSsfuIly Opposed
Governor Fort three years ago, was sec
+ond. with 312; Senator George Sllzer nad
30. Mayor wittpenn 1914 and Sheriff
Harrigan &. Mr. Wilson's non1ina ton
was made unanimous on motion OF
Mayor Mcbride of Paterson Mes
sengers were sent for DR. Wilson when
his nomination was assured. and ne ad-
dressed the delegates.
The convention was of the usual noisy
and disturbing kind for which New Jer-
sew Democrats are famous The bitter
feeling between the anti-Wilson men and
The s11nDorters Of the Princeton presl-
dent was shown at every opportunity.
and not one of the speakers, save Dr.
Wilson himself, was able TO address the
deleeates without being met with howls
of derision-
Every effort had been made to pre-
vent Dr. Wilson's nomination, the op-
posing candidates entering into an
agreement to pool their votes for Mr..
Katzenbach if second ballot was nee
essary. but Wilson supporters had the
votes. and if a second ballot had been
ordered they would have taken away
whole lot more from the combination
supporters.
Platform Showed Revision.
John r. Hardin, of Essex, was chair
man Of the convention, and so we'll did
he perform his work that many Of the
older Democrats asserted that II was the
fairest convention they had ever at
tended.
The platform adopted showed traces of
careful pruning. The planks affecting
public utilities and direct primary nom
nations were vastly different from the
ones agreed on by the state committee
last night. It was said they were
changed to meet the wishes of DR.. VIII
son. and there is little doubt that the
entire document was revised and rewrit
ten at Princeton.
Samuel Swackhamer. the tall syca-
more of Somerset who is the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the 18th
District. tried TO get local option plank
into the platform but the delegates
booted and derided him so much that he
was compelled TO sit down after he had
started to read a long speech. which be-
gan with "One hundred and thirty-four
wears ago" This was too much for the
delegates.
Colonel G. B. McC. Harvey was much
in evidence here to-day and last evening
Mr. Harvey said he was Jerseyman. be-
cause he owned a farm in Monmouth
County, and to establish his right to
help the New Jersey Democrats nomi- |
nate their candidate he inscribed his
name on the register of the Trenton
House as George Harvey, Deal. n. j.
He took a prominent part in the ante
proceedings, sharing room
with ex-senator Smith. and when the
got together sat in a front
seat In one of the boxes.
Mo Convention Contests.
The opening session of the convention
was taken up with the naming OF COM
mittees and officers. Recess was taken
until > O'Clock. but Mr. Hardin refused
TO call the delegates TO order until all
of them were in their seats and a delay
of half an hour resulted The creden-
tiaIs committee reported that il had had
nothing TO do. as there had been no con-
tests. Ray + Mayhem. chairman of the
rules committee, caused a lot of en-
thusiasm when he reported that the unit
rule would not be enforced; that if a
county's vote was questioned he had the
right TO ask for another poll of the dele
cation.
Colonel f L. Price. chairman of the
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