Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-10-08
THE TRENTON
LETTER
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE PRESS

gins his swing around the circle as the
week and from now until the night be-
fore election will be engaged daily upon
the political hustings. He opens his
campaign i'll Hoboken Thursday night
and the next day invades the Democratic
stronghold, Warren County, and on Sat
urday his itinery carries him into Sus-
sex county, another Democratic baili-
wick Commencing next week his itin-
cry for the remainder of the campaign
is as follows:
Monday, l0-Monmouth county; Tues
day, Ocean county; Wednesday, Il
Burlington county; Thursday, l3-
Plainfield; Friday, l4-Trenton: Satur
day, Elizabeth; Monday, l7-New-
ark; Tuesday, lS-Perth Amboy; We'd
nesday, -Englewood; Thursday, 20
Gloucester county; Friday, 2l-Somerset
county; Saturday, y Hunterdon coun-
ty; Monday. "A Mercer county; Tues
day, % Cumberland county; Wednes-
day, 26- Cape May county; Thursday,
Patterson; Friday, Is Salem coun-
ty; Saturday. % 29-Camden county; Mon
day, 3l-IIudson county. Tuesday, No
Brunswick; Thursday, 3-Passaic; Fri
day, -Morristown; Saturday, 5-At-
lantic City; Monday, Essex county.
Differing from the campaign tactics
being planned by his opponent, DIR.
Woodrow Wilson, Mr.. Lewis will do
most of his travelling about the State i'll
an automobile and devote from 10 to l5
hours day in the work of making him
self acquainted with voters. Besides the
one or two set speeches that will be
scheduled for him every day from nov
until the night before election, he will
talk eXtemporaneously and at more ol
less length wherever and whenever he
comes across crowd of people. In the
rural counties i'll particular he will start
early each morning and be piloted over
country highways with stops at every
crossroads settlement.
Former Governors John w. Griggs and
Edward c. Stokes will be conspicuou-
among the Republican speakers i'll New
Jersey this fall. Governor Fort is also
expected to deliver two or three cam
paign speeches to be arranged for b,
the State committee Former Senator
also assured Mr.. Lewis that he will MAKE
as many speeches for him as his health
will permit.
With record for his first week oi
seven speeches i'll five places, DIR. Wood
row Wilson, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, was initiated into the
political fraternity. The party leaders
declare that his syle of campai igning viii
make him the greatest vote getter of the
Democratic i'll New Jersey in genera
tion. DIR. Wilson is this week invading
the strong Republican counties OF the
southern section of the State.
State Chairman James r. Nugent j.
enthusiastic over the prospects of the
election, and DIR. Wilson is quietly con
iident DIR. Wilson is permeated with
gentleman's modesty about himself and
his prospects, but feels sure that the
views he holds are also the beliefs OF
the greater part of the people OF the
State. He feels that as the candidate of
the party his personal efforts should not
be directed to his own election alone. but
to the election of the entire Democratic
ticket.
While heartily approving of the nomi-
nation of Vivian NJ. Lewis as the can
ddate to succeed him in office, and de
clarinS that Mr.. Lewis bias always been
progressive and loyal to right ideals"
Governor Fort criticlses the platform
adopted by the Republican State Con
vention as being not as strong as he
would like to have seen adopted. He
~ Io hot I,o I.,a,
United States Senator to be elected by
the Legislature will be the one chosen
next winter to succeed John Kean. OF
course, | am for Mr.. Lewis" said the
Governor, "he has been one of the best
friends of my administration. | have
seen much of him III the past three
years and he has always been progressive
and loyal to the right ideals. He is
familiar with the State government and
has a calm, judicial temperament. He
will not do precipitate things nor will he
be carried off his feet by any foolishness. .
more than that, nobody can dictate to
him what he should do. He is IA good
listener and will be glad to confer with
anyone but he will make up his own
mind and act on-his own Judgment. He
is an intelligent, clean candidate, and
will make a good Governor"
IN the event of Dr. Woodrow Wilson
being elected Governor of New Jersey
he will continue to be identified with
Princeton University, Notwithstanding
that he has announced that he will re-
sign the presidency of the institution.
Under the charter granted by the Legis-
lature to the College of New Jersey,
which was not affected by the incorpora-
tion of Princeton University, the Cover
nor of the State is eX-officio president of
the trustees of the institution. If he
is chosen to succeed Governor Fort, DR..
Wilson will be charged with the duty
of presiding at the meetings of the
Board Of Trustees Of the college.
Adding to the official figures the I'M
official returns from the missing district
it appears that ll4,SS6 Republicans and
64,033 Democrats expressed a preference
for the choice of United States Sena-
tor. This makes the total vote on that
proposition I7S,9l9. The vote received
by each candidate was as follows:
E. c. Stokes (Rep.). 39,7Sl
Charles n Fowler (Rep.) ).... 1888
Franklin Murphy (Rep.) )... 36,252
James E. MARITIME (Dem.) 4S,45S
Frank p. McDermit (Dem.) 1875
| Now that he has been declared high
man in the Republican contest foI
| United States senatorship former Cover
nor Stokes, realizing that desperate eff
| forts will be made to induce majority
of the Legislature to ignore the popular