Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-20

HAD TWO EDGES
Republican Regulars Think
He Hit Them as Well as
Democrats.
WILSON'S TIME OCCUPIED
Especial Correspondence. J

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Trenton, Oct. 20:-When asked
by the NEWS correspondent yester-
day afternoon how soon an answer
to the list of questions submitted to
him by George l.. Record, could be
expected, Woodrow Wilson said:
Il am in a perfect maze of en-
gagements and / hardly know when
l will find time to reply to Mr.. Rec
ord's letter but l shall do SO at the
earliest possible moment
DR.. Wilson was asked If he would
circulate his reply among the New
Jersey newspapers the same as Mr..
Record had done with the letter ad-
dressed to him.
Il shall send my letter to Mr.. Rec
ord and will leave it to him to make
it public" answered DR.. Wilson.
The gubernatorial candidate said
that he had his resignation as pres
ident of Princeton University ready
to be presented to the Board of
Trustees at the meeting today. Gov
ernor Fort was here for a few min
utes this morning on his way to
Princeton, where by virtue of his Of
fee he will act as presiding officer
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tees.
Democrats who believe in signs,
figure out that it is a favorable
omen for the success of DR.. Wilson
that the governor will be on hand
to receive the resignation of the gu
bernatorial aspirant from his pres
ent position. 1t will be recalled that
when Mr.. Fort became the candidate
for governor he resigned an associ-
ate supreme court judgeship
through the hands Of the then Gov
ernor e. G. Stokes. Also that when
Mr.. Stokes retired from the place of
Clerk in Chancery to become a can
didate for chief executive, he, too,
did SO by handing his resignation to
the governor serving during the
campaign, who was Franklin MUIR
ply. With these two ~precedents to
put store by, many democrats are
predicting that political history will
repeat itself in the instance of DR..
| Wilson, and that he will, on Novem-
Der 8th, be elected governor.
Politicians all over the state are
displaying keen interest in the Rec
ord letter.. astute observers believe
that 1t marks a crisis in the guber-
Material contest. Friends of DR..
Wilson declare that he has already
taken a. strong affirmative stand in
favor of nearly all the principles
set forth by Mr.. Record. How DR..
Wilson will line up on the question
Of whether or not the democratic
party has been purged of the inlu-
ences of such men as Smith and Da-
Wis, is considered to be the most en-
%barrassing and difficult point for DR..
Wilson to deal with In answering
Mr.. Record.
There was a conference of a num-
Der of big republican leaders here
yesterday afternoon at which the
Record letter was earnestly dis
cussed. Most of them regarded it
as in the light of being a double
edged political sword, bearing equal
ly as strong against the regular"
republican organization as against
the neutrality-suspicious. machine.
AS already told, the republican
leaders consider one Of the most yul-
nerable points In the campaign iyof
Dr.. Wilson is his close association In
travelling through the state with
James Nugent, chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee. Efforts are
now being made to bring influences
to bear to keep Nugent away from
DR.. Wilson as much as possible dur
ing the remainder Of the campaign.
Even Senator Smith is said to be
chatting over the fact that Nugent
has made himself SO conspicuous
with DR.. Wilson In the campaigning
thus far carried on, and it Is prob
able that from this time forth the
state chairman will keep in the back
ground.