Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
WILSON PLEASED
WITH FAVOR HIS
CANDIDACY MEETS
Unaffected, Digniied, ,AffabIe. His
Demeanor Is the Very Quintes-
sence of Real Democracy.
mo MAN TOO BIG FOR
JERSEY GOVERNORSHIP"
thus Answers Opponents Who
Find No Fault Except That
He's Too Great.

Woodrow Wilson, prospective Gov
ernor OF New Jersey and President Of
the United States, and at present ona
OF the most-talked-of men in the East
Is revelation to those who meet him
for the first time as plain citizen wood
row Wilson, one of the. most democratic
and readily approachable big men Of
today.
As an educator. as master of all the
leading issues of the present time ana
one who possesses an apparently pro-
pnetic view of what the near future
has in store, the president of Prince
ton University needs no introduction
to the people Of this State or any
other section of the country
Gagged by that standard. some who
oppose the nomination Of DR.. Wilson
as Democratic candidate for Governor
and have no other reason for their or
position declare that woodrow Wilson
is too big man for the office OF Coy
ernor Of New Jersey.
"No Man Too Big for Jersey Governo~.s
Dr. Wilson's view, tersely expressed
70 a STAR representative yesterday. Il:
There Is no man too big for the Of
fice OF Governor OF New Jersey. the
highest within the gift OF its electorate.
AS for myself I am and will always
remain Woodrow Wilson regardless Of
what Office my fellow citizens NAV
call upon me to accept"
AZ the man -ho many believe win
undoubtedly be the next Governor ~
the State made that assertion on the
porch OF his summer home at OLD
Lyme. Conn, yesterday, he looked ana
acted exactly what he said. Unafrecf
ed, dign1fied. the very essence Of
democracy In his demeanor, affabIe ana
ready TO discuss any subject other than
himself or political issues at the pres
ent time-that is Citizen Woodrow wi,-
son OF today.
Weli-informed on everY move ia thu
political naneuvers of both parties ii,
this State, made as they are decidedly
interesting for the first time in many
years because of rhe injection Of his
name, with his own consent. DR.. WI
son Is neither perturbed nor eIated over
the comments his expressed willingness
to accept the nomination, If rendered.
have provoked.
In response to query es to whether
ne had anything further to say In re-
gard to his prospective nomination, DR..
Wilson said he preferred not to do SO
at the present time. Urged to talk
about himself, DIR. Wilson pleasantly
dismissed the proposition with: Thar
is something am always averse to
doing. I prefer to leave that to others.
and the task seems to be pretty well
taken care of at present.
Pleased with Favor Candidacy Meets.
DR.. Wilson made no effort TO concea,
the fact that he is pleased with the
favorable view of his candidacy. ex-
pressed by some of the leading papers
of the country and reproduced in the
STAR Neither did he attempt to
withhold the fact that he is anxious.
as well as ready, to become the nom
inee of his party, if the majority there
of in convention so declares.
For the present. said DR.. Wilson.
Il prefer to stand on the statemen.
already issued. 1t was my effort TO
make that statement as lucid and
positive as seemed necessary at the
time. To add to it by discussing i'm
portant issues or answering I'M
piled criticisms of any of my previous
utterances would place me in the
position Of candidate seeking the
nomination.
That would be contradictory and
place me in a position 1 am not ready
to assume. The active candidates for
the nomination, as well as the people
of the State, know just exactly where
stand.
Prior to issuing my statement
Mayor Wittpenn. who is among the
list of aspirants for the nomination.
called here and informed me OF efforts
that were being made to have him
withdraw in ftvor Of my candidacy.
HIS Talk with Mayor wittpenn.
II assured Mayor wittpenn that /
entertained no desire to have him or
any other aspirant retire on my
account. and added that I was in a
receptive mood and stood willing to
accept the nomination if the party de-
cided to tender it,
That DR.. Wilson is very much in
earnest and actually expects-as all
most everybody else does-that he will
be the nominee was made apparent, in
directly. by the evident interest he
displays in the still unsolved problem
Of who is likely to be the Republican
nominee for Governor
There is some talk of Chancellor
Mahlon Pitney being the Republican
nominee" remarked DR.. Wilson. "and
II that should occur and | were his