Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-02
PROGRESSIvES OF
PPAASSSA|C SURE TO
VOTE FOR WILSON
Democratic GnbernatOrial Can
didate Is Given ROusing Greet
ing at Two Meetings.
ATTACKS REPUBLICAN
~"STAND-PAT" PLATFORM
Declares Lewis, if Elected,
Would Be P0werless to Keep
His Personal Pledges.
rrrom . star oorr..pend.nsl

rFrom . STAR OorTsspendsnAl
PASSAIC, Nov. 2.-Passaic, the SEQ
ond city of the county, from which
halls the Republican nominee, gave
Woodrow Wilson a rousing reception
last night.
Today political ~wfseacrsA. comhantne
She moral influence Of the meeting q
Paterson ON October II with b q Oh
last evening. give as thar opinion tha'
passaic county IL fully aroused ovoz
the present campaign. and win cast .
very large vote for Woodrow Wilson
Three years ago Passaic county gaSs
Fort 5el majority. Where It Will Do on
the night of November 8 Is q matter
of conjecture. However, after me
great receptions Wilson has received
on his appearances in this county. 1t is
safe to say that 1t wal not give any
unprecedented majority for me He-
pubsioan nominee, IL any majority 81
all.
The auditorium Of the elegant now
High School, which has just been COM
pleted at a cost Of $500, 900, was TANNED
to suffocation last night. It a ac-
comYnodate 1900, and several hundred
more were crowded into the room
when woodrow Wilson made his ap-
pearanne on the stage, a few minutes
after 8 O'Clock.
Progressive Republicans Ont.
There were a large number of Re-
publicans IN the throng, especially
those of progressive tendencies, and 1t
is stated In Passaic county today that
the majority of these Will vote for
woodrow Wilson.
They express the sravest douot
whether Vivian NJ. Lewis can mase
good a single progressive pledge he mas
made on the stump, as they are not
written In the party platform. and the
board of guardians" are not sponsors
for them. AS expressed to the STAR
correspondent, the Progressives you'd
much prefer to take their chances with
Woodrow Wilson, who stands upo q
progressive platform, than with VIVIAN
Lewis. Who stands on a typical stand
platform.
So. from all that could be learned,
Passaao's Progressives VIII IN very
large proportion, support the Princeton
man. From the point Of enthusiasm
and interest, the Passaic meeting
might be clAssed among the very best
meetings yst held, comparing favor
ably with the great ovations in New
ark, Trenton, Paterson. Camden, Ho-
bolen and Jersey City. Ex-President
of city Council Bateman presided,
while on the platform were practically
the entire group of Democratic leaders
of the county and city.
Mr.. Bateman, stating the candidate
had another meeting to address later
Carlsbad, introduced the candidate
as 'the next governor Of New Jersey"
Gets Heartening Ovation.
When Woodrow Wilson arose he was
given a reception that will still farther
him for the few remain ~ Gays
of his fight against machine politics in
this State.
Seldom. If ever, has Mr.. Wilson been
in happier or more winning mood OF
thought than he was in the mighty
speech which swayed the vast throng
fifty minutes, and further stamped
him as a matchless campaigner. Never
moving from the position he took when
he arose, with hat prominent index
finger driving home truth after truth,
he held the audience s%pellbound.
Stating it was very inspiring to know
that the first meeting held in the
High School auditorium after its dedi-
cation was one devoted to the dis
cussion of the public welfare of the
State, he began one of the most effec-
tive addresses of the entire series or
the present campaign.
This campaign was not, he said, a
mere scramble for public office, which,
IL true, would constitute a comedy, but
it was the discussion by serious men
of vital issues affecting this State for
veal or woe.
Dynamics of Politics.
The theme Of the entire speech could
be called THE Dynamics of Politics"
which meant simply that men were
united for a common purpose which
was the uplift of the State. The volley
of cheers which greeted his assertion
that the opinion Of the voters is al
ready fashioned indicated that the great
throng had about q similar opinion on
the question. All indications point to
that conclusion.
The Republican candidate had adopt
ed the Democratic platform and the
views Of the Democratic candidate, so
that party had better vote the progress
sive Democratic ticket and make 1t
unanimous, ne declared. No part OF
his speech was more effective than
that wherein he said the Republican
candidate had made for himself a per-
sonal platform, but he had no party
platform upon which to stand, or any
nm r+1, Iaadars hahind him in anv man.