Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31

The foregoing figures present an ex-
act problem In mathematics, the most
exact of all the sciences, to prove tho
absolute fallacy of Dr. Wilson'S state
ment that his candidate for United
States senator has been made the
choice of the Democratic voters of New
Jersey.
The example in arithmetic is one a
child figures out handily in his third
school year.
It Is simply:
II 4SS,68o votes were polled In the
State election, of which 4s.44s declared
q preference for James E. MARITIME, how
many voters did not declare for him ?
And the answer that the child will
give is that 3s5,112 voters did not ex-
press a preference for James E. Mar
zine. -'gtss
Equally easy is the simple problem
put another way:
Problem Simply stated.
Two hundred thirty three thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three Demo-
cratic votes were cast at that election,
OF which 48,44S declared for DR.. Will
sons candidate How many Democrats
did not express a preference for DR..
Wilson's choice?
And the little chap with the pad and
pencil in a twinkling answers ''1s5, 4s5
Democrats did not
The Matter of Percentage.
Perhaps the boy has delved into per-
centage'' in his arithmetic. Then he
will figure a moment more and tell you
that 80 per cent. of the voters of New
Jersey did not want DIR. Wilson's can
didate to represent them in the United
States Senate, while only a few more
than one-flfth of even the Democratic
voters wanted him-else they would
have expressed their choice of him at
the polls.
The figures show how vast Is the ma
jority of Democrats in New Jersey who
expressed no preference as to senate
rial candidate. 1t Is an indisputable
demonstration that they meant their
legislators to choose their representa-
tive, as is provided by the Constitution
Of tho United States, and had no wish
to avail themselves of the permissive
preference act. And further demon
stration comes in the fact that of the
five Democratic candidates for Assem-
bly, in Passaic county, who did give
pledges for DIR. Wilson's candidate, were
defeated, every one.
Pledge Giyers Defeated.
They were the only Democratic nom
inees who did give pledges. The infer
ence is as irrefutable as the examples
in subtraction. DR.. Wilson's contention
falls down under equally emphatic re-
suits throughout the State. In the face
of the figures he'stands forth declaring
In effect for the observation-disclosures Of
80 per cent of the voters of the State
the great majority of whom did, how
ever, elect him to office and at the same
time refused to support his choice for
the United States Senate.
And so this is the situation that will
come to the New Jersey legislature OK
1911 when it meets to select United
States senator in two weeks. There
will be eighty-one members voting on
joint ballot.
OF these eighty-one only a single one
is pledged under the permissive pref
erence act to vote for the election OF
DR.. Wilson's candidate
Eighty others will be absolutely un-
pledged even under the terms of the
permission act
There will be fifty-one Democrats
In the legislature against thirty Re-
publicans, with only forty-one neces-
sary to a senatorial choice, thereby
giving the Democrats leeway of ten.