The Washington times., 1910-10-08
Democrats Confidence In
creaseS With DR.. Wilson's
Showing AS Candidate.
STATE SEES CHANCE
TO GET ON THE MAP
Belief In Educators Presidential
Possibilities Winning Much Sup
port to Him for Governorship.
Bv John SNURE.

TRENTON, y. J., Oct. &-New Jer-
sey Is one of the spots on the map OF
the United States that Is giving the Re-
publicans a lot Of trouble this year.
From the Republican standpoint, the
outlook there IS not at all bright On
the other hand. the Democrats are max
ing a most vigorous campaign, and are
confident they are going TO carry the
State.
President Woodrow Wilson. Of Prince
ton, the nominee Of the Democrats for
governor, Is making a most animated
candidate. He is not only making a
hard campaign, but there are many in
dication Il IS an effective one.
DR.. Wilson's friends think he is good
Democratic Presidential timber. and
they are hoping not merely that he will
carry New Jersey this fall. but that he,
will be chosen TO head the Presidential
ticket in 1912. The general feeling
among Democrats and Republicans in
the state that If he is elected governor
he viii have a good show of going TO
the White House adds 10 his strength ia
the governorship situation. A lot Of Re
publicans admit that ii would sort Of
put New Jersey on the map If the State
States. Some Republicans will vote for
Wilson for that reason.
One cannot look about New Jersey
much without coming TO the conclusion
DR.. Wilson is a formidable candidate. To
begin with. he is personally popular. The
Republicans have been able 10 dig up
little than could be used against him.
The only thing that has been found
which they have been able to make use
Of is an old baCCalaureate address in
which he attacked the idle and ineffi-
cient who take advantage OF organiza-
ton TO get money under false pretenses-
Seized As Weapon.
This has been taken by some as a
slap at union labor. one individual con
nected with organized labor has been
trying TO make much capital out Of this
address and has represented he can de-
liver 1000 labor votes TO the Republicans
on account Of It. II cannot be discov-
cred. however, that either Republican or
Democratic leaders have any idea that
this can be done.
one of the other criticisms of DR.. VIII
son is that he is a silk stocking and
SnObbish. though he Is showing a dtspo
sitiOr to get down 70 business in the
campaign and mix with the public that
IS not calculated to support the notion
he is guilty Of Snobbishness.
DR.. Wilson's specially at Princeton
has been the theory Of government.
Row, he says, he would like TO put
some of the theories he has been ad-
vancing into practice. One Of the things
in his favor, and decidedly so. is the
fact that he is not believed TO be any
bOdy's tool.
II has been aboU. fifteen years since
T,a
Then James Smith, jr-, was in the
United states Senate As boss OF New
Jersey he was Instrumental in getting
two measures passed in the State. one
in favor Of the race track business and
the other a coal combine bill These
hurt the party in the State, and IL was
dismissed for cause and IL has never
been able to get its grip on things here
since that time.
The organization Of the Democrats
fell into such hands that Il had a back
door arrangement with the Republi-
can organization and was used by that
organization To such an extent is this
true that the Republican machine this
year tried to beat Wilson for the nomi-
nation by bringing out another Repub-
HCan candidate.
Free From Old Machine.
That candidate was Frank Katzen-
bach. Of Trenton, Democratic candidate
for governor in 1905. who was got into
the race by his friends and BY the Re
publican machine after Wilson had en-
tered the field. But since Watzenbach
was defeated, most of his supporters
have lined I'D for Wilson. Or. Wilson
is not looked on as creature Of the
old, Objectionable Democratic machine
DR.. Wilson is going to stump the
State. He has already made a number
of strong speeches One of the Doints
in his favor is his catchy way Of stating
the issues. He has made a hit, for in
stance. by his comparison Of the wrong
doing corporation director to the icy
rider" He says that when an auJomO-
bile kills II is not the fault OF the auto.
but OF the Joy rider" SO, when "A cor
pOratiOn goes wrong, IL is the fault of
the iOy-riding director who runs it. He
insists in his speeches the time has
come when the State of New Jersey
must look into its corporations, and
must see what the concerns incOr-
porated under its laws are doing for
the protection of other States
One would suspect that the fact James
Smith, jr., the diSCredited Democratic
leader, who fifteen years ago lost the
State to the Democrats, is for Wilson
would hurt that candidate. But ap-
parently II has not thus far among the
people OF New Jersey. One view is that
Smith and his followers are anxious 10
rehabilitate their power and are climb
ing on the Wilson movement in the
hope the party Will be forgiven and will
| regain its former strength
Both DR.. Wilson and Vivian NJ.
| Lewis, the Republican nominee for
governor. have exceeded their plat