Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-23
MARITIME IN WASH
lNcTOK ON A VISIT

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rate of postage for letters today.
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crease the rate on magazines. They
are educational even to the adver-
Using pages"
"As the first eastern man to be
elected to the United States senate
IS the result of a popular vote, you,
of course, favor this method" was
suggested.
Popular Election of Senator'S.
eyes, certainly ] favor the popu-
lar election of United States sena-
tors and have been doing SO for
twenty years. 1t would be a poor
sort of a Democrat who did not
stand for this principle, but this Is
not a partisan question. POI uiar
sentiment is behind the idea today,
and before my term of office expires
/ expect to see the federal constitu-
ton changed SO that members of
the United States senate will be
elected by popular vote. II shall do
everything In my power, as a mem
Der of that body, to bring about
such a change. Irrespective of this
result, however, / feel sure that in
the future New Jersey will choose
its United States senators by a
direct expression of choice through
the ballot box on primary and cleo
ton day, and that there will never
be another legislature in our state
which will not be guided by popular
opinion on the question, even if the
constitution remains as it is"
why, we have bad a political
revolution in New jersey" contin-
ued the senator-elect. For years
our state government has been dom
mated by a set of politicians-some
calling themselves Republicans,
others calling themselves Democrats
who have stood out against every
progressive idea until it seemed al
most a hopeless task to overcome
the obstacles raised by those in
trenched in power. Here and there
in the last few years, 1t Is true, we
Jerseymen have been able to secure
tie enactment of laws designed to
advance the common good, but even
at their best the statutes thus en-
acted have usually been make-shift,
fixed up to suit the purposes of
special interests and in the end the
people have found but a mere shell
something entirely empty of SUBJ
stance and vitality"
New Era in New Jersey.
THANK God, New Jersey has
come into a new era," exclaimed
Mr.. MARITIME. "While we call 1t a
new era, it is, in fact, a simple adj
herring to old-fashioned Jeffersonian
PRINCIPLES of government, or, as
LincolnNu it, "a Government of the
PEOPLE, by the people, for the peo-
pie The central figure, the com
handing personality, of course, is
Governor Woodrow Wilson. He has
invested the Office of governor with
a degree of ability not heretofore
surpassed, if indeed, it has been
eqnalled; an integrity that is bed
rocked in instructive honesty, and a
capacity and inclination for work
that is truly remarkable. And over
topping and underlying these quail
tiles Is his plain, unyielding demand
and insistence that the administra-
ton of the government shall be
wholly for and by the people.
Governor Wilson, during the
campaign, told the people that if
elected he would be the leader of
his party in New Jersey. He is the
leader. He has made good. What
ever dissatisfaction there Is as q re-
suit of this situation, is confined to
a coterie of old-time bosses and
their limited adherents. The diff
Guilty in this respect is not the fault
OF the governor. He repeatedly and
emphatically told the people what
he purposed doing as governor if
elected. He is doing exactly what
he said he would do. OF course, the
ex-boss and the sub-bosses didn't
believe he would do that, and Just
now some of them are SO perpiexed
and angry at the governor that they
are acting the part of political fools.
But the people are glad and are In
tense in their approval Of the COVER
nor's course"