Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-24
WHAT WILSON
ACCOMPLISHED
Governor Sums Up Situation
Session Is Ended.
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Of purpose and forceful personality
Of Woodrow Wilson, Governor Of
New Jersey, together with hts firm
determination that party pledges
ought to be kept had much to do with
the enactment Of the progressive leg
tslation by the session of the legisia-
ture which completed It's labors early
Saturday morning. In the statement
which Governor Wilson issued late
Friday night, he summed up the sit
uaticn briefly in the opening para
graph when he said: Il think 1t
will always be remembered as one
remarkable for good feeling and
achievement"
1t was a memorable session in
many respects. Starting in with a
lot Of untried members 4 the House
Of the Assembly, the splen%.d gener-
alship Of the Governor was manifest
ed in the United States senatorial
fight. Pitted against one of the abb
lest machine politicians" Of the
state, the prediction was freely made
that Governor Wilson would zee his
candidate, Jas. E. MARITIME, of Plain
field, suffer defeat. Nothing daunt-
ed, the Governor set about to aid in
hi selection. How we'll he succeeded
is now a matter Of history.
With a majority in the state Sem
ate that differed from him politically
1t was felt that he would have some
difficulty In getting any of his big
measures" through that body. On
the contrary, when the time actually
arrived, the Republicans Of the SEN
ate manifested marked interest In
aiding the Governor in perfecting
and passing all of the important bills
In which he had displayed an inter
est. 1t was a splendid exhibition of
broad gauge" p~artisanshtp on the
part OF the Republicans that will do
them no harm in the eyes Of the peo-
pie OF the state. 1t was not exactly
what might have resulted with some
men leading the majority.
Credit for this excellent display
OF patriotism-for such 1t surely is
on the part Of the majority Of the
Senate, Is due to President Acker-
man, the presiding officer; to Senator
Prince, the able leader; to Senator
Frehnghuya3n, who assisted Mr..
Prince, and in fact, to every Repub-
lican who SO cheerfully voted In ia
Yor OF the measures ad~vocat1l by
Governor Wilson, and which will. ui-
timately result in 30 great good to
the people of the state. Naturally
credit Is due to the Democrats in the
Senate who stood Loyalty for the
measures Of the Governor. That there
was practically no discord in the up
per body, SO far as the five import-
ant bllls was concerned, is remark
able.
When Governor Wilson had ar
tually assumed the reins of govern
ment and gave the first ,ntimation
mat he was a nan Of f~orceful ideas
.he politicians shook their heads and
looked Wise. 1t was beyond their
conception that a man, no matter
able, nor how w~ell-educated and
cultured. could lay aside the duties
as executive OF q big institution of
learning, take up the governorship
OF a state like New Jersey, and then.
In the parlanoe Of the street, make
good" Secretly, no doubt, many of
these same men, while protesting in
terest II not friendship, were hopeful
that Governor Wilson would fail in
his administration. To men Of this
character the achievements or the
session OF the Legislature, which has
Just closed, must be a sure indica-
ton OF the fact that there is no such
word as fail in the vocabulary of
the Governor.
That The people at large, even,
were a trife skep<al as to the Dos
sibilities Of paging five big bills, any
one OF which was so marked In its
progressiveness Is to excite wonder.
was not strange. They were not ac-
customed to anything of the sort, In
the past the Legislature had never
attempted to legislate In such a pro-
gresslve manner. The time was not
ripe for 1t. This winter, however,
there was no lack of evidence to
show that the time had arrived for
real progressive legislation, and had
1t not been accomplished the Gov
ernor and the lawmakers would
have been hef1 responsible.
In addition to the Geran dection
Dill, the corrupt practices act, which
combined will Nive the Itople pure
elections; Ne public utility bill,
which will insure a better handling
Of all public utilities; and the COM
mission form OF government, there
were other measures Of Importance
passed, The consideration that was
given to the Morris canal abandon
ment bids fair to work out satisfac-
tory TOR the state within a reason
able time. The workingmen's COM
pensation act seems much to the la
boring men In the future. The con-
mission form of gov ernment although
not exactly as it's trainers had wish
ed, is a step in the right direction,
and will be appreciated by the peo-
pie. In short the record of the
achievements due to the splendid
management OF Governor Wilson,
Will be considered as one unparall-
eled in the history Of the Legislature
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