Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-14
WILSON IS NOT
GOING
Governor Declines Invitation
to Speak in Newark.
.fFrom The NEWS Correspondent.


Trenton, Oct. 14:-Governor
Wilson will not speak in Essex
county this fall. The governor de-
cided the question yesterday when
he wrote a letter to Charles Il. Herr,
4 chairman of the campaign commit
tee of the Essex County Democratic
Committee, declining to advise the
voters through a meeting to be car
ried out by the regular" organize
ton. The governors letter to Mr..
Herr is as follows,
MY dear Sir:-Allow me to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter.
of October tenth, and to express my
warm appreciation OF the desire of
the campaign committee of the
Essex County Democratic Associa-
| ton that l should be present and
address the mass meeting which the
committee Is planning to hold in the
| new auditorium in Newark in behalf
lof the candidates nominated on the
Democrats ticket in Essex county,
and also for the compliment that
the committee has paid me In leay-
ing to me the choice of the date.
While l warmly appreciate this
action on the part Of the COMMITTEES
III feel that the best interests of the
party would not be served by my
participation In the meeting, and
therefore, feel constrained to de-
cline
The governors refusal to CAM
paign in Essex county under the
patronage of the Smith-Nugent fac
ton has been anticipated by those
who we're. familiar with his ideas OF
the situation in that county follow
ing the defeat of the Wilson faction
in the primaries. In his speech at
Princeton Thursday night Governor
Wilson plainly forecasted what his
decision would be on the invitation
issued by the Essex county "regil-
lars AT that time he severely att
tackled the political integrity of for
mer United States Senator James
Smith. The governor said that
there was little consolation for the
Independents In Essex county. @The
Democratic ticket Is a non-progres-
sive one and the Republicans have
gained a standpat outfit, and the
only thing for the Independents to
do at election day Is to go Ashing,p
is the way the governor summed Zip
his view on the situation in Essex.
Stats Hpuae anQlitAlGiians are gsaner-
nor's refusal of the Invitation 10
speak III ESSEX under the Smith
Nugent wing Gf the party makes
certain the election 81 the Republic
can legislative ticket In that county.
IT Is calculated that Essex Is nor
mAtly Republican by a large. major
ity and that the only hope OF Demo
cratic success this year would be on
the basis of Independent vote, to-
.gether with Republican admirers OF
Wilson supporting the Democratic
candidates. The fact that the gov
ernor has now openly repudiated
the Democratic ticket, and is ac-
~eentuating conditions bv making
speeches in every other county of
the state In favor OF Democratic
candidates for the legislature, raises
an obstacle in the path of the Smith
Nugent ticket that will be almost
impossible for them to overcome.
The action of the governor Is con-
sidered to be a death blow to the
candidacy of Senator Harry ".
Osborne for reelection. Senator
Osborne is one of the staunchest
supporters of the governors poli-
cies. The governor would like to
help Senator Osborne to secure a re-
election to the legislature, q situa-
tion which will now have to be car
ried out without a face-to-face plea
with the Essex voters.