Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-09-07
HOW GOV. WILSON HAS MADE
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What sort of a Governor has Wood
row Wilson made in New Jersey Has
he made good on the job? Has he
accomplished anything? Questions
like these are rife now when the at
tention of the entire country is turn
ing toward the men who are consider
ing good timber for the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency.
Every one of these queries put
above must receive, on the facts,
decided affirmative answer Wood
row Wilson has, made New Jersey
good Governor He has made good
on that job He has accomplished
many things.
He has secured the passage of an
election-reform law, which requires
direct primaries for all officers, in
Guiding Governor and congressman.
1t also demands the election of dele
gates to national conventions and OF
State committeeman at the party pri-
maries, as well as an expression OF
choice for President and Vice-Presi-
dent at the primaries. Further, I'M
der the new law, legislative candi-
dates must say before the primaries
whether or not they propose voting
for the candidates for United States
Senator indorsed at the primaries.
This same act requires a Massachu-
sets ballot, with the names of all
candidates grouped under the name
of the Office instead of in party col
umns. The selection of election-offf
GERS by civil service system, instead
of by the party bosses and a State
convention of party nominees to write
the party platform are additional pro-
visions of this law.
He has secured the enactment of a
workmen's compensation law which
wipes out the old defenses of fellow
servants error, assumption of trade
risk, and contributory negligence and
provides that when an employee is
injured at work the employer shall be
responsible and shall compensate him
for his injury and loss of time regard
less of what caused the accident or
who was responsible for it..
He has secured the enactment of a
corrupt practices act which makes it
,, unlawful for candidate or p0liti-
clan to give voter a cigar, to hire a
carriage to take the voter to the polls,
or to hire more than two men to cam
vass for votes in an election district.
He has secured the enactment of
a public utilities bill, which invests
a State commission with the powers
over State corporations and utility SER
vice and rates exercised by the Inter
State Commerce Commission over in
ter-state utilities and rates and au-
thorizes the Commission to make a
valuation of the physical property of
the corporations of the State as a
basis for local taxation.
These constitute a record of con-
secutive legislative achievement in
! the direction of honesty in politics,
fairness in business and uplift in the
life of the people of New Jersey.
These laws make for square deal
ling and openess and frankness, re-
flecting the strong characteristics of
Governor Wilson, who fights in the
open and has nothing to conceal
These laws are honestly for the well
fare of the plain people, just as Gov
lernor Wilson is, for he adheres to the
old-fashioned idea that the people
can be trusted and that they are not
devoid of discriminating intelligence.
There is no "side door" to the office
of the present Chief Executive of
New Jersey Governor Wilson is not
a whispering Governor, talks right
out, give and take, man to man. He
hates pomposity and 'front.'" he is
dignified, but he is capable of wear
ing that expression of unfathomable
knowledge, worn habitually by your
average politician; he frowns on
snobbishness and exclusiveness. In
other words, he is a genuine Demo-
crat, using that word in it's special
and general senses, and man who
believes with all his heart in the
plain people
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