Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-18
WILSON To WAR
ON DISHONESTY
Governor Gives Account of
His Stewardship to Farm
ers of South Jersey.
0RGANlZ: FOR LIBERTY
Raps Little Groups of Selfish
Men Calling Themselves
THE Machine"
0RGANIZ: FOR LIBERTY

Camden, Aug. 18:-"I am enlisted
for the rest of my life to make it
hot for the people who are not hon
est, I am interested in looking af-
ter the rights of the people. l am
not trying to break up the party
organization throughout the state,
as some would make you try to be
lieve." These sentences were the
keynotes of an address which Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson delivered
yesterday afternoon at a gathering
of several thousand South Jersey
farmers at Washington Park.
The visit of the governor made
the assemblage the most notable Of
the many annual affairs Of the kind
that have been held at Washington
Park, and the knowledge that he
was to be the guest of the farmers
for a few hours brought together
residents of every county in the
lower end Of the state, OF all politi-
cal creeds and beliefs.
He was met at Camden by a COM
mittee headed by Thomas Stratton,
of Mount Royal, president of the
Farmers Picnic Association, and
escorted by a score of automobiles
down Broadway and through Glou-
cester City to the Park, where he
delivered his address from a stand
that had been erected in the new
grove, Several men active in politi-
cal affairs Of Camden county offered
to help welcome the governor, but
he would not accept their courtesies
saying that he was the farmers
guest for the day.
Running for Office Disagreeable.
'It is with unexpected pleasure
that I find myself in this place"
said the governor, when he had been
introduced by Charles Stokes, of
Beverly. When I came here some
time ago, 1t was as candidate for
governor. l feel today that I have
come to render an account of my
stewardship. You will agree with
me l hope, that all of the promises
that I made have been carried out.
Il come here today to point out
the fulfllment Of my pledges and
express warm feeling for Assembly
man James Laferty, of Gloucester.
I have made a pledge to stand by
the men who have stood by me in
both personal as we'll as party obli-
cations. l am not particularly in
tfRTiHitsidt fRiSk sit Ire IL ling doE e-Saas TI47-
l eyer i'd.
Throughout the state you will
find little groups of selfish men, who
call themselves the machine The
men who try to manipulate affairs
for selfish purposes are not Repub
licans or Democrats; they are any
thing they want to be- They are
nervous, not because l am after
them, but because you are on to
them. Men who betray you are ones
who use the machine for selfish
purposes.
New Political Day to Last.
Many people have seen light
since I came into office. 1t was not
best for them to see It too fast, or
it would have blinded them. A new
day has dawned in politics and the
sun is not going down. You are not
to be deceived and not to be put
down as long as God gives strength
Bind yourselves together for liberty
as you never did before"
The governor advised the voters
to go to the polls and select their
own candidate, under the new cleo
tton law. He told his hearers not
to let the machines pull their legs
but to go and name their own men,
and if they wanted any suggestions
to come to him. After his speech,
Governor Wilson was cheered to the
echo. After he had left the plat
form, a crowd of several thousand
stood in line and shook hands with
him.