The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15

were becoming suspiciously friendly
toward the candidacy of the New Jer
sey governor. Mr. Bryan did not com
NIT himself beyond the remark, @May
be some of these men are pretending
to be friends of DR.. Wilson simply for
the purpose of iniuring him."
Richmond, Va, Nov. 29.-The fol
lowing is from the Richmond News
Leader:
Woodrow Wilson will receive the
democratic nomination for president
of the United States, and will be
swept into Office by an overwhelming
majority"
Thus declared Dudley Field Malone
assistant corporation counsel of New
York City, who is attending the Good
Roads congress here. this afternoon
in discussing the probability of New
Jerseys democratic nomination and
his personal fitness for the exalted of
flee.
'1t is inevitable" he said. Travel.
ers from aid parts of the country, even
the republicans, will tell you of the
wonderful grip he has on the hearts
and minds of the American people.
"He will be elected on two issues,
the necessary reduction in the unjust
schedules of the tariff and his absolute
opposition, by word and deed, to the
corrupt control of party politics and
government in this country Wood.
row Wilson is a great man and the
masses are acquainted with his bril-
liant attainments, but his real great
ness is his lovable simplicity. Wilson
is a great man. He was born right
here in Virginia and he is the one man
II public life today who seems to
breathe in his promises, his accom-
plishments and his personal character.
''Wilson has the confidence of hon
est, substantial business men. not only
in the east but throughout the coun-
try. He is a real progressive who
stands against corrupt bosses and cor
rupt machines, but who believes thor
oughly in party government and hon
est leaders, who will conduct the af-
fairs of their own party, not for their
own pocketbooks, but for the welfare
of the people. To show his loyalty to
the democratic party, Gvernor Wilson
has had eighty-one appointments and
has appointed eighty-one men from the
ranks of the regular democratic party
but they had to be men who had the
ability to fill the places.
when Wilson was before the peo-
pie of New Jersey as gubernatorial
candidate he promised them an en-
ployers' liability law, direct primary,
corrupt practice act and a public
service commission, which would real
ly control and not be controlled by the
corporations
What he promised to do within
three years, the length of his term in
office, he has accomplished in less
than nine months, and this, despite the
fact that New Jersey has republican
majority in the senate.
"In Essex county the political arena
was controlled by former Senator
Smith, who made the nominations
Wilson promptly refused to endorse
the Smiths candidates because Smith
had refused to re-nominate twelve as
semblymen who had kept the party
pledges. On the day of election the
people repudiated the Smith candi-
dates. The defeat of these twelve men
placed the democrats in the minority
in the house by seven votes. Had they
been elected the lower branch of the
general assembly would have been
democratic by majority of five. To
say that Wilson received setback in
his own state would be to say that the
reputation of the boss, whom Wilson
had fought and defeated, was repudi-
alton of Wilson"