The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
WILSON, TIP ON
. BUSINESS SLUMP
Governor Tells Big Audiences
Why Feeling of Unrest
Exists.
PUBLIC DIDN'T COUNT
Small Groups of Men Arranged
Things" to Their Liking
Despite Opinion.
PUBLIC DIDN'T COUNT

Morristown, N. J., October 15.-Gov-
, ernor Wilson received a rouslng well
come from the voters of Morris coun-
ty yesterday. He spoke at Dover
Adorristown and Madison, and at each
or these places the halls were SO
crowded that many were unable to
gain admission.
Speaking of business at tho meet
Ing here the Governor said: "I would
ike this audience very carefully to
consider what 1t is that has disturb
ed our politics and disturbed our bus
mess in recent years. Has 1T not been
the feeling that things were being
done that were not being done in the
open HISS 1t not been the feeling that
no matter what the movement of pub
lie opinion was. that no matter what
the natural movement of commerce
and manufacturing was, some small
BODY of men somewhere were going
10 arrange the thing without consult
ing the rest of the community?"
Inc Governor urged the voters to
register and vote. Now I am in
formed, If 1 may say SO parenthetical-
ly' that there has been very light
registration in this and nearby coun-
ties. Being flesh and blood persons
don't you want la vote? You cannot
vote unless you register. Are, you in
go In New Jersey? Don't you want TO
nave a voice In them. Nobody else
can register for you; you must so and
register for yourself Do you object
TO registering? 1t will take n little
trouble; you have to be at the polls
In order to register, but do Won OBJ
1cct to being looked at and identified
DO you object TO putting yourself at a
niue inconvenience to be there be-
tween the right hours? The hours are
| made so that It may be convenient
for anybody who wants TO register,
1t was up TO the voters, he said. 10
either approve or disapprove his ad-
ministration. and he was extremely
anxious as to whta they do
No aIore Mai<c-Bclicve.
smile when ! hear people talk
about radical policies" said the Gov
ernor, the policies of last winter were
not radical. Is 1t radical to see TO IL
that when voting is done, II Is done by
rsai 1iesh and blood? Is 1t radical
that for every man registered there
/ is genuine voter who lives In tb.t
precinct and who is not musqueradin,
! unaer fictitious name? Is it radical
/ to see to it that the use of money
Is. as much as possible, taken ont OF
politics and that money cannot buy
| voters?
want to remind You that il got
TO be SO notorius that men would tell
you the result of election with a sbrus
oil their shoulders and a cynical laugh
i can remember more than one elec.
ton In this State when the election
o'hcers In Camden county waited unti
1t was known. approximately at any
r:te. what the returns from the resi-
Oh the State would be. and they sent
word to the Republican Headquarters
asked them how many votes thew
needed. and, when they learned de.
ilVered that number OF votes. Is 1,
radical to render that impossible?
rs 1t radical to make tho votos
square with the number of voters. in.
stead of squaring merely with the
number of ballots? Is it radical 10
see TO 1t that men do not corrunt nv
money the very foundations OF renrn.
Sc tative institutions? That is VIVA,
the elections act sought to do. and
that is what the corrupt practices ac,
sought to do; they sought to make
what we had been pretending "a do
reai instead of sham. to make tho pro.
cesses Of our politics genuine instead
of make believe"