Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-10
WILSON AT ATLANTIC CITY;
LAYS A CORNERSTONE

LAYS A CORNERSTONE
ATLANTIC CITY, July 10.-After
twelve hours sleep. Governor Wood
row Wilson rose at 10 O'Clock today
and prepared for a busy four-hour
program. which included the laying of
tile cornerstone of the new Y. M. C.
A. building at noon and an address
Of greeting to the national convention
of Building and Loan Associations
at . O'Clock. The Governor was
greatly refreshed by his rest.
Prior to his departure for the cor
ner-stone laying Governor Wilson
met Governor McCreary, of Ken
lucky, and Commissioner McChord, of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
who are at the same hotel as Cover
nor Wilson.
Kentucky is for you strong" Gov
ernor McCreary told the nominee.
1--WE r going to help elect you"
James Woodrow. of Columbia, S. c..
Governor Wilson'S cousin, was
another caller. He was invited to
visit the Governor at Sea Girt. Will
lam J. Burns, who investigated the
alleged councilmanic graft cases in
Atlantic City, talked with the Cover
nor for a few minutes about the local
situation.
John Wanamaker, former postmas-
ter-general and a patron of the local
Y. Nj. c. A, was the head of the
committee which escorted the Gov
ernor to the building site and intro
duced him to the audience.
What Atlantic City lacks and needs
most is mora pride, In the opinion of
Governor Woodrow Wilson, who ad-
dressed a thring of 5000 persons at
the laying of the cornerstone of the
Y. M. c. A. building here today. 1t
was the Democratic nominees first
appearance on the platform since the
Baltimore convention, and the crowd
cheered him enthusiastically.
Il am speaking to those who live
here" he said, land not the strangers
within your gates. What Atlantic
City needs most is moral pride. A
dirty trick and a community ought to
be ashamed to be caught in a dirty
practise"
The governor was introduced by
John Wanamaker, who referred to
him as a plain man and a learned
statesman"
mo man organized the Y. M. c. A.
for his own benefit" said Governor
Wilson.
mo man ever expected, if he were
a true man, hat he would reap even
a spiritual benefit from it. The
WALKING force of this great asso-
citation is thai men forget themselves
and try to serve others. We have
that it is the duty of all men o work
for the common good, to put moral
assets into one cmmn investment and
I obtain that most beautiful of al
usuary the common elevation of
mankind.
you can test the modern COM
munity by the degree of its interest
In the Y. NJ. c. A. l say that adj
sisedly, and not to contrast the Y. M.
c. A. with any of the great churches
which hold out Christian loyalty. But
unfortunately those churches do not
unite us and there is a common bene-
fiji we get from all of them through
the Y. M. C. A. There is something
a little alarming to realize that we
are more moral when united than
when separated.
lone of the great dangers of At
lantic City is hat so many men come
here so far from their homes that
tio., HaI{axKa mr. hnpaa fnlIyo a ra a rO,trJ
to watch them. They are too apt to
adjourn their morals and have a
fling. If they only thought that the
people at home were here they would
keep steady.
81 have always made it a practise
to say what l really think, and 50
say disagreeable things most plainly
to the persons to whom they concern.
Whenever / am outside of Atlantic
City I speak of 1t with admiration
and respect, but when l am in At
lantic City 1 want to speak with you
as a friend. Your friends point out
your faults as well as your virtues.
There is not a community in the
world made splendid by everything
that is kind as Atlantic City. One
of the things / most rejoice in is
the process of moralization with the
sentiment of the people behind it.
1T is a minority that always makes
an unenviable reputation for a COM
munity. and the majority must see
to 1t hat they are put under bond.
There can be no quarter with men
who deal privatel or puyblicly on
other mems passions"
Among the men who met Governor
Wilson at his hotel today was Will
lam Cramp. retired ship-builder, of
Philadelphia.
L have voted the Republican ticket
for forty years." he told the Gov
ernor, but in 1912 l shall vote for
you"
Unless there is a change in the
Governors present plans he Will
make the return trip from Atlantic
City to Sea Girt by automobile late
this afternoon.