Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-05
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APPEAL FOR FUNDS

has been bankrupt four times already
Professor woodrow Wilson came to
town yesterday morning, took a motor
ride with a party Of friends to Chevy
Chase for breakfast, her returned to
the New Willard. where an elaborate
suite of rooms mad been engaged for
him.
When the professor had gone his
press representative, who has kept
up remarkably well under frequently
recurring bankruptcy, returned to his
well-appointed offices in the Munsey
building and issued his plant in time
to get the sympathy of the afternoon
papers.
The professor met numerous Con-
gressmen and a number of the sort of
politicians who usually steer pretty
wide of bankrupt political hopes. All
Of them were duly sad about the pow
erty of his candidacy, but they never
theless appeared to hope that things
would be better soon.
AS a matter of cold, hard fact, the
professors supporters have been spend
ing more money from the start than
those Of any other Democratic candi-
date.
When headquarters were first opened
down here it was given out hal a
handful of devoted Princeton rah-rah
boys were putting up all the funds out
of their meagre college allowances.
Then Mr.. McCombs, the professors
manager, came down and engaged more
rooms than all the rah-rah boys in
Princeton could pay for unless they
We're princelings as well as Prince
tonians.
Spending Lots of Money.
Despite the pathetic bankruptcy of
the professors campaign it was EAR
ried on with much energy in Wisconsin,
and Kansas, and his friends are get
ting ready to do some very extensive
spending in Massachusetts and other
States.
The press agency in New York, which
has been maintained at very consider
able expense, has been the wonder and
envy of some of the Tammany men
who We're invited there. Mr.. McCombs
has travelled about the country with
great freedom, and it is not on record
that he had hung up" any hotel bills.
Investigation discloses that he owes
nothing at the New Willard, and even
Chairman Mckinley, of the Taft head
quarters, could not afford to engage
rooms at that gilded caravanserie.
Governor Wilson left yesterday after
non for Illinois, where he will make a
number of speeches, travelling in fine
style or a special Wilson train. How
his expenses in Illinois will be met in
his present dire financial extremities
he did not state.
One of the Congressman of Kansas
who Is in possession of a letter from
the professor refusing to come to that
State on the ground that "a Governor
should stay in his own State and do
his work" was amazed that DIR. Will
son should be willing thus to leave his
work.
But when a man is broke said the
Congressman, "he has to do almost
anything, eve to applying for a Steel
Trust pension"
The Taft forces were delighted yes
terday at the accession of Senator
Jones, the former Progressive of Wash
tngton, whose vote whitewashed Lori
mer's friend Hines and probably saved
Lorimer his seat.
OVut OtHGEtB aAOOSCNCAts
Jones announced today that Monday
he intends on the floor of the Senate
to speak ION forner President Roose-
velt's recent advocacy as a Progressive
of the rule of action in judicial mat
ters followed by Pontius PLATE nearly
1000 years ago"
Jones rellnquished part of his pro-
gressivelsm in voting to help Lorimer
and in coming out as a Taft booster
he appears to have relinquished the
rest of It..
He is now confident that Taft is goins
to carry Washington, and apparently
desires to be playing one OF the tubas
when the wagon rolls in.
All the Washington newspapers of
prominence are for Taft, including the
Post-Intelligencer, of Seattle, owned by
John L. Wilson, brother of Mr.. Taft's
minister to Mexico; the Tacoma
Ledger, owned by Sam Perkins, a typi-
cal Western reactionary, and the
Spokesman Review, Of Spokane. These
papers have been busily intimidating
their Republican readers, including Of
fceholders, and 1t would appear that
Senator Jones has been chased into the
ranks of the intimidated.
The Taft headquarters yesterday
while admitting that Mr.. Taft was ut
terly beaten in Wisconsin, claimed the
result In that State as a glorious VIC
tory.
Anything that routs Roosevelt, they