Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-20
MARITIME PRAISES
HIS OWN RECORD
Tells How lie Has Tongue
Whipped Senators Hum
dreds of Tines"

United States Senator James Il.
MARITIME, of New Jersey, was the CHER
speaker at the meeting attended by
about 400 in the Symphony Auditorium
last night under the auspices of the
Woodrow Wilson League. d. Field
Malone, of New York; Senator Gore,
of Oklahoma, and Mayor J. A. Gregory,
of East Orange, were the other speak
ers. Owen F. Conlon presided. Sena-
tor MARITIME made one of his old-tlme
enthusiastic addresses.
This is one of the proudest moments
of my life said the Senator, as he
stepped 10 the front of the platform.
Il am no stranger to Essex County. You
Used to say over here that when you
wanted q man to talk against time,
with lots Of wind and noise, to e for
Jim MARITIME. ] am in the element that
1 love, preaching the eternal tenets of
Democracy
At a later point in his speech Sena-
tor MARITIME said he could get more
satisfaction out of talking than out OF
a gallon of champagne.
"One hundred times have [ tongue
whipped men who were derelict and
who failed to answer the rollcall. !
went to the Senate not alone the repre-
sentative of New Jersey but the repre-
sentative of the great nation of which
we are an integral part. Since you
elected me James f. MARITIME has re-
sponded aye to every rollcall. Let me
say further that on every motion In
every vote, except one, James e. Mar
tine has voted aye or nay as God
Almighty gave him the wisdom to see.
1T meant something to leave the
Senate of the United States at ten min
utes to 3 this afternoon and to be here
now. Why did | do it? Not merely to
have an opportunity to talk, though
God knows that is Fascinating to me.
[ can get more satisfaction out of that
than / can get out of a gallon of ham,
payne. Why then am / here? To
urge you to press on, to push further
in the path of rogress this great anu
glorious country, the greatest that
Gods sun ever shone upon; rich be-
yond tho dreams of avarice. What.
] repeat. brought me? That | might
help to the most prominent place n
the gift of the country-nay, in the gift
of this world-that candidate for whose
success our hearts beat true and our
cheers keep time. Need l mention his
name? Governor Wilson.
"a Senator said to me today that |
was a fool to come down here to tilt a
spear at one of the greatest organiza-
tons in the country. What organiza-
tom ] said. The Smith organization
he replied. The dewitt / exclaimed,
In opening the meeting Mr.. Conlon
said il was in the interests of the Will
son candidates for delegates to the
national convention and to give an ex-
preston of confidence in the Governor
Of New Jersey. He then read resolu-
tons on the sinking of the Titanic,
which We're adopted by a rising vote.
Mayor Gregory was introduced as
the first speaker. His speech was
mainly an attack on former United
states Senator James Smith. ir.
Mr.. Malone denounced William r.
Hearst, who Is supporting the eandi-
dacy Of Champ Clark for the Presi-
dency.
Senator Gore said he was convinced
that the next President of the United
States would be a Democrat and urged
support for Governor Wilson.
From the standpoint of attendance
the meeting was disappointing 20 the
league. The audience numbered about
400. A large part Of the audience came
from outside of Newark and Essex
County.