Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-03

The New York Times this morning
prints the following interview with
FORMER United States Senator James
Smith, jr.:
"Since Colonel Henry Watterson has
dragged me into the controversy be-
tween him and Colonel Harvey and DIR.
woodrow wilson," said ex-United
States Senator James Smith, jr.,
yesterday, 81 shall take the liberty of
setting Marse Henry right or a vital
point or two. The discussion during
cur meeting at Deal Beach, referred TO
by him, was not about the g~overnorship
of New Jersey, but about the presi-
dency of the United States. The gov
ernorship was never mentioned in any
way, was never eyen alluded to, and,
SO far as I know, was not in the mind
of the doctor or of either one of the two
colonels. at any time during that i'm
mortal interview. Marse Henry is
badly mixed in his facts" d,
What Colonel Watterson said ran sln
part:
During the early. summer of 1910 I
was passing a weekend with Colonel
George Harvey, an old friend, at Deal
Beach. There arrived for dinner DR..
Woodrow Wilson and the Hon. James
Smith. The talk at table was mainly
about the prospective nomination of a
Democratic candidate for Governor Of
New Jersey. Mr.. Smith declared that
he wanted nothing for himself; only to
see the State redeemed; that no one
but DR.. Wilson could redeem it. and the
Ike"
81 A > hfo I1r1n fu Nauyopr xyoofor1ov Mr.
Emith talked freely to a New York
episode and %guardedly about other mat
tors. And all the time he talked he
wore a sadly puzzled expression. After
q bit he explained his expression in
this way: ..
II am having considerable difficulty
in understanding why all his rumpus
has been kicked UP over a matter that
looks very small to me. 1t remained
for Colonel Watterson, or Marse Henry,
as those who love him call him, to ex-
cite my interest, He did this by relat-
ing as a fact something that is not a
fact. / am taking pleasure in setting
the colonel right, and 1 hope he VIII
appreciate the motives that move me.
.'You distinctly recall that talk at the
MI. SHl1tu Was dohcu.
"Most distinctly" he replied. why
should so small a matter as a gov
ernorship engage the attention of two
big colonies? They we're interested
solely in no smaller concern than find
ing q President of the United States.
Not a word was said about any gov
ernorship or about any senatorship. l
you to make that plain. There
was also, some discussion about the
condition of the Democratic party in
the nation and something was said
about what a good thing 1t would be
Il DR.. Wilson could be elected. Pres1-
dent and the party redeemed. | Won
der now, Marse Henry could have got
the facts mixed up the way he did,
when did the talk take placer"
II distinctly remember that, too. 1t
occurred a year ago last June.
$50 far as the senatorshlp is con-
that is an old story. After DIR.
was elected he called on me
here in my home and said that the
Of senator was to De filled, and
81 ! didn't care for it would ] not look
over the field and see who there was
that could fill the place. He told me
the primary law was a farce and that
it would have no weight with him, and
then he left me, and almost Immediate
ly afterward declared that the primary
law was a sacred thing and must be
observed
Throughout the interview Mr.. Smith
referred always to Governor Wilson as