Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-03
BURLINGTON IN
LINEF0RW WILSON
lnsurrectos Routed and Fore
to Retire From Meeting.

Especial correspondence
Burlington, N. 1.-THE Smlth-Nugent
band Of insurrectos went down to de
feat, horse, foot and artillery, here
VIXEN they attempted to storm the
solid (for Governor Wilson, south of
New Jersey at an executive session of
the Burlington county Democratic
committee in the courthouse at Mount
Holly.
for the insurrectos tells the tale more
eloquently.
M~urmurings Of dissatisfaction with
the administration had given the anti
Wilsonites hope that here was n
spot where they could give battle
with strong hopes Of success. The
ground was surveyed by them. and
reports from the scouts were encour-
aging. So when the lines were drawn
the Smith-Nugent forces smelled vic
tory In the air and prepared for q
wholesale slaughter Of the admins
tration forces.
TIT 1t wasn't a battle that ensued;
1t was a Wut. The insurrectos made
a bold attack, led by Chairman Thorn
as Prlckett. The W~ilsonites met 1t
with even greater determination, and
In a short time Prickett was unseated,
and John w. Evan Of Mount Holly, a
Wilson man, took his place. After
SOME Verbal ~pyfoteehnies tho Smith
Nugent band were forced to retire.
William f. Morgan of Palmyra, In a
speech paying high tribute to Cover
nor Wilson as a Democratic leader and
the candidate whose nomination for
the presidency would best assure Dem
ocratic success IN November, presented
a set of resolutions indorsing Wilson's
candidacy. Edward Schwabenland Of
Riverside and James K. Cunningham,
a Burlington saloon keeper, opposed the
resolutions. Leading men from several
parts of the county replied and lauded
the Wilson program and ideals.
There were loud calls for a vote, but
instead Of putting the motion Chair
man Prickett gave up the chair to Sec
rotary William Absalom and entered
into a lengthy trade against the gov
ernor. Delegates listened for fifteen
minutes; then some one cried out that
Prickett was trying to kill time in the
hope that some of the delegates who
had to catch an early train would leave
the hall. There were cries Of "Sit
DOWN. 'Play fair!' Give us a vote!"
Prickett declared that in thirty years
the county committee hac never In
dorsed a candidate prior to the nation
al convention, and he refused to put
the motion before the convention. A
dozen mon demanded that the chair be
declared vacant. Secretary Absalom
put the motion of Colby Montgomery
Of Pemberton, and Prickett was tenn
porarily elected, and Mr.. Evan was
chosen temporary chairman.
Following the vote on the Wilson In
dorsement, a number of prominent
Democrats holly denounced the meth
DDS OF Senator Smith and of Nugent
and declared they would launch a
movement to rid the committee of the
men who followed their tactics. Chair
man Prickett, whom the convention
uusedttu, was haHieu ny Nueche io''
week as an Wilson delegate from
the Second district. He Is opposed by
Thomas H. Birch of Burlington, the
Wilson candidate. Leading Democrats
say that the action of the county COM
mittee carries with 1t the unanimous
Endorsement Of Thomas H. Birch and
Mayor ]. Thompson Baker Of Wild
wood as delegates to the national con-
vention from the Second district