Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-24
STANDS ON RECORD
Gov. Wilson Issues address
to Voters of New Jersey"
FINAL ATTACK ON SMITH
Says Former Senator Is "0nly OPP
posed to Me" in Seeking Unin-
structed Delegates.

TRENTON, n. j., May 24.-Gov. Wood
row Wilson today issued an address to
the voters of New jersey" in which ne
explained why he did not take the stump
to ask for their votes at the coming
primaries and attacks his opponents, who
have organized against him and placed
on the primary ticket full set of "unin-
structed" delegates to the national con-
vention. The New Jersey governor is
the only candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination openly seeking
votes at the state primaries.
After announcing his candidacy, the
governor says:
Il was unwilling to canvass the state
for your vote. l have spoken frequently
in the past few months in other states.
because my friends thought l ought to
make myself personally known there. but
that could not be urged as a reason in
New Jersey. You know me. For
eighteen months l have sought to serve
you as governor of the state. with a fuii
sense of the responsibilities you have i'm
posed upon him. and my record all the
state knows. Nothing that couid say
upon the public platform could alter 1t
either for better or for worse. II Wou!o
be unbecoming in me to commend 1t to
you or to seek to give 1t color by my own
exposition of it.
Reviews State Political History.
Gov Wilson then takes UP state affairs.
He reminds voters of his fight against
former United States Senator Smith, jr,
and tells them that he opposed the re-
election Of Senator Smith and favored
James E. MARITIME, the incumbent
of the office, because the people of the
state had expressed their preference for
Mr.. MARITIME at the primaries. He re.
views recent state political history ana
continues:
This is the whole ground Of my Of
Tending insisted that the party should
keep faith with the people in the matter
of the senatorship, as in all others. Sen.
ator Smith wanted it's obligations Ignored
in order that he might be returned to
the Senate. He seeks revenge, as do the
guardians and all others who have been
deprived of their private control. Their
purpose is to regain their power ana RUE
again as they please
What is happening within the repub-
lican party is obvious to the whole coun-
try. and a very modifying spectacle 1t Is.
but what is happening in this state
within the democratic party is not SO OBJ
vious 1t is, indeed. being done very
quietly and very secretly, because it Is
being done by Mr.. James Smith, jr.. VINO
knows no other way OF acting In politics,
ana VINO mas no SuSSeSllOH " AIdAc ~
the voters of the state which he can
quite venture to make in public.
"Only Opposed to Me-"
He does not, understand. avow him
self as in favor of any particular candi-
date for the democratic nomination; he
is only opposed to me: and the men he
has induced to offer themselves as candi-
dates to represent New Jersey in the ma
tional democratic convention wish to be
sent without Instruction 1t Is interest
ing to note how large a proportion OF
them are men who were candidates for
appointment to Office and whom l did
not appoint.
What concerns us and makes the
matter very much larger and more serious
than the more incidental question of
whether I am to be nominated at Balti-
more or not is the fact that this Is Mr..
Smiths attempt to re-establish his con-
troll over the democratic party. and put
himself once more in a position to make
the democratic machine an adjunct and
partner of the old republican machine in
serving the special interests in New Jer-
sey 1t is the last desperate attempt of
the discredited old regime to destroy and
supplant the new"