Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-10
Wilson Men Here
Are Keeping Quiet

Local Wilson supporters are not very
loouacious today. They are not sur
prised'' at the result of the Illinois
primaries because conditions there
did not lead them to believe that vii
son would win out. What they mean
by conditions Is a mystery.
John l.. Armitage, president OF the
Woodrow Wilson League, when asked
for an expression of opinion concern
ing the result said: 1T is not at all a
surprise Conditions there were not
hopeful for Wilson"
What do you mean by conditions
he was asked.
II know what | mean, but l cannot
tell YOU now. [ do not wish TO say
more thar l have already said.
philip A. Mcclure said: Il really
have not studied the situation closely
and have not much to say. Condltlons
in Illinois are peculiar. The machine
controls things there. | did not look
for a Wilson victory. ! think, now
ever. he will win out in the long run.
City Counsel James R. Nugent was IN
high humor today in consequence OF
The news of the sweeping anti-Wilson
NlclOTN III llliitOio
lived the tremendous victory OF the
Clark forces as the result of the anliity
of the Democrats of the sucker state
to distinguish between a statesman OF
real calibre and the p%retentions OF the
governor Of New Jersey.
The result of the preferential pri-
maries in Illinois leaves Governor VIII
son and his followers with a fine mess
over which to reflect" said 9lr. Nugent
1.-The fight throughout the State. from
Chicago to the Ohio river, was square
lv linedsup, and the Democratic voters
knew Just what they were doing Wnen
they preferred Speaker Clark, with al
his magnetic and lovable qualities, mis-
proven craftsmanship, his capacity fol
leadership and his tried patriotism, To
the pretensions of the governor oil
New Jersey whose claims for eieva-
ton to the highest dignity the Amer
can people can bestow are chiefly
founded upon his capacity as a trim
mer on public questions n a be-
trayer of his friends.
1.-THE Illinois ~thunderclap will resound
in the Wilson camp many times be-
fore the Baltimore convention. 1t is q
cefIdln 1OT6tQlillGT VI Il CCi0Po( "
his presidential candidacy. and the tx
perience of yesterday will, | fully be
lieve, be echoed to a crucial degree
when the New Jersey primaries are
held. Wilson is slipping-has beer
slipping fast. He is on the ~toboggan
at the foot of which is the pool of po-
litical oblivion"
Roosevelt men here are Jubilant over
the outcome of the Illinois primaries
John n. Klein, of Belleyille said: This
is the end of the Taft campaign. The
people in Illinois had an opportunity
of registering their opinion. If given
that opportunity in other States the
result will be the same"
The Taft side of the fence does no
seem to be discouraged if what Edward
w. Gray, secretary of the Taft Bust
ness Mems League of New Jersey, had
to say Is the opinion of all Taft men.
Mr.. Gray declared that Roosevelt. be-
ing strong in Illinois becaus of the
many radicals there, was expected to
win. He did not think that the final
result was in doubt. He believes that
Taft will win out at the convention.
Anent the Wilson defeat Mr.. Gray said:
"One lesson that is very plainly taught
by the Illinois primaries is that the
beginning of the end of the Wilson
campaign is here. Woodrow Wilson,
as a Democratic presidential posi-
billty, is an impossibility."
Borden D. Whiting, the live wire
of the Roosevelt movement, laconically
said: 1--WE broke the back of the op-
position. Nothing can stop Roosevelt
now"
When pressed for a more elaborate
statement, Mr.. Whiting said: "The
Illinois result will have a tremendous
influence in Pennsylvania and Cali
fornia, both good Republican States.
If the primaries in New York had been
conducted as they were in Illinois
Roosevelt's majority would have been
even greater. It is my firm belief that
the voters of New York are loyal to
Roosevelt"