New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-30
WILSON COMES ASHORE
WITH SPEECH WRITTEN
Acceptance of Nomination
Scrubbed in Shorthand by
Himself on Yacht.
CRUISED ON TIE SOUND
Saws He Does Not Intend TO
Mix in Battleship Row
Will Not NEEDLE in Al
fairs of the House.

rPy Telegraph To The TrIbune.l
Sea Girt. y. J., July Ex-Governor WIZ
son. as brown as berry, returned TO MS
cottage here tonight, after enjoying tho
cool sea breezes of Long Island SOUND
as the guest of Cleveland II. Dodge, MS
classmate. in the schooner yacht the
Corona for the last few days. he carried
with him his speech of acceptance VIII
ten by himself, a document some 6'"V
words in length according to his own es-
innate tonight.
While the speech Of acceptance Is prac-
ticaily complete, the Governor SAID there
may be soSe few changes made as ne
dictated il TO a typewriter lie hoped
he said, TO find time to do most OF TINS
work at the State House tomorrow but
could not tell Just when II would be III
the hands of the printer
Governor Wilson, with Mrs. wilson,
Miss Margaret Wilson and Dudley fleIu
Malone, who were his companions on Inc
trip arrived here at o'clock tonight al
most a week to the minute from the tlHie
he was last here. He came In DIG reu
automobile and had barely time TO prush
off some of the dust before he gave out
the following statement, written by him
self on board Mr. Dodge's yacht:
just as I had completed my plans Tor
a week away from interruption az
friends country place my old friend anu
classmate, Cleveland II. Dodge. generously
suggested that ! take his yacht anu run
into quiet waters somewhere as COM
plete escape from business; IL mds .
nf my
IL not easy TO get away from buslnehs
nowadays. Mrs. wilson my daughter
Margaret and Mr.. Dudley Field Malone
went with me We boarded the yaCht on
Tuesday evening At Atlantic Highlands,
and on Wednesday morning mac Oh,
way through the Narrows and the East
River TO Huntington Hdrbor' IN inc
Sound. ,.,,..
since then we have been lying quietly
M some safe anchorage during the night
and cruising about the Sound IN the Day
light and moonlight. II has been most
refreshing and delightful experience NcrL
novel to me. The weather was idehL -
was hard 10 40 below and write, but
summoned up strength Of mind enough to
NV speech Of acceptance is written. |
hope il will show some OF the WHOLESOME
freshness OF the surroundings anna
v.hirL II was composed u ought 10 br
better than my ordinary compositions
and have a little salt in II. AZ any ralc'
no one need take what ! say In II win
Il grain or salt
Sidesteps BattIeship Issue.
Governor Wilson, in talking to the
newspaper men tonight, made 1t plain
mat me did not intend to get into the
bott,csbip row I'm which the Democrats
IN Congress are now engaged.
lie took the attitude that he had no
right ~ interfere with tine work 81 th"
Democratic House OF Representatives, and
made it plain beyond doubt that they
and not he, would have to bear the re-
sponsbillty Tor the result.
. Governor Wilson would not consent 20
the making public az the letter he had
sent to Representative Gregg when his
attention was called to the fact that the
Representative was willing To make II
public n Governor Wilson would consent
Il don't think that II il the proper hing
TO do" said the Governor
'Whcn men ask my advice l always
give it very caudldly and frankly II |
have anything 10 say, | think l should
be permitted 10 say It myself
When IN extract of the Gregg letter
was shown 70 the Governor, saying That
Congress wa able 20 take care 81 the
matter" the Governor said. THAT las
been my attitude all along, and viii con
tlnuc to be my attitude. ] have mo- desire
TO NEEDLE I'm the affairs OF the House
lie said he did not remember That par
tjcuIaI. letter, but lac added: THAT IS The
position have taken I'm all such matters"
Governor Wilson denied cmphatically
that he had seen the report Of the Stanley
steel investigating committee before 1t
was presented.
WHY ! haven't even read the report,
he said II don't know what Is In It,"
The Governor appeared in inc spirits
over his yachting trip. lie would not
tell the places he har visited, but he as
sured the newspaper men that he had
never left Mr.. Dodge's yacht from the
time ne went aboard on Tuesday at At
lantic Highlands until he left 1t at the
samu place early this afternoon.
At every place the Corona touched
Dudley Field Malone would 20 ashore
and bring back an lrmful Of news
papers, together with news Of the
sovereign state Of New Jersey. gathered
over the telephone.
No rough weather was encountered on
the trip, although the Governor con-
fessed that the Corona had poled her
nose into a couple OF stiff blows. Neither
the Governor nor any member OF his
party was scasck. however.
The Governor will 80 to the State
House at Trenton tomorrow, where he
has appointments with Lewis Nixon and
j. TAYLOR Ellyson, "a former Lieutenant
Governor Of Virginia, who. he said, was
a dear friend. lie viii also meet dele
gotioI OF Socialists from Paterson, who
ara to plead with him to help pardon Ru-
dolph Katz
On Wednesday Representative VIII
lam {. Redheld, Of Brooklyn, will be one
Of the Governors visitors. and Governor
tariff with the Brooklyn Congressman.
Three Senators will also be among the
Governors callers on Wednesday. They
are Hoke Smith. Of Georgia; T. ID. Smith.
Of South Carolina, and Culberson, of
Texas.
The Governor was In ignorance as to
what had been done at the meeting OF
the compagn committee in New York
to- night, lie said he had heard nothing
about 1t.
BUILT SHItS IN WOODS.
In Colonial days the shipping for our
home trade and for sale abroad was built
chiefly In the district of Maine and in
New Hampshire. These two colonies
built rather more than one-half the en-