The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-22
WILSON SAYS THIS POLICY MUST BE ADOPTED IN ORDER TO
 INSURE SUCCESS.
MUST DOWN REACTI0NARIES
Governor Enters With a Vim Into the New Jersey Fight for the United States Senatorshlp, Opposing
 James Smith.

Jersey City. N. J.. Sept. 21.-Goyer- nor Woodrow Wilson proclaimed to- night in speech on the New Jersey senatorial situation that the only con dltlon upon which the democratic par ty can gain the confidence of the na- ton Is that it should have itself through and through absolutely com mitted to progressive policy
 The governor spoke here and at Ho- 2oken in opposition to the candidacy of former United States Senator James Smith IT,. and in behalf Of Representative William Hughes for the office of United States senator. to be voted on in the state primary cleo tion next Tuesday
 The governor declared it was hls duty to warn the people that James smith Jr. was a reactionary lie de- clared 1t was no personal contest, and if MT. Smith was his dearest friend and held the same opinions that he does,' the governor would feel abliged to oppose him.
 T have never been aware of any personal feeling on my part in any political contest against any individ- ual," said the governor. "The United States is not choosing men now by their private characters merely; it is not choosing them for their likeabil. ity; but 1t is choosing them because they understand the interests of America at this present moment And many man bred in the old school of politics is being rejected now, nos because he does not hold his convic- tions honestly, but because he holds convictions from which the country has turned away.
 We are at critical juncture in the history of America and at very critical juncture in the history of the democratic party. There is only one condition upon which the democratic party can gain the confidence of the nation. and that condition is that it should have itself through and through absolutely committed to progressive policy. Just so certainly as it turns back, just so certainly as it takes any other choice, 1t will be rejected now and need have no hope whatever of being chosen again for our generation The amazing things to me is that men do not everywhere see this. We are not speaking of our own individual opinions. We are the spokesmen of great progressive force in this na ton. Why is it that some men who would naturally ally themselves with the third party in this nation are now refusing to do so? Because they say there was no excuse for the formation of that party after the profession of principles and the nominations of the Baltimore convention Before the cam- paign began, the very leaders of that party admitted that I stood by the very thing that they profess to stand for. Any man who stands in the way of this great movement of humanity must stand aside He cannot walk with the triumphant hosts of the great democracy.
 'iMr Smith distinctly takes his part with those who mean to maintain the present protective tariff. The men who ave grown so big as to threaten the power of the government itself by means of the tariff are not the friends of labor: and when the benefciaries of the tariff are not the friends of the laboring man. 1 take leave to be- lieve that the tariff is not meant for the working man"
 The governor charged Mir Smith had attempted to frustrate progress siye legislation in New Jersey In closing his speech. the presidential nominee spoke of the record of MT Hughes in congress and paid warm tribute to the unselfishness of Judge John E, Westcott, who withdrew from the senatorial race that the contest might be conducted against Mir. Smith by single candidate. The governor returned to Seagirt tonight