Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-16
GALLAGHER IS
AID TO WILSON
His Letter Rssigning from
State Committee Reacts.
tFrom the NEWS Correspondent

WV ~
Trenton, Sept. 16:-The yirulent
attack upon Governor Wilson yester-
day afternoon by Charles II. Gala
CHER, of this city, in his letter to
State Chairman Edward e. Grosscup
resigning as a member Of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, created a big
stir at the State House and among
state politicians generally. In the
Wilson camp here the opinion was
freely expressed that Gallagher had
overdone the matter, that the ami
nous of his TRADE against the COVER
nor was plainly evident and that be-
cause of the nasty personal filings in
the letter it would react in the gov
| ernor's favor. On the other hand
friends Of former Senator James
Smith, Jr., read the Gallagher letter
gleefully and predicted that 1t would
help Smith in his campaign to win
the primary endorsement for the
United States senatorship. The let
ter was freely discussed in Republi-
can circles, but, of course, not with
the same interest as among the
Democrats.
State Chairman Grosscup was not
here neither Friday afternoon 0
Saturday, so an expression of opin-
ion could not be obtained from him
upon the contents of the letter. A
Wilson Democrat who was at the
State House Friday afternoon de-
! clared that it would be perfectly easy
to riddle the Gallagher letter and
show that 1t was the production of
the mind of a sore-head. He said:
ut comes with mighty poor grace
from any friend of Senator Smith to
charge Governor Wilson with ingrat-
itude. Thousands of Democrats all
over the state will remember the
base ingratitude displayed by Smith
and his crowd back in 1893 when
they knitted Leon Albeit and made
Smith United States senator. Gov
ernor Albeit had worker for years
as a Democratic warhorse and had
built up the party and then, as the
eliminating honor and reward,
sought to be United States senator.
Smith and his followers coolly turn
ed Albeit down, notwithstanding all
he had done for the party, tn
Smith was given the senatorship."
Other Wilson men, discussing the
letter, claimed that Smith was al
together deserving of the attack
made upon him by Governor Wilson
in his recent statement. They re-
fterated the charge which has often
been made in recent years that Sena-
tor Smith had aided the Republicans
in New Jersey probably as much as
he had helped the Democratic party,
and they declared that the former
United States senator had eve dis
nrOUn6 tha pha ro-p th + q fnyy rd
ago he had thrown the governorship
into the hands of the Republicans.
The opinion generally expressed
by the friends of the governor to-
day was that the letter was just
what might have been expected from
Gallagher. They pointed out that
Gallagher has always stood by Smith
and James R. Nugent and their type
of politics.
One paragraph in the letter Great
ed considerable merriment among
| those Democrats who were now
leading the party. This was where
Gallagher declared: GAS a Demo-
crat, I am going to vote for Wilson,
but | do 1t with the regretful knowl-
edge that his victory will bring the
complete wrecking of the party"
1t was pointed out that under the
leadership of Smith, Nugent, Gala
CHER, ct ais, the Democratic party in
New Jersey had reached such a low
ebb that its future was practically
hopeless. The entry of Woodrow
Wilson into the arena, his election
as governor, his victory two years
ago on the United States s~enatorship
and his record during the two years
Of his governorship, his friends de-
clared, were all that had brought
the New Jersey democracy into it's
own again, so that now the party in
the state stands rejuvinated and
once more in position to command
the support of the people.
The Republicans among the State
House politicians think that the
effect of the Gallagher letter will be
further to muddle the senatorship
situation as far as the Democrats
are concerned, They think that the
outcome will be to %engender further
strife in the Democratic ranks and
thus help the Republican ticket
generally, not only as far as the SEN
atorship Is concerned but on the
voting for Taft and Sherman as we'll.