Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-01
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
OUR TRENTON LETTER.

| Trenton, July 81. While at the state
House yesterday afternoon, Governor
Wilson declared that the chief state
issues in the campaign this fall will
be the question OF the reorganization
OF the state government with all its
departments on a sound business ba-
SIS to give greater efficiency in ad-
minlstration and the reforming Of the
taxing system of the state to bring
about greater equality OF taxation.
The state campaign will of necessity.
be largely oyershadowed by the nat
l0nai, fight, but these two questions.
the Governor said, would be the foun-
dathon of the legislative contest in
New Jersey. The Governor motored
to the State House from Sea Girf and
spent very busy day He appointed
the Convict Labor Commission au-
thorized by the. last Legislature as
follows: Senator VIM w. Smalley of
i Somerset; Assemblyman Fred. G..
Stickel, of Essex; Commissioner of
Charities and Correction, Joseph F.
Byers; Bruce S. Heater, Secretary of
the State Board of Health; Colonel
Edwin A. Stevens, State Road Com
missioner; Thomas B. Madden, Head
I Keeper OF the State Prison; Henry F.
illfers, the Labor leader of Essex.
and Henry Crist, of Gloucester.
i One of the Governors visitors was
Lewis Nixon, former Tammany leader
OF New York City and prominent
j snip builder. He predicted that Gov
ernor Wilson would sweep the coun-
try and with it New York state The
! Governor and Mr.. Nixon conferred to-
gether. some little time over the poll
teal situation and the campaign
plans. Another of the Governors
visitors was Lieutenant Governor ]
Taylor Ellyson, of Virginia.
One of the features of the Cover
nors Day was the visit of a delega-
tion representing the United Negro
Democracy of New Jersey, who call
ed upon the Governor and assured
him of their support in the campaign.
The Committee was headed by A. B
Cosey, the Newark lawyer, as chair
man, and A. R. Mayo, of Jersey City,
as Secretary. They told the Gov
ernori that the fact that he was born
IN the South would not prejudice the
minds -sof negro voters against him
and they were assured that if he Were
elected he would be a President OF
the whole nation, white and black,
North and South
The New Jersey Commission for the
exposition to be held in San Francis
co in celebration of the opening of
the Panama Canal and which was ap-
t pointed some time ago by Governor
Wilson, organized at the State House
/ yesterday afternoon. Former Judge
Robert Hudspeth, of Hudson County,
was made President and former Cow
ernor John Franklin Fort, of Essex,
was selected as Vice President. The
/ Commission chose Charles F. PAN
coast, Salem newspaper man as Sec
retary. There was a general discus
! siens of the plans for New Jerseys
part in the big expedition and then the
! Commission adjourned to meet Aug
ust IA at the new Monmouth Hotel,
liSpring Lake. The other members of
the Commission are: State Senator
( Johnston Cornish, Warren; Edward
E. Grosscup, Gloucester; Joseph K.
] Waddington, Salem; A. c. Baker At
lantie; Walter p Gardner, Hudson:
lC. w. Breckenridge, Bergen; Curtis
r. Burnett, Essex; Gen'l Dennis F.
collins, Union, and Mayor Frederick
1 Donnelly, of this city.
***
After his return Monday evening
from weeks yachting cruise in
Long Island Sound, Governor Wilson
issued statement denying that there
was any dissension between Speaker
Champ Clark and himself over the
battleship program of the Democrats
| in Congress- The Governor said he
has not taken any sides on this ques-
ton and that he is confident of the
ability of the members of Congress to
make wise choice in the controversy.
The Governor also denied the rumor
that he had concurred in the Stanley
steel report He declared that he pro
posed to let Congress tend to it's own
affairs.
The Governor put the finishing
touches on his speech of acceptance
during the cruise on the yacht. At
the State House yesterday he refused
to discuss the speech further than to
say that it contains about 5000 words
and will deal with some of the great
questions around which the campaign
will swing. The speech will be de-
| livered at Sea Girt on August to
the Notification Committee.
+ The Regular Republicans of the
state. acting on the belief that the
tariff issue will be a potent one in
the New Jersey campaign, are pre-
pairing to show the high position in
manufacturing which this state oc-
cupies and how important the tariff
question is here These figures have
been compiled from the State Bu-
Ereau of Labor Statistics:
OF the total population of this
state, which is 1887, ,167, the total
number directly concerned in manu-
featuring is 371.265, or Is 1-2 per
cent. OF this number 326,223 are
strictly wage earners, the remaining
45,342 being salaried men. such as
factory superintendents The total