Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
PAYS HIS RESPECTS
TO THE THIRD PARTY
Says 0verthrown Bosses Are Trying
to Regain Power in State.
COST OF LIVING TOUCHED ON
Thousands of Democrats Gather at
Summer Home of Presidential
Candidate for New jersey
Day Celebration.

SEAGIRT. y. j.. August 17-Gov
Woodrow Wilson at the New jersey Day
celebration today welcomed the women
of the nation into '-the field of politics"
Not word did the governor say about
woman suffrage. but as he stood be-
fore hundreds of women who gathered
to organize the Womans Wilson and
Marshall League of New Jersey the
governor pointed out that the entry of
women into politics would make the
country's politics the same pattern
with our life a thing ,devoutlv to be
wished.
1t was brief impromptu speech deliv-
cred at the close of the New Jersey Day
celebration that attracted thousands of
democrats from all parts of the state
and many from other states who are
summering along the seashore.
Discusses Reform Laws.
The governor, in his main speech. at
noon. apropos of the celebration. dis
cuSsed the reform laws of the state, but
digressed once into a reference TO the
third party. which he elaborated in
statement issued tonight. What the gov
ernor said in his speech was:
Il suppose you know the force that is
behind the new party that has recently
been formed. the so-called party. 1t is a
force of discomfort with the regular par
ties of the United States. 1t is the feel
ing that men have gone into blind alleys
and come out often enough, and that
they propose to find an open road for
themselves"
In his statement explaining that refer
ence, the governor said that the inde-
pendent and progressive forces of the
hxx.S
of the republican party. but Lad abso-
iutefy proved their ascendancy and their
entire control within the democratic
party; that the people had found that
party as a proper medium for the pur-
poses.
Encouraging Circumstance.
This. he said. seemed to him most OBJ
vious and the most encouraging circum-
stance in our politics.
OF particular significance in the gov
ernors first speech his warning to
the people that the same bosses over
thrown two years ago were planning to
restore the old order Of things in New
Jersey Immediately upon his exit from
office
If | could be OF any service to YOU In
this night, every minute of which / enjoy
said Gov. Wilson, Il would say to you,
you have only To say the word and l
won't try to leave you. Yet | am not in
the least anxious as to what will happen
in New Jersey II I should leave you-and
j have 10 leave YOU by the second Tues
day in January !31i but ! am never go
ing to disbeiieve again the power of this
great commonwealth 10 take care of It.
self, and 10 insist upon purity and integ-
rity oi public spirit in the conduct of its
affairs.
70 the women, in his second speech.
Six.1 i.;,,
IN politics because. he said they were
IN contact with the high cost of living
and the pocketbook.
Life of All of Us.
When the last word is said about poll
tics, said Gov. Wilson, lit is merely the
life Of all Of US from the point of view
u what can be accomplished by Iegisla-
ton and the administration of public
office. j think il IS artificial to divide
life up into sections: il is all of one
piece. though YOU can't attend to all
pieces Of ii al once. And so when the
women. who are in so many respects at
the heart OF life. begin to take an inter
est in politics then YOU know that all
lhe ines " sympathy and intelligence
ana comprehension are going to be inter
laced y: way IN which they have never
been interiaced before so that our poll
ties Will De OF tie same pattern with our
HE This, II seems to me- is devoutly
10 be wished.
NoDooy, certainly. is more directly in
contact with the cost of living than the
women are And when IL comes to the
immediate contact of the pocketbook with
the life the women know where the SEN
sitlVe nerve Is because they do the pur-
chasing. they do the skimping. they do
the careful planning which is necessary
In these days of tremendous cost to ad-
Just our incomes to our lives. Because
when We come down to the bottom the
fundamental thing we are interested in is
the way we are going to live