The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-26
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1912.
A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

The defeat OF ex-senator Smith III the New I
Jersey senatorial primaries yesterday. in which /
Representative William Hughes Was nomi- /
mated by the Democrats for the United states
senate vas a victory for the national Demo !
cratic party as we'll as for Governor Wilson.
4 great personal triumph for the Democratic
nominee for the presidency IL and vic !
tory for the tariff reyisonists for smith is !
known as a protection Democrat - whatever
that is The nomination OF Hughes means his
election by the state legislature.
Governor Wilson has right to feel salts
fed with his work in behalf OF the people and
against the bosses and nc may we'll feel delight
I ed that one of the small coterie OF men so Bit
rtrfy denounced ny Grover Cleveland for party
perady and party dishonor7 has been denied
the realization OF his ambition to return to
the tinted States senate in the midst of a
campaign by the Democratic party for a lower
farin But the result OF the New Jersey pri-
MARES means more than this II means that
the. Democratic party has kept faith with the
Y people on the first test. It means the spikng
OF the heaviest Of Colonel Rooseyeits artillery
in his campaign for The presidency.
Throughout this campaign the below of the
+ Full Moose has been abroad in the land, Vocif
etousiy the charge has been flung out that
Wilson is the' nomlnep" OF the Bosses and will
be the tool of the bosses. Only few DAYS
ago he told the people of Missouri that VIII
scn was handed the nomination BY the bosses
and repeatedly he has declared that the Demo-
cratic party is hossridden Here is boss
that the Democrats of New Jersey have repu-
dated BY large vote. If Wilson be tool
CT the bosses, Jim Smith is pretty poor boss
tn be twice downed by his tool, and this last
time probably forever. BY taking firm stand
against Smith and making good bis threat that
the boss should not go to the United States
senate Wilson has made good on the first test
tn which he has been subjected since his
nomination, He has proven TO the people OF
the country that he can fight bosses, and fight
them effectively. He has proven that his
words are not the blatant boastings OF a colos
sal buffer. but the expression of the real senti-
ments OF fighter who then goes to work and
makes his deeds square with those words
r, successfully fighting Boss Smith in his own
haliwick when he might have kept quiet and
harmonized the diseordant elements in New
Jersey to h1s own advantage he has proven
tina, he places his duty TO the people above
his own interests and proves that when he
fights he fights.
The Democratic party of the nation gains
with Wilson IN the defeat of Smith. The
country will be more willing to listen TO the
protestations OF a candidate that he is opposei
T. the bosses when he has the scalp of the
+ oily boss to within his reach hanging
u his belt In Pennsylvania particularly the
Wilson victory in New Jersey means much 10
the Democratic party The independents of
that State saw Roosevelt wiu Il great victory |
over the bossrdden G. o p. and woke up TO
fnd one boss in the shoes OF another; to see
Bill Finn manipulating the election machinery |
and acting as the servant of the special inter |
ests In place of Boies Pehfose, They saw
#hat-was considered a great victory turned |
into farce and caught the bosses laughing in
their sleeves Across the river they saw real
foe of the bosses not only boss but
smash the boss system. Its effect is bound 10
4 DC tremendous.
All over the country the defeat OF Smith t
will have a similar effect though to lesser
degree. 1t will help Wilson in the doubtful
i
which Colonel Roosevelt has been industrously |
sowing the seeds of fasehood. 1t will help |
him in New York, where independent Demo |
Gratis are prepared 10 smash the Democratic |
State ticket 10 fragments. but who will still /
vote the Democratic national ticket on account ,
OF this positive assurance that it's candidate /
Is the successful foe of the very conditions
they are hghting in their own State Between |
Roosevelt and Wilson Democrat OF
Progressive views can hesitate, however he may
vote in the State election.
To the national Democratic party Woodrow |
Wilson's victory in New Jersey is what Hast /
iRgs was to William the Conqueror.
HELPS WORLD PEACE.
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