The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-22
TAFT MEN IN Jersey
CHALLENGE ROOSEVELT
They Ask Him to Try to Talk
Reasonably While in
Their state.
WHY ADOPT TIE RECALL:
New Jerseys Abiding Pride in
".'cr>ry Justice" Demands
Reasons for the Change.

reasons for the ihangr.
New Jerseys hi..y rolilical wceI, begins,
tomorrow with tho arrival Of tn, two
principal comhItants within the borders
Of the State. |; certain plans of the Taft
Lea gu" N the SCAT" do no; m!-carry New
Jersey III that wcC. ,uay ~" a more def
mite aud I~'i men, di,,cus~ion Of ihH ISSUES
3roiIght 20 IN" front hv Col. Roosevelt
taan Other SIat"- ha 80 been treated 10.
In" Tat, IeagW. which j. l"adcA bv
Ni-tiu Colgate. hGS boon working quietly
'nr o""cral w"rSs pas, prrparln. for the
Colonel an! has been taking notes from
ia" hIttl", III tn" oohcr States. II il the
opinion Of those acc. f." in the work of the
league that the voters III New .l"rS"y
are entitled 10 more spnoic uttnraaccs
on som" points thon col. kOUs"rcl, has
made el,ewEarc. With New Jersey the
scene OF probably The last round in lha
battle i. - the plan - sinok" The Colonel
ont l, i',l,. more than they think mas been
done IN Ohio and ~ thl|" u,hnr >tat -
primary fiGh,-
The Taft Ieague ha-, a nlamborshiu
rhich now extends oyer the entire state
and recruits are constantly being made
1t Il no, mad. up of tnr regular organ
H9tion men, hut Of those who ordinarily
do noi take an active interest in politics
Commuters form a larG, class among
'n'in. They hoo" and expect that a. u
result Of tho work thal has been don"
III" vide governmental changes proposed
by Nv. Roosevelt will have an Intelligent
discussion throughout their state
In tn" last Two weeks the Taft League
mas n""n addressing itself par,iculariy
10 tn" WORK ot getting III" vote ont. re-
pcC!ll!y the commuters Vo;". uo,.Ug
mat IN the battles wagnd thus far III the
other states only a small proporl ION of
n" cnrolimcI; mas gone to tn" polls.
! he commuters. according 10 those active
III tho league. ara largely for taft and
they Ar" the voters WHO carried the state
for Gov. Wilson Tn" trouble being me.
with y thai II Is a neU kind OF eicCtlon
and not much interest is taken in il. But
,no Iatt League hopes To g"' N" voters
10 the polls, his and the job of getting
Nl,, Roosevelt TO br more spec tic on tn"
PORTS at ISSUE between himself and Mr.
ia'i are III" two principal duties The lca .ue
haS taken upOH l'>"t iH.S w"en. inc
lEticlary qu"~tIot particularly L. To hr
rdi>'d 10 the fore.
DWIGHT ". Morrow, VINO i one Of the
TAFT delegates il n" SIKH Congress dis
'~lc; and Is II lawyer at O. Cedar stree,
has been making speeches a,mo>t ctcrv
night in his dis,ri in an cfor, 10 arouse
the voters 10 tho Importance of the issues
presented by COL RooseI eit- candidacy.
tie SAID yesterday
The ,coplr of New Jersey have the r..ht
TO expect that Mr. Roosevelt. VIII devote
a rortion OF his time ia rhn, S,nrc to n
,hough,lul discussion of tho ;mnorian,
suggestions that hn has mad, With refer.
enret TO state md,ciari.. Mr.. Roosr,cl,'
proposaI. may be wise they NAV be- u,,Aise
The important thing is. however. tina, the
people OF New Jersey should know from
Mr. Kooscyeii why he believes them wise
So far as Necan discover from Mr Eopsc-
vslt's speeches there are only t"o Iunda-
mental Questions upon which he is in radi-
cal disagreement with President Taft
one is his proposed remedy of tho recall.
-, Judges by uoruIar vote in those state,
where he thinks conditions are bad, and ,hr
o'h'r Is MS ne" remedy "i '''a'l 90 certain
decisions of state courts 10y popular vote
n'"n'' ~ % ,ho p,s.,d.u,,, ] ,c r,no any !, nun,
w W. WV" w '"' ''''' u 'ns
occupant OF that ono" confines himself
I, Sir Eoosovsl, heiie,es ,ha, his nro.
,o.oi ,,o,hod nr ,,,,lin. v,,, ,ho ,,,di,,,,.,.
p'''u ,.,,.r ,no,hna ,ha, -" -. "" n
~ " bclter 'lcthou IMAM thc one now IN
.orce in New Jersey We should all be glad
to listen 10 him, Ho should show MS thnl
there Is some lrTn0',liE hi, %, ms remedies
bringing me result Nhlch u" desires Tie
mus, not stop with assertion he must
NOT beg tho question by insisting tina,
,hn.c .bo d,s,vr,s v,,h him os to rcmeIie.
'hose "h" ',sas'en WIN '''''' us 10 'c''enles
are opposed =" democracy, ar" opposed
70 the rule of the people.
Tho teoola of New Jerscv havc aiv1vs
., ,,nd ,s ,h.ir ird;o,,,r Wi,h ~,
p.," "o' h ] 81"
of those delays in the law which have dis
trcsscd the pcople of o, her States. Gov.
w,,on bas hoo, ,,nsrarirr i, b,s r;,lcisn,
"nro'' ""N '''' "''rh,' ''' VI ~ ~ ''''o',''
OF Tn" recent RUE "i we republican party
in New Jersey, hut at the same time I'M
s,intcd in nj, praise of the Judges appointcd
' ~. rn,.rnnr. .,,.,,, od h,, ,h. v.nn,,ia,
oE ."' "''>e'"o,' -'I'.' W ,'e "ep'o'''a"
party. ANY unbiased man Is bolhh 10 tell +,
you that tho appointive judiciary of New