Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-12
WAKE[EE FLAYS
GOVERNOR WILSON
Former Senator Says Executive
Never Voted While Head
of Princeton.
CHALLENGES HIM TO
SHOW IMPORTANT ACT
Declares That He Lacks Knowl-
edge of Details of His
Office.

Governor Woodrow Wilson is se-
verety arraigned by former Senator
Edmund w. wakelee. of Bergen
county, chairman of the Republican
State Committee. in long statement
made today
The chairman cites that when the
Democratic presidential candidate
was head of Princeton University he
did not even exercise his right TO
vote.
His continual absence from the
State House Is pointed out, and the
fact that the Republican head of the
checks for salary and that Governor
Wilson accepted them.
The senator charges that the gov
ernor used the heads of the various
departments of the State, the tele-
phones and postage stamps which
were paid for by the State to further
his campaign. The senator's charges
in part follow
"rBy their works ye shall know
Them Let US Judge Woodrow Will
son by his works.
prior to his nomination for gov
ernor of New Jersey, he was a uni
versity professor and president. HE
had had no experience in public life,
and his interest In his citizenship In
state and nation was so feeble that
he did not even exercise his right
to vote. AS president of Princeton
University. he brought about such
a bitter division in it's faculty and
board of trustees that when he re-
signed-after being nominated FOR
eoyernor-his resignation was re-
ceived. like the death of certain
Irishman, with the goodwill of all
his neighbors.'
Record Convicts Him."
"Dr Wilson took the oath of office
as governor of New Jersey in jan
nary. 1911. He has therefore been
in office one year and eight months.
What account has he rendered of
his stewardship? Let us examine his
record. We find that 1t convicts him
of the following charges:
"First-Absentee and neglect OF
his duties. He has repeatedly been
out of the State from days at time
to weeks at a time. In some OF
these absences the president of the
State Senate has been sworn In as
Governor; in others, when he has
not known of Governor Wilson's alb
sence, he has not been sworn In. and
the State has been without chiel
| executive Entitled to the Gov
| ernor's salary while acting Gov
ernor, the president of the Senate
has invariably turned over his sal
ary checks to Governor Wilson and
the latter has invariably accepted
| them.
"Second--Using his office and sal.
airy for the promotion of his presi-
Dental prospects. This includes the
! use of executive department enl'
ployees paid by the State and the
| use of executive department sta
tienery, telephones and postage
stamps. also paid for by the State.
"Third-Lack of knowledge of the
details of his office. Woodrow VIII
son has been only a nominal Gov.
ernor of New Jersey and his neglect
of his duties Is a scandal and re-
proach to the State.
"Fourth-Failure to make appoint
ments promptly and addiction to
partisan appointments.
Says Governor Is inaccessible.
"Tifth-Inaecess even to the
heads of dep irtments, the latter
most of the time not being able to
see him even on important business
This is {. natural result of the Gov
ernor's absence from the State In his
pursuit OF the presidency and or MS
devotion to his political ambitions
while he Is in the State
observation-disclosures with legisia-
tive matters where it interested him;
failure to interfere when Democratic
interests were contrary to the public
interests
"Seventh--Lack of knowledge of
legislation before him. shown In his
vetoes. This was so scandalously ev-
ident at the close of the last session
of the Legislature that the majority
members isued q statement on the
subject beginning with these words:
1.-The veto messages transmitted tc
the Legislature by Governor wilson,
taken as an entirety, demonstrate
such deplorable want OF study OF
many of the measures that II brings
prominently into the light situation
covering which, we believe. public
statement should be made
woodrow Wilson as Governor OF
New Jersey has been weighed In the
balance and found wanting.
"rhe Republican party whlie
charging Governor Wilson with gross
neglect of his duties. challenges him
to show a single act of his admins
tration that was new or original In
its conception and that had not al
ready been formulated by Repubii-
can administration. 1t challenges
Governor Wilson 10 show one act OF
Importance in his administration tha'
was not the handiwork of Repuph-
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