New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
WILSON IN BROOKLYN
New Jersey Governor Is Guest at
Brooklyn League Dinner.

Governor Wilson spoke In Brooklyn last
night at the annual dinner of the Brooklyn
League at the Masonic Temple. and among
other subjects, touched on the merchant
marine. the tariff. the Panama Canal and
the Mississippi Valley. He gave his defini-
tion of a Republican and defined himself as
a Democrat. spoke of the difference between
marty organization and machine rule and
told how far he went as an insurgent.
There were other topics discussed by the
Governor-in fact, the speech might have
been called discursive-but these were the
main ones
Governor Wilson's idea of "A Republican
was that he was man who believed that
the country should be governed by trustees
and that the trustees should represent the
big business interests. LAS Democrat,
he said, II define myself as absolutely pro-
testing against that view OF pubic aHairs'
will not live under trustees, II can heip
IL. No group Of men less than the ma
jority has the right to tell me how nave
got to live In America. / VIII SUBMIT 10
the majority because | have been trained
to do it, though | may have my private
opinion even Of the majority, but being
submit my judgment to that of the major
ity of my fellow citizens"
at comes down to this" he said, that
you have got to choose between construc-
tive party leadership. which you will stand
behind to the limit. or else direct resort
to the people themselves ! am willing TO
come back to Virginia and stand with
George Mason on the Bill of Rights. which
said: That all power is vested In and con-
sequently derived from the people; that
magistrates are their trustees and servants
and at all times amenabe TO them. 1T
we cannot get constructive leadership, and
we can If we will, We have our solution In
the Bill OF Rights.
"Always remember that behind you like
a bulwark Is that Bill of Rights; that you
have the right 10 any kind of government
YOU please to have. That Is the KIND OF
insurgent / am, because all the while l
remember the temper Of America
Representative Edward b. Vreeland, ore
of the Republican leaders in Congress
talked on the reform OF the banking ana
currency laws.
Charles II. Fuller, president OF the league
was the toastmaster. At one OF the taoles
were seated Timothy L. Woodruff, Charles
f. Murphy, Republican leader OF the lOth
Assembly District, OF Kings County; eN-
Postmaster George II. Roberts, OF Brook-
lyn: Colonel James 7. Bell, chairman Oh
the Kings County Democratic Committee'
Assemblyman William w. Colne and Judge
Norman S. Dixie.
At the speakers table were Edward d.
Bassett, who retired from the Public Ser
vice Commission year ago; George W.
Bailey. the Rev. DR.. l.. f. Sanderson, JUS
tice Russell Benedict, Controller Prender-
CAST. Representative Vreeland, Governor
Wilson. Secretary OF State Lazansky'
Adolph J. Kline, Uce-chairman OF the
Board OF Aldermen; ex-Mayor Daniel D.
Whitney Of Brooklyn. ex-senator Charles
II. Fuller, George Foster Peabody, Charies
J. Peabody and Jacob c. Klinck, or the
Williamsburg Trust Company.
Among those in the body OF the han were
Edmund r. briggs Gilbert Elliott, oscar
Fribourg. HoratiO C. King. Naval officer
r. ]. n. Kracke. William McCarroll, OF the
Public Service Commission; John H. Nc
Cooey. chairman of the executive commit
tee Of the Kings County Democratic Com
mittee. Dudley Field Malone, Assistant Cor
poration Counsel; Darwin j. Meseroie'
Valentine Schnitt and Julius Strauss.