Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-17
NEW JERSEY IN
4DEBATADLE" LIST
State Is So classed at Confer
ence of Underwood and
Wilson.

SE<A oAINl, July Lille poiieiS
battle-ground of the campaign of
1919. where the Democratic party will
strain its slnews for every vote, was
placed before Governor woodrow
Wilson like a eheckerboard in his
talk at Trenton with the man he re-
CARDS as better informed than any
other on conditions throughout the
country, Oscar w. Underwood,
House leader.
State by state the nominee and his
guest went over the map at their
luncheon at the Country Club When
TIE conference. had ended. they had
taken from the debatable States
Wisconsin. Maryland, Kentucky n
New York. with a reservation that
here would have to be some cam
paIgning in Missouri. and that wniie
New York was pretty certain to go
Democratic, the Democrats there
would have to be on their guafu
anc not feel too cockasnre. Fhey also
nadessa list of States where they VIII
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chance sof carrying them.
tfaIf New Jersey. Debatable.
In this list they placed first the
great. MidnIe Western States OF II
linoisDhio and Indiana; from the
New England group they put down
Mains sand Connecticut. Along the
MasonSand DIXON border they made
note of West Virginia. In a class by
itscle,they placed PENNSYLVANIA, fnd
last Of ar they jotted down New Jer-
sew aszdebatabie, although the Jersey
leaders. close to the governor nave
promised the State to him by piu-
r~alities ranging from $4,000 to loo,ooo
votes. These states the governor re-
ferred to after the conference as
.'~debatable." but indications are that
he beliesIash Dan carrM every one. ,
Maine. the first State discussed, is
regarded as having strong inciina-
tons to remain Democratic. Mr..
Jrpderwood's report places 1t high in
the list Of States to be won with a
fair amount OF campaigning. IN
diana Is counted upon to support the
ticket loyalty, not alone because its
..favorites SON. is Wilson's running
mate. but because OF local conditions,
the divided Republican vote, n a
strong trend toward Democracy since
the last presidential campaign.
Hopeful of Pennsylvania.
In Ohio, Governor Wilson believes,
the third party will divide the Repup-
lican vote so hat the Democrats Will
have more than an even nance OF
carving the State. In fact. 1t is
understood that the third party move
ment was reckoned with more heavily
there than in most of the other
States. Pennsylvania excepted, that
are regarded by the nominee as de-
bstable. Were the Republicans united
the outlook Still would be good, ne
believes, Notwithstanding the TACT
that it is President Taft's home State.
PENNSYLVANIA is placed in a class
by itself because from all over the
State there have come to Sea G1rt
and to Washington declarations from
Republicans that they will vote for
Wilson, and because of the unusually
rosy hue of the reports of the party
leaders there. Although 1t has been
reckoned as a. rock-ribbed Republican
State for decades, Governor, Wilson
sale last night that he regarded 1t as
decidedly debatable ground
Sees Chance in Connecticut.
The views of Governor Foss, of
Massachusetts, regarding Connecti-
c,,t. Supplemented by reports to Mr..
Underwood, letters from Wilson lead
ers and other Democrats in the
State. are reflected in the attitude
of the nominee toward Connecticut.
Mr.. Underwood told him there was
an excellent chance- of carrying the
state. Massachusetts, for some rea-
son. was not mentioned, but this Is
not regarded as significant, as the
list is by no mean complete and
there are yet many States to De
taken up.
West Virginia, Of course, is de-
batable ground" This, from Gov
ernor Wilson. sums up h nominees
attitude towards that commonwealth.
Mr.. Underwood and the Governor
Gid not discuss conditions in Della
ware.
Missouri, it developed. was dis
cussed in detail by the Governor n
Speaker Champ Clark, when. the lat
ter was here last Saturday. At that
time the speaker is said to ave told
Governor Wilson that some work
must be done there, but that there
was no reason why the State should
not support the ticket. This was
strengthened by reports of other
party managers within the State.
Confident of New York.
Coming down to New York, the
Governor feels pretty confident of the