The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-24
Enroute to Cast His Ballot in
New Jersey Primary, Gov
ernor Hands His Enemy a
Few Hot Ones.
CHEERING COLLEGE
BOYS WERE ESCORT
They Place Him on Church
Steps and He Responds to
Their Demands for Speech
Enthusiastically.
(National News Association,


PRINCETON, N. j., Sept. 24.-Gov.
Wilson carried to the polls today his
fight against the denomination of
James Smith, Jr., for U. s. senator.
Wilson cast his vote for William
Hughes, Smiths most formidable op-
ponent. and before voting at the pri-
mary he arraigned Smith as the ag-
,ent Of corrupt corporations. In
speech before several hundred Prince
ton students the governor declared
Smith was non partisan boss work
ing only for the interests of his client
and that he was supported whenever
Wilson had fought him through Re-
publican newspapers.
Governor Wilson was escorted to
the polling place by four hundred stu
dents, headed by brass band, and
singing melody entitled, "Whoop her
up for Woodrow Wilson" The stu
dents demanded speech and conduct
ed him to the steps of church, where
they cheered him wildly.
He said that the banking and cur
'rency systems were not ready to meet
rapid expansion of business and that
unless these systems We're corrected
the country might soon 6nd itself fac
ing a most serious crisis.
Gov. Wilson also said, Il have been
saying that / am not interested in
the personal side of the controversy.
i do not care a rap what opponents
say about me. The question is what
are we going to do and how are we
going to do 1t.
Attacks Progressiyss.
Speaking of the proposal of the
third party to regulate trusts by q
commission Gov. Wilson said:
II don't want to regulate the trusts.
I want to put them on their mettle.
want to see that they can't put any
body out of business except by doing
business better than anybody else.
don't want to squeeze the water out
/ of their stocks. I want to put the wa
ter in tank on their backs and see if
they can carry that water as against
the men who are doing business with
out any water to carry. Then either
they will break under the strain or get
rid of the water themselves because
they can't carry water and do business
against competition"
In the fight against Smith the Will
sonites have been handicapped by the
fact that they have been unable to
agree on any one candidate to oppose
him. The anti-Smith field started with
half dozen aspirants, but by pro-
cess of elimination this number has
been reduced to two. They are Con.
gressman William Hughes of Paterson
and former Judge John w. Westcott,
of Camden, who made the nominating
speech for Governor Wilson at the Bal
timore convention.
Another feature of the primaries
that is attracting attention is the Sc
lection of six new members of the
State senate. Upon the results of
these State senatorial contests will
depend the choice of a Democratic or
Republican governor to fill out the
,unaxpired year of Governor Wilson's
term in the event of his election to
the Presidency. The president of the
new senate will become acting govern
or next January and hold office until
the beginning of the next year.
The third party men have no stand
ing in the primaries because their
ticket has never yet been voted at an
election. and its candidates cannot ap-
pear on the official primary ballot.
The third party proposes, however, to
name a complete legislative ticket by
petition, SO that it can have a con-
vention of its own to name Roosevelt
electors for the people to vote for in
November.