The Pleasantville press., 1912-10-30
WILSON'S FR' END
IN STATE SENATE
New Jersey Governor Failed to
Act In Fitzherbert Case.
DID NOT END THE DISGRACE

Executives "One Track Mind" Got on
Crooked curve-Not Only His
Own State, but the Entire United
States, is Entitled to an Explana-
tion One Was Promised Six
Months Ago.
Why has Woodrow Wilson, Gov
ernor of New Jersey and candidate Of
the Democratic party for President Of
the United States, been supine, pass
i've and silent for more than six
months in face Of as black legisla-
tive scandal as ever beclouded the
fair fame of a sovereign State?
Strike" bills are unhappily not novel
ties in State capitals and if public i'm
pressions are in accord with facts New
Jersey has been a prolific field for
that sort of harvest The BLACK
Horse cavalry of Tweed's time were
not more ravenous, according to re-
port, than some of their latter-day
imitators west of the Hudson, and as
many large corporations have their
headquarters or plants, or both, In
New Jersey it is not difficult for the
striker to find an easy mark" for his
stand and deliver"
Hardly necessary is it to say that
the victims, as rule usually deem it
cheaper to hand over than to put up
a fight, and it might be supposed.
therefore, that mcnopolist of official
righteousness, such as Woodrow Will
son processes to be, would seize an op-
portunity not merely offered but
thrusting :tself upon him. for making
an example of the criminals.
Herein Woodrow Wilson has utterly
failed to measure up to the standard
of conscientious dare-to-do-right ex-
ecutive. Six months and more have
passed since the Senate of New Jer-
sey, by vote of IL to 8, found Sena-
tor Richard Fitzherbert guilty Of an
act inconsistent with the trust and
duty of senator in that he had ne
gotiated for the payment of the sum OF
IS 900 by the Commercial Acetylene
Company of New York as a consider
alton for the. withdrawal by the said
senator of Senate bills 79 and ITO
therfor introduced by him."
On March 12, the day before the
vote convicting Fitzherbert, Governor
Wilson said that he was looking into
the testimony and on March 13 he
had a conference with the Democratic
senators. and said that he would issue
a statement No Statement was then
or has since been forthcoming, al
though. to quote from the state Ga
zette' of Trenton, from the time that
he first appeared in the political arena
as candidate for the Office of governor
Woodrow Wilson's greatest effort has
been to impress the people of this and
other States with the idea that he Is
the head and front of the Democratic
party and the adviser and guide OF the
people"
on March Is, 1912, two days after
Fftzherbert's conviction Mr.. Oscar +.
Ostby in behalf of the Commercial
Acetylene Company, appealed to Gov
ernor Wilson to take some action that
would put an end to the public scan
dal and the menace to legitimate busl'
ness involved in the presence OF
man with Fitzherbert's proved record
in the Senate of New Jersey. Govern
or Wilson replied under date of March
90: "I quite agree with what you say
az to the extreme seriousness OF the
Fitzherbert incident. shall certainly
try by every means within my power
to see that no matter of this kind Is
covered or condoned."
And that more than six months ago
was the last Of 1t, so far as wilson Is
concerned. The promised statement
nv Wilson has never been made. F1tz'
herbert has not resigned or offered to
resign, nor has any suggestion been
made that Wilson has asked him to.
The conclusion is obvious that
woodrow Wilson is a reformer only
in spots. and that his one-track mind
as he calls it himself, is as curved as
the Horseshoe Bend when personal
advantage is to be gained In making
the curve. Fitzherbert has been
steadfast supporter of Wilson In ms
plans for the uplift Of New Jersey, and
q little matter like the holdup Of the
Acetylene company is not permitted
| to mar their oneness Of moral and po
litical aims. 1t is possible prob
able-that the public at large may
take a different view Of executive 90
legations, and may conclude that q
governor with such contracted sense
Of official duty is untitled for the faI
more important Office of President Of
the United States.
Increase Of Savings Bank Deposits IN
Taft's Administration.
Increase