The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-02
1n10axure o. naming tonight. i
10 want 10 zee any more governors

IN L~n10axure o. naming tonight. l
al not Nantt 10 see any more governors
~ New Jersey privately owned"
Mr.. Wilson pointed TO the made
huacy Of any election law so long as
she hand OF a grand Jury is withheld
~ the chosen mament~ The corrup-
Raion of justice. he said. lies with the
system which determines who shall
feGl tfae- pinch OF the law, and the
- the influential man. the
mar who does not stand In with the
rang will feel that pinch. and the
other man Will not AS To this he
said
-Docs anybody doubt that the peo-
pie of New Jersey want this politica;
business put into good hands? l have
no doubt on that subject. and II O
were to have an election between now
rid next Tuesday there would not be
any doubt what would be done next
Tuesday, and there wouldn't be any
doubt that III the election were TO be
nexf Tuesday somu OF the gentlemen
who would try to defeat it would not
be there to try"
Speaking then OF the party pledge
for a constitutional convention which
wss also turned down by the legisla-
ture. and of the forces hat had as
president said
Going TO Have What They Want.
: The people Of this country and al
This State are going to have What they
knew they ought to have. by one pro-
cess or another l pray hat II might
not be a wrong process. ] have the
greatest confidence in the s~clf-ContrOl-
the public spirit. the legal conscience
of the people Of America, an / do
not myself believe thar dangerous
things win happen, But / warn these
gentlemen moi TOO long to show the
people Of this country that justice
cannot he got by the ordinary pro
eesses OF the law. ! warn them to
stand u of the sovereign's way.
II have travelled from one end OF
this country to another. / have look
ed into the faces Of my audiences. /
never have seen any traces that men
were going to- kick over the traces of
the laws that thy have made. hut /
have seen n great majesty seated upon
their countenances and infinite
patience. They are sitting now and
this Is the test, this is the trial, this
Is the uit~irnatexseat Of Judgment, and
if these men will NOT serve them they
will he swept like the ehan before
the wind. and other men more honest,
more active. more wholesome with
the freshness of a new age upon them,
with eyes that see the country as il
is. men who are cool and thoughtful
and determined shall go Tea the from,
and lead to the day Of victory"
"Then America will be crowned
with a new wreath Of self revelation
and Of self-djscovery. and these
creatures will have disappeared liks
he dust in the wheels of the chariot.
Of God. It is this hope: it is thi,
confidence, that keeps the president 81
the United States alive. 1t IN this con
fdence that makes ii good to come
hack to New Jersey, and fight for tn,
old caIlse."
President Wilson was in New Yorl
tonight for the first time since his
inauguration. and as has been hi
custom for a long time. he stayet
at the home of his friend. Colonel +,
n. House. The president spoke ii
Newark and Elizabeth, and came 4
New York In his private car over tn,
Pennsylvania railroad. He will speal
In Jersey City tomorrow, and return
to Washington by a midnight train.