The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-03
WILSON TALKS
TO LEGISLATORS
ABOUT TARIFF
Uses Personal Persuasion in
Effort to Convince Mem
bers of New Jersey Legis-
lature that the Party
Must Live up to its
Pledges.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Jersey City, n. J.. May 2.-Personal
persuasion was President Wilson's in
stTunnent of action today as he con-
ferred upon jury reform with demo-
era tic members of the stat tie legislature.
1t was the alleged abandonment by
some OF the legislators Of the party
pledge as to this r~fcrm and re-
vision of the constitution which
brought Mr.. Wilson to New Jersey to
appeal to the electorate.
The president had invited the Iegis-
fators to meet him today to arrive II
possible at a common agreement on
the particular form of measure which
would take the power of drawing
jurfes from the hands of sheriffs.
While in his speeches at Elizabeth and
Newark last night Mr.. Wilson de-
nounced some of the assemblymen
who failed to support the party prom
ises as affiliated with James Nugent,
Jr, and his political organization, the
president admitted that some of the
members of the legislature honestly
opposed the jury reform bills in the
last session of the legislature because
OF objections to the form OF the pro-
pcsals. It was these whom the pres
ident sought to convince.
ONE HONEST MAN.
There is one Of the representatives
fl ON STnion county" the president told
n big crowd. for whom 1 have not
or1y a very deep respect, but ] want
to give myself the pleasure of saying,
a very great affection. for I believe
him to be an absolutely honest and
straightforward man, and yet he is
voting against jury reform It must
be that he does not recognize the
cause of the people. He has stood by
I 1eS-
why my comrade is not beside me
again. I want to tell him in affec-
tionate warning that some men who
do not love the people are trying to
use what they believe to be his con-
victfons to mislead him and to disap-
point the people of New Jersey.
Even those In the legislature who
declare themselves for jury reform al
low themselves to be used by being
told that the form Of law proposed for
this change is not the particular form
for which they have declared a pref |
srence. So by every subtle method of
setting honest men against one an
other, as well as binding dishonest |
men with one another it is made i'm |
possible to administer justice without |
-egard to persons In the great COM |
OF New Tcseey."
The president was due to meet to- |
lay not only the democratic members |
IF the legislature and state party lead I
ars, but acting Governor Fielder and |
Mayor wittpen, rival Candidates for
governor In the approaching primary
contest. His program for the late af-
ernoon was a short automobile ride
'or relaxation before making his last
speech here tonight He planned to
cave at midnight for Washington.
TO GET TOGETHER.
At President Wilson's conference
With the party leaders and later with
he legislators, it was agreed that the
lerno cratic members would get to-
cether on Monday next in the hope of
rafting some sort Of a jury reform
ill Although urged to do so by op-
,onents of the measure, the president
ecIined to make any definite recon-
as to the form the bin
bould take. That he said, was UP to
he Legislature.
There was an open clash between
he president and ". L. McDermott,
from Hudson county,
stter opponent Of the bill. Mr.. Nc
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