The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-28

IN A RECENT speech, former Governo
Stokes referred to several of the issues il
this campaign. Among other things ht
said:
1.-The Democrats apparently have no
issues on which they are willing to
stand, and like drowning men are
catching at straws. Why, they are
actually trying to make my diet
matter of campaign importance. They
did that nine years ago. The Demo-
Gratis and their organs have charged
me with the heinous offence of eating
my meals at a cheap lunch counter.
Now, in this campaign when, after
repeated invitation, extending over a
year, / eat lunch with James H. Nc
Graw, of Madison, one of the most
progressive men of the State, Jersey
man, identified with Jerseys welfare,
and with half dozen of his friends,
all of them Jerseymen and Jersey vot-
ers, and all of them reputable, upright,
honorable citizens, two of them, at
least, from your own county, my DEM
Ocratic opponent, and even the Secre-
tary of State of the nation, who is
sacrificing $3.50 night to tell Jersey
men how to manage their own affairs,
my Democratic opponent and Mr..
Bryan go into mysteries.
''Our Democratic friends are con-
tinually shifting their position. They
have now shelved Governor Fielder
entirely. He, they say, is no longer
an issue. The reason why they took
the management of the campaign out
of his hands and beat him in the or
ganization of the State Committee, Is
to 3, instead of Is to l, is now appar-
ent. They are not satisfied to run
President Wilson for Governor by
| proxy.
II have made it clear in this cam
| paign that there is a wide difference
between President Wilson and the
| New jersey Democracy. | have point
ed out how he has been in continuous
conflict with the Democratic party of
| the State; how he has been compelled
to go upon the stump and appeal to
the people for support, because of
broken Democratic pledges. | have
shown how he did not trust the Demo-
cratic voters to select their candidates
for Governor and United States Sena-
tors, but induced different aspirants to
withdraw, lest the Democrats, if left
to themselves, would make wrong
| choice. l have pointed out how, in
1
State, he received the loyal support OF
Republican Senate, and was not
willing to trust Democratic House.
ut is the Democracy of New jersey,
| whom President Wilson distrusts, and
not President Wilson himself, who is
on trial. am not fighting President
| Wilson, | am fighting for New Jersey.
and | said in my letter to the chair
man of the Democratic State Com
mittee that, SO far as / was concerned.
| President Wilson was not an issue.
Il received a letter from the Demo.
cratic State chairman, declining the
suggestion that Governor Fielder
should debate the issues of the cam
paign with me and stating that one OF
the most important issues, if not the
main issue of this campaign, is whether
| President Wilson's Administration is
to be Endorsed. Evidently our Demo.
GRAFT friends feel they are beaten in the
State contest, and they are now trying
| to elect their own ticket, as | suggest
ed, by proxy.
1.-The people of New JERSEY are a
| proud and sensitive people. They re-
sent dictatiOn; they understand their
own affairs, and they are competent to
decide their own problems. This is a
State campaign, campaign which
will decide not whether.the destinies OF
this commonwealth shall be handed
over to President Wilson as Governor
OF New Jersey, but whether they shall
be handed over to the New JERSEY
Democracy"