The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-10-21
new JERSEY A
BATTLE GROUND
Score Of the Nations Political
Speakers TO Aid in Campaign.

New Jerseys Importance during the
present campaign in the eyes of politi-
CLANS throughout the country is best
shown by the manner in which each
party has responded to a call for
speakers of national prominence to
come into this state between now
and election Gay to talk for the re-
spective candidates for governor. In
no political campaign in the history
of the state have so many big men,
been booked for appearance here as
are included in the lists which the
republicans, democratic and progress
sive state committees now have in
hand. No one has been placed on
either list without first having Civ
en- positive assurance that he will
be here to participate in the CAM
paign. Whether President Wilson will
leave Washington for day or two
to lend his active assistance to James
F. Fielder the democratic candidate,
who is depended upon to win for the
Wilson policies and for the end OF tn
party which is opposed to the old
time control of the Smith-Nugent in
terests, is thus far problematical.
He has not yet been asked to do so,
and has not volunteered the informa-
tion that he will come home for that
purpose prior to the election. 1t is
not believed that he will either be
called into New Jersey by the Fielder
j campaign managers or will come ot
his own accord unless the situation
takes on a desperate appearance to-
ward the end of the battle.
The democratic list of speakers
| af Cta .xrf1l he
heard in various sections of New Jer'
! sey during this and next week il
headed by Secretary of State William
it are as follows Senator Ollie
&, James, of Kentucky; Champ CLARK
and his son, Bennett Clark; Congress
man Swager Shirley, of Kentucky
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer. oi
Pennsylvania; Congressman George
O'Shaughnessy, of Rhode Island; Con
gresham Judge Warren Caro-, o.
OHIO; Congressman Thomas w. Sis
son, of Mississippi; Congressman
Judge Baker, of California, and Con
:. gressman Thomas L. Reilly, of Con
necticut.
On the republican list of outside
speakers who will aid the cause o
former Governor Stokes in his guber
material candidacy are United State
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho
United States Senator Sherman, o
| Illinois; Congressman Frank l.. Bui
ton, of Ohio; Congressman S. ID. Fes
of Ohio, who has already begun hi
Jersey speech-making Congressma
T. w. Kelly, of Michigan; Job Hedges
of New York; United States Senate
Albert B. Cummings, of Iowa; Cor
gressman Sidney Anderson, of Mime
sofa; Congressman Philip P. CamI
bell, of Kansas. and Gongressma
Frank Plumley, of Vermont.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson. o
| California, running mate of Colone
Roosevelt in the last presidential
campaign, is at the head of the pro
gressive list of speakers to b,
bruoght into the state in behalf o
| Candidate Colby. He will enter th
campaign at big meeting in Trento
Friday night, and will go from ther'
to Atlantic City for another big meet
ing on Saturday night On the fol
lowing Monday night he will speal
in>Elizabeth and Newark. Others oil
the progressive list are as follows
United States Senator Moses e. Clap
of Minnesota; Henry j. Allen, o
Wichita, Kan, who led the Roose
velt forces in the republican nationa
convention in Chicago last year; fol-
mer United States Senator Albert
Beveridge, of Indiana; United State
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash
ington; former Governor Stubbs, o
Kansas City; Congressman Victo
Murdock, the progressive leader oil
the floor of congress, and Bainbridg'
Colby, of New York.