The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
WILSON MAKES GOOD
BOAST TO FIGHT FOR
NEW JERSEY REFORM
Makes Two Speeches Bear.
ing on Needed Legislation
in Home State = No
Private" Governor

Newark. n. j.. May President VIII
son tonight in two speeches, here and
at Elizabeth made good his promise
to return to his home state to fight
Tor the reforms which were pledged
to the President while he was governor,
but which failed of accomplishment
since his departure for Washington.
The President was greeted with cheers
anG enthusiasm as he faced the big
crowds.
1T made all my pulses beat" said
the President in his speech here, 10
think that L was to come to this great
county of Essex that wants to gov
err itself but. does not. / have come,
therefore, to speak not to you but for
you. | have exercised great SELF
denial about New Jersey. My great
temptation in choosing a summer home
vas to pitch my tent where | used
to. But there is going to be a con-
test for governor in New Jersey next
summer and [ did not want anybody
To think / wanted to boss the job. |
have no candidate for governor, but
am opposed to whomever is desired
hy certain gentlemen. | don't want
to see any governor privately owned.
I'm going to New Hampshire next
summer but New Hampshire is in
hStVS dpiiiC WIN New
Jersey. Anyone who wants to know
what ! think can learn by asking.
About Democratic Party
But want to say few words about
the democratic party. ] want every
body to realize that | have not been
taken in by the results of the last ma
tlonal election The country did not
go democratic in November 1t was
impossible for 1t to go republican be-
cause it could not tell which kind of
republican to go. The only hopeful
and united instrument through which
il could accomplish its purpose was
the democratic party There were GER
tain things which we want done, the
country said not certain persons ele-
waited. There were certain things we
want demonstrated, such as that the
government of the United States can
not be controlled by private interests.
have a try at making these things
successful and If not we're not going
to have another try
The President applied his reference
to the national election to the state
situation indicating that il the demo-
crs tic party in the state did not redeem
is pledges, including jury reform, the
people might try another political
party in the next election.
Mr. Wilson declared that when the
democratic party in New Jersey three
years ago had come into power eV-
erybody wondered 'if the old gang
would run it, but it did not
The speaker said that when he was
preparing to go to Washington from
the goyernorship he was told that the
"cld gang would come back"
II did not believe it," he continued
'.until / saw 1t. Once more that bulky
form of the gentleman who used 20
personally lead the New Jersey legis-
lature into disgrace reappeared on the
system with a big snake-like s. that
great sneakng, whispering system had
es tablished itself in Trenton"
The Presi6 ent used a quantity os
adJectives to describe the gang" and
charged that the system had been so
corrupt as to permit grand Juries to
indict at strategic moments and they
car withhold grand juries from indict-
ing when all is quiet and you know that
the mastery of certain gentlemen In
tais state would be impossible il the
things they did were subject TO the
dispassionate Judgment of grand
juries.''
The President was unsparing in his
attack on the IL assemblymen from
Essex county who were opposing jury
re form.
at is a disgrace he said amid ap-
plause, "to the judicial system of the
state and the union. and | come here
to protest as a representative American
citizen that these things should be al
lowed, to exist"