Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
President Fails, 1t Is
Said, to Change
Lawmakers Ideas
on Proposed Law.
He SPEAKS TONIGHT AT
JERSEY CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Chief Flynn, of Secret Service,
cussed" by Motorman as
Presidents Machine Narros-
ly Escapes Collision With Car.

President Wilson held a Conferences
with number OF New Jersey leris-
lators al the Carteret Club. Jersey
City. today in order that he n,izhs
throw the weight Of his personal pres.
tige into the balance in favor 81
ludge-made Juries.
After the conference had arda6 q
2 o'clock this afternoon it ~ ap-
parently the opinion Of the majority
that the Presidents pet scheme had
been weakened. rather than strength
ened. The legislators appeared .
favor the sheriff plan. with such ad-
ditionai safeguards as may be found
advisable.
Indeed the President himself re-
fused TO advocate any special nlan
! Ia his preliminary remarks. He
merely said that something ought 10
be done and the Legislators ought to
do it.
He was followed by Assensblyrnan
McDermott, who said that, in present.
Ing his referendum bill, he had been
guided by President Wilson's own at
titude.
He then asked that the newspaper
men be admitted so that s.pitiJess
publicity might be given their pro-
ceedings. This proposal was vieor-
ously contested by Assem- blyraan Mat
thews. of Essex, and finally defeated
by large majority.
AuarrT7 n srf.,
Essex man to speak. He denied ths
implied charge OF the President ia
referring to the select eleven frcfa
this county He maintained THAT he
had used his own Judgment alone u
masking ap his mind about the jury
| question and asserted that ne was
wiilinR 10 yield only to his copEfIzz
aeuts
The only spice in the jury disclss+
sion was given by Mr.. McDern7<stt
who asked the President point blank
/ If he had not drawn I'D the p1afz
form in which the jury plank was
written.
NO" said the President ut was
drawn up by several men.
Mr. McDermott intimated that the
President, at any rate he'd approved
OF II and therefore was reEponsihle
for the present complications
constitutional Convention.
When the constitutional convention
was taken up. Mr.. Hennessy, father
of the original bill, asserted thar
since it had been the senator's who
had broken their platform pledges.
any compromise bill would have to
originate in the upper chamber.
While he would not say that he
would oppose the Presidents proposi-
ton. made last night. of a conven-
tion based on counties and not on
population, he remarked that he 49,
tainly would not propose such
scheme
| That the conference had not in ang
way strengthened the judge made
jury plan was made evident in
striking manner when Governor
Fielder himself suggested a plan q
/ having three men choose the jurfes,
one being the sheriff
Another scheme suggested was that
of having the chanceIlors choose COM
missions for appointing juries.
/ Mr.. Nntting. of Essex. made out q
I
plan He said that he was certain
would be overwhelmingly in favor ef
retaining the present plan If given
chance to vote on the question.
He pointed out that in other States
where commissions exist the prose-
cutor IS elected by the people.
The President said little When
Mr.. McDermott had asked permis-
sion 10 appear on the same platforn
with him tonight and present the
other side Of the jury question, he
did not answer at all. He passed the
suggestion by entirely
In making the run from Kearny TO
Jersey City the Presidents auto
mobile was all but run down by 4
4 Newark bound Turnpike trolley car.
william J. Flynn. head OF the
secret service was angry clear
! through. He arose in his seat and
+, told the notornan few things about
being careful.
Words Fail Flynn.
Who the ~ are your" retorted
the unmoved motorman.
Chief Flynn was too mad to tel
him.
The President left the South Field
apartments. 145 East Thirty-fifth
street. New York. at s:z5. He ar
rived at the Soldiers Home shortly
before IL O'Clock
/ General E. Burd Grubb, the COM
mandant, whose regime was recventIx
Investigated and severely scored bx
4 a legislative committee is in St.
Michael's Hospital. this city. where
he was operated on a few days ago
for threatened blindness.
Mrs. Grubb, however. was at the
home to greet the President and the
veterans, in their parade uniforms.
were lined up along the road leading
from the gates to the commandant:s >
residence.
The emphasis on the social was
made, it is thought. because other