The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-02
BACK IN HIS HOME
STATE HE SPEAKS
FOR JURY REFORMS
Great Big Sneaking System Has
Established Itself Again
in New Jersey
REFERENCES TO OLD
ENEMY BRING CHEERS
President Speaks of Bulky Form
Which Used to Lead Legis-
lature of the State Into
Disgrace

NEW YORK, May Preside ft
Wilson returned. to New Jersey to-
night to speak in support of a. propo.
sition to reform the system Of draw
ing grand and petit jurors, which ID
to be considered at a special session
of the Legislature next Tuesday. He
spoke to large audiences in Newark
n Elizabeth, and denounced the IN
nuences that are seeking to thwurt
the reform in scathing language,
Without mentioning names. but de-
scribing Its chieftains in unnlistakaLle
terms, he assailed the Smith-NuRen ut
political machine in Essex county.
and declared that Ii was a most amaz-
ing thing that the people of this cou.1-
try have failed for SO long to gra n
pie with the situation which confronfa
them. and to make themselves mas
ters of their own government.
Received With Cheers.
The New Auditorium was crowded
when the president, accompanied ~
Secretary Tumulty. Major Rhoadcs,
n his secret service guards. reached
the platform. He was received with
frantic cheers. and those on h stage
surged forward to. shake Mr.. wif-
SON hand A~ssembiyman John
Matthews. Who was speaking when
the president entered. ended M
speech shortly. and then the prest-
dent stood up In a way thai showed
he meant to hit straight out ara
hard.
Il know of no greater satisfaction
than speaking for the people of this
state he began, for I have NOT
come to speak to you. / know what
YOU believe in, I know what you want.
! nave come to speak for you. and
to tell those men with whom we are
dealing it Is their business Ii
do, for We are their masters: they
are not ours"
The presidents remarks were MT
confined to the jury reform
as -, He did not. as Il was ~.
pected he would. declare specificaIlv
either for a jury commission. name
by the presiding Supreme court tua-
Tee or for one named by the Hoy-
ernor. He said hat he was origf-
naliy In favor OF the first schemr
and that he still thought it best. hut
explained how he had yielded his
judgment in the conference of Demc-
cratic legislators TO those who fay-
ored commissions named by the gov
efhor. Then he assailed the casuistrv
oy which the promise of tina confer
ence had been made of no avail be-
cause a sufficient number of legtsla-
tors were convinced that it was not a
caucus and. therefore. not binding.
he made his plea for the reform an
the ground of party platform pledwea
What the Elections Meant.
He said he wanted everybody r.
realize that he was not taken in Il,
the results of the last national elec-
uon He explained that the country
/. uld not go Democratic. but had turn-
ed to the Democratic party as tho
only united helpful instrument which
IT had found at hand to accomplish,
its purposes. Its purpo was to see
certain things done. and he affirmed
MS belief that X they We're not done
the Democratic party never would
get another chance. He described
now the Democratic party in New
Jersey betrayed the trust placed In
II, and how that betrayal was fol-
lowed by nearly twenty years. Of Re
publican domination. Coming to the
Democratic victory in 1910, he said.
TO us this was a r~ejuvenation. 4
renewed party, n the frs question
that came up was whether the old
gang would run it or not. won't 70
INTO h history of the two years 81
aghtfng with the old gang. Never-
theless. the bic gang did not run II.
but they kept under cover, Even in the
! ioobies at Trenton, knowing that there
We're myers that pointed to their past
history, They trembled in the spot
4 lleht, and when / was told that ftme
as o as l went to Washington tho
old gang would come back | didnxe
believe it-until l saw 1t.
Once more that bulky form OF I
gentleman. who used to personals
lead the legislature of New JerseY
into disgrace, reappeared upon thu
very floor of the Legislature. y
again it was hat their intrigues were
. successful in blocking the things hA
did not wish done. Am I mistaken
have You not heard it, that the Same
old gang that had for two years been
scotched had not been killed? Hx@0
you not heard that that system Wiz
a snake-like S. that great, sneakfN
whispering system had established "
self again in Trenton?S Y
Has No Candidate. gsHss
These references to James r. 111k
rent and James Smith. Jr., prOvpka6
laughter, and applause that was GT
parently OF approval. The presi6oM1f
made mention also Of hts intonffT1f
to spend next summer In New Han
shire, and said he had been infl0ea
to go outside New Jersey becAunA8
did not want to have people fee1
he was trying to boss the guh4e
torial campaign that II comtn9
He said. sS2SS8'
II have no candidate for the n
cratic nomination for the
ship OF this State, but | am oppG
to anyone that II desired for g0voE
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