Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-28


measures. Assembly lyman Allan b.
Walsh Of Mercer county was a me-
chanic employed BY the Roebling com
pany. This corporate which paid
Walsh something like So a day for his
labor In its shops, naturally felt that
this sum included what service he
could render in his capacity as a legis-
lator. When the election OF United
States senator came up he was In
structed to vote for Smith He went
to the governor and told him how the
case stood with him. Il quite under
stand" said the governor, land I don't
wantS..to advise you what to do I am
not the man to ask you. to imperil your
family's living. Whatever you con-
clude to do shan't hold it against
you.''z
Something In the common sense and
human kindness Of Wilson's attitude
SO touched !. Walsh, not Heretofore
known as a hero, that he went to the
caucus and voted for MARITIME: His
work was cut till he could make only
$40 a week.
When the battle was Joined on the
Wilson legislative program his en-
ployers warned him to vote against
it. He voted for it-Walsh, you see,
had q man in him-and was discharg-
ed. The governor heard of that, and
those who happened to be in the state
house that day heard language flow
In ssvigor drawn from resources not
commonly tapped by Presbyterian eld-
ers. Walsh was poor man with a
family whose livelihood had been TAX
en- away from him because he voted
according to his conscience. Some
thing must be done for Walsh; we
can't see him suffer like this" said
Mr.. Wilson. He was reminded Of his
declaration that he would neither pun
ish nor reward. ''No matter what /
saidw he exclaimed. '"This is a good
time to be inconsistent. Wen find a
place for Walsh" r.
So it Is true charge that the pres
ent clerk of the Mercer county tax
board owes his position to the fact that
he voted for Wilson measures in the
legislature.
Mr.. Wilson's appointments were for
the most part wise and happy-some
Of them remarkably so. One Of the
best in its results was that of Samuel
Kalish. to the supreme court bench.
Kalish is Jew, and he happened to
be Nugent's personal counsel, but
neither of these circumstances closed
the governors eyes to the fact that
he was able, honorable, vigorous and
peculiarly fitted for such work as lay
before the New Jersey supreme court.
1t Is Justice Kalish, now sitting in
the Atlantic county circuit, who is
cleaning up Atlantic City; it was he
who. finding justice made joke of in
Atlantic county by juries picked by
the corrupt sheriff, turned to the early
common law and appointed ''elisors''
to select jurymen. A grand jury thus
obtained indicted the sheriff, and the
work Of bringing the big resort under
subsection to law goes thrivingly on.
New Jersey elects it's assembly anew
each year. In the autumn Of 1911
Governor Wilson went before the peo-
pie to ask for the return Of men
pledged to sustain the accomplished
legislation and to support what further
progressive measures should come up.
For the first time primary was held
under the Geran law. The Smith-Nu-
gent influence was frantically 1exerted
| everywhere to nominate anti-Wilson
men. 1t failed-failed utterly-every-
! where except in Essex county, the
home of the ex-senator and his lieuten-
ant. For the first time Geran law
convention was held. The Wilson men
controlled it. a sound platform was
adopted. In Essex the Smith-Nugent
machine won the primary, nominating
a ticket expressly chosen in antago'
nism to the governor.
In the campaign that followed Gov.
ernor Wilson visited every county in
the state except Essex. He Cancelled
his engagement for that county, refus'
ing to ask support for the Smith ticket
The result Of the election has been
twisted by opponents Of Mr.. Wilson
into defeat for him. 1t was, in fact
q signal victory, striking indorse
ment. In all the state outside Essex
in the counties, that Is, where he asked
support for Democratic candidates fol
the assembly, their majorities. aggre
gated 857 votes more than they did thu
previous year, when the state was
ablaze with the excitement of guber
Material campaign. In Essex, which
he refused to visit; in Essex, where thu
Democratic candidates were pledged
anti Wilson men, the Democratic vott