Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-17
W|TTPENN MAKES
PLEA FOR SUPPORT
Opponents Expect Mayor to
Seek Aid from Presi-
dent Wilson.

CONTINUED from First Pagc.)
clared upon what to my mind and to the
MIND OF every progressive Democrat.
must be the vital issue.
10th appear to be without plan and
I without specific policy other than to seek
| tho nomination. Both claim to be forced
into the race by personal admirers or
| friends. Each fails to make clears his
| platform of principles or his program
upon which his claim to the nomination
will be based
| Personally ! am entering the race not
| because my friends have solicited me to
run-a1though such Is the fact-but in
| order to carry out specific policy in the
| Democratic party and In the government
/ of this State.
| TO those of us who have observed
3! Democratic politics during the last few
| yearssit is apparent that our party sue
cess Is dependent upon honest party
| leadership. Under the leadership of the
| President. when governor of New Jersey.
| we were successful both as party and
as an instrument of government, because
| bis leadership commanded public con
hdence and respect To our party and to
| its leaders belongs the credit Of having
| placed upon the statute books of our
| state, a series of great laws affecting
| social, political and business conditions.
| Are these laws TO remain intact!
In the numerous battles fought to es-
tablish and maintain this policy | have
| allied myself without compromise with
l. lHt men VINO were IPOFplHlIlnS anu
establishing the Democratic party. Is our
party to continue as now organized and
/ established!
The real issue is to prevent the return
| to control of party and to power in gov
~ernment of the machine which kept our
! party In defeat for seventeen years and
! which became part and parcel OF q cor
rupt bipartisan control established Tor
| the distribution of fayors, betrayal OF
| public trust and the subversion OF Demo
/ cratic principles for reward.
In this contest | enter free from any
| entangling alliances The men who are
| supporting me in my own county and
| in the rest Of the State are the men who
| have consistently supported the leader
| ship established by our President. With
my opponent from my county are allied.
| with few exceptions all Of those politi-
| cal leaders who arrayed themselves
| against the nomination Of woodrow VIII
! son for President at the primaries last
| May and who have bitterly fought the
reform program which has been adopt
/ ed during the last two and hair years.
| The open avowal made recently by the
| forces in control of Essex county and the
| forces which were formerly " control of
| the State Democratic organization is:
/ Anything to beat Wittpenn" and | am
| glad that this avowal has been made, as
sibly cloud the issue on which l base
1 power of the old gang"
/ Let my opponents in this hght spect
4
refuse to accept ii, should such support
be offered. | neither want nor ask the
| support of anyone who desires'a return
| of the old order of things
+ II am nominated and elected governor
of the State | shall seek alone TO carry
out progressive doctrines, and shall
understand. by such nomination and eiec-
ton, that | haves received commission
from the people of New Jersey to estab-
llsh progressive administration without
compromise.
i challenge my opponents in. this fight
to make plain the character OF the sup
port upon which they will rely in the
~September primary | challenge them to
declare themselves upon what must be
the real and vital issue to every patriotic
and progressive Democrat.
| / demand that they make plain TO the
people of New Jersey whether they VIII
benefit by the support Of those interests
and elements which for years have sought
to subsidize the machinery of the Demo,
cratic party for personal benefits and
gain
| Governor Fielder took exception to
several of the statements made by
Mayor Wittpenn, of Jersey City
when the latter's statement was
brought to his attention. Regarding
! the statement made by Wittpenr
that neither of his opponents hac
made any declaration of principles
the Governor said.
"No, / did not make any declara
ton of principles, nor do | intend
to until after the Legislature has adj
journed. | would not even have al
lowed my name to be put in the field
as a candidate for the nomination as
: Governor only others were doing 1t
and my friends insisted upon putting
, me in the race.
Il notice that Mr. Wittpenn ant
, his followers make the statemen
that President Wilson favors his can
didacy. | cannot for the life of m
see where they get the authority 70
Z that assertion There is nothing
: they can point to that Mr. Wilso
) has said either as Governor or Pres
d ident that would give that impress
g sion. on the other hand the Pres
4 ldent has said things about me ina
he need never have said unless n
II meant them"
Mr. Fielder pointed to the appoint
e ments made by Wilson in NI1udso
o county inst before he rendered hi
: resignation as Governor as proof tina
e he was not in sympathy with WIZ
: penn and his principles. me az
s pointment of former Judge Mark Z
sullivan to a judgeship should .
:. proof enough of that for anyone M
# FIELDER seemed to think.
9 II shall be very much surprised
I the President makes any statemer
! in favor of Mr.. Wittpenn's cand
d dacv.,' Mr.. Fielder said in concluding
= "But il either MIR. Wittpenn or NJ
e tsatzenhach is the man decided upe
: lthey can count upon my support an
I shall expect the same from theih