Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-21
GROSSCUP SCORES
REPUBL|CANSF FOR
ATTACK ON WILSON
Says Stokes and Rugbee Are
Conducting an Undigni-
fled Campaign.
Special to the Evening Star.

Speclal TO the Evening star.
TRENTON, Oct. 21.-In a statement
issued today, State Treasurer Edward
Il. Grosscup, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, takes to task
former Governor f. G. Stokes and Re-
publican State Chairman Bugbee, by
name, and the Republican party in
general, for what he terms their I'M
dignified attacks upon President Will
son in an effort to prevent the cleo
ton of a Democratic congressional
delegation. MIR. Grosscup, however
says that inasmuch as the Republi-
cans have made the President and
his policies the issue the Democrats
gladly accept it.
"By their speakers and with the
written word the attack has been
made on the President" says the
statement of the State treasurer. ut
has been q cheap and undigndiied at
tack. Nevertheless he has beerl made
the paramount issue and while the
Republicans have raised it, tho DEM
ocratic candidates are willing to win
or lose on it,"
The State chairman's statement in
part is as follows:
1.-THE character of the congress sional
campaign waged in this State by the
served the purpose of bringing Ito the
attention of the voters the fact, that
it is directly solely against President
Wilson, his personality and his poll
cies. The methods of the past few
weeks must be indicative of the lire
of battle to be pursued in the re-
naming days of the campaign and
I think I am justified in assumfnA
that the President and the things fol-
which he stands are to be the butit
of the Republican jibesters from nogl
until November 3.
1.-THE Republicans would have thu
people Of the State believe that il it
were not election time, every man
in New Jersey would not be swelling.
with pride at the manner in which
Mr.. Wilson has taken care of our
people and our land. They would
have the voters of the State believe
that in this whole world at the
present time Mr.. Wilson is not the
one great parsonage, towering over
the statesmen of every land. The
Republicans must think that the
people of New Jersey cannot read or
do not think.
"The Democrats join with the Re-
publicanS in the desire to make the
fight on Mr.. Wilson, his personality
and his policies. Our hearts do swell
with pride when his achievements
for the past two years are recounted.
We want nothing better than that
the people of the State, when they
pn IN tho 20 hos o
will vote as if upon this question:
For or against Wilson We are will
ing that the voters judge of the
harsh and repulsive things that are
now being said of the President and
also of the ones who are saying and
printing them. The people are voting
for Wilson just as much now as they
did in 1910, as they did in 1912 and
as they will again in 1916. OF such
man, of his character and his eff
forts it is impossible to speak too
highly.
"Bugbee, Stokes and the other Re-
publican campaign orators have
made the issue and we gladly meet
1T. In the two weeks that remain be-
fore election day it will be the effort
OF the Democratic committees and
the candidates to see that the people
know all the facts. 1t will be the aim
of those in charge of the fight on
this side to see that the electorate is
made acquainted with those who are
making the attack upon President
Wilson, and it will be the purpose to
expose in whose interests these
things are being said. Bully is not
the kind of word to be used In con-
nection with a man of the Wilson
type, and those responsible are going
to be published to the State as Just
the sort of persons they are. New
Jersey is still Wilson State, and
the voters have only praise and pray
ers for the man who lifted the poll
tics out of groove that, to say the
least, was what you would cali up
lifting