Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
COLLECTOR FIGHT
STILL UNSETTLED
toontinued from First PaEe.)

His best recollection was that his
name was legion. or something like
that.
The real reason why the easus
belli was not settled long ago. IL
seems. is due to the conflicting re-
ports sent in 70 headquarterB BY the
emissaries of the beiligerent leaders.
The special ENJOYS Of the Wilson
League of Essex reported that the
man who would Wrest the collector
ship prize from their own hand picked
selection was no true Wilsonite They
described him as a political aduen-
turer. a carpetbagger from down
east who came to New Jersey to
better his political fortunes and in
cidentally grab any salary paving
office in sight. He worked his way.
say the ENJOYS. into the ranks Of the
regulars and later quit them.
OF course, the friends of the would
be collector stigmatized as a carpet
Dagger had their messages to give
into the presidential auricle and what
they said of the alleged choice OF the
Wilson League was in effect that as
real. bona flde. 1S-karat. yard-wide
Wilson man he wasn't any better
than many others. The President
listened pensively and then sought
news from Mexico.
Alas for the Peterson Man.
ENJOYS more or less pienIpotentiarv
from Passaic were also here, and
what they said of the aspirant for
collectorslip from Paterson length
ened the features of the chief of the
White House: how this man had al
lied himself to the gubernatoria1 can
didate-what's his name2 Well. il
doesn't matter, but IL was the Pafer-
son man who ran against the man
from Princeton when he was starting
out to be President by way of the
New Jersey governorship. The fact
that Woodrow beat Vivian 20 1t Is, Of
course, mitigating circumstances. to
the President, but not, nay never.
to those steadfast Democrats
who always adhered to Wood
row Wilson and his principles.
These patriots asserted that It would
be doing to them what Huerta did to
Madero, or what Madero did to Diaz,
to name that particular aspirant to
the nice, fat job of collector.
Thus the ENJOYS came and went.
each telling how bad the men in the
other camp were and giving the nu-
merous WHY'S and wherefores they
should get the collectorship, not
So saddened was the President by
he would fain hear of one who rnishf
be c1assed as q good and faithful
Democrat without any deIeterious
political past. Find me" he
moaned: find me a man. white.
naturalized. and with externals de-
noting anything approaching human
intelligence, but without an Ibsenistic
past, and he will be the man for COL
lector''
Since this edict went forth the
search has been going, on quietly. Not
too quietly. Of course. but with just
enough Standardization to attract
notice in Essex and Passaic counties.
It would tickle the President almost 20
Pass Christian If someone would only
pick out man who would please
Passaic county and at the same time
ease up things in Essex There are a.
| few compromise candidates in New
ark who point with pride to the fact
that they used to go to Paterson on
target excursions. Several Paterson
candidates declare that they always
ride to Newark when they want good
wet goods. Between Huerta and the
collectorship the President Is enjoy
| ing lovely vacation.