Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-28
QUEER ATTITUDE
Of DEMOCRATS
Question Spirit of Party in the
Closing Days Of the Wilson
Administration.

TRENTON. Feb. 2s-The closing
days of the Wilson administration
at Washington having arrived, the
question has been asked several of
the Democratic party leaders here,
who were active in the days when
the President was governor, who
some movement raj not made by
the party organization of the state
which gave the chief executive OF
the nation his political start to mt
tingly express to Mr.. Wilson its APP
probation for his public service.
Those Democrats who have ideals
for their party and who are more
interested in seeing its principles ex-
ampiified by men Of ability and aC-
ton, than they are in seeking pa
tfonage for themselves or others,
have recently recalled here that ten
years ago the Democracy of New
Jersey brought Mr.. Wilson from the
professors chair TO the governors
chair when it nominated him as its
standard bearer in the state cam
paign of 1910. The same Democracy
subsequently gave Mr.. Wilson to the
country at large, and 1t has been
pointed out here that his passing
from the stage of national and
political affairs after those ten years
of public service, fraught with many
and very grave problems. ought 10
have brought from the party in this
state n the closing days of Mr..
Wilson's White House tenure some
expression or tangible recognition
of the services he has rendered.
They point IN that the President
broke his health under the burden
of the war problems and that the
fhfn1S he gfnAd FOR and he naTann-
ally will begin to rise p~erceptibly
in the estimation OF the body poll
tic Immediately after he leaves Of
flee on Friday of this week.
why then" the question has
been asked, did not the Democratic
chiefs OF New Jersey take steps to
express their pride in the Wilson
accomplishments and aims for world
peace in the final days of his public
duty at Washington?
When this was put up 10 a Demo-
crst here. he smiled and answered:
what for, TO thank him for the jobs
we did not get"
The thought has been expressed
that a delegation should have gone
to Washington to tell the president
OF the satisfaction of Jersey Demo-
Gratis in his work and the pride felt
in having brought him into public
service. So far as is known. how
ever. there has been no movement
OF this nature and it Is quite prob
able that the President will retire
from office next Friday minus any
final tribute from the party organiza-
ton with which he first was asso-
in politics.
Many OF those who were active
when Mr.. Wilson first broke into
affairs with his nomination for
governor in 1910. are still promi-
nent politically in the state. James
r. Nugent. who was then state chair
and with whom the President
some memorable battles while
occupying the executive chair here.
Is still a party factor. Governor Ed
wards became state controller in
1911 by virtue of the Democratic
which was swept into Of
nee with the president of Princeton
University. Subsequently. Mr.. Ed
wards and Governor Wilson clashed
the former wanted 10 be state
treasurer in 1913. and the latter
'tood for Edward L. Grosscup, of
Gloucester, w.en the legislature Sc
ected in joint session.
Mr.. Grosscup is now state purchas-
ng agent and the member of the
tate committee from his county. Ell
ner H. Geran, who sponsored the
Wilson election reform law, which is
but surely being torn to
pieces by the political machine. is
United States district attorney
or New Jersey and a prominent
figure.