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tlOHT rAOIt THt INDIUNOtNCB INTI-Mltf. INDIFINDINCI , OM OOM. PACf SIX . 1 " - .1 BOV. WILSON AS FOE OF BOSSISM i Diterl) Routed Smith la FiM Over II S. Senalorstilp. SfiASHED ONE MAN POWER New Jertay Emeoutive'i Determination YieJdad Victory aiwi Woo Conopiou oa Evidence of Mio Purpooo to Show No Quarter When Hia Conviction of i Right M Oppooition. Uou. WikhIiww Wl'.non. irovernor of Hew Jeraey, baa come very aharply lata the jxdltleal limelight la tti last few tuontha by reason of hit fearlesa and effective advocacy of the righto f the people to govern tbeinselve without Interference from the great coqwrationa and vested Interests. Governor Wilson U a native of Vir ginia, bavins been born at Staunton Jc 2S 1S."1 He Is the aon of a rreabvtertan minister of Scotch Irish Jevut. A a a bo.v he lived in the aouih aud nt the ap of nlneteea en tered Princeton university, from which lie wa graduated In lS?.t. He took a rttur lu law nt the University of Virginia and waa admitted to the bur. lie pruclked law la Atlanta for two reatlao that all cf Uormwr Wlleoaa Ufe bad been a trelulnf for active partMpaOoo In politico and that tie etodk and research luto KIHUai ate- I tory and political method bud given i him a mkler knowledge r th power of tho peopl under agreawlve UadT S hlp than any of lb Iwwrt of either (party poeweeaed. Ilia whole political ' theory la baaed upou the right tf the Iov to rule and their power to ruir whea their efforta are rot' eouoeu t rated, aud he deuiountraied that hi theory waa correct lieu oue after au other tla proponed reform wr forced through the KvMuture by the power of public opinion. Even before Governor Wllnon took bla aeat In the executive chamber ho had won a victory over the boane In his own party, which bad Inspired th people 'Uh reueweU confidence aud terrorlted the profeaslonnl Killtloiau who were Inclined to eppoae hla re forms. The election of a United State aeuator from New Jersey w a ttie tir lmiHtrtant work for the new legiioatuie to undertake. Jnmea Smith. Jr.. louit known a the big boss of the IVuio cratie party In the mate, had decided that he wanted this particular plum for himself, and he announced him aelf aa a candidate, but at the pri mariea held early In HMO Jamea A 0 BO. by American Preaa Aaoociatlon. awvsBJMS woodeow WTUox of prw JEBBKT. years and then took a postgraduate coarae la political economy, history amd Jnrlsprndence at Johns Hopkins ami versl ty. Baltimore. His writings a political aubjecta while at Johns Bopklns attracted much attention, and he waa offered the professorial chair at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the famous college for women, where be remained for three years. From Bryn Mawr he went to Wesleyan cnl eralry. at Mlddletown. Conn., as pro fessor of history and political econo my, and In 1S0O he Joined the faculty of Princeton university aa professor of political economy and Jurispru dence. The title of thia chair was fatter chanKed to professor of Jurispru dence and politics. In 1902 Professor Wilson was chosen president of Princeton university and occupied that position for eight years. Ills in cumbency of the office waa a contln al fight against special privileges aud an effort to make the university more democratic than It had been in the past In 1910 President Wilson was nominated as the candidate of the Democrats of New Jersey for gov ernor and was elected by a plurality of nearly BO.000 after a speaking cam paign that was remarkable in rousing the people of the state from one end to the other and swinging to his sup port thousands of Republicans who were dissatisfied with the present con duct and management of the Repub lican party. Governor Wilson has more than fulfilled his pledges. He promised the people of New Jersey that he would be their representative at the state capltol and would guard the In terests of the whole people to the best of his ability. Among the specific promises which he made were that he would do all in his power to secure the enactment of the public utilities bill for the control of railroads and other public service corporations; a re Yfxed primary law that would give the people absolute control of the nomina tions for all officers, Including dele gates to presidential conventions, and take the selection of candidatea out of the hands of the bosses; a corrupt ' practices law that would make bribery and the use of money of corporations In elections difficult, if not Impossible; a law providing for the commission government of cities by the votes of the citizens nd Including the features ' of the Initiative and referendum and the recall; an employers' liability law which would protect the Interests of the workers automatically without making it necessary for them to go to court to obtain their rights in case of injury while at work and several re form laws of great local importance In his own state. Although the legislature of New Jer sey was Democratic on Joint ballot. She senate was Republican, and at first It seemed to every one that Gov ernor Wilson had undertaken a hope Jess task of endeavoring to force these reforms through an unwilling legisla ture. People declared that he would find practical politics something en tirely different from the academic the ories which were supposed to be his political stock In trade, but they reck oned without their man. The; did not atanino. a clean and popular clllaen. ad been a randUlato for the senatorial Domination and bad received tho In doreertMmt of the people at toe polls. Smith's name bad not been presented at tho primaries. Tola did not make any difference to Smith, who thought that bta uwr aa boa wtTVlcnt to override the will of the people. Oor enior Elect Wtlaoa declared that Rmlih ahould not be aeuator. that be bad no claim upon the offlce and that Martlne had the atroniteot claim of all, that of popular Indorsement The fight be tween the old boas aud the new leador waa short, aharp and declalvo. Hack kl by public opinion, the new governor won, and Martin waa elected senator on the first ballot VTIth three triumphs to bla credit It la umall wonder that the people of the United State are coming to look Uon Woodrow Wilson aa one of the great est political leader who have been de reloped In recent year. A procreiwlve of the progwtidve. It doe not worry Governor Wilson any lo lie called radical. In fact, be calls himself a radical "I am radical," ld Governor Wilson recently, "and the first ele ment of my radicalism la: I't'a get at the root of the whole thing and retme nnnnlar government We. mm Pipe WE CARRY A HEAVY STOCK OF THIS MATERIAL THE CHAS. K. SPAULOING LOGGING CO. 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