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Show WILSON QUITS PDUTICSFOR Friends Have Agreed lo Leave Him Alone, and He Declines De-clines in Advance to See Anyone Else. GOES ON VACATION IN THE COMING WEEK When He Comes Back I-In Promises to Finish House-Cleaning- in New Jersey Before Going to Capital. By International News Service. PRTNCETON. X. J., Nov. O.-Gov-ernor Wilson will devote the whole or next week to preparing the slate of New Jersey for a house cleaning. The president-elect uunounecd tonight that ho was pretty well up with his election day correspondence corre-spondence and that he would be free to look over his own state now thoroughly thor-oughly Democratic in every branch by Monday. "I hope ..I will be far enough ad-avneed ad-avneed with 1113' correspondence by Monday to take up stalo business," ho said. "T intend to devoto tho week io tho stato preparatory to going away on my vacation. There aro quite a uuniber of appointments to be made. Manv of them are. small, of course. Tt is too early to take up specific legislation legis-lation at this timo but the state demands de-mands my attention and shall havo it." This is ho first timo that the legislature leg-islature has been Democratic, in both branches since '"Woodrow "Wilson's election elec-tion as governor. He '"Tias naturally been seriously handicapped in carrying i out the reforms set forth in the platform plat-form upon which ho was clcclod. Now ho has a new platform, the one upon 1 which the party won its light in tho stato at this election, and that contains con-tains an admirable programme. Plans Model State. The governor expects to havo tho situation sit-uation in New Jersey so well in hand that when he returns from his vacation on December 13 lip will bo able to tako up tho task of Tcform with an intelligent intelli-gent conception of what is required. Tho governor has already announced that ho purposes making a model state of New Jersey before he goes lo Washington Wash-ington to undertake tho larger and moro important work of economy. Speaking of his vacation, upon which ho will embark the latter part of next week, the governor emphasized today tho fact that he will not receive politicians, poli-ticians, he will not talk politics and that it Avill be useless for anyone to undcrtako to persuade- him to do so. "My friends have agreed to leave me alone during tha(. poriod," he said. "If anyouo comes !1 shall not Fee him, that's all. Even Mr. McCombn and Mr. McAdoo understand this and thcy will remain away. I shall not talk politics under any circumstances, either eith-er for publication or for private consumption. con-sumption. ' ' Worked Half Day. Tho governor was able to put iu some hard work on his correspondence today after ho locked Rimsolf in an upper room with his stenographer, and lie would not allow anj'ono to disturb him. This afternoon the governor weut to university field and watched tho last half of the Princeton Vale frcshmau football game, which resulted in a tie, aud the entire gumo between Princeton and New York univorsily. The presidentelect presi-dentelect occupied a scat in the bleachers with his brother-in-law, Professor Pro-fessor Stockton Nonia of Princeton. Two rows above and just across tho aisle wcro tho governor's daughters, Jessie aud lileanpr, accompanied by two Princeton students. Tho governor got a big cheer and a scries of college yells when he appeared in tho runway and thereafter was tho center of attention. Scores of graduates grad-uates came up and greeted him. When the game was" over the players play-ers of t ho New York university eleven canto upon the stand and shook hands with the governor and then gave him ono of their uproarous yells. Not to bo outdone, the lrincoton boys gave him a "locomotive yell," than which there is none more riotous. The governor gover-nor was mightily pleased with his reception re-ception and left the grounds with a broad'emilo on his face |