Show r t HARA KIRL 1 rr r Gov GO w r 1 of ol Jew Jersey is is s a vc very vory j bli brilliant scholar r but the c conclusion is irresistible that he lie is not a man of steady judgment nent He lie was wa- triumphantly elected governor he had but hut to bcd d his efforts to tJ giving ing New ew J Jersey rsc a perfect governor to have have secured fo for himself a conspicuous candidacy candi cantli- lacy dacy for president next year ear But the idea that S he could BO so o administer that that as to give hint him we great t prestige Seems seem n never cl to have Ci crossed his mind He at af once b butted in to oppose Sen ex-Sen- tc Smith as a candidate for United States sena- sena 1 tor tor toi and lie ie lC man assailed comes back hack at him with charges which will attract mens men's attention directly b to 10 t the governor cro and md in in ina a wa way not calculated to inI increase in- in I the hi his instance crease sc the splendor of h lc reputation or the the rep reply to Mr Ill Wilson Vilson bristles with such para- para i these I v In In this this' Instance I will not charge him with ith mali maliciously misstating the facts I believe he was wass s w c- c informed by some sonic zealous adherent and he lie j 1 grasped at it t. t it f as an p aid Jp in his bis righteous war The I doctor should have hac a care Falsehoods of this character char- char 1 j acter aeter follon following ing one upon another r have a tendency I I to undermine even en a self acclaimed leaders leader's reputation reputation tation for veracity My l I challenge to name c the man who informed 1 I him that I would not be a 8 candidate is also still to 1 be he heans ans answered red He was brave enough when I i big ing false words but when confronted b by r a 8 public 4 challenge he lacked the e courage urage to go o forward or J backward hackward Iii In in a partial parti l J reply ily ly h he steps to one side and takes refuge ge li behind hind a fabricated incident of friendly loyalty He b has s hat hau ten da days s 's lin in which to answer that lj f i challenge lmH-e lmH ge Haying Having ing failed to do o s so I now regretfully regret regret- fully eh charge him publicly y with lh resorting to th the trick of attempting attempting- to deceive the people that he ic might strike down one who had befriended him and up build au nu ambition that has mastered himIn him i In his former statement he offered h insult sult to thc thi leg legislators In n his last one lie offends against the the tho people and his pres present nt attitude j on tho 1110 ho popular will What a a. a spectacle for public contemplation Here is a man mart chosen by the people as the chief executive of the state His 4 duties if they thoy arc are conscientiously con- con performed will wili keep him well engaged But meanwhile menn he must have relaxation so he lie lief f rl rushes into the thc senatorial fray II Ho lie talks of principle prin- prin ciple to s some m and and of or his power to lb others Now his conscience 18 is S at lit t work later he puts aside conscience conscience con con- science and tries the arts art's of untruthfulness and deceit In private he laughs at the thc primary law lawand lawand and scowls at its preference lu u n public he hc treats both as hol holy In theOl- theOl theory he is swayed by lofty im un- un Jn pulses In pra practice tice he is using the baser emotions 1 U tt L' L accomplish his purpose SIn In In the annals ls of political there is no such example of insincerity as a is is here presented It 11 is an isolated case of an abnormal conscience engaged in its illS insidious work of or leading legislators tol's away from a duty ut which the constitution imposes upon them them them- I Governor Wilson may succeed in iii defeating Mr l Smiths Smith's election to th the senate but as is vo wo we look upon it Mr l Wilson Vilson will never again agnin obtain an office as high as the one he holds roday oday o ay When a man starts claiming to be bo governed solely b by r his desire t to have the truth vindicated and then has to resort rc- rc sort to open deception ec to fo partially I clear hi his skirt from repeated charges of falsehood all aU lie needs is is to open hc 11 wa way ay so that the people may fairly judge him and ud t then hen he lie is dropped Professor W Wilson 1 has w wp arc are convinced in ill a afew few short weeks s committed political hara |