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Show WILSON TAKE8 HAND IN JURY REFORM BILL FIGHT IN NEW JERSEY Washington, Mnrch 17. Prosident Wilson throw his Influence Into Now Jersey politics to securo the passage of tho bill empowering commissions uppolntcd by tho governor rather than sheriffs to draw Juries, II0 persistently per-sistently advocated this measure bo-fore bo-fore ho resigned as governor, but slnco that time nn amendment has been attached to tho bill providing for a referendum of tho question. Holding that tho object of. th0 referendum refer-endum Is to delay tho issuo nnd ov-entually ov-entually kill tho roform, Mr. Wilson hns said ho tools that tho people already al-ready havo approved tho idea by electing tho Democratic legislative ticket on a platform pledged to Jury reform. Whllo. tho President himself hns mado no statement ns to the purpose of a telegram ho sent (oday to Governor Gov-ernor Floldor nnd J. Warren Davis Democratic majority leador In tho stnto senate Intimations from tho I White House are to the effect that tho P.esident wishes to put tho vft-lloug vft-lloug candidates for tho governorship on thplr mettlo In tho present situation. situ-ation. He has not committed himself him-self as yet to any of tho candidates who will run for governor In tho primaries pri-maries next September, but It Is probable pro-bable that his alignment will be determined de-termined by tho activities which the various candidates manifest now for or against what bo considers a plcco of progresstvo legislation. W. L. Mnrbury ot Baltimore who In a public statement recently declared de-clared that the President bod requested re-quested htm to become a candidate In tho approaching primaries against Senator John Walter Smith, visited tho White Houso today. Many Maryland Mary-land leaders havb seen the President but nothing deflnlto hns como from the White Houso to Indtcnte whether wheth-er or not ho has sanctioned Mr. Mar-btiry's Mar-btiry's fight against Senator Smith. "There is no change In tho situation," situa-tion," Mr. Marbury announced as ho left the executlvo offices. |