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Show Bf f. 9 WOODROW WILSON RECEIVES A BBJI J, J I r SHOCK IN HI8 HOME STATE. bY! l1 BBJ ' ' .(From Hcrald-Kcpubllcan.) H J - Whllo It Is shocking to think of, and Bfie I I cue wonders what wo nro coming to Hp 1 ) vwhen that sort of thing can occur, it ffu I 1 IS ls nonc tno lcBa tn, thnt Woodrow BJI jt Wilson, our most conspicuous cxnm- BJliti t ''.) plo of tho business man In politics, BjM , !, ti I has learned to bis Borrow that repub- ( " ft I lies nro Vono to bo ungrateful. Not- l j , , withstanding tho widely ncccpted $'8 J 'kuov.'Ietlgo thnt Governor Wilson wnu BBS' (if P r determined to jeform the stato of BHji! 1 1 Now Jersey, nolens volens, the un- BBpJ i ij ;, i , grateful pcoplo of that thrice un- BBjgJ 1 grateful stato have risen In their BBE'l ' f "might and huvo swatted hlra in tbo BH'ji midriff, or as near tho midriff as the BK proletariat is nblc to go in the beat BB , i of a campaign. A Republican assembly BB. ,j l bas been elected that will keep a Hu, J J .watchful eye on the governor. Incl- BH. M 1 dentally, that sound of merriment BBl f which may bo heard qulto plainly Hj't I from the eastward in tbo expression BB. '1 " of the sardonic glee of Judson Har- BB' . ' mon of Ohio, who thinks he sees a BB J 1 oom suffering from a varied asno-1- BB. ' t ' i tnont of sizable punctures. BBB j m . L 4 It is to be doubted whether Mr. Wll- K'i I'll !' K I ) was much surprised. 1-aBt Krul.iy BBttf' ' I night hq addressed an nudlenco in BPJK I ' Jersey City in tbo Interest of tho De- BBl , ' mocrntlc legislative ticket. Usually BBJt ft the spellbinder permits his recognl- a' tlon of apathy on tho part of Ills au- j j; I illcnco merely to spur him on to re- BBT' v If ucwed efforts to rouse It frqm that BHli l lethargy. Wilson, however, was so lm- PHf , r pressed by It nnd commented strong- PBAI ' V ly, remarking "something seems to be PPJp I ' v lacking here." Hy this time tho gov- PBfip crnor undoubtedly has learned whnt BBRtj it was that wns lacking Democratic PPJ I ' sentiment and Democratic votes. BBM Tho truth is that Governor Wilson BBH uas ljccn r'lnK rathor too high a BBC (I , horsu; It Is all old nxiom that the BBB i ' - higher tho horso one rides, tho smal- BBB ( ; ft Icr the degree of sympathy when ho BBB ' ii falls. Wo are nil human nnd prone to BBBJ ' l'vr' none of iih jicrhnps wears n suit BBV; ' f clothes thnt encompasses nil the BBBI ' ! virtues. None Is all bnd; imil none Is BBB' t N iiltogcther good. Theiefore, tho public BBpJ J Cl man who assucs nil the vlituos finds BBBJ ? thnt he Is no longer en.rnpport with BBBJ ' fll tlTe peoido; one may boast of his own BBB! i honesty until tho public borrows a BBB':. sharp scalpel and begins to probo BBB' ' ';' ' with the vorj human dslro to lenrn BBB' ' whether the whitewashed fonco en- BBC ' conipnsses n cnthedrnl or n sepulchre. BCC j ' i' Something of that sort has happen- iiiiiB. cd to novcrnorWilson: tho nubile does H, I'll III MUVIM IIUI II 1J&U1I, II1U JJUUIIU U'lt'B CBBfc t out doubt either his honesty or effi- BCB J I , ,. irlcnoy,' but it strongly doubts, thnt he Cfll U " has formed any corner In honosty and BCBt 'i efficiency as he apparently -ould BCBj, havo the people suppose. The election BCCi ' of u Republican nssembly In Now CC' ' Jcrbey will have a salutary effect up- CCB f on Governor Wilson Just how much CC t uf tho superhonted utmouphcro hna cs- CB I , caped by menns of tho punctures In CB i tho Wilson boom lcnmlns to ho seen. CCB ti The effect upon Democrats all over CCfl'TI tho country will certainly not be of CCCji'' j tho sort which Mr. Wilson would dn- CCC,J'r sire. If GoNuinor Wilson cannot carry CCC llls own state at tho next piesldcntlni i. election and tho resut of Tuesday f mako it appear extremely doubtful H ij ! ho will be a liability rather thmi an CCC ll I f ' asset to the Democratic national tick- I ' et. It seems a pity, too; President ' t -raft would undoubtedly find him I (iite an easy opponent. |