New-York tribune., 1900-04-18
SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR
ESSEN COUNTY REPUBLICANS RISE
AGAINST MAJOR LENTZ'S AT
TEMPTED USURPATION.

of Newark have rarely il ever had two more In
teresting and busy days than they had on Monday
and to-day. The direct cause of Republican ac-
tivity there was the contest between Governor
Voorhees, and Barker Gummere for delesa'es-a1-
large to the National Republican CorV'Hl'.''
What makes the story of these two days especi'iS
interesting is the agile hunor and the Amos, Cru
tesque seriousness OF 1t from the politlca po' VI
view.
It began to dawn upon the rank and ME Oh l1e
party as we'll as upon some OF its prominent men
on Monday that the premedtated pledge 20 oeleL'
the Governor by the local leader with the assis
ance of Essex County was trtfe premature ana
the assumption of an authority which had not oee"
delegated 10 Major Lentz OF any one else Lhese
men concluded that If the Governor wouId nslen '
to their request 70 stand UP and make Ihe Hs''
they would support him against the Major Even
those Republicans who ordinarily WILING Ona'
Major Lentz shall direct the affairs OF a Ioca cam
paign said that they drew the line wheh nc a.
tempted to deliver the Essex delegation not
against Foster NJ voorhees, particularly. out
against the Governor of the State. with no o'He'
purpose apparently than the gratlncatloh VI mn"
self and a Of his friends VINO were nuISiile
petty grievances These Republicans. VINO thousht
they had the correct idea of party conduct, ana
who knew that almost every Republican state III
the Union had decided 10 make us GoVerHo'
delcEate-at-large to the National ConVeItloh'
raved themselves against Major Lentz and resolved
It had been freely given out that te MaJor Ymmere
II aid not appear that the men who opposed @ IIIs
action
mere What they were opposed 10. they said, was
the apparent snubbing OF the CIi4I CIov,ro ~ he
R@ary @ d az aFse ssarnestI that the post Of Governor
aGa nnFy fbe man Who Held it the head of his party
in the State, that it would cause HniTerSag m & ~
be omitted from delegation in which his PostiGn;
if nothing else ensi{ed e nun d 20 no want the state
to look as small In a National Convention as ~
work T TO make Major Lentz Uneasy and they sue sue
b11st he has not a
THE MAJOR AS GREAT MAN MAKER
As was said in The Tribune yesterday, the fact
that Hudson and Essex counties with their large
delegations pledged TO Mr.. Gummere nsoe
combination which IL known would De haru
to beat. this feature Of the situation instead
of deterrtng the supporters Of Governor voorhees,
in Essex. seemed only to encourage them 10 a
tusSle with Major Lentz- They asked hlnl' as -
said for the names of his delegates. ana ne oe-
cIined 10 make them known They then indirectly
challenged him 70 hold a caucus of his delegates,
but he was not ready for that. Then theE inIl--
mated pretty plainly 70 every man they IIior e no "a
pledge their support without their eonsenI 70 IHe
standstii in the matter OF choosing representa-
the National Republican ComInitttse- 10y
refused they sstd. TO De party 70 suGn ueS ba
This was q sdOt. as i was INTENDED 20 oe'
and P to m hs Macy t6ey had IN 5ar@y hoped
ind. They told the Major tha[ II me SIoVetnor
W %oEIa @ 6 a6s no, No b had bIedged 70 SIR Jiumrnere
q F me Ta }b Governor ready TO Withdraw? Major
Leutz not prepared 70 say tnat ne va, ;ola5
the precaution to steal teiephonic march on 'he
Major But II gave MN a., lusa and 1iG 70 geI IN
this point, as IS related ina ne Llieu 70 ~
some fine political work. he called up No 1lo
srd Te n s @ i06tfui If any other New
1sr Irey 1Giitc,an evar took such sudden and
Sojioifous interest in a Governor Major Lentz
took in Governor Voorhees, for the ensuing ten
minutes Re pleaded with the Governor 70 tdiS withs
draw from the contest and thereby make = nlnseI f
great man at bound Tae fIovernor LOT TeP1y; ply
man in the position of the Major would have LEFT
he held on. His pleading with the Governor pc
came amos pa1ne.'e @ sti 1aUqbi,tr AZ the Majors
painful soiCttUde for his welfare ana MS great
W65dav ie night But he finally gave the Major a
pointer or two which must have set that poitca!
forces as well as he thought he had. Meanwhile.
az +ba lGjscon1ffure of the Major who was not
aware that they had been using the telepnone, be
ernor not TO withdraw. saying that they had made
the 1sRJ TOT MN +toTt aiG fr him 70 vfIhjrau
without their consent. The Majors interest in his
amused the Governor @ 5n5 his decnaSG TO With
draw from the contest dd not amuse Major heir1 M
porarily from the public gaze and kick himself
Major Lentz naturally made the Governor sus-
PloES PIC oI 1eaier I and he refused TO decline at the
Ma behest upon such abrupt notice OF course
that. but in a way which left the Major in some
dou9t as 20 ne h % w TLoIi,,
conduct in the face OF so mucn wA3Ly 4nseItlSa .f
kindness was cooperating, naturally ou' the
FRANKLIN MURPHY OFFERS TO WITHDRAW
II is due to Franklin Murphy say here that he
had a conversation with Governor Voorhees,
Monday afternoon, in which Mr.. Murphy, in gen.
erous recognition OF the frfendlness which the
Governor and Mr.. Gummere had shown him in the
National Committee affair. and in order 10 effect
harmony in the State Convention, offered 20 with
draw his name as candidate for Observation-Disclosures
But the Governor gratefully declined at that time
10 accept this solution. He desired that Nr.
Murphy should be delega ezat-arge, and he still
held his determination 70 withdraw himself in
accordance with MS previously expressed uecla-
ration. rather than make scramble for the place.
Referring the DAYS dOings Governor NOOr-
hees said 10 The Tribune correspondent late on
Monday night that he determined s
not make a contest which would disturb the
harmony of the party. and that ne had declined the
the reason that his friends in Essex County had
urged him 70 do so. as they did not care 70
masse 70 anv candidate for te-at-Iarge with
out their The Governor said that he
would give his decision in the affair IN a short
time,
THE GOVERNOR STILL SMILING.
Governor voorhees, was still smiling when a TrIb-
une correspondent met him at Elizabeth. on his
return from Trenton. last night His smile
probably reminiscent of his telephone encounter
with Major Lentz Monday afternoon The Gov
ernor referred with the utmost good nature 10 the
Major bur he evidently not ready yield
the Majors request that he withdraw from his
candidacy for Observation-Disclosures
Governor said. in substance. that ne had
above an things the interests OF the Republican
party at heart Anything that ne could do TO pro-
mo without SdcrihclnE mis- own self
respect he intended 70 do For this reason he was
not prepared 10 say Just what his course would be,
rrererrfug TO await the expression of public seuti-
raut as il might declare itself tomorrow night and
Thursday