New-York tribune., 1902-01-22
GOV. MURPHY INAUGURATED
PARADE OF MILITARY AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS SIX
THOUSAND STRONG
THE FIGHT FOR THE TOGA.
GRIGGS MEN WORK NIGHT AND DAY
DRYDEN'S SUPPORTERS CONFIDENT.

by the evident confidence of the supporters of
John F. Dryden in his apparently steady march
toward election, the friends of ex-United States
Attorney General Griggs after working far into
the night, began to hustle again early this morn
ing. They worked they had not done before
more earnestly and aggressively-and when
the hour for holding the Inauguration cere-
monies approached announced that they were
steadily gaining upon the leading competitor of
the candidate of their choice Mr. Drydens sup
porters would not, however, admit that any in
roads had been made upon their strength. and
the apparent sincerity of their confidence was
In no wise abashed. Nor had the general Opn-
ion that Mr.. Dryden would win to any notable
extent abated. In fact it seemed to be growing
though the supporters of Mr.. Griggs protested
earnestly that their candidate had gained sew
eral votes. The Dryden men, admitting that
these statements might be true, emphatically
declared that none of the reported gains had
been made from their candidate, and, besides.
asserted that they themselves had made some
gains, and were making them all the time"
At midnight last night what called the
Stokes problem had reached a point which
was for little while considered serious An
effort being made by some of the friends
OF ex-senator Stokes. who also recognized
leaders in the Republican party to harmonic
the warning South Jersey element. For time
there seemed to be some prospect OF a success
full termination of the effort. This, however.
was not effected, but the attempt was not then
nor has 1t yet been entirely abandoned, though
the probability that 1t will succeed seems now
to be more remote than 1t has been. The
substance of this problem that ehere were
twenty-eight Republican votes south of the
Raritan River, which with four votes north of
that line would command the situation. and
he he To in
conference of the twenty-eighr South Jersey
members. and the assent of the conference TO
the proposal that the candidate for Senator who
should receive a majority of the twenty-eight
votes should be the South Jersey candidate for
Senator. and that the other four should drop
out. With the possible exception OF Gardner, ii
was realized that no candidate other than Stokes
could obtain the four necessary votes north OF
the Raritan River.
CONFERENCE FAILS
week ago. when Congressman Gardner
quietly urged such a conference 1t was almost
agreed to, but when the effort was resumed late
last night by another Congressman. IT slumped.
the preliminary TO it's failure being the utter in
ability of the members of the old Ist Congress
District TO agree upon either Stokes Baird OF
course, after the effort to decide between those
two candidates had failed. the subsequent pro-
ceedings interested the North Jerseymen no
more, and. from having been anxious, they be-
came enthusiastic ever. and the contest.
which really was. and is. struggle between
Dryden and Griggs. went forward again ener-
geticaIly If. indeed, it could be said to have
absolutely stopped at any time
A noteworthy incident of the Senatorial cam
paign late last night was the declaration by sew
eral prominent men who were gathered at the
headquarters of Barker Gummere. in the Repub-
lican cubrooms, that in their opinion Mr.. Dry
den would be the next United States Senator.
Not that Mr.. Gummere's friends not still
loyal to him. but that. some of them said. the
indications were that only in case of deadlock
in the caucus could he hope to win.
There will be no deadlock in the caucus" sig
niicantly and emphatically said supporter OF
Mr.. Dryden who. it believed. spoke more
from information than speculation. II was i'm
mediately noticed and remarked that this asser-
tion not supplemented by the statement ,
that Mr.. Dryden already had sufficient num-
ber of votes to warrant his supporters in saying
that he sure of election.
In fact the advocates of the election of Mr. |
Griggs. without voyaging into the air, to-day |
gave the Dryden men and others something |
serious to think about. 1t this: Conceding !
they said that Mr.. Dryden now had pledged TO |
him all of the votes which his partsans said he |
had, it was nevertheless true that he yet had |
a long way to go before he could count UP to the
thirty-tw votes which would be necessary to a |
choice in the caucus. This being true, though |
Mr.. Ciriggs might not now have many pledges !
as Mr. Dryden, il would be quite as easy for Mr.. |
Griggs to gain the number necessary to elect |
as 1t would be for Mr.. Dryden to do so. The !
Ciriggs men maintained that 1t would seem that /
for several days Mr. Dryden had not made any |
perceptible gains to the number of votes which |
was claimed for him several days ago, whereas |
Mr. Griggs had been promised an additional |
vote in Passaic County, and others from other /
counties which brought his support to fourteen |
votes.
THE ARGUMENT FOR MIR. GRIGGS.
The number claimed by Mr.. Drydens support
ers. it was repeatedly said by the Griggs men.
Jt ,I,;.
hat the friends of MIR. Griggs were persistently
using to-day, and apparently with some force
although the opponents of the ex-Attorney Gen
sraI affected to believe that 1T was OF no conse-
luence in this issue. and that it made too
ate The same argument was being made by |
he partisans of Congressman Gardner In fact.
[ was said that it originated with the South |
Jersey Congressman.
The Republican majority joint ballot is
orty-five If. as stated. Mr.. Dryden can
,ount safely on seventeen of these and Mr..
Briggs has fourteen pledged to him. there are
still fourteen votes unaccounted for as being
or either of these candidates. Mr.. Dryden must
yet fifteen votes. and Mr.. Griggs must get
eighteen, in order to be elected. The friends or
10Th of these candidates seemed confident that
he number necessary to elect would go to
.ther man after the second or third ballot of
he caucus had been taken.
1t was here that Mr.. Baird. with a confidence
ms own, Asheu "ncio 10 eIthcr VI
hem going to get these votes| and added. II
I'm still in this fight" Mr.. Baird has all along
,een of the opinion that IL would be diff
nit for North Jersey to unite upon candidate
IS II would be for South Jersey to do Hence
he prolonged and more hopeful than assuring
andidacy OF Mr.. Baird.
The friends Of Mr. Griggs this afternoon re-
erred to the fact that Senator Cross, Of Union
county, and Senator Francis. of Monmouth
county would support their candidate as an
violence that Mr. Griggs was gaining 1t is
act that hitherto the position of Senator
Francis was not accurately known. A rumor
which was ridiculed by the DRYDEN men TODAY /