Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-11-23

Suggestions to Republican Leaders
Here that will Have Desired Re-
sult-Wants Republican Governor.
TRENTON, Nov. 23:-When Pres
ident Roosevelt gets back from Pam
anna ii Is not unlikely that he may be
asked to take hand in the New Jer-
sey senatorial fight, by pointing out
quietly, to some of the republican
leaders, how ruinous to party inter-
ests 1t will be TO persist in Dryden's
reelection. AS the head of his party.
Roosevelt is naturally anxious that
New Jersey should remain in the re-
publican column in 1908, both in the
election of presidential electors and
of congressman that year. 1t will be
pointed out TO him how difficult that
VIII be made if, through republican
mlsmanagement al the present time.
the democrats are allowed to capture
the governorship and the legislature
next year, and to inaugurate system
of popular government along lines
which the republican machine has
been opposing for the last two years.
Whether or not the president can
be induced to take such step as
suggested is'in question, 1t is known
that Ire has lbeen in sympathy with
Colby, Pagan and Record in their
fight for reform within party lines
since Colby began his campaign in
1905 That the president has not
been in close touch or sympathy with
either of the two present senator's
is also an open secret in Washington.
says Herman Bartlett Walker, polit-
ical expert of the Newark Evening
News at the national capital. To
those who know what these relations
have been. and what has been the
presidents attitude toward the re-
publican reform movement in the
state, the fact that Everett Colby
called upon the president and had a
long talk with him at the white house
few weeks ago, and that after this
conference Colbys opposition tc Dry
den was significant of how little en-
thusiasm there is at the white house
over the Dryden candidacy.
Think Dryden Is Beaten.
Among Jerseymen, and others in
Washington who have kept in touch
with the situation in that state the
general prevailing impression is that
Dryden Is beaten; that he knows that
he is beaten, and that he is staying in
the fight only to enable "Davy" Baird
and other South Jersey leaders to
agree upon program which they can
carry out. The purpose of this pro-
/ 81 - however, it is finally arranged.
belief Is here, will bo to so manip-
i!-ate things that Stokes will be elinll
inated from the senatorial race.
Either John w. Griggs or Frank o.
Briggs, ii is thought, viii be the most
probable selection for Dryden's sue
cessor If a slate can be ARRANGED
whereby the Prudential head can get
out and name the candidate
The general impression here is
that, taking their cue from the show
ing of the Independent vote in the
North Jersey counties this fall, both 4
parties in the legislature this winter
VIII try to outbid each other for pop-
ular favor in the passage of popular
legislation. 1t is practically certain
that the democratic assembly, to
make capital for the gubernatorial
fight, will pass most of the measures
which have been urged by the Colby
ties and other Independents, in the
hope that the republican senate and
governor will refuse to allow them to
become laws. Such refusal would
play the democratic game through
out, but it Is not believed that Stokes,
and the senate will be so short-sight-
ed as to play this game. For them
to take the initiative in the passage
of popular legislation and to have
most of the Colby measures become
laws with the vote of republican
senate and the approval of republi-
can governor, would do much toward
restoring confidence in the party, es-
pecially if such program of popular
legislation should follow the refusal
of republican legislature to re-elect
as senator man so closely and nuto-
riously the representative of special
interests as is Senator Dryden.