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Record Pagan Fry Faction
Has a New Division Of
Hudson to Offer the Ju-
dietary Committee
DICKINSON PLAN WON'T DO
1T GIVES THE COLONEL TOO
MUCH ADVANTAGE no SUIT
THE MAYORS PARTY = ED
WARD MITCHELL THE
DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE MAP.
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TRENTON, Mar 10, 1906.-When
the Judiciary Committee Of the House
meets Wednesday afternoon at the close
of the session to give the opponents Of
the Perkins Assembly redistrieting bill,
a hearing on the Assembly lines as draft
ed in the bill. it is expected that both
Hudson and Essex counties will send
large delegations to protest against the
district lines drafted for these counties.
In Hudson County the lines We're
drafted by the DickiIsonites. with the
consent of the Record-F FagaR-Fry follow
ers, it was understood. but it now devel-
op sthat the Record Fa gan-Fry machine
was not consulted and it's members are
protesting against the lines submitted by
the D&kinsonites.
Sergeant d farms Edward I. Mitchell
of Judge Blair's Court, and one Of the
leader sof. the Record-Fagan-Fry move
ment, has drawn an entirely new set or
lines which he hopes to prevail upon the
Judiciary Committee to adopt in place
of the Dickinson lines. He claims that
the lines contained in the Perkins bill
were drawn with view of making the
r,.Al rl.-4..1. ,n,1;a fav- Cs,Jonal Dioly.
inson's followers, leaving Mayor Pagan
without any voice in the selection Of
candidate for the Assembly. He believes
that all the districts We're created with
view of strengthening Colonel Dickin-
sons political fences and against Mayor
Fagan. For such reason he has drafted
new district lines for the entire county.
Mr.. Mitchell will not make known the
lines he has drafted. but claims that if
they are adopted they will give the Re
publicans a fighting chance in two more
districts than the Dickinson lines, ac-
cording to the vote polled in the Fagan
campaign of 1905. He believes that the
judiciary Committee will look with fa-
yor upon his draft of the lines in view
that they will give Hudson Republicans
two more districts than proposed by the
county organization.
In discussing Mr. Mitchell's proposed
protest this morning, Colonel Dickinson
said that he was not in the least disturb
ed by Mr.. Mitchell's threat to have the
lines changed.
"The lines as drafted in the Perkins
bill Were drawn by the county organiza-
tion," he said. 'sat the request of the
State organization, and if we are going
to any organization cannot see how the
Judiciary Committee can accept the lines
suggested by an individual who thinks he
knows more about how the districts
should be formed than the county organi-
za'tion of the party.
We have presented our lines and by
them we will stand, added Colonel Dick
inson, "res sdless of what another wing
of the party may think about them. If
the Judiciary Committee thinks otherwise
we will fight to the last ditch to have our
lines upheld, even if they are compelled
to appeal to the State organization for as
sistance But ] do not believe this to
be necessary. The Judiciary Committee
viii stand by the county organization
Corporation Counsel Record, Corpora
ton Attorney Carey, City Collector Fry,
Police Justice Higgins, Edward 7.
Mitchell and several oteher Fagan fol-
lowers will go to Trenton Wednesday to
urge the Juriciary Committee to adopt
Mr.. SfitchePs lines. Prosecutor William
HI. Speer Counsellor Howard B. Cruise
and several other Dickinson followers
will urge the retention of the county or
ganization lines.
At all events "a lively fight is expected
when these two factions clash at the
hearing.
In Essex County the fight is waged
between the Lentz and Colby factions.
IT appears that Major Lentz was asked
by the State organization to draft the
proposed Assembly lines. The county
organization prepared such lines and they
were submitted to the State organization.
When Attorney General McCarter pre-
pared the Perkins bill he ignored the
Lentz lines and inserted those drafted by
the Colby faction.
When Major Lentz learned this his
wrath knew no bounds. His lieutenants.
City Attorney Malcolm MaeLear, OF
Newark Assistant Attorney Gensral