Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-19
GOSSIP AMONG
POLITICIANS.
How the Situation Throughout
the State Looks to a Tren-
ion Man This Week.

TRENTON, June 19:-The sum
mer s~olstice seems to have hit the
republican machine and sent it to
cooling shade TO ponder over the un4
certainty of things political. While
the Colby. men are smiling scornfully
at the collar-wilting weather and
reaching forth TO do or die the organ
ization they have set Out to overturn
seems to have crept into a cave and
shut up the entrance. Nothing has
been heard of it lately, although it is
said to be in deep thought e the
manifesto'it is to issue to the people
in making its claim for continuance
in power. The fear is raised that
that task has been found so ponder
GUS that much time and care must
be devoted to ii. George J.. Record,
who is making things hotter every
minute, says 1t could be done in much
less than a week, considerable less
than an hour in fact, and Mr.. Record
ought to, be able to pass Judgment,
since he has Kept mighty close watch
on the machine FOR several years.
Several of the very loyal news
paper supporters of the machine are
clamoring. just now that some show
of activity be- made, sbutSthere is no
show. Some sof theyshrewd leaders
hold to the opinion that it is too early
to get things going. They maintain
that a long, probably very warm,
summer is just ahead. The people
are m~ore@Meep1y concerned in their
personal comfort in escaping the
baking cities and finding the .solace
of seashore and mountain than in the
welfare of Senator Dryden, Senator
Colby, the machine, the hopeful
democracy or any other old political
bother. af s
Summer politics is wus'n ightin
tater bugs, an / guess tn devils
back NV both NV EN-" said a Tucker
ton farmer the other day, and it looks
as though the republican machine
meant to accept his philosophy and
let things drift till the people get
back in September.
whats the use of forcing things?"
soliloquized N Of the leaders last
week. I'VE have looked the situa-
ton over pretty we'll and received ac-
curate reports from all the counties,
but we do not discover that public in
terest is sufficiently aroused to re-
quire any hysterical and exciting
campaigning. The Colby meetings
are being slimly attended and will
attract less attention from now for
ward and what's the use of our try
ing to get the people out while their
minds are centred upon extracting all
the pleasure out of life that there is
to get? It's a waste of time and en-
ergy and accomplishes nothing.
Well get busy when it becomes nee
essary and when there is prospect of
accomplishing something. We are
not going to sleep; we are just Lett
ting the other fellows do the shout
ing now; they'll yea out that much
sooner" mtt
Meantime the Colby men are on
the job, with no apparent thought of
weakening or wearying during the
summer vacation days. Indeed, they
seem to be encouraged by what APP
pears unusual interest in their work
upon the part of the people, and they
expect to- keep it up all summer
They held another meeting in Burl-.
ing county last night, when those
who have, espoused their cause, rail-
lied a large number of voters who are
ready to abandon the old machine
They have been holding meetings in
some of the strongest republican
counties of North Jersey, and gather
ing men of the highest type to their
standard. They are prepared, evil
IDENTIFY, at all points to make the fight
hot and as interesting for the e
publican machine as is possible, and
they are not worrying because the
machine is so ~quiescent.
One thing that seem to be caus-
ing the most anxiety to. the regulars