The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02
THE kNHIDRYDEN FORCES.
ESSEX COUNTY THE STORM GEN.
IRE IN NEW JERSEY.

Eject Of the Nomination There Or a Third
Ticke CT for AssembIymen-Thc Machine
Republican, Disposed 10 Ride Rough
shOd Over the New Idea Advocates.
According to the people OF Newark,
New York is not the only place in which
q lively political scrap ia going on. AL
though this is al of year, rs far as the cleo
don OF a Governor is concerned. a new
Assembly. which Is to take part in naming
the successor of United safes Senator
John +. Dreyden, is to De elected, and there
70 numerous hot fights on local candidates
all through the State. in which the followers
Of Everett Colby and Mayor Pagan Of
Jersey City, leaders Of what is called the
New Idea party, are taking an active part,
although they are practically without a
candidate for the national Senate. The
struggle IL now between Senator Dryden
and Col. Edwin A. Stevens of Castle Point,
Hoboken, who hopes 10 be elected by n
combination Of Democrats and independent
members in the next Legislature.
Col. Stevens himself is a wealthy man;
but he proposes to carry on the contest
~sntirely on his merits. lie does not believe
IN SPENDING any money except for legitimate
Expenses. He has pledged himself to the
State Civic Federation to make public a
sworn statement of the expenditures Of his
q campaign together with the sources from
which thew were derived. In fact. he has
promised publicly to make a detailed state
ment Of every dollar he spends and he has
asked Senator Dryden in a formal letter to
pledge himself to do the same thing. Up
TO last evening Senator Dryden had not
snsw cred this letter.
1t is admitted on all sides that Senator
Dryden will be a hard man to beat for re-
election. The disastrous defeat OF the
Colby-Fagan forces throughout h State
at the last primaries has put the machine
In the saddle again in Essex county as well
as elsewhere and they are determined to
ride ~roughshod over the reformers who
bave caused them SO much trouble in the
Legislature recently. Dryden will have
behind him not only the regular Republican
organization but the great public and semi
public corporations like the Public Service
corporation and the Prudential Insurance
Company OF which he is president.
Since the so-called regulars got back in
the saddle, especially in Essex county
where Major Carl LentZ il the leader, there
has been no disposition on the part Of the
machine to recognize in any way the very
numerous independents who under the
leadership of Senator Colby once overthrow
the organization at the primary. This has
bred a feeling Of rebellion among the indo-
tendents and has led indirectly. among
other things, 10 the nomination of a third
ticket for ~Assemblymen in Essex.
The situation in Newark. which of course
contains the largest share of the popula-
tic q in Essex county, further Complicates
matters that pertain 70 the coming election,
- - $500 - .,A,
coed DRYDEN. There is a three cOrnered
light on there over the Mayoralty and the
burning issue ia the excise question
whether Newark shall strictly observe the
Sabbath or whether the people shall he
allie to get drinks on that day. This issue
"a brought TO the front by the passage
by the Legislature of the so-called Bishops
law. whose oneelause. providing that there
slIall be no screened bars on Sunday, has
smut I'D all the saloons in the big cities
OF the State on the first day Of the week.
h Newark is a great manufacturing town
Rud It's population il cosmopolitan. Many
Of the citizens think they have just as much
IiRht 10 drink on Sunday. If they are orderly,
as any other day in the week, and they
ere bitterly opposed to the Bishops law.
ia are the saloon keepers and the brewers,
whose combined power in politics IL great.
The Democratic party has recognized this.
Their candidate for Mayor is Jacob HausS-
ling, who is a bother OF mineral water and
who sells large amounts Of his wares TO
the saloons. The platform on. which he
stands is frankly for a more liberal Sunday.
The Republican candidate is Walton =.
Howarth, who is now The president Of the
Common Council. The platform on which
he Ia running straddles the sunday que--
ton. It favors the return Of the system
OF local excise boards, which would give
each city the control Of it's own liquor
traffc.
A great many people in Newark who favor
the strict Observance Of the Sabbath were
not satisfied with either Of the platforms.
They would have nothing at all TO do with
the Democrats and they mlstrusted the
Republicans on account Of the ambiguous
sand they had taken on the question Of
Sunday selling. There was an agitation IN
which the pastors Of several churches tOOk
nm active part, and finally "A meeting was
Dalled. About 500 people attended. and the
result Of the conference vas that the Can-
didacy OF George W. Tomkins, the indie
pendent, for Mayor WIS ratified. There
were also put into noTioatlon eleven As
seknbIymen who are Piled Ell 10 oppose the
repeal of the Bish p. law. At first no
action was taken 10y TIE independents on
che Senatorial question, but a~fterward IL
was decided that any candidate elected To
The Assembly should oppose the election
for United States Senate any man who
wac directly interested in any public or
uuasi-public corporation. OF course this
action was aimed at Dryden. with a view
Of strengthening the position Of Tom kins.
who is fighting the brewers and the bosses.
II The Independents are relying largely
spn the Colby forces 10 make their campaign
successful, although it Is said that some
Of the candidates for Assembly cannot be
relied upon to oppose Dryden if they are
elected. The Colby people pOlled $1,000
voter in the last primaries, tho regulars
under Major Lentz beating them by only
about 1850 In the struggle. This would
indicate a support well worth having. and
n may either cause a defeat Of the Republic
cans by the Democrats for city Offices or IL
may mean the triumph Of the independent
candidate for Mayor and a majority Of the
Assemblymen. Opinion on tho outcome
OF the struggle in EsseV Is " widely divergent
m Newark. Some Of the political observers
seem to think that TomkiDs and the other
independent candidates haveG good chance
OF winning. Others assert that the ticket
will poll only "A very small vote.
After the defeat of the New Idea forces
ut the primary election Senator Colby re-
fused for a time 10 Indicate what course