Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-21
DOUBTFUL FOR DRYDEN
KEAN HOLDS THE WHIP HAND IN
JERSEY SENATE FIGHT.

TRENTON, n. j.. January 21.-TomorroW
the house and senate Of New jersey Will
meet in their respective chambers ana PAL
lot for successor to United States senator
John F. Dryden.
Should there be majority vote east In
both houses for a senator then the houses
will meet the next day in joint session anu
ratify the vote taken separately.
. How the election will go tomorrow, or
whether there will be an election or not, no
one can tell. Certain 1t Is that II the Dry
den men cannot control the election LOT
their man, but still can keep democrat
from landing, there will be deadlock All
talk about Dryden withdrawing Is now
known TO be false. He is In TO WIN OF u
keep any one else from winning II ne can.
Over in Elizabeth lives the senior United
States senator. John Kean. He Is the rear
force behind the predlcament Dryoen nov
finds himself in. There are not eno ~
votes for Dryden in sight to land the place.
and the Union county men, who are CON
trolled absolutely by Senator kean, hoid the
balance Of power.
The guns of Dryden's papers and FRIENDS
have been trained on these Union county
men, but, despite the fact that they nave
all worn the regular republican coitar
tightly in the past and last year were I'M
peryious to Colby's wiles, these men th.s
wear are seeking the overthrow OF senator
Dryden. ..,.
Drydens last cards were played during
the week. when letter was written TO AS
semblyman Alfred n. Barber OF this county
nv President Pro Tempore of the United
States Senate Frye advocating the re-eiec-
ton of Senator Dryden.
This letter fell fat, and then came
communication from prominent pusin e.
men in Plainfield to lombard Senator Ack-
erman of that place. and who represents
Union county in the upper house AcKer-
man has not been moved by TINS demohstra-
ton and while he agrees to go into a con-
fha States
matter he refuses to go into a caucus
Still he said that he would not go out II
the conference is turned into caucus when
any man has shown enough strehsIh " SCI
the full party vote. ~,
This does not mean that Alderman will
vote for Dryden, though the Dryden men
are seeking to foster this impression. kean
won out in his last campaign WITHOUT .ne
HELM of the republicans who are now COM
planning that Kean does not get out ana
help Dryden There is no love between the
line of corporations Dryden trains with
and those at whose head is kean.
Kean would like to see ex-Attorney Gen
eral John w. Griggs get the place II the
DRYDEN forces do not hold together then the
Kean men will go to Griggs.
In the background are Gov. stokes, Man an.
Ion Pitney and Congressman Gardner, put
a break Is not expected In the Dfyaen
forces. though the indications now are that
they are not strong enough to get caucus
pledge without disrupting the party VOTE
In fact the senators and assemplymen
who are nominally with Senator Dryden are
so only because they feel that they must be.
His managers get the glad hand, but get
any of them in corner and they will say
that it is mistake to elect Dryden TINS
year. but add that If they turn MIN aoWn
now there will be no cash for next fall
campaign.
The republican conference this afternoon
promises to be an exciting analr. IN the
evening comes the democratic caucus, and
the democrats are not together on man.
Edwin A. Stevens of Hoboken is the choice
of the Hudson men, but he Is pot accept
able to ex-Unted States Senator James
Smith -ir the head of the democratic party
in the state Hence there may be trouble
in the democratic senatorial caucus to-
night