The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-22

first ballot was
Dryden ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q
State Treasurer Frank o. Briggs....~...... 3
| State Banking Commissioner David o.
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Thompson, of Mercer, and Tillman and
Moxon, of Union, voted for Briggs, the
three Morris county votes and Taylor, of
Ocean, went to Pitney, and the two Glou-
cester votes went to Watkins. Then the
caucus made Dryden the unanimous choice.
After a conference lasting six hours
only thirty-six of the forty-four Republi-
can members of the Legislature went into
the caucus at half past 10 O'Clock last
might've short of the number necessary
to re elect Dryden.
1t is necessary, however, to have Al
votes in the Legislature, if all the mem
win. Whether the Dryden forces will be
able to get the five additional votes is the
problem.
The eight men who declined to go into
the caucus last night were Senators Colby.
of Essex; Wakelee, of Bergen; Acker-
man, of Union, and Assemblymen Fake
and Devine, of Bergen; Drake, of Middle
sex; Smalley. of Somerset, and Perkins.
of Union.
The conference in the afternoon and
early evening was the scene of many Bit
ter discussions. Senator Colby, who has
led the fight on Dryden, offered to vote
for any Republican and an informal ballot
was taken, which showed that Dryden
had twenty five votes solid and that State
Senator Bradley, of Camden, had nine
votes. Senator Hand, of Cape May, was
given one vote, that of the Assemblyman
from Cape May.
| Governor Stokes was given one vote,
five went to former Governor Griggs and
three to Supreme Court Justice Pitney
Colby savagely attacked Dryden, while
Senator Frelinghuysen, of Somerset. and
Assemblyman Barber, of Mercer, warmly
defended him.
| After the conference had been in session
five hours an attempt was made by the
anti Dryden men to force a secret ballot
and have Dryden eliminated. Failing in
this an open ballot was taken and the fol-
lowing fourteen voted for the elimination
of Dryden
Senators Ackerman, of Union; Colby, of
Essex; Wakelee, of Bergen; Avis, of
Gloucester, and Assemblymen Tillman.
Perkins and Moxen, of Union; Frake and
Devine, of Bergen; Cattell, of Gloucester;
Taylor, of Ocean; Thompson, of Mercer;
Drake. of Middlesex, and Smalley, of
Somerset.
Just before the conference adjourned for
recess Attorney General McCarter was
called in to decide whether forty-one votes,
a majority of the full membership of both
houses, would be necessary to elect a
United States Senator.
Mr.. McCarter informed the conference
that decisions by the United States Senate
held that forty one votes would not be |
necessary. He said what was required
was that a quorum of both houses be |
present at a joint session and that a
majority of the joint quorum could elect
There was talk in the corridors that
this might result in the election of Mr.. |
Dryden by sufficient number of Demo
Gratis remaining away to offset the five
Republicans who will not vote for him. !
An answer to this was made that the re-
naming House Democrats could negative |
this move by also staying away and break |
ing up the House quorum, thereby break
ing up the joint quorum. inasmuch as the
Democrats have majority in the House
The Democratic minority was to have
met in caucus last night but at the last |
minute the leaders agreed that they could
not agree before to-day and the caucus
went over until this morning at 10 o'clock,
only an hour previous to the regular |
session of the Legislature, when the two
houses will take separate votes on the SEN
atorial nominee.
The Democrats appear to be as much in |
the air as ever oyer the selection of man
on whom to confer the empty honor of a
senatorial nomination. 1t is declared |
however, by men who are in position to
know, that the nominee will not be Colonel |
Edwin A. Stevens, of Hoboken, the candi- !
date of the Hudson County delegation and |
who has been conducting a campaign for
the place since early last Summer Col |
onel Stevens nephew, Assemblyman Alex
ander, of Hudson, has been working like
beaver to-day endeavoring to line up
votes for him, but has apparently had no
success outside of his own county.
The Essex County Democrats declare
that Colonel Stevens has never done any
thing for the party to merit such honor
and are especially opposed to him because
of his failure to contribute to the fund in
the last campaign, when it is claimed a
small sum for legitimate expenses would
have given the Democrat majority joint
majority in the Legislature. The Essex
men are in favor of nominating Prof. |
Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton
University, in spite of the fact that he has
written letter declaring the honor should
be conferred upon some other more active
Democrat.
If President Wilson does not get the
nomination the honor is likely to be given
to Gotfried Kreuger, of Newark. former
lay Judge of the Court of Errors. For
mer Assemblyman John r. Hardin, Of
Newark, is also being mentioned for the
place.