The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-27
Several Jersey City Repub-
Iican Leaders Want Them
to Run Together.
LATEST DICKINSON SCHEME
His Crowd Would Like TO Make
Postmaster Wanser HUDSON
County Leader, but Pagan
Will Have None Of His
Old Friend.

Howard GrifIiths has joined the ranks
of the prominent Republicans like for
Iner Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Col
Inns. Judge John A.. Blair and Judge
James s. Erwin, who viii support
Mayor Mark M. Pagan for renomlna-
ton. Lawyer Griffiths resides In the
Eighth Ward. He said:
"Fort for Governor and Pagan for
Mayor is my ticket tor the Republican
primaries. 1t is a ticket that every Re-
publican can help to nominate and a
ticket that will win at the polls in Mo-
vcmber."
Some of the supporters of Colonel
S. ID. Dickinson, who have teen told
by prominent Republicans that the jig
is up so far as the discreditsd boss is
concerned, and that the party leaders
of the State will not allow the party in
Hudson to enter q g-ubernatorial cam
paign with a milestone ronnd It's neck,
have started a boom for Postmaster
Peter Farmer Wanser. of Jersey City,
as county leader.
They show that it was he who forced
the nomination of Mark M. Pagan, the
first time he aspired to the Mayoralty,
on Colonel S. D.. Dickinson and the
Jersey City convention. They claim
that Postmaster Wanser stands well
with President Roosevelt, who reap
pointed him; thai he is well acquainted
as the major general commanding the
division, National Guard of New Jer-
sew, with all the State leaders; that
followers of Colonel Dickinson could
accept him, and hat supporters of
Mayor Pagan need have no hesitancy
about Farm Wanser. as he would be
a leader and not a boss. While this
sounds very nice to some Republicans
who do not stop to think of the events
of the past few years, it is useless to
talk of Wanser as leade so far as
friends of Mayor Pagan are inter-
ested.
1T was r. f. Wanser who broke with
Mayor Pagan as his political protege be-
cause the young Mayor insisted that cor
porations in which friends of Wanser were
financially interested, should pay more
q taxes. Mayor Pagan cannot forget TINS
desertion of him Mt a time he needed ad-
vice sorely. nor that a politician he re-
spected should be willing TO support cor
poratlons' rather than the peoples inter-
ests.
While Justice Collins. Judge Blair ana
Judge Erwin are working for the disso-
luton of the Dickinson machine and the
reorganization of the party in Hudson a
small coterie of Dickinson leaders are DO
ing all they can 10 luFlleT lOHieht Sun
in the party by attacking Mayor Pagan.
Their object Is to prevent harmony. as
with peace In the party these followers
OF the colonel would be without q follow
ing themselves.
Lieutenants of Robert Davis are en-
couraginR the Dickinson contingent to
oppose Pagan at the primaries with the
hone that he will be defeated, thus giving
the Democratic candidate plain sailing
at the polls. 1t is this community of in
terests at the Courthouse that is respon-
sible for the latitude of Sheriff John
G. Kaiser and former City Clerk George
Fl. Mccarthy. County Clerk John Roth
erman is not a blind Dickinson leader,
and he is said to favor any plan TO pro-
mote harmony.
Prosecutor William II. Speer is said to
he holding aloof from both New Idea"
Republicans and Dickinson men, in hope
that he Will be called upon to lead the
reorganized party. He was unsuccessful
several months ago In a letter-writing
scheme he tried, in retiring all Republican
leaders for William II. Speer. His am
bition now is said to be to succeed John
A. Blair as the Common Pleas judge Of
Hudson.
Much to his disnay, former Justice Gil
bert Collins has discovered that the Dick
inson coterie of leaders are planning to
run men as delegates TO the State conven-
ton. with the name of Gilbert Collins
opposite them on the primary tickets, as
their choice for Governor. Mr.. Collins
told 4 close friend that under no clrcum-
stances would he be n candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination.
tie said thai he had surrendered his posi-
tion on the Supreme Court bench because
the 5000 salary was not sufficient 10 prop
esly support his family and at the same
time enable him to accumulate money for
old age. The salary OF the Governor is
$1,000, so that Mr.. Collins cannot see that
he can sacrifice a corporation practise that
Is estimated to be worth at least $50, 900 a
year to him for the honor and SIC. 900 salary
of Governor OF New Jersey.
The Dickinson leaders want someone
who is a prominent Republican in Hudson
to be their candidate, so that they will
have a chance TO capture the State dele
gates and be in a position to make a
deal at the convention that would be adj
vantageous to the Secretary of State and
insure him permanency in that office,
which he has refused to surrender at the
demand of Governor Stokes, supported by
the State Senate.
The Dickinson leaders are said to be
willing to accept a compromise that will
insure no opposition from the supporters
of Mayor Pagan al the primaries for State
delegates. In return, It is said, that they
will not run delegates to the city conven-
ton in Jersey City.
1t is known that while Mayor Pagan Is
DESTROYS of peace In the party he will not
agree to pay the price of compromise de-
manded by the Dickinson msn. He insists
that the New Idea PRINCIPLES shall be
made a part Of the party platform in the
State and county, and that the reorgan-
lied party shall nave as its object the
accomplishment of these principles, He
asks that all allegiance to a boss be for
sworn by the followers Of that boss before
they can join the reformed party in Hud-
son.
He considers that the above points should
be agreed to before the question of dele
gates is discussed at all. He believes tina
the union OF the party should precede anS
consideration of the delegates and that tbs
latter question should be left to the ranl
and file of the reorganized party in eacl
ward and political subdivision Of the
county,
1t is believed that the prominent Re
pubicans who are working 70 promote
peace will be ready soon to make theil
plans public. A number Of conferences
have been held recently that betoken Al
early settlement Of the disunion now ex
inting In the party.