Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-07
NEW JERSEY SITUATION
Friends of Senator Dryden Be-
Iieve He Will Win.
WON IN COUNTY PRIMARIES
And in Many Counties by Large Ma
jorities.
FORTY.FOUR CAUCUS MEMBERS
Are His to Start With and He is the
Logical Candidate-Fac-
tional Fight.
WON IN COUNTY PRIMARIES
FORTY.FOUR CAUCUS MEMBERS

Friends Of Senator Dryden, who are very
fully informed on the situation In New Jer-
sey. express confidence that he will not only
be the choice of the republican senatorial
caucus which meets at Trenton about the
18th instant, but also that he will be elected
by the legislature to assemble on the ia.
They say their confidence in his election
comes from the fact that he fs the logical
candidate who made the recent primary
fight for control of the legislature which
resulted in keeping 1t in the hands OF the
republican party, and that he stands to-
day the choice of the republicans or the
state to such an extent that II there should
be a break in the organization 1t would be
as likely to elect a democrat as republi-
can.
They recall the fact that the senator won
In the primary election in every county
of the state. He not only won in year
when at the outset the result was regarded
as doubtful but he won by large majorities
in many counties. His victory In the pri-
mary contest was so pronounced, consid-
ering the stiff fight that was put up by
the democrats, that the few leading repub-
lcans of the state who had not been strong
partisans in his favor came over to his
standard with the declaration that man
who could so successfully manage the
campaign deserved their support after he
had proved to be the winner. Among these
was the governor. who was believed TO
have senatorial aspirations himself but
who in a positive way Is backing the
senator for reelection.
The Senator's Record.
An important feature in the primary
fight was the record the senator made dur
ing his term in the Senate. The many
measures that he has voted for and the I'M
provements he has secured for his state
bot ~ u.}tb oil inc
effect. The manufacturing interests, espe-
cially, came out for him strongly, often
without regard to party affiliations.
1t is regarded as certain, even oy the men
who are opposed to the election of Senator
Dryden, that when the republican caucus
assemblies next week he will secure at least
three -fourths of tho caucus members. or
ty-four of the eighty members OF the legis-
lature will be In the republican caucus. AS
soon as the caucus nomination of the sem
ator is made the fight will be transferred
to the legislature. Only two of the MEM
bers have announced that they would bolt
the caucus action. But even II three OF
them should take that course, 1t would
leave forty-one, or enough to elect Should
the calculat tons of Senator Drydens
friends prove to be erroneous, and should
more than three republicans bolt the
caucus action, the senatorship might be
tied up with the possibility of having the
election of senator go over until another
party of the state would have another
chance to wrest control from the repub-
licans. For these reasons the organization
is determined if possible to bring the cleo
ton of a senator to a finish at the coming
session of the legislature.
A fractional Fight.
The fight, they declare, is between the
state republican organization. which has
wo nout in the contest. and a small coterie
of men who are within the party, and are
now arraigning themselves yainst the or
ganization with whic- they have worked
practically up to this time The only ele-
ment of the contest that has caused this
small coterie to be important is the fact
that the republican majority In the legis-
lature is very small, but it Is not believed
by Mr.. Dryden's friends that when. the
time to vote comes more than two of them
will care to take upon themselves the re-
sponsibiity of defeating the election of
republican senator, and thus leave the state
without representation, and again open up
the fight for control of the senatorship to
ha democrats