Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1908-06-18
HUNT BROTHERS
NEW JERSEY AT CHICAGO.

Chicago, June 49, Surprise was
shown in the New Jersey delegation S
headquarters to-day when Colonel VIM.
Barbour, of Paterson, appeared wear
ing a big Fairbanks button and de-
clared he was going to vote for the
nomination of the Vice President for
President. When Senator Kean de-
clared himself for Mr.. TAFT, and David
Baird brought the South Jerseymen
into line for that candidate, it was
confidently predicted that New Jersey
would vote solidly for Taft. But Col
onel Barbour insists that he will vote
for Fairbanks until the latter is out of
the race 1t is also said that Congress
man Harry G. Loudenslager is getting
away from Taft, and asking members
Of the delegation if they will care if
he and four OF FIVE Others give ''Uncle
joe Cannon a vote.
The Barbour detection is traced back
to February, when he gave a dinner in
New York to number of prominent
men. including Governor Fort, who at
that time was talked of as New Jer-
seys candidate for Vice President, and
who had just returned from the dinner
at the White House. 1t was given out,
but denied that the Barbour dinner
was to start agitation against Taft and
Roosevelt at the same time and to help
Fairbanks.
1t was reported at the same time that
efforts were being made to draw Gov
ernor Fort away from Taft. Mr.. Bar
bour and the Governor have continued
to be good friends.
Although the Jerseymen continued
working to-day for the Murphy Vice
Presidential boom, it could hardly be
said that they looked encouraged.
They do not report any backing that
he may have won outside of his own
State, but a continuance of their faint
hope is based on the assumption that
President Roosevelt will take no part
in the Vice Presidential fight
A dinner given last night by DR..
Leslie D. Ward, of Essex county, was
apparently to boom Mr.. Murphy's can
didacy, but before it was through most
of the talk was against revising the
tariff and against any injunction
plank. Governor Fort made speech
commencing Mr., Murphy's candidacy
and adding in relation to the delega-
tion's unanimous opposition to any
anti-injunction plank: 1--WE are and
always have been satisfied with our
Courts. Justice is and always has
been administered with us with an
even hand. The rights of all are pro-
tected in our Courts. We do not care
to control them by legislation, and we
feel the same way about the Federal
Courts The Courts need no defense,
and it is futile to put in the platform
of the party anything touching upon
them.
I'VE are satisfied with the tariff as
it is. If it is to be modified it could
only be in very slight respects, but
none that would in any way take from
us our market. About every Is or 20
years we have these suggestions for
tariff revision, and when they have
come heretofore the result has always
been bad, and we have been glad to re-
turn to the tariff policy" - -
Others who spoke at the dinner were
United States Senators John Kean and
Chauncey M. Depew, Paul Morton,
Leslie NJ. Shaw, General Stuart L.
Woodford and Job E. Hedges.
Tonight the Jerseymen have been
out to the South Shore Country Club
as guests of State Senator Joseph B.
Frelinghuysen, of Somerset county.
The affair was entirely social.