New-York tribune., 1909-05-31
FORT STIRS THE STATE
Fight on II gainstT Those Who Failed
to Keep Party Pledges.
IFrom the Regular Correspondents Of The rrisu,. ,

tFrom the Regular Correspondent OF The Trisg,.1
Trenton. May s0.-Governor Forts speech
Thursday night is still ringing through the .t,-.
and there is feeling among many Of tho-a -.
were fortunate enough to read it that the pst, :.
party harmony and clean politics has been ei,a-Sv
pointed
It has been made plain by the Governor that -.
speech was made by him as the representatives :,
nc faction but as plain Republican. elected bv -.
people of New Jersey their chief executive on .
platform pIedgtng specific things. the carving c.
Of which he felt to be duty Of Republican Gov.
ernOr and Republican Legislature.
The Governor, so it Is said. is preparing "a t,t.
an energetic interest in the coming primary oar,
paign. and may take the stump in a few o. -.
South Jersey counties 70 prevent the rsnoratnass,
some of the AssenbIynlen who did not take +sz,.
platform promises seriously. He is said 70 BE- :,
tsrested in preventing the nomination OF either a.
sernbIyrnan Trick Asssn-bIyran Lewis for sa,.
tor in Burlington County both Of whom are Lease,
candidates. Lewis was not much of a SUCCESS :.
ajority leader Of the House. but he voted for ss
open primary bill. while his colleag1s vos.5
against II
Cumberland is said to be another county =, -.
Governors list for a visit. where. il is said \.
will erdeavor 70 prevent the denomination oS >
Frank Buck. 4 sharp factionaI fight was dsvsI.
oped in Cumberland. and some Of the Govsrne-.
friends say he may finally decide 70 keep out ot
Cape May and one or two other South Jersey eouu-
ties are II is said also going be visited by ths
Governor before the primaries and he nav iucluss
some North Jersey counties in his Hsc
MARTINS BOOM FOR GOVERNOR.
Assemblyrnan william P Martins boom for -.
Republican nomination for Governor next yea- Eas
duly launched ar the New Idea dinner oa Thursday
night but IL did not result IN the enthusiasm tha+
It's hackers expected This may bs cue TO ths sac-
that the campaign Is mora than year away. a..
other election intervening, but i was hnted bv
some OF the New idea men that Martin was By 10
means the unanimous choice OF their faction tor
the nomination fer Governor. as former Senator
Colby and Assernolyrnan Austen Colgate had
large number OF friends roofing fer them CcIorsl
Colgate IS as popular with the ReguIars as hs Ia
with the New idea
The dinner. by the way. was intended tss-ts
n,onial 70 2 select number OF AssembIynsn for
their services 70 the people IN the LAST Legislature"
u vas noticed however. that the names o9 some ot
the most Ievel-headed and Independent members %
the lower house were not this Ist-sueh nan
for instance. as Pierce, OF Union; Sn,alsy o.
Somerset; Smith O Essex and Ward and schart
OF Bergen. Just where The Itne vas drawn IS hard
TO see as al Of the men mentioned above voted for
open primaries. public utilities and other reform
legislation
Nlr. Smith IT IS said win be 4 candidate to-
reelection. and is expected to p-oTs strong can
dldae for Speaker If the citizens OF Essex send hin,
back 70 Trenton and there IS little doubt that thsy
viii 1Ir Pierce. IT Is said. has no- definitely naas
Up MS mind WlSIl7r Or nCL % run ag41- ouL nay
be induced 10 DO 80. with strong probability Of
being the next Republican leader OF the House.
THE STOKES FAGAN CONTROVERSY
The reply Of former Governor E c Stokes yss-
terday 10 the recent statement or former Nzyor
Mark NJ Fagan OF jersey City IS Characteristic o.
the Cumberland County statesman, showing as Il
does the broad grasp he has On the affairs ct New
Jersey There IS suspicion that before the tornsr
Mayors statement was given ogt II had been care
sully edited By a certain Hudson County statesman.
VINO not 50 many years ago cherished the barTsn
idea that the people Of New Jersey needed hin N
the United States Senate
The main points at issue were the EiIle-y maxi
mum tax law and the county rav 5card act Any
one familiar with t1a last ruaycraltv campaign in
Jersey City can readily understand the grievance
OF Mr. Pagan against the county TAX board, To-
that department or the county government vas
turned into an annex to Colonel Dickinsous cam
paigu headquarters As far as lie maximum taX
law is concerned. there is doubt that feeling
exists IN Jersey city THAT the railroads benefited
thereby. as there IL more second class railroad
property IN Hudson County than Iu the rest q tas
state combined
An enthusiastic friend OF President woodrow
Wilson cf Princeton, who has placed him IN ue
field for the Democratic nomination Scr Governor
next year. is apparently we'll aware Of tle p-eSsn-
condition Of that party III New Jersey IL is fast
losing prestige. and the people have ltt-e taia N
a. The time Is rapidly nearing when a man or
Nr Wilson's carbre will be needed 20 step IN ard
stem the tide and from rhe present outlook there
Is no telling where the lightning viii strike next
year