Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-13
OF
KATzENBACH
is ENHANCED
Result of Affirmative De-
claration In Reply to I'M
portant Questions.
BOOMERS DETERMINED TO
MAKE HIM CANDIDATE
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

HPectdt 70 the EVENING NEWS
Trenton, Aug. 13:-Those who
are In charge of the details of the
campaign being waged to make
Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr.. of this
city, the democratic candidate for
governor a second time, are jubilant-
ly declaring that their favorite has
greatly enhanced his political
strength by the affirmative declara-
tion he made In reply to a list of
questions which had originally been
submitted to Woodrow Wilson, who
refused to discuss them.
Although the Katzenbach boom
ers have been unyielding in their de-
termination to make the Trenton
man the democratic standard-bearer,
they have been worried a great deal
by the passive, If not negative, atti-
tude of the man himself. Now that
he has frankly committed himself on
several important questions of state
craft, after DR.. Wilson had side
stepped answering the same ques-
tions, his friends are confident that
he has immeasurably advanced the
chances Of the nomination coming to
him.
1t was three weeks ago that DR..
Wilson declared that If majority
of the thoughtful democrats" want
ed him for gubernatorial candi-
date, he would respond to a call. In
the interval not a single Mercer
county democratic leader has public
ly expressed a wish for the Princeton
man to head the ticket this fans
while on the other hand there have,
been a large number who have been
very outspoken against the idea of
nominating him. Notwithstanding
this marked lack of support in his,
home county, even Mercer eountT
Katzenbach men have to acknowlk
edge that in other parts of the stats
DR.. Wilson seems to be strong with
the democrats. This situation they
attribute chiefly to the influence and
activity of former United States SEN
ator Smith, who Is leaving nothing
undone to swing a majority of the
delegates to the state convention to
the Wilson standard.
John P. Dullard, of this city, who
was Mr.. Katzenbach's personal rep
resentative in both the campaign for
nomination and election three years
ago, ard this year is eff.
similar capacity, today had this to
say about Senator Smith:
"Those who assume that Senator
Smiths mere say-so settles things
have only to recall that three years
ago the senator did not favor Mr..
Katzenbach's nomination Mr.. Smith
did not succeed, however, In prevent
ing the nomination, because the men
whom he counted among his strong
est supporters told him, not angrily,
but earnestly, that the sentiment
was in favor of Katzenbach and it
would be q mistake not to nominate
him. The result was that the sttua-
ton was accepted and the projected
plan to nominate James E. MARITIME,
of Plainfield, was dropped. In the
present instance, some of the men
who are closest to Mr.. Smith are
lust as insistent this time in advising
him against favoring the nomination
of DR.. Wilson as they were three
years ago in advising him that 1t
would be a mistake not to nominate
Katzenbach."
THE opposition to DR.. Wilson,"
continued Mr.. Dullard, 'is by no
means based on preferences for
other candidates. There is a strong
feeling that DR.. Wilson would not be
popular with the rank and file of the
party. He would not inject enthusi-
asm into the campaign and he viii
encounter the strong opposition OF
the labor people"