The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-13
(American News Service.)

american News Service.)
Trenton, N. j., Sept. 13.-Politics in
New Jersey will reach a sizzling point
this week, beginning with the state
wide primaries today and ending lat
er in the week with the democratic
state and congressional conventions.
One week from today the prediction
battles will end with the republican
state convention.
The fight for the seat of United
States Senator John Kean is the lead
ing feature in today's primary con-
test. 1t is the Arst time that the vot-
ers of New Jersey have been given an
opportunity to express their prefer
ence for United States senator. The
act making this possible was passed
by the legislature two years ago, but
1t, is invoked this year for the FIRST
time. It gives candidates for the legis-
lature who are to choose United
States senators an option between two
kinds of pledges. One form of pledge
commits the candidate to vote for that
senator who has the largest number of
votes in the state. A second binds
him to the support of the candidate
who polls the most votes in the legis-
lative candidates county. Under the
second form the delegation from ev-
cry county may be bound to a county
favoritet, and there may be as many
senatorial aspirants backed by the au-
thorized referendum process as there
are counties.
Four republican aspirants are rivals
of Senator Kean in his desire to re-
turn to the senate. The senator him.
self declined to have his name 20 on
the primary ballot, prefering to leave
his case. in the hands of the legisla-
ture. A similar stand was taken by
David Baird. the veteran republican
leader of Camden, who would like to
succeed Mr.. Kean. The three. repub-
lican candidates for United States
senator who are contesting in the pri-
maries are former Governor Edward
c. Stokes, former Governor Franklin
Murphy and Congressman Charles n
Fowler. The democrats who want the
primary endorsement for United
States senator are Frank McDermitt
of Newark. and James B. MARITIME of
Plainfield, known throughout New
Jersey as the Farmer Orator" Form
err United States Senator James
Smith. Jr, of Newark, who probably
would be the leading candidate for
Mr.. Kean's seat If the next legislature
were democratic on joint ballot. did
not enter the primary.
The situation in regard to the re-
publican gubernatorial nomination is
considerably mixed this year. The
man most frequently mentioned for
the honor is Vivian NJ Lewis of Pat
erson at present state commissioner
Lewis is believed to lead the race the
names of Senator Joseph c. Freling-
huysen of Somerset county, Senator
Edmund r. Wallace of Bergen county,
E. J. Ridgeway, the well known pub
Usher, and several others are men
toned to head the ticket Should the
progressive republicans have the up
per hand in the convention the guber-
Material nomination would in all prob
ability go to former Assemblyman
/ William p. Martin of Essex county.
who has been the right hand man Of
ex-senator Colby for years.
| DR.. Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton university. is the man
among all the aspirants for guberna-
torial honors In the democratic party
who seems likely to have his ambi-
ton gratified. DR.. Wilson is looked
upon as a full fledged candidate for
the nomination. II there is hitch in
the Wilson program the nomination
may go to Frank s. Katzenbach, Jr,
| who came close to defeating Governor
Fort two years ago. Mayor III. Otto
Wittpenn OF Jersey City and State
Senator George Silzer of Middlesex
county would also like to lead the
democratic ticket.
AS for the district congressional
fights the present regular" delegation
in congress. with the exception of
Representative Charles N. Fowler OF
the Fifth district. ID to be renominat-