Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-15
JAS. MARITIME
CANDIDATEFOR
u. S. SENATOR
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

" Tue HrSlnSS or lrlendS In various
sections of the state, James E. Mar
tine, of Plainffeld, who three year
ago received the democratic vote in
the legislature rs a candidate to
succeed John F. Dryden in the
United States senate, has agreed to
allow his name to go before the
democratic voters as a candidate for
the United States senate, to succeed
John Kean, at the direct primaries
on September 10, next.
Petitions requesting the secretary
of state toNprint Mr.. Marines name
on the official primary ballots as a
senatorial candidate, in accordance
with the law which former Cover
nors Stokes and Murphy will avail
themselves of as republicans, will be
circulated in several counties of the
state this week with the assurance
that many more names than the one
thousand required by law will be
secured in favor Of making the far
mer orator" a popular democratic
choice to sit in the upper branch of
congress. Mr.. MARITIME has been an
earnest advocate for many years of
the popular election of United
States senators.
Now that the democrats entertain
strong hopes of electing their candi-
date for governor, and with this re-
suit also of securing a majority on
joint ballot in the legislature at the
approaching session, Mr.. Marines
friends declare that he is entitled to
receive the most serious and favor
able consideration from his party in
connection with the question of
choosing a successor to Senator
Kean. He was the choice of his
party for senator when there was no
chance of his being successful, they
say, and taking into consideration
this fact they argue that he is now
a logical selection for the place. At
any rate, his friends are determined,
to have his name submitted under
the direct primary law. Besides
friendship for Mr.. MARITIME, they are
animated by a desire to see a demo-
cratic candidate for the United
States senate submit himself to a
direct vote of the members of his
party.
Discussing the subject of allowing
his name to go before the direct pri-
maries as a candidate for the senate
MT. MdTtlHS tOudy Sdlu.
II have been a candidate for so
many political offices in past years
that l Am now reluctant to enter
into a contest for another one. How
ever, If my friends secur the neces-
sary number of signatures to insure
the printing of my name on the
official primary ballots | will yield
to their wishes and stand as a dem
ocratic candidate for the senate,
subject to a popular vote of the
members of my party. My friends
are urging me to do this not only
out of q desire to see me honored by
an election as q successor to my
friend John Kean, but they have
also pointed out to me the necessity
of having some democrat take ad-
vantage of the direct primary system
on the senatorial ~- question as a
means of showing the consistency
and good faith of the democracy in
demanding the popular election of
senators. Our state convention three
years ago declared strongly in favor
of popular election Of senators and
every yea since then we. have had
numerous demands Of the same sort
from democratic county conventions
in every section of the state. 1t
seems to me that the democrats of
New Jersey would be put in the light
of stultifying themselves If among
them all there was not one who
could be brought forth as a candi-
date for the United States senate
willing to leave the qaestion of
whether or not he is d popular
choice to the voters themselves.
Three years ago l was glad to re-
ceive the votes Of the democratic
minority In the legislature for the
high honor of senator and / may be
pardoned when / say that / would
atorial candidate Of the democratic
legislative majority, backed up in
my candidacy by a popular vote OBJ
tanned through the direct primaries"
In the event Of the democrats
electing a governor, party leaders
are very confident that the republi-
cans will lose the House of Assem-
bly, by enough votes to give the dem
ocrats a majority on joint ballot.
: 1t will be necessary for the demo-
Gratis to carry the Essex assembly
candidates to bring about the cleo
ton of a democratic senator. But
State Chairman Nugent and his staff
declare that legislative success will
go hand in hand with gubernatorial
victory. Counting the six votes that
the democrats will be sure of in the
senate next winter, 1t will be neces-
sary for them to elect thirty-fve as
semblymen to give the necessary |
~forty-one votes for a majority OF
joint ballot. -Four counties are con-
sidered tnvincibly democratic-Hud-
son, Warren, Sussex and Hunterdon,
rallying q total OF fifteen members
in the House. If the republicans
lose their candidate for governor,
the democratic leaders insist that
the drift away from the G.. o. P. will
be sufficient to swing several other
counties into the democratic column. |
AS they view the situation Men
and Middlesex, each having
three members, will surely 60 demo-
Essex, with a delegation of
assemblymen, will also be on
the democratic side, they say. II
this forecast should prove true the
democrats would then have thirty
two votes in the House, which would
be a majority In that body, and with
six votes in the senate would total
thiTty-eight. The other three neees-
to give them a majority on
joint ballot would surely be secured,
they argue, in the event of a demo-
cratic landslide. Usually Passaic
Is considered good fighting
Orouud for fha damocrafo In q oloaa