Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-09-10
THE TRENTON
LETTER
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE PRESS

thc hoAliuttiou VI Ii. OuoufOW w IlsUl
for Governor yesterday unearthed the
fact that the college president has not
exercised his sovereign right as citizen
for the last two years. According to
the records in the County Clerks Office
DR.. Wilson did not vote ut the election
last fall nor two years ago when the
President Of the United States was
chosen.
The records show that DIR. Wilson
was registered but did not exercise his
right as legal voter. These facts will
be used between now and the Demo
cratic convention week hence to aid
in preventing DR.. Wilson from being
nominated for Governor.
A new factor in the United States
Senatorial situation developed yesterday
when Senator Edward X Mills, of Nor
ris county, who is a candidate for re-
election, announced that he had declined
to pledge himself to vote for the candi-
date receiving the largest number OF
votes in the direct primaries. Senator
Mills says he is for Chancellor Mahlon
Pitney for Senator until the latter with
draws his name. 1t is understood that
Senator Mills is acting on the advice of
State Treasurer Voorhees,. In state
ment Mr.. Mills said, IF elected / will
vote for Chancellor Mahlon Pitney for
United States Senator until he is elected
or until he withdraws his name. Chanc-
ellor Pitney is practically the unani-
nous choice of all of the Republicans
of Morris county. Because of his great
ability, his integrity, his clam, judicial
way of viewing things, his great
strength of character and wide exper-
fence, he is the superior, in my opinion,
of any one who could be named in New
Jersey for this high office. In view OF
the present complicated Senatorial sit
uation | believe Chancellor Pitney will
be the next Senator from New Jersey"
That former United States Senator
James Smith, Jr., intends to be on hand
to personally direct the battle in the
Democratic State Convention for the
nomination of DR.. Woodrow Wilson for
Governor of New Jersey, is evidenced by
the fact that Room 100, of the Trenton
House, famous in the political history
of the State, has been engaged for his
use for the night before and the day of
the convention, which is fixed for Sep
tember Is.
Job H. Lippincott, of Jersey City, who
is president of the organization known
as "The Wittpenn General Committee
formed for the purpose of aiding the
Jersey City mayor in his canvass for
the Democratic Gubernatorial nominal
tion, has sent an appeal to hundreds of
Democrats throughout the State urging
that they give their support to Mr.. Witt
penn. Mr.. Lippincott declares that
Mayor Wittpenn is in the contest
for the Governorship in earnest
and sthat his record is such as to en-
title him to the most serious considera-
tion. The Wittpenn boomers are run
ming candidates for delegates to the State
convention in every district in Hudson
county, and they claim that ON primary
day they will capture at least sixty per
cent. Of the delegates In opposition to
the men put up by the Davis faction.
1t is probable that Vivian NJ. Lewis
name as candidate for the Guberna
torial nomination will be presented to
the Republican State Convention by As
semblyman Thomas r. McCran, of Pat
erson, who is looked upon as one of the
rising Republican orators of New Jersey.
In one Of the most remarkable political
speeches that he has ever made former
Governor Edward G. Stokes singled out
United States Senator John Kean as an
object of a vitriolic attack. The speech
was delivered in Mount Holly and was
carefully prepared before its delivery, so
that it represented the deliberate thought
of the former Governor. Mr.. Stokes at
tack on Senator Kean came about in his
discussion Of the situation in Cumber-
land county, where he is being bitterly
opposed by the Republican faction head
ed by Assemblyman Isaac I. Nichols
who is a candidate for State Senator.
and who declares that even if the former
Governor receives the popular vote in
the direct primaries he will not vote for
him in the Legislature.
Except in the Sixth District, all the
Congressional conventions called by the
Republicans have been fixed for Septem-
Der Is. In the Sixth District both the
Republican and Democratic conventions
will nominate Congressman in Paterson
on September 27. Representative Will
lam Hughes is sure of being nominated
by the Democrats to succeed himself
Former Assemblyman Samuel S.
Swackhamer, of North Plainfeld, is be-
ing talked about as the Democratic can
didate to oppose the re-election of Ira
w. Wood, Republican, in the Fourth
Congressional. district Mr.. Swackhamer