Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-21
REPUBLICANS SEE
GREAT HOPE IN
MAHLON P|TNEY
Friends May Yet Induce Cham
celIOr to Accept Guberna-
t0rial Nomination. !.

There are many Republicans who see
In Chancellor Mahlon Pitney the big
man whose name had not been men
toned" up to the time the State Repub-
liean Executive Committee recently met
at the home of Chairman Franklin
Murphy. the very man the party wants
as its gubernatorial nominee this year.
There is no doubt as to the ability.
experience and general high standing of
Chancellor Pitney. He is admittedly
possessed of all the attributes that rem
der man qualified for any Office within
the gift of the citizens of New Jersey
or any other State where he might re-
side.
About the most serious bar to the
possibility of Chancellor Pitney being
the nominee of the State Republican
convention is the fact that the learned
jurist does NOT seem to want the nomi-
nation and might not accept it even II
unanimously rendered.
Discusses situatfon.
The chancellor has not said in Sc
many words that he would refuse to
accept the nomination If rendered, but
he conveyed that impression by infer
ence in discussing the situation with q
STAR representative. 1t was after he
had been appraised of Woodrow Will
sons reference to the possibility of theii
being rival candidates that Chancellor
Pitney said:
IF I am going to serve the people
of New Jersey 1 now hold an office
where can serve them well. 1t has
taken me a number of years to learn
to be a judge. do not know If could
learn to be a Governor in the space of
three years. At any rate have no am
bition to be Governor"
Does that mean that you would dis
courage any efforts to make you the
candidate?" was asked.
II have no wish to be nominated and
naturally would discourage any such
movement" he replied.
One of the reasons why the leaders
look with more than ordinary favor
towards Chancellor Pitney to lead the
party on this occasion is his individual
popularity, and the belief that he Is
the one man who. more than any Other
In sight, might command the supporl
of the Progressive. as well as the Reg
lar, wing of the party
Met Progrcssives' Favor.
Progressive leaders looked with
favor on the name of Pitney many
months ago and seemed to stand ready
to indorse him for the nomination be-
fore William Parmeter Martin became
the acknowledged candidate of that
faction Even now it is known thai
the Progressives would make the chan
cellor their choice for United States
Senator should he permit the use o1
his name.
That question has not been settled
and Is not likely to be until the Pro-
gressive campaign is formally opened
next month upon the arrival of former
Senator Everett Colby from Europe
should the former senator return as
anticipated at that time. Chancellor
Pitney would not "haye to learn to
be senator In Congress. and, there
fore, that objection to becoming a
gubernatorial candidate would not ap-
ply.
While only 81 years old, the chan
cellor has had an extensive experience
as a legislator, as well es on the bench
He was elected to Congress in 1894 from
the old Fourth district, defeating Sen
ator Johnson Cornish, and reelected In
1896, defeating the late Augustus w
Cutler by a phenomenal majority.
Elected state senator.
In 1898 he was elected a State SEN
ator from Morris county. During the
second year of the term the chancellor
was majority leader, while the late
Allan L. McDermott guided the
minority.
During the last year of the term
1901-Mr. Pitney was president Of the
Senate. and made no attempt during
the session to conceal the fact that he
was willing to become his party's can
didate for Governor.
Edward c. Stokes, however, had been
slated for the nomination. and Senator
Pitney, as he was then, not without q
feeling of regret, accepted appointment
by Governor Voorhees-<the personal
friend of .Stolses-as Supreme Court
justice, and was Immediately confirmed.
He still retained an ambition to become
governor up to. 1907. and would have
been the nominee had the convention
followed the advice of Major Carl
LentZ.
Lewis still Leads.
The latter has always been an ad-
mirer of the chancellor and still be-
lieves he would make an ideal candidate
for governor.
Apart from Chancellor Pitney, Vivian
M. Lewis Is still in the lead. and his
friends say he will stay there. That
does not in any way appear to discon-
cert the champions of Senators Wake
lee and Frelinghuysen.
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