Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-12
TO BALLOT FOR SENATOR
Two Leading Candidates Decline to
Submit to Vote.
PLACE HOPES IN LEGISLATURE
Warm Contest Waged Between In
surgents and Regulars in Two
Congressional Districts.
Special From a SIAN Correspondent.


NEWARK. y. J.. September 12.-An
Jersey is interested In the hrsrStrial OF
the new state primaries. by which the
people are given a chance to cast their
ballots for choice OF candidate for United
states senator. The law Is not manda-
tory. only permissive. but the primaries
to be held tomorrow will be exceedingly
interesting nevertheless.
The primaries may be a disappointment
as TO the United States senatorship, since
two leading candidates for that once,
Senator John kean and David Baird. have
declined to let their names be presented
to the voters. They are supposed to be
holding back In the hope that the pri-
marfes will not make a pronounced de-
cision in favor OF any one man, and that
they can then take their fight into the
legislature and pursue IL along familiar
lines.
Candidates Before Primaries.
Three other candidates for the senator
ship will submit their names to the
primaries: Ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy,
chairman OF the republican state COM
mittee and member of the republican ma
tional committee: ex-Gov. 4. c. Stokes
and Representative Charles n. Fowler
are these men.
In addition to presenting his name for
the senatorship Mr.. Fowler is q candidate
for denomination to Congress in his dis
trict. He is endeavoriNg to catch COM
in and goin'.' with the result that his
enemies hope he may fall between two
stools. However. i'm that regard II IL q
case OF the wish being father OF the
thought. Information available indicates
that Fowler will make q strong race for
f6a f1a nm a a
the most radical type Of insurgent in
these parts. and has succeeded in Al
most convincing some OF his constituents
that his inveterate foe. Uncle Joe Can
Each Submits to Majority.
Messrs Stokes, Murphy and Fo~1er
have pledged themselves to support In
the legislature the candidate for United
States senator who receives the greatess
number OF votes in the primaries. AZ
stated. Kean and Baird not only decline
to do this. but shy even at the primar5es-
| Their position Is regarded as bold one.
and yet not without its perfls. IL the
vote among the three other candidates
should be so divided that no man re-
ceive a majority OF the whole vote cast.
Kean and Baird would be equipped with
cogent argument In favor or taxing
their candidacy to the legislature.
should receive a pronounced majority.
Messrs. Baird and Kean would find thsm
selves handicapped at the outset OF the
race before the legislature
Peculiar Situation Develops
A peculiar situation exists In Stokes
own county, Cumberland A state sena-
tor and two members Of the assembly are
TO be designated there. One group Of re-
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dates for those Offices pledged to Stokes.
Another group has named a set of candi-
dates opposed to him. Still another as
semblyman is running unpledged.
Stokes is making a fierce fight and
claims that even III the opposing candi-
dates for assemblymen and senator win.
he would still have majority of votes
for the United States Senate. This pre-
sents a paradoxical condition which the
voters are said to be pondering and Ques-
tioning.
In the Newark Congress district Rep
resentative Wayne Parker is being op-
posed for denomination by young How
land, one of Col. Roosevelt's friends. He
is running on a pronounced insurgent
platform and has caused Mr.. Parker some
sleepless nights.
Insurgent Opposes Wiley.
In the eighth district Maj. Wiley. men,
ber of your District committee in the
House and a very popular man in Con-
gress is being opposed by an insursent,
but the information of the politicians
here is that the major is not in any
particular danger.
Representative Loudenslager. In the first
district, is not opposed for denomination.
He has paid no attention to the district.
but has stuck at his post as secretary
and acting chairan of the national con-
oreSsfonal coY,mitfee. working like n b0a-
yer for the party at large, and no re-
publican has deemed It worth while to
test the noination. N O. II.