Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-18

should pay no attention to the primary
Z vote in the matter of indorsing candi-
dates for the United States senatorship.
Il He calls attention to the method of
selecting United States senators as pre-
scribed by the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and adds:
\, Must Amend Constitution.
Until the Constitution of the Uni
ted States shall have been amended
we should recognize no other au-
fhority."
Here the senator recited section 8 of
article l of the constitution, which
reads:
sThe senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators from
zach State, chosen by the Legislature
thereof, for SIX years, and each senator
shall have one vote. +
eThat is brief and plain enough for
: any citizen" commented Senator. Kean,
eft .perndts of no misunderstanding,
ynisconstruction or misconception. Its
authority has been recognized since its
adoption September II, 1887, and no
other method should interfere, directly
or indirectly"
: Silent ON Own Case.
Senator Kean refused to disclss the
probability of his reelection in the
event Of the Legislature having a a
Republican majority on joint ballot.
Former Governor Stokes received the
largest number OF votes on primary
day, but it is understood la when the
legislative minority holds it's aucus
next month the complimentary vote
win be cast unanimously for Senator
Kean.
s. The newspaper article quoting Sena-
tor Kean says that the Democratic
party should pay no attention to the
primary vote of $4,000 representing
less thar one-sixth of the voters of the
State) given to James e. MARITIME, the
Plainfield farmer orator" No com
ment is made upon the preference vote
received by Frank NJ. McDermit, OF
Newark. MARITIME received something
more than 1000, votes in Union, his
home county. The vote of the county
Is about 25, 900. 1t is pointed out thai
while the city of Plainfield went Demo-
cratic on election day hardly more
than a corporal's guard of the voters
there attended the primaries. Similar
conditions prevailed in other places in
the county. In Elizabeth a larger
primary vote was cast because Of the
contest that was on for the Democratic
mayoralty nomination.
Democrats D~isfranchised.
Many persons who voted the Demo-
cratic ticket this year had been kept
away from the Democratic primary
because they had voted the Republican
ticket last year and therefore could not
legally qualify for a Democratic prima-
~ this year. Also many persons who
a participated in the Republican
primaries in September cast their bal
lots for the Democratic candidates in
November. Both of these large classes
were disfranchised so far as the Demo-
cratic senatorial primary was con-
cerned.
Senator Kean did not touch specific
ally on this matter in his interview,
but 1t is known that he recognizes these
defects in the primary law and bases
his opposition to 1t partly on that ac-
count. That the senatorial primary
law is merely permissiye, as the act
definitely states, that the legislative
candidates may pledge themselves TO
the candidate for the United States
senate who gets either the highest
number of votes in the county or in the
State as a whole, that he may legally
refuse to take any pledge, are among
other reasons Senate Kean has con-
sistently advocated that no attention
should be paid to the primary prefer
ence law as it now stands.
"Was the success of the Democratic
party in New Jersey due to some ex-
tent to the principle of Endorsement at
the primaries for senatorial candi-
dates7" he was asked.
"Claptrap,' said the senator. Clap
trap pleases nobody"
When Senator Kean was asked as to
his future political plans he said that
he had one more mission to serve In
the Senate and that he had not looked
beyond that
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