Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-27
WANTS GOVERNOR
TO DRESS LIKE
AN INDIAN RAJAH
$4,000 Jeweled Belt Also in
Arson Phelps StOkes's
Scheme.
MILLIONAIRE OFFERS TO
FIT OUT JERSEY EXECUTIVE
Thinks Fort Should Wear White
BrOadcloth Attire at
State Functions.

II Arson Phelps Stokes. New York
millionaire. had his way Governor John
Franklin Fort would dress like an In
dian rajah.
If Edward c. Stokes, former Gov
ernor and self-apuounced candidate for
United States senator, had his way
Governor Fort wouldn't even try to
wear senatorial toga.
The Stokeses are not related. Their
concern is Numerically different. The
New York Mr.. Stokes is a warm adj
mirer and personal friend of New Jer-
sey's chief executive. The New Jersey
Mr.. Stokes regards the Governor as an
important factor in the fve-cornered
race hat is being made for United
States senator for job Kean's seat.
Governor Fort has tabooed A. p.
Stokes's suggestion, and will stick to
his conventional clothes. Regarding
Z. c. Stokes's attitude, the Governor Is
Keeping secret his plans, making the
situation all the more tantalizing. .
Arson Phelps Stokes wants the Gov
ernor to dress in white broadcloth,
wear a sword and adorn his person
with a s25, 900 jeweled belt that once
was the property of an Indian raJah.
He thinks the Governor ought to have
that uniform for Sea Grit and official
functions. Mr.. Stokes sent a Savannah
jeweler to Trenton yesterday to dis
play the jeweled belt to the Governor.
lis made of woven gold, and weighs
about three pounds. In the buckle
there is an opal, one of the finest in
the country, measuring about an inch
and a half by an inch. Surrounding
the opal are rubies, diamonds, emeralds
and smaller opals of exceptional fire.
The slide on the belt is heavily set
with jewels also
Great Scott smiled the Governor
as the belt was exhibited, wouldn't 1
look nice in that"
Jersey Clothes Good Enough.
The Governor then went on to say
that he intended to stick to his con-
ventional clothes, and would not VEN
ture to disguise himself as an Indian
rajah. The rare beauty of the belt
called forth the admiration of Chan
cellor Pitney. Judges Congdon, Dill,
Gray and others Who were in the
executive parlor at the time. Former
Governor Stokes was around the State
House at the time comforting with
politicians and losing no opportunity
to further his candidacy for the United
States senatorship.
Speaking of his campaign, he said:
The petitions being circulated in my
home county (Cumberland) are not the
formal petitions intended to place my
name upon the Republican primary
ballots throughout the State. They
represent the work of some of my
friends and ~neighbors. The movement
Is purely local. so far as these petit
tions are concerned"
1t is the plan of those who are circu-
lating the Stokes petitions TO show his
strength Yin Cumberland. They main
tain hat nine-tenths of the voters oil
that county are for Stokes for Senator,
and propose to get thousands of names
on their papers to prove it. The law OF
1907, known as the Colby act, in pro-
Aiding that there may be some eX-
preston of preference for United'States
Senators by the voters. sets forth mat
by securing 1000 signatures in a county
a candidate may nave his name placed
upon the primary ballots of his party
in that county as a candidate for the
office of United States Senator. 1t is
under this provision that the Stokes
petitions are being circulated. The
1OTI1 VI IDCSC pGtltiOitS . IL Po'p ~
follows: 4.
Senatorial Plea.
Cumberland County has not had a
United States Senator for over seventy
five years. So seldom is the oppor-
tunity to obtain this office offered to
one of our own citizens that every
effort should be made to secure the
honor. when possible. At the primaries
this fall the voters Of the State will
vote for their choice for United States
Senator, and one of our own citizens,
who has lived among us since %boyhood,
has been %favorably mentioned in this
connection.
I'VE the undersigned. therefore, here
by certify that we reside in Cumberland
County, State of New Jersey, and that
we are qualified voters therein, and that
we endorse the person hereinafter men
toned as a candidate for the office of
United States Senator, and that we re-
quest that you print upon the official
primary ballot the name of the said
person., Edward C. Stokes.
I'VE do further certify that the said
Edward C. Stokes so endorsed is legally
qualified under the laws of this State
and of the United States to serve in
sue capacity if elected, and to have
his name printed upon the official pri-
mary ticket
To have his name on the Republican
OF Democratic primary ballots in the
whohe State it is necessary, under the
1907 act, to have the signers of the petit
ton from the State at large. Mr.. Stokes