Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-26

NOT HOPEFUL
Lewis Hangs on to Bank
Commiss While
Running for Governor.
FEAR InSURGENT VOTE

fusal to lay down his remunerative Of
nee of state banking commissioner in
advance of the election that is likely to
end his G~ubernatorial aspirations, and
former Governor Murphy's refusal to
continue in the craftsmanship of the
republican state committee are the la
test omens of expected defeat in their
G~ubernatorial campaign that have come
from the camp of the Republicans.
Woodrow Wilson's announced intention
to resign from the presidency of Priuc-
ton University that he may plunge into
the campaign for his W election is re-
garded as an expression of his conf
contrast with Mr.. Lewis decision to
ton returns are in.
Former Governor Murphy's refusal
to stay at the head of the republican
state committe is quite as significant If
expected defeat as Lewis's determine
ton to hang on to his office. 1t was
under Mr.. Murphy's craftsmanship that
Griggs was swept into the Governor
ship in 1895 by a majority many times
larger than had even been given to any
candidate, and he has a long unbroken
string of striking republican triumphs
to his credit. 1t is known that he never
did regard Mr.. Lewis as quite the
strongest man whom the republicans
could could pick for the battle with
Prof. Wilson, and he is manifestly I'M
willing to sacrifice the prestige hisNlong
line of victories has ION for him by
undertaking now the management of a
campaign that he feels is going to re-
suit disastrously. Exercising a guberna-
torial candidate privilege, Mr.. Lewis
has picked Senator Briggs, his chief
political sponsor, as Mr.. Murphy Is com
mittee successor.
Darker shadows of defeat are seen.
however, in the style of the independent
vote cast by the republicans for the
Senatorial candidates at the recent pri-
maries. All of the more than 5000
republicans who voted for Fowler, and
the bulk of the other $1,000 who voted
for Stokes, are recruits to the ranks of
the insurgents. Those of them who do
not vote against the machine candidate
for the governorship in November will
stay at home, and even the stay-at-
homes are expected to do a lot of mis-.
sionary work before the vote is taken
that will not help Lewis-to say the
least of it.
If one can judge from the freedom
with which the republicans are tearing
the republican state platform into rags,
the result is likely to be more open.
Not in many years has a republican
convention chairman been treated with
such cruel discourtesy. The insurgents
say that it's "stand-patism' Is a chal-
lenge to them; that 1t would be coward
ice to decline. The interests that have
been the backbone of republican cam
paigns in the past are disguised with it's
rate-fxing commission plank. Even the
"regul1r" sheer at the plank indorsing
the administration of Governor Fort.
Lewis has decided to try to ave the
day by entering upon a whirlwind cam
paign. The democratic managers do
not think 1t necessary for Prof. Wilson
to go to that trouble. He will speak at
one central location in each county pos
sibly; but he will not do much more.
The state committee, under the manage
ment of Chairman James r. Nugent,
will do the rest for him. The commit
tee opened headquarters on Broad street
Newark, today. Secretary William X.
Devereux will be on hand every day till
election, and Daniel A. Dugan, of
Orange, will as heretofore, look after
the distribution of helpful literature.
Prof. Wilson's first appearance in the
candidate role will be as a visitor to the
grounds of the Interstate Fair Associa-
ton, just outside of Trenton, On Thurs
day next, Governors Day. Mr.. Lewis
and all the rest of the politicians, big
or little, will be there to greet him.
He is scheduled for a speech in Hudson
County and another in Mercer, the lat
ter of which was 80 devoted to Katzen-
bach up to the roll call in the guberna-
torial convention.