Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-23
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in a New York Sanatorium, gets home,
he will line up the votes for Smith.
Senator Silzer, of Middlesex, it was
said, also would be brought into line
at the proper time, and the. Assembly
men from that county would follow
suit. On the other hand, it was pointed
ont that even with the caucus nomina-
I ton, Senator Smith could not win the
election, as there were enough votes so
unalterably opposed to his selection as
to make ii impossible to get the neces-
sary majority in the Legislature for
Smith. In other words, there are eleven
Democratic legislators, it is said, WHO
would decline to>be bound by a caucus
that selected Senator Smith. eff Sena-
tor Smith is chosen said one old time
Democrat, who is entirely disinterested,
cit means the wrecking of the Wilson
administration at the start. The party
/ VIII go out of business, not for fifteen
years. as it did before, but for good and
all, and will at some future time be
replaced by q party in which the people
can have some confidence
Marines Honesty.
This Democrat, who has occupied high
places in the State, as well as IN the
party councils, was not OF the opinion
that MARITIME was high class Senatorial
timber, but argued that he possessed
. the rugged honesty that is needed in
Washington, and that he is a clean and
upright gentleman. He was pronounced
in the view that Governor-eleet Wilson
would have to assume the party leader
ship, as he had promised the people he
intended to do, and thatvthe first test
of his leadership would be on the Sen
atorship.
off the new Governor falls there, his
chances will be blasted was the way
the situation was bluntly summed up.
Agsemblyman-elec LaMonte, Demo
crat, of Somerset county, was at the
State House, fresh from n visit to the
home of ~Governor~eleet Wilson. He ad-
mitted that the Senatorship was dis
cussed with DR.. Wilson, but refused to
say what passed between them. This
was taken as significant in view of The
report that DR.. Wilson is gathering in
formation from the lawmakers on the
fight in order to fortify himself to taxi
a hand in The conflict when the real
skirmish opens
John Kean on Hand.
United States Senator John Kean was
on hand to urge that he be the caucus
nominee of his party for United States
Senator, but there were no evidences
that he got much encouragement. Sena-
tor Alderman, who halls from Kean's
home county, was also present and will
do what he can to crafty Senator
Kean's wish in the matter. The Re-
publicans are just as absolutely com
mitted to the primary principle as the
Democrats, and it viii be party suicide
for them to support Kean after the way
he was repudiated at the primaries and
the election.
Congressman Charles N. Fowler, in
surgent Republican and arch enemy of
Cannonism, who was defeated for re-
nomination in the Fifth District, Gene
to the State House to see Governor
Fort. He announced that in a day or
two he would issue a statement IN the
election result in this State. Then he
talked about the political situation,
Fowler Favors MARITIME.
He declared very mistakenly that the
! United States S%enatorship should be
settled according to the primary vote.
cit is not a question of MARITIME or
| Smith,, - he said, "but a question of
principle He held that it did not
matter that practically none@of 1.-The
Legislators mad, IN accepting Ghelf nom
nations signed either of the statements
provided by the primary law. He in
sisted that the vote of the people at
the primary polls had settled the mat
ter and that vote should rule, abso-
lutely. -
Senator elect Isaac 7. Nichols, of
Cumberland county, Republican, declar-
ed that if his vote would settle the cleo,
tion of United States Senator it would
be given to MARITIME and not to Smith.