Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-02
Q. P ORATORS
STRANGELY QUIET
IN ESSEX COUNTY
Voters Wondering Why Lewis
Has to Fight Losing Bat
tie Alone.
NONE OF THE BIG GUNS
WILL APPEAR IN NEWARK
Senators, Former Governors and
Spotlight Spellbinders Are
Absent from Platform.

Republican spellbinders-the so-ealieo
big campaign orators"-are fighting
shy of Newark during the campaign
now closing. Newark. the metropolis
of New Jersey, the important munich
patty of the pivotal county, with Its
CO., 900 registered voters, has been passed
up by the Republican State committee
in its oratory schedule. Local voters
are wondering why. There's a reason,
no doubt, but why Vivian M. Lewis,
Republican candidate for governor, was
obliged to fight his battle in Newark
single-handed is a question that Will
cause food for reflection on next Tues
day-election day. Obseryant voters
here are commenting upon the subject.
and the deductions drawn indicate a
big Democratic local victory.
Newark voters are wondering why
they have not had the pleasure of lis
tening TO a campaign talk by former
/ Governor ard Casper Stokes, de-
clared by many to be the most effective
Republican speaker in the State. They
ask whether the senatorial race is in
any way responsible.
Griggs Quiet, Too.
Newarkers wonder why they are de-
prived of hearing John w. Griggs. for
mer governor and former United states
encouragement. His ~utterances else-
where were sensational enough, but OF
late he is quiet. They are asking
whether the application for the ap-
pointment of a receiver for a large
corporation for which Mr.. Grisgs was
general counsel, in which residents OF
North Jersey lost thousands upon thou
sands of dollars, has anything TO do
with spiking the Griggs gun.
Refusal of the Republican machine
to allow Major Carl Lentz, former
county chairman, TO take the stump is
also causing much omment. Major
Lentz was willing TO do some cam
paign talking, but Alfred N. Dalrymple.
his successor, tabooed the proposition.
"Daf' probably feared that the major
would tell some cold facts.
Others Strangely silent.
N~ewarkers, as well as voters every
where, are wondering why Senators Jo-
seph S. Frelinghuysen and Edward w.
Wakelee, both of whom were In the
race for the gu~bernatorial nomination,
do not go upon the stump for Candi-
date Lewis 1t Is suggested that per-
haps the least attention they call to
the doings Of the last Legislature the
better for the whole Republican ticket.
Governor Fort has not gone before "a
Newark audience and nc probably will
not be asked to. This article deals at
length with the reasons why The G.
o. P. does not want the Governor to
indulge more actively il the cam
paign.
Progressives Also Quiet.
The Progressives' orators. Edmund
B. Osborne and William P. Martin, are
doing but little talking. Mr.. Osborne,
president of the Progressive League, is
to make an address in Montclair before
the campaign closes, and it is expected
that he will again call upon Dali to
make public his campaign contribu-
lions and expenses.
N~ewarkers and the voters of the en-
tire State are wondering whether for
mer Governor Franklin Murphy will
go upon a public platform again and
stand by his pledge to help in the cleo
ton to the United States Senate of the
candidate who received the largest
number of the preference vote.
The Commuters Side.
According to the statements of How
ard Marshall and E. D.. McKenon,
president and secretary, respectively,
of the Commuters League, the Repuo-
lican members of the organization do
not want Governor Fort or any of the
Republican assemblymen TO appear at
any of the Republican meetings in East
Orange. Rumors that assemblymen
were to speak in that city on Saturday
night brought out the protesting state
ments.
I'VE feel" said Mr., Marshall, that
Governor Fort has handed us a gold
brick, and any Republican meetings in
his city should be held without his
assistance or the Essex Assembly can
didates. If any meeting Is arranged
for with a view to their being present
we will enter an emphatic protest"
Mr.. Marshall will preside at the pub
lie meeting Of the league n the other
affiliated organizations tonight, and the
replies which have been received from
the various candidates, including Wood
row Wilson, Democratic candidate for
Governor, will be read and acted upon.
DIR. Wilson's reply, in which he ex-
pressed himself as being in favor Of
the proposed bill of the New Jersey
. State Commuters Association, was re-
ceived shortly after the letters had
been sent out by the executive board.
Mr.. Lewis's reply was received last
night.
Pledges of Candidates.
Fifty-five answers were received from
other candidates pleding themselves, if
elected, to vote for the public utilities
bill. OF these, forty-three had come
from Democratic candidates, including
the entire Essex delegation, and twelve
from Republican candidates. the entire
list having been printed in The Star
of October q. In announcing the list
of those who had declared themselves
in favor of the bill, Roy M. Robinson,