Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-25
SENATOR BRIGGS BUSY.

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of his present term. We wonder If
he had this in mind in making his
recent appointments in MiddleseX?
If he thought he was lettering his
chances by accepting Theodore
Strong as his political adviser here,
he has made a sad mistake. The
people have ousted Strong and all
who represented him wherever they
could reach them. They are not
going to let him get back in the sad
die again II they can help 1t, and
when it comes to deciding who shall
and who shall not hold Office, the
people come pretty near being the
ones to make the choice.
While it is doubtful If Briggs can
ever be reelected no matter what he
does to rebuild fallen political
fences, he is a clever politician and
is doubtless playing the long end of
the game. The fact that he is busy
in Ocean lining up the men there,
proves that he is busy. This being
so he is not likely to make any ap-
p]ointments without figuring out just
what it will mean to him at election
time. There is reason to believe,
therefore, thai the appointment of
c. Asa Francis as collector of the
port Is not so much to please "Dory'
Strong as it is to help out the situa-
ton in Monmouth.
In other words it looks as If
Briggs had given up Middlesex as
hopeless. He Is not even trying to
get the vote of this county. But he
does see a chance of getting Mon
mouth in line, and, in an effort to
help the situation there he gives a
Monmouth man the latest political
job in the district. or course, as
the successful man happens to be
one of 'Dory'' ~Strong's own stripe
and was favored by the deposed
MiddIesex boss, Strong cannot help
but get some of the glory out of the
appointment.
That Briggs is really busy and has
got his ]lieutenants working is evil
dent from the following from the
Toms River Courier, one of the lead
ing republican newspapers of Ocean
county:
The political situation in Ocean
county h2..Aattracted the attention OF
party leaders on the outside, and
after the smashup in the Republican
campaign last fall, the state lead
ers think they see a need for a new
alignment down this way. TINS
seems particularly true of State
Chairman Frank O. Briggs who IS
looked upon by many as an astute
leader in the political game, and I
whose term for United States Sena-
tor will expire in time for the AS .
Waslyma2 from oeean slssssa 49,
sI5 q TaTe a vote IN eiecttng his <
uccessOr.
Senator Briggs has accordingly
,een interested in trying to get to-
,ether the various factions and
,liques in the party in this county.
a result former County Chairman v
Joseph NJ. Thompson, of New Egypt =,
E-,-L,a-+1n hoo ham 1nnkInp ! l
over the ground off and on for a !
month past, and in response to his
efforts, the following letter was this
week sent out to the members of
the county committee and to pros
pective candidates for the various
nominations:
There will be q conference held
at Toms River, n. j, in the lodge
room on the third floor Of the Cour-
Ter building on Monday, July 81,
| 1911, at II a. m, in the interest OF
the welfare of the Republican party.
Members of the County Com
mittee are urged to be present.
Each member Of the County
Committee is also urged to invite
! five of the representative Republ1-
cans of his district to be present.
Candidates for nomination at
tlG RepuDIlCdu pima z 1 ASAuNS
ted to be present. Also members Of
the press and county officials, inter-
ested In the Republican party's vel
fare, are invited.
Luncheon will be served at the
! Ocean House at 2 p. m. Please no
tify Mr.. J.. M. Thompson at New
Egypt, N. j., by July 27, how many
will be present from your district,
In ordr that plates may be reserved
for them.
Senator Briggs is doubtless en-
couraged In this movement by the
knowledge that a similar conference
in Gloucester county has to all ap-
appearances healed over a breach
there that has existed even longer
than the differences In Ocean coun-
ty. There is a difference however:
in this county the party has been
made the cover for practices that
have obtained nowhere else except
in the bigger cities"
PUBLIC WEIGHING SCALES.
In accordance with an act Of the
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