New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-23
PROCRESSVES ON TOP
Now in Fair Way to Control the
Legislation in New Jersey.
STRONG MEN FOR SENATE
Colgate, Pierce and Smalley MOI
of Type To Be Influenced
by Bosses.

Iron the Regular Correspondent % The Tribune.
Trenton. y. J.. Oct 22-While it IS now
generally believed tNat both branches or
next winters Legislature VIII be Repuon-
can. considerable interest attaches 20 the
makeup Of the Senate. as three of tne re-
publican candidates. all former Assembly
men. had regulations for being eN0'edihs-
" inderendent and holding i0oas FAR more
progressive than some Of fhe.r o0lleasues'
These candidates are e. Assemhivrnen
Austin Colgate. Of Essex oo0tN. carton
2 Pierce. OF Union. and William w
smalIey. OF Somerset. Their election Is
generally conceded by persons M close
touch with conditions IN their counties.
And il is these three me- VINO. n elected
VIII have the controlling influence IN the
Senate. so FAR as the Republicans are CON
ce-ned. for not q bill or resolution backed
by rhe Republicans can pass unless their
votes are recorded IN its favor.
There are ar present six hold-over Re-
publican Senators. and as the Republicans
confidently expect % elect six ont ~ the
e.cht Senators % be chosen this year. Il
will 10 seen thar they will have twelve
members ~ the uurer house or one more
than is necessary 90 pass bin. Thus. It
Will he noted. the influence Of Messrs. col
gate. Pierce and Smallev. so far as leeis-
latior is concerned. will be large indeed.
In view OF this fact. II + pointed our that
the next Senate will be called on % con-
slider many Progressive measures, and viii
pass them too. for those familiar with
the legislative records Of the three former
Assent .vuen know that the bosses VIII
have 90 take back seat, so far as they
are concerned, as all Of them will vote
on the measures before them as they think
best for their constituents. without the
volun,arv advice OF some Of the men who
Still think they carry the party policies
in their inside pockets.
Mr. Suallev was nominated by the Re
puduccns IN Somerset without opposition.
his record and long service as an Assem-
blyrnan having made him the loeical can
d!date With Mr.. Pierce, however. IL was
different In spite OF the fact that no had
represented Union ia the lower house for
rhree wears in way that commended
itself % the voters .. lis county. and was.
therefore. IN line for promotion 90 the Sen
ate the Republican machine of IBIS coun-
~ sent word along the line that some one
else must boz nominated
ar Pierce was strongly opposed by the
machine of his own party for The nominal
zion for Senator. the leaders apparently
forgetting that tr.1es had changed in New
jersey iu the last year. His selection hv
more than q thousand majority came as a
shock to the machine.
Colonel Colgate has ALWAYS been q Pro.
gressive. and IL was therefore surprising
that the Republican Proeressives of Ess-S
should oppose him at the primaries The
colonel WON. however. and now the F~0-
Eressives. Ike good sports. have taken the1
defeat gracefully and are working and
shouting for him as Wen as the rest of th'
Republican ticket ir ESSEX.
There has been some talk that the con
test for Senator IN Somerset will no clos
one. because Assemblymar la Monte, Mr.
smaueys Democratic opponent. is a maj
Of high reputation and character. but there
are things going on in Somerset just nov
which are anything lut pleasing 90 The
Deuoc-atr managers. one Us the dissatis
faction " x-Assema.ruaa Samuel Swark
hauer a0r his friends over the results o.
the primaries.
1lr SWa.hhaner's friends feel that, n
view of his long service 20 the party. he
should have been the candidate for Senator
and they charge his defeat 20 the liquor
dealers Of the county. because he IS a Pro
h5itonIs-.
Governor Wilson had q lonz conference
with Mr. Swackra~ar 0u Fr.0a- hut th'
former AssembIyuau friends say he gave
no assurance Of coming out IN support of
Nj La Monte. Indeed if .5 whispered thai
ar Swackhamer intends to run as The Pro