Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-01-23
Especial Correspondence.


Trenton, Jan. 23:-If the mem
bers of the Legislature who intend to
vote for James Smith, Jr., for Uni
ted States senator, will stand up and
be counted In the Democratic con-
ference arranged to take place In
the State House this evening, the
utter futility OF attempting to bring
about the defeat of James d. Mar
tine as candidate to succeed John
Kean in Congress, will be evidenced
beyond doubt.
The conference this evening was
arranged week ago and at that
time met with the approval of the
Smith faction, the understanding
then being that lineup on the sen
atorship would take place tonight.
During the last week, however, Mr..
Smiths candidacy has been greatly
weakened, notably SO by the deter
n1ination OF Senators Cornish and
Price to vote for MARITIME. Among
the Wilson-Martine men today it Is
strongly suspected that when Mr..
Smith arrives In Trenton this after
noon he will at once get In touch
with the small group of legislators
who are still counted as his sup
porters, and try to persuade them to
prevent showdown OF voting
strength as between himself and
MARITIME In the conference tonight.
In the beginning Of the senatorial
struggle NE. Smith made special
.s-s' -sss " 1Es ~ Defnocrnttc legisls-
tors to agree; 10 tssf caucus and
abide by the vote recorded therein.
At that time he calculated that he
would be able to control a majority
of the Democratic members. On the
eve OF the Legislature voting for q
senator, heF finds his supporters In
a woeful minority AS result of
this situation, he Is reduced to the
extremity Of trying to prevent even
a straw vote" In conference that
is explicitly understood not to be
binding.
notwithstanding the prospect Of
the Smith men fighting shy Of an eff
fort to locate the votes of Democra-
tic members either for Smith or Mar
tine, the senators and assemblymen
who are backing up Governor Will
sons demand that the direct pri-
mary vote be acquiesced in, are de-
termined that there shall be some
sort OF a showdown tonight. If the
Smith adherents stay out of the con-
ference or sefuse to declare them
selves, the count of the MARITIME sup
porters will be made and the result
announced to the public. AS al
ready stated, the Smith support has
dWindled to nine members,
Nobody to Name Smith In Senate.
In making his last stand, Mr.
J., F~~<. i 4
ability Of not being able to have his
name presented to the Senate to-
morrow when the two houses vote
separately for United States sena-
tor Mr.. Osborne, who represents
Essex county, is bitterly opposed to
Mr.. Smith and Is, in fact, the leader
of the MARITIME men In the upper
house. Consequently, Mr.. Smith's
name cannot be presented as a "fa-
yorfte son" of Essex, his county. Mr..
Smith has been counting all along
on either Mr.. Cornish or Mr.. Price
presenting his name to the Senate.
With both of these senators now
against him, and acting In accord
with their Democratic colleagues, It
does not seem possible that Mr..
Smiths name will be mentioned In
the Senate tomorrow.
Through the medium OF his own
Newark newspapers, Mr.. Smith an
nounees that 5000 OF his Essex
county adherents will invade Tren-
ton tomorrow to sswhoop 'er up for
his candidacy. These excursfonists
Will be recruited from among twen-
ty-fve ward clubs that form the
backbone of the Smith ssMaehtuev In
Newark. These men will be sup
piled with spectacular badges con-
tanning a picture and eulogistic in