Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-23
TRICksTERS, HARD
PRESSED, RESORT
TO PETIT LARCENY
Petitions Supporting Former
Senator Smith Are Stolen
in Morris County.
Especial to the Newark star.l

o5oiAlnl lOl iIlCI OnllpN
States Senator James Smith, jr., have
come to light in the progress OF a fight
by w~ell-known citizens of Morris
County for the return of the former
Senator to the United States Senate
The men carrying on the fight, chief
Of whom is DR.. Ridner, of Morristown
made public yesterday the fact tina,
petitions which they had circulated In
Morristown, which had been half-flled
with the names OF enthusiastic sup
porters of Mr.. Smith, had been stoler
Friday, and no trace Of them has beer
found.
Figures show Results.
DR.. Ridner yesterday afternoon gave
r representative of the STAR the fol-
lowing figures. which show the result
Ut the brief campaign he and many dis
Interested men of Norris County oil
both political parties have Just com
pleted. In Wharton and one voting
district of Dover thirteen voters ex-
pressed their preference for Mr.. Mar
tine at the primaries, While DR.. Rid
ner's petition showed within a few
hours seventy-siX names, q majority
of sixty-three for Mr.. Smith. The fig
ures in the other voting districts can
vassed are as follows: Madison, 12f
for MARITIME, 17S for Mr.. Smith; Chat
ham, for MARITIME, 20; for Mr.. Smith, TO-
Morristown (not including the stolen
petitions), petition for Mr.. Smith, 381
MARITIME primary vote, AZ; Mendham,
for Mr.. MARITIME, 8; for Mr.. Smith, SO;
Boonton. z for Mr.. MARITIME, 146 for Mr.
Smith, and in Butler, 145 for Mr.. Smith
against 1 for Governor Wilson'S candi-
date. The list totals 22s primary voice
for Mr.. MARITIME and 1908 names on the
petitions for Mr.. Smith.
Urged to Support Mr.. Smith.
The petitions are addressed to State
Senator Richard Fitzherbert and AS
semblyman Eugene 8. Burke and
Albert Bum and strongly urge that
they support by their votes the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Smith. 1t was claimed by
some Of the MARITIME supporters that in
these places the sentiment was strongly
in favor OF Mr.. MARITIME. That h re-
verse is true, is proven by the enthusi-
astio support accorded the petition. In
Morristown, the county seat and the
home of Assemblyman Burke, Mr.. Mar
tine received at the primaries the
total of AZ votes. while the
petition. favoring Mr.. Smith, and In
circulation but a few hours, was
heartily Endorsed by Bel voters and II
was urged by many of the signers that
if the petition was left there for forty
eight hours it would be signed by sew
eral thousands. There are forty-seven
polling places in Morris County. and In
all these forty-seven polling districts
Mr.. MARITIME received only GIT votes
Although the petition in favor of Mr..
Smith was circulated for only a few
hours and in only eight of these dis
tricts. 1t was quickly Endorsed by more
thar 1000 voters.
Several prominent Democrats assert
that whatever MARITIME sentiment exists
in the county has been manufactured
for Interior and selfish motives by de-
signing men seeking political appoint
ments, and there is much basis for such
belief.
Doctor Ridner, a lifelong resident OF
the county, added;
"I have recently been over the en-
tire county and I find everywhere a
strong anti MARITIME sentiment. while
on the other hand those that I have in
terviewed are wholly in favor of Mr..
Smiths return to the United States
Senate. feeling thai he is eminently
more fitted for the office than an mex
perienced and untried man. The intel
ligent voter of Morris County has
rightly pointed out that New Jersey is
an industrial State and that its indus
tries should be intelligently protected
by an experienced representative in the
United States Senate.
A "One-Mnn Candidate"
without wishing In any way to cast
any reflections upon the ability of Mr..
Smiths opponent for the same office
many of the voters of Morris County
have expressed the opinion that Mar
tine is a one mans candidate and
that he does not measure up to the
standard of the office which he is seek
ing. Other Democrats, who have for
years voted and worked for the ticket,
have told me that Mr.. Marines views
on political questions are too radical
and unsafe; that they prefer to take
no chances"
In regard to the petition circulated
indorsing Mr.. Smith, DR.. Ridner said
that it met with instantaneous favor
Many of the voters pointed out that
a large part Of Morris County is COM
posed of farming districts and that
Mr.. MARITIME is a free trader and a
'silverite' and that 1t would work ir-
reparable harm to them If a man with
such ideas as possessed by Mr.. MARITIME
were elected to the United States SEN
ate. That he is not the popular can
didate is proven, they state, by the
small primary vote given him as COM
pared to the thousands of Democratic
votes cast throughout the county on
election day for the candidates for even
the smaller county offices.
Past Services Recalled.
The doctor stated further that many
of the more prominent Democratic
leaders had told him personally that
former Senator Smith ought to receive
the support of the entire Democratic
party in the State; that he had done
more for the party in this State than
any other man; that during the lean
years" it was he that kept the party
together, not only by large contribu-
lions of money from his private means.
but by his encouragement, advice and
not the least, his two newspapers. to
which were largely due the Democratic
return to power after so many years.
1t is now confidently stated that Sen
ator FitZherbert and A~ssemblymen
Burke and Bum will unanimously CO.
incide with the wishes of the sigiers