Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-29
REPUBLICANS
SEE A LIGHT
Politicians Think They Can
Carry Essex County.

Trenton, May 29:-Close students of
politics in the state are of the opinion
that Governor Wilson will not have the
support of a Democratic house and of a
Republican senate, the latter through
the assistance of four Republicans sena-
tors, President Alderman and Senators
Bradley, Of Camden; Frelinghuysen, of
Somerset and Prince, of Passaic.
Now there are but first summer fig
ures, but this is how they figure: In
the first place these observers say that
Essex county Republicans will name
Colonel Austen Colgate, the we'll known
"New Idea" man, for senator, and
profiting by past experiences, will see
to it that the organization in that coun-
ty will support a ticket of clean regular
and "New Idea' men composed of
equal parts, of six each, and men that
both sides to the political problem will
vote for. That means the elimination
of boss control of the delegation en-
tirely.
Against this sort of a ticket upon
the Republican side will be opposed the
Democrats who stood by Governor Will
son in the Essex delegation, men for
whom he promised to go out and fight
this fall, and that means the nomina-
tion of Senator Harry Osborne upon the
progressive Democratic ticket. Osborne
will have the bitter opposition of for
mer United States Senator Smith and
Smith is still in power in the Essex
organization, a fact which the Smith
men in the legislature took into con-
sideration when they stood out against
Wilson to the last.
The Republican thinkers are of the
opinion that Smith can be depended
upon to see that no Essex Democratic
delegation he does not approve of gets
to the Legislature and-that means his
active or passive help to elect the Re-
publican tickets in Essex. But the Re
publicans must put up decent and I'M
pledged men to win out in the fight.
1t is no secret that the Republicans
can land their men in this county of
Mercer, where the Democratic rule in
Trenton has produced nothing but wide
spread dissatisfaction, even the friends
of the Democratic councilmen being out
to turn them down at once for commits
sion form of government.
Down in Gloucester the getting to-
gether of the factions controlled by
Loudenslager and Avis means the re-
turn of that county to the Republican
column, and the effect of this will bene-
fit all of the South Jersey counties.
The Geran election law is not liked in
South Jersey, but the effect of the dis
like cannot be foretold until it is tried
at the primaries.
"As goes Essex, so goes the state, y
has for many years been a political
barometer test, and the good news the
Republicans tell themselves from Es-
sex has encouraged the party all over
the state to work for the nomination of
good and clean men, so that the party
may be rehabilitated and go to the
polls in the fall with a solid front to
the enemy the enemy being sadly divid-
ed, although Governor Wilson hiss most
of the enemy in his vest pocket.
The Republicans feel that they must !
do their share towards stopping the
presidential boom of Wilson, although
the opinion is expressed here that the
boom has been born too soon, and is
already on the wane, as students of
government study conditions in Jersey
and see that his success came from
both parties being pledged to the same
things, and the lending of their aid by
a few Republican senators to fads the
government wanted, such as the Geran
law, in return for private re
venge upon political enemies.