Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-15
REGULARS OUT
AGAINST HERD
Republican Legislative Tic
ket in State is Debatabfe.
(From tho NEWS corres,ondent.)

NPfoW tHO NHp ~ CO1TO0pcHuoRt'J
Trenton, Aug. 14:-While the
regular Republican leaders Of the
state are preparing for a red-hot bat
tie with the extremists among the
Progressives, a movement Is under
way to enlist under the Regular ban
ner as many "Progressives with the
brakes on as possible, in order to
strengthen the %stand-pat ticket and
at the same time weaken hte Bull
Moose cause. This Is particularly
true of the legislative ticket and
special emphasis Is being laid upon
the proposition in four counties in
which state senators are to be elect
ed. The stalwart Republicans, In or
der to maintain their majority in the
state senate, must elect at least four
out of the six senators who are to be
chosen In November. Two of the
counties in which senators will be
elected are Democratic and with Gov
! ernor Wilson running for the Presi-
publicans to endeavor to elect their
senators in them. These counties are
Hunterdon and Sussex.
In the other four counties the
regular leaders are quietly and per-
SlSIcIIly az WOl III luo pldh ~ l.
nate a ticket which will command the
Progressive vote. For example, in
Cape May county 1t is understood
that the proposition Is to be put
ert B. Hand retire this year and
semblyman Louis M. Crosse. Sena-
t0r IJo-J {o n roo,,1o~ re %hn roo,11o 70
and has always been 30, while
Crosse Is more or less Of an indie
pendent and has headed a faction
which frequently has fought bitterly
against Senator Hand and his follow
ers. 1t is the hope of the Regular
leaders that by uniting upon Creese
as the senatorial candidate they will
harmonic Republican party differ
ences in the county and thus practic-
ally spike the guns of the Progress
ives.
In Burlington county, another Re-
publican bailiWick which chooses a
senator in November, 1t has practic-
Blanchard E. White shall be the can
didate for senator on the Regular
ticket, while as a concession to the
independents Ill Lie pdl ~ IL 10 hAoAO
than likely that Harold K. Wells, a
young lawyer of Bordentown, will be
| given the nomination for the assem-
bly,. Mr.. Wells Is quite Progressive
in his political beliefs and in the last
two or three campaigns has fought
the Regular party leaders In his
county. Also he favors local option.
Strong pressure is being brought
| ~ haor IN MiIIlooov oOJ1ntU IN nro-
vail upon Assemblyman joni r. Ten
Brock, Of Perth Amboy, to accept
the Regular Republican nomination
for state senator. The nomination
was offered to Mr.. Ten Brock some
time ago. but his inclination was then
to decline to run, partly owing, 1t Is
said, to the fact that his employer
| did not wish him to continue actively
in politics. The Regular party lead
ers, however, look upon Ten Brock
as just the man for their ticket In
Middlesex, as he has a clean cut,
square record, is independent and has
| other qualities which would COM
mend him to the Progressive voters.
Besides all this, last year he ran
more than 500 votes ahead OF his
ticket and was the only Republican
assemblyman elected In Middlesex
county.
Speaker Thomas F. McCran will be
the Regular Republican candidate for
the senate in Passaic county. While
Mr.. McCran is in the Regular camp
and has some stand-pat character
i~stics, he has shown some 1ndepand-
ence of real machine methods and
this, combined with his a~ll-round
ability as a law maker is deemed by
the Regular state party leaders to
make him the strongest possible can
didate in his county. They figure that
Mr.. McCran's strength will be such
that he can win the Passaic county
s%enatorship even II the P~rogressives
make a nomination against him.
In the Democratic counties of Hun
terdon and Sussex the Regular can
! didates have not yet been picked. 1t
was said today that men of strength
will be selected in these counties,
too, in the hope Of cutting down the
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