Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-28

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time Jersey boss and the Jersey City
executor.
With National Committman Rob
ert S. Hudspeth personally In charge
OF the Wittpenn campaign, plans are
being actively prosecuted In behalf
of the Jersey City Mayor. 1t has al
ready been decided hat Mayor Witt
penn shall stump the entire state
early next summer, and particular
! attention Is to be paid to promoting
the Wittpenn cause in South Jersey.
where the Mayor Is not 80 well
known. Mayor Wittpenn controls
nine of the twelve assemblymen from
Hudson county, and he has let 1t be
| known that he proposes to give cor
! dial support personally and through
these assemblymen to the legislative
program of Governor Wilson during
the coming session. This will be a
part of the Wittpeen program to win
the gubernatorial nomination as a
! Democratic Progressive and n op-
posed to the reactionary bosses.
The forces OF former Senator
Smith are not idle and there are evil
dences in the Smith camp of pre-
parations for a most determined on
slaught upon the Wittpenn ranks.
Former Senator Smith has a double
score to pay in fighting the Jersey
City Mayor. Not only is he opposed
to Wittpenn personally for the rea-
son already outlined, but also plans
to attack President-elect Wilson
through the contest against the
! Mayor. Former Senator Smith
shares in the general opinion that
! Mayor Wittpenn IS the cadidate Of
President-elect Wilson for the Gov
ernorship. Governor Wilson refuses
to say a word about the Governor
| ship, but the fact that Hudspeth,
State Treasurer Grosscup and many
other close lieutenants Of the Cover
nor are out for Wfttpenn, empha-
Isles the belief that at the proper
time Governor Wilson will lend his
influence to the nomination of Witt
penn. Upon no other theory can the
/ support Of the Wilson followers be
explained.
Relying upon Governor Wilson for
support in the coming battle, Mayor
Wittpenn's hackers r planning the
organization more or less formally
of the Wittpenn forces all Offer the
state, in order to offset the work
that is being quietly done by the
friends of former Senator Smith. Ii
is the belief at the State House that
the announcement a few days ago
of Sheriff Joseph e. Nowry, of Cam
den, that he will likely enter the
race for the Democratic nomination
for Governor is pleasing to former
Senator Smith. The more candi-
dates to seek the nomination, the
better will Smith be pleased, because
it will devide the vote and make 1t
easier for him to defeat Wittpenn.
The candidates for Governor neXt
September will be chosen at the
open primary, instead of by the old
fashioned state convention method,
and hence, the more candidates, the
greater will the vote be split.
1t is believed that 1t will be the
plan of the Wilson Democrats to con-
centrate upon one candidate as they
did upon William Hughes for the
United States S~enatorship, to the ex-
clusion of former Judge Westcott, OF
Camden, and Senator Gebhardt, OF
Hunterdon. The outlook now is thai
this concentration will be upor
Mayor Wittpenn. One of the May
or's close political friends who was
at the State House declared that the
present prospects for his nomina'
ton we're very bright. Nationa
Committeeman Hudspeth declares
that Wittpenn will be nominated
and State Chairman Grosscup sayi
the same thing.
Whether or not later develop
ments shall show that former Sena
tor Smith, Nugent, Charles H. Gala
CHER, Of this city, and the other en-
emies of Governor Wilson, are back
ing Frank S. Katzenbach. Jr., of thi
city, as the Wilson, Anti-W1tt
penn candidate, it may be marked
down as certain that they will ieav
no stone unturned to put Mayo
, Wittpenn into the discard.