Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12
W|TTPENN SHOULD
WITHDRAW, JERSEY
congressman SAY
Mayor Said to Have No Chance
of Landing Gov
ernOrship.
WILSONiTES LIKELY NOW
TO UNITE ON FIELDER
Even Friends Admit Double De-
feat Sealed Doom of Jer-
sey City Man.
Star Bureau,
NFatraaotifan National Rank Bldg,

Metropolitan National Bank btugD
WASHINGTON, June IL.
q There is a good deal of speculation
going on here just now as to the
possible effect of the Jersey City
election upon the candidacy of Mayor
Otto Wittpenn for the Democratic
material nomination. While no.
body is saying so openly, a number OF
members of the congressional dele
cation are of the opinion that Witt
penn ought TO Withdraw from the pri-
mary fight. This opinion is held by
a number of Wilson Democrats here
who up to the present time have been
either -committal or have been
Nittpenn supporters.
The announcement a few days ago
that Congressman William e. futile
has declared himself for Governor
Fielder in the primary fight, followed
close onto the heels of two visits OF
futile to the White House, where ne
talked with both the President and
Secretary Tumulty. While the con-
pressman denies that his action was
accustomed by any White House in
Huence, or that either the President
or Tumulty expressed themselves as
favoring any candidate over Others
there is a general belief here among
Jerseymen that Mr.. futile at least
assured himself that his action would
not be considered unfriendly to the
administration, before he declared Tor
Fielder.
Wilson Not Disappointed.
While President Wilson has refused
to make any statement as TO the out
come of the Jersey City election, ne
has made it very plain to callers that
he does not feel at all disappointed
over the results. One of the points
upon which the President and other
supporters of commission government
have dwelt with most emphasis, has
been the assertion that the npn-par-
tisan ballot and elimination contest
makes 1t impossible for any polltl-
clan, machine or organization, TO
stack the cards or control results IN
a commission government election. 1t
is pointed out that the result in Jer-
sey City bears out fully this aftirma-
ton.
( II is generally believed here. and
conceded even by Wittpenn's friends,
that his double defeat in Jersey CITY,
first in the adoption of commission
government, to which he is believed
to have been secretly opposed, and
now in the defeat of his "ticket" for
commissioners. goes far to weaken his
gubernatorial candidacy, If = does
not eliminate him as a serious fac
tor in the fight. Nobody here would
be surprised to hear Of his with
drawal from the primary contest.
May Combine for Fielder.
1t has been known for some time
that while the President declared he
did not intend to take sides in the
gubernatorial fight he is opposed to
the candidacy of Frank Katzenbach,
jr. In fact, representatives of both
Fielder and Wittpenn, who have
been in Washington recently, have
expressed the fear that if both men
continued in the race the result would
be to nominate Katzenbach. The
real reason for the defeat of the
second choice primary law urged by
the President, 1t is also known. was
the fear of both Wittpenn and Held
er supporters that Katzenbach would
be nominated by second choice votes,
II the bill was passed.
Regardless of the differences of
opinion and utilization of the So