New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
DEMOCRATS MAY NAME
TUMULN FOR GOVERNOR
Wittpenn-FieIder Fight Forces
Move to Keep Smith
Nugent Ring Out.
WOULD INSURE WILSON AID
Leaders Believe if Secretary
Were Named the President
Might Take Stump
for Him.
LBy telegraph to The Tribune.

Trenton. y. j.. April 20.-Joseph r.
Tumuty. private secretary to President
Wilson. may pe the Democratic candidate
for Governor Of New Jersey this fall II
the plans Of some Of the Presidents warm
friends in that state do not go astray.
Not that Mr. Tumulty is seeking the
nomination. because he has not given .
minutes thought 10 the suggestion. But
conditions in the ranks of the Wilson sup
portcrs i'm New Jersey have become so
snarled and twisted because of the candi-
dacies of Governor Fielder and Mayor
Nittpenn that the Presidents friends are
beginning to talk of third man as q
compromise candidate so that united
front can be presented at the coming pri-
maries 10 the Smith-Nugent machine,
which is behind the candidacy Of Frank
8. katzonbach.
At the recent primaries for United
States Senator the Smith forces showed
unlocked for strength. and the Wilson men
freely admit now that if they have two
| candidates in the field the chances Of sue
cess for either Of item is comparatively
small Thus II IS that the name Of Mr..
Tumulty is now beirs suggested.
No word has as yet come from tho
White House as to which Of the two can
d:dates already In the field is favored, and
II is pretty safe prediction that no in
dorsement will be coming for Ions
time. if any comes at all OF course. u
Tumulty were the Wilson candidate ut the
primaries sthere would not be any doub,
as To where the President stood, because
il is generally understood that Mr.. VIII
sons affection for his secretary is 50
great that he would come TO New Jersey
and make a number Of speeches i'm his
behalf
Both Governor Fielder and Mayor Witt
penn. according to their friends. are in
the race for the nomination TO stay. II
they were the only candidates there would
not be much doubt as To Mr.. Ficlder's
success. But both Of them are Wilson
men. and IT seems like a foregone con-
clusion that If they both persist I'm stay
ing IN the fight Mr. Katzenbach. the can
didate Of the Smith machine. will not have
t. neht very hard 10 win the nomination
In the near future delegation Of tn,
Presidents friends are going 10 Wash
incton to urge Mr. Tumulty 70 become a
candidate FOR the Democratic nomination
for Governor They intend 10 point out
90 him and 10 the President also that UNI
less a compromise candidate IS selected
the smith ugent machine will come back
into power
Whether or not Mr.. Tumulty could be
induced 10 become the Democratic candi-
date FOR Governor IS problemaucal. be-
cause he hasn't given any thought TO the
subject. but his friends say that n he
| could have the united support OF all tho
Wilson men in New Jersey ne might be
induced To- be- candidate al the coming
primaries.
one OF the interesting developments on
the Republican side Is tic change OF
heart on the part Of Ex-Governor T.. g.
Stokes. To To- three weeks ago Mr.
Stokes asserted somewhat streuu0usly
that hc would not accept the Republican
nomination for Governor. Since then.
however. tho former Governor has taken
sail 10 Panama AMI back. and the sea
air has so stimulated him that he has
now become a receptive candidate Oi
course he isn't seeking tho nomination
but II the Republicans OF New Jersey
think that h. can win for them. why. OF
course. ne would consider it a duty u
accept