Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-15
W|TTPENN'S SHIFT
PERMITS FIELDER
FULL PARTY RULE
Naming OF ex-Jersey City May
or for Federal Berth Re-
fleets Party Changes.
Special TO the Newark star.l

TRENTON. Nov. 15.-There NAV no
A new shuttle of cards ,r connactJo,1
with the organization of the House
of Assembly should former Mavor "a
Otto, Wittpenn. of Jersey City ac-
cept the post of naval officer of cus-
toms for the port of New York which
has been rendered him bv President
Wilson. and thereby transfer hinoself
from the scene OF. New Jersey poIIticaI
activities.
That. at least. Is the view taken
OF the situation here since vestardav
when the fact that the big nosition
was Wittpenn's for the accepting was
made public.
Others look at the proposition from
q different viewpoint. They reason
that the cards were stacked well in
advance and predict that what was
TO be will be. come willy nilly.
Remembering Past FaSOrs.
That President Wilson was anxious
10 place Wittpenn ucra tivelv and
congenially in return for mast favors
has always been taken for granted
but since 1t is known of ALI men that
Jersey City's former mayor is hot
on the trail of the Democratic guber-
material nomination In 1916 n was
not considered likely that he would
ACCEPT any position that would take
him out of the running, or in any de-
gree weaken his working opportu-
mites. With President Wilson up for
reelection and a strong candidate
for United States senator on the
ticket. the prospects of the guberna-
torial nominee would be greatly in
creased. All this provided that the
national ana state administrations of
aInS Eeli9cra's hao struck 4 popular
cIDro. 9,,, p.,4,a,, ,.
Ino inuSiusn., s,1 acSoluitie 70 an .t au-
" f'1S r W. ittnnnn me te ,ha 9om,na',o,. snta eor
ol MI. Wtl'penn 10 me senate Iot
conirmation next Monday Witt
penn, Wnlie aeiulellns .liat tne ap-
poliienlen' lao peen oetluSTeu mn,
ueciareu 'ilal ne was nolulns the
iilatter u '~Seep'anSe ~ ulioer auN use
% llieht fie pioposSu 70 ascei va - II =
wne.hel s,a' "a , noe me uueles Vi Tue
oliics Woulo i,tiiiipeu nun III any way,
so lar as ms poiitlcal iuCure anu
ahpitlohs were concerned. re VIII
Ieel III pet,er iiioou 20 ahs"e, @ ques-
alohs WIN 'has ns don nno"ieose. me Vi I.
nee pays so''oo year, Dnt
WI NI.Veeiah 1,I1 no. thoIous n n
~ .. Nm 'iiei 'sl
apout n Iesehue Gut.eI soou
part OF tne liille' or wheener ne WIN
pc coopeo up IN an once puliulhg III
Brooklyn OF manhaItah auultlhg ac-
counts part OF Ine Ilihe ieaVlng no
opportunity 10 Keep III eoucll VIII
his FORCES and interests IN jersey
CITY Hudson county ano the rest OF
New Jersey
Tnmuity ON the job.
Wittpenn lis to succeed r. II. j.
Kracke. who sent his resignation as
naval officer to the secretary of the
treasury on Thursday last. Secre-
tary Red6eld. of the commerce de-
nartment. is said to have recom-
toanded tbe apnointment of wittnenn
and maj Tinted states SenatoT
0'S.orman concurred
Roth at first demurred RedfeId
boine RroojxIvn man felt that n
RrooIslvnite should get the berth.
president Wilson's priyata secretary,
Toseph p. Tumulty, so the story goes,
Induced Senator O'Gorman to look
ON the Wittpenn idea with favor,
pofntine out that with the latter
placed. the New Jersey political
field would be left free and clear for
Governor James r. Fielder's opera
tons.
strictly, it is held In some quarters