Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-19

would run for sheriff of Middlesex
next year. His friends and everyone
in general know him as Barney"
He has a reputation as vote getter,
and his ability lies in his peculiar
aptitude in making friends through
his magnetic smile and winning per-
sonality. He has been and still is a
close friend of the President.
Former Mayor Wittpenn, of Jer-
sey City, is still looking for gas for
his debated political boom in the
shape of some words of support from
President Wilson. For the second
time In two weeks, Wittpenn's lieu
tenants have had an audience with
the President and have asked him
to put in a good word before Witt
penn goes under for the last time,
but he has refused to help. 1t Is
taken from this that Wilson has
abandoned Wittpenn to his fate so
If he gives any support at all ii
will go to Fielder inasmuch as the
6ther candidate, Katzenbach, cannot
dovetail with the Presidents views
on how New Jersey ought to be run.
There is some doubt even of this,
because Fielder has announced that
Assem- blyman Thomas f. Martin, of
Hudson, will manage his campaign,
and it is known that the President
and Martin are not the best of
friends. Many laugh at this, how
ever because they believe that Will
son would not stop to consider per-
sonalities when he realizes that Mar
tin is about as good man as Field
err can get to conduct his campaign.
Then, too, the Fielder Martin alli-
ance will serve another purpose. 1t
will unite the two factions of Demo-
Gratis that took issue on the jury bill.
one headed by Fielder and the other
by Martin This split threatened to
make itself manifest in the primary,
but 1t is believed that Fielder's choice
of Martin as his right-hand man will
heal the breach.
The announcement of Mayor Julian
A, Gregory, of East Orange, that he
would be a candidate for the Demo-
striking parallel to one phase of the
Osborne-Colby situation. Months age
former Senator Colby told Edmund p.
Osborne that he would not run for
the Progressive nomination for Gov
erpor So Mr.. Osborne went ahead
and ran himself. Then. when Mr.. Col
by reconsidered and thought he would
get into the race, too, Mr.. Osborne
called his attention to the fact that
he had assured him only a few weeks
before that he would not run. Assem-
blyman John A. Matthews, who is
also a candidate for the place now
held by James r. Nugent, heard a
day or two ago that Mayor Gregory
was in the race, and he seemed
peeved.
"Only a month ago." said the as.
semblyman, "Mr. Gregory assured ms
that he would not run"
The woodrow Wilson League is go
| ing to take it up. The executive
committee will meet Monday night
to consider the situation. and it is
said that a delegation will be chosen
to ask Mr.. Matthews to withdraw ir
favor of Mayor Gregory.
Judge James f, Mylod has
somewhat ruffied the feelings of
Congressman Kinkead with his
criticism of the latter's choice
of Edward F. Higgins for post
master of Bloomfield. Judge N.Y.
lod thought the appointment of Mr.
Higgins would be recognition Of this
anti Wittpenn influences in Essex
and it seems he had no hesitancy In
| saying so. So, when Congressman
Kinkead heard about it he sat righi
down and dictated a nice little state
ment to the effect that neither Judge
Mylod nor any one else could inject
! factional differences into a fight oil
that sort. The Wilson League al
along has been very active in shelv'
| ing Higgins in favor of James w
! Crisp or George w. Idle.