The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-02
Administration Turns Eyes
Toward New Jersey Where
Wilson's Friend Fielder Car
RES His Banner.
Bull Moosers Making Great
Efforts to Garry State OF
Massachusetts, --- Pot Boiling
Fearful Brew in New York
City,

! WASHINGTON. Nov. New Jer-
/ sey and assaChusetts furnish the
central points OF interest for the ma
tional political leaders concerned in
+ the elections Of next Tuesday. Special
attention was directed TO New Jersey
+ by President Wilson and his i'm
mediate group of friends.
They hope to keep New Jersey in
line, and are encouraged. so 1t Is re-
ported at the White House, by the
belief that the mosquito State viii
stand by its first president by electng
Governor Fielder for the fun term.
The administration feels that a YER
dict for Fielder win be accepted
broadly throughout the Union as an
endorsement of the Wilson policies,
as expressed in legislation pending,
and passed since March 4th.
Z In Massa chusetts the hopes and
aims of former President Roosevelt
and his associates are at stake. There
their efforts, and in the Bay State
they expect a result that viii be
demonstration of the fact that the
1 Progressive party still has enough life
left in it at least To roll over IN bed
and groan.
g. O. r. Looking On.
Republican leaders are watching
both States, hoping that it viii be
shown that the third party movement
is fizzling out. They are confident
that whether defeat or victory comes
10 them in New Jersey and Massa-
( chusetts. the figures at least win
demonstrate that the Bull Moose
calves, which strayed from the fold in
1912, are coming back inside the cor
rat III the bcttef that past effeHss=
will be forgotten The G. o. F.. lead
ers OF all brands are looking 10 the
congressional election Of 1914, and
hoping that a careful digestion OF the
election figures next Tuesday Will
point the way to regained control
Of the house of representatives.
with former Governor Edward T.
Stokes, acting as the Republican
standard bearer in New Jersey. party
leaders believe that they have more
than an even chance of swinging that
State back into line.
Political wiseacres assert that pro-
Fressive vote of less than 10000 VIII
send Stokes to Trenton in triumph.
Wilson Backs Fielder.
Everything that could possibly be
done by President Wilson to promote
the candidacy Of Mr.. Fielder, has
been done. He has made the Fielder
fight an administration fight. W. J.
Bryan and lesser lights OF the so
called progressive Democracy. have
been sped into New Jersey 10 make
Fielder speeches. Friends Of the presi-
dent insist the defeat Of Fielder would
not mean popular disapproval Of the
administration. The presidents heart
however is set on victory, and de-
feat will cut him deeply.
IassuC husetts' four-Cornered Don
nybrook is more complicated than New
Jerseys triangular contest. Augustus
p. Gardner, the Republican candidate,
doomed up in formidable fashion at
the opening of the campaign Internal
strife in the Republican State COM
Inittee, and Mr.. Gardeners alleged UNI
wisdom in certain of his campaign at
terances, Is believed to have put the
Republican ticket out of the rum
ming The Bull Moose is making a
strong fight. but the advantage would
seem 10 lie with Ldeutenant-Go
Daniel l. Walsh. the Democratic cam
didate.
iected himself into the campaign after
IL was in full swing and who is run
ming as an Independent candidate, Is
expected to draw his support largely
from Walsh, but ii is not believed this
inroad will exceed the cut in the Re-
publican vote forced by Mr.. Bird 8
progressive campaign.
Progressive Has Chance.
The Progressive candidate Is a rich
man. and his organization has money
behind II. He is making c daring
fight, and Is reported to have gained
strength daily There is just q shadow
of a chance that he may slip into Of
flee out of the general confusion and
complication,
when Colonel Roosevelt departed
for South America, ne issued state
ment in which he said that Massa-
chusetts was the only State in which
the result OF the election would give
q fair indication of the strength of the
third party movement AS matter
of fact the colonel does not expect the I
Bull Moose party to make even a
creditable showing anywhere else ex-
cept in Massac husetts and by his pro-
Bird statement he sought to concen- !
trate public attention on the possible !
success of the Bull Moose party in
Massa chusetIs.
AS a result Of the campaign OF
utilization, mud singing, charges Of
Justification and countercharges of
lying, with corruption, bribery. graft
and conspiracy. as the principal OBJ {!
ject of discussion in New York. ma
tional interest in Tuesdays clash be-
tween fusion and Tammany may be
termed news interest. The results
and effect on national affairs of a
Tammany victory. or fusion victory. !
will not be so great as in other States +