New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-23
BULL MOOSE IN JERSEY
SHUT OUT BY OWN LAW
Can't Vote at Primaries Unless
Test Case at Opening OF
Polls FaVOrS Them.
FIELDER SURE HE'LL WIN
His Opponent Is Just as Conf
dent, While Republicans Look
for Victory-Fight Ends
Long After Bedtime.

Unless n friendly Judge interferes'
large number of New Jersey Progressives.
including George l.. Record, Will not De
permitted to take part In their own prl-
maries to-day. and as result the Pro-
gressive leaders were up In the air last
night. as under these circumstances the
Progressive vote in the primaries VIII De
comparatively small.
The Geran primary law, which was
drafted by Mr.. Record is responsible Tor
the dilemma Of the Progressives, In that
It provides that no person who has voted
at the last primary election OF one party
shall be allowed TO vote at the primary
election of another political party the
following year" Most of the Progress
sives voted I'm the Republican primaries
last year. and because of this they are
disqualified from voting at any other pri-
maries. even their own, tomorrow.
In Hudson and Essex counties. the Pro-
gressive strongholds. the county election
boards have issued orders to the election
officers that the provisions of the law De
carried out The Progressives Will be es-
pecially hard hit in Hudson, as last fali
nearly all the Progressives voted In the
Republican box a deal having been ar
ranged with the Republican machine oy
Mr.. Record as TO what candidates were
TO be named.
So far as Hudson County is concerned
the question was settled by Supreme
Court Justice Swayze. and neither MI
Record nor any of his followers VINO
voted in the Republican box last ran VIII
be pernktted to participate IN the fro-
cressive primaries to-day. Late yester-
day afternoon Justice Swayze sustained
this INTERPRETATION of the primary Ia"
when appealed to by Thomas Haisn''
counsel for Hudson County
The Progressives in Essex do not in
tend that they shall be shut out of their
own primaries without a fight lheE
have arranged to have Progressive VINO
voted i'm the Republican primaries Ias'
wear to attempt to vote early to-day III
the Progressive box. If he is challenged
his case will be taken at once before
Judge for speedy decision
The indications are that to-da! PR
maries will be comparatively tame except
In Hudson County. where the Democrats
have a contest on their hands which Is
co bitter that it is believed that blood
NAV he shed. 1t is a fight for supremacy
among the Wittpenn. the Egan-Kinkead
an dthe courthouse factions. and the re-
suit will practically determine VINO VIII
be the Democratic boss of the county
There is also bitter fight in Hoboken'
where the independent Democrats are
irving to dethrone Paddy Griffin, Tor
Years the Democratic boss of the city.
Griffin got a setback yesterday when
Judge Tenant, i'm Jersey City, dismissed
the entire election board in Grifiin's owl,
district. the first OF the LIST Ward. be-
cause Of its refusal TO turn over the
registry list for inspection. Grifiins OPP
moments believe that colonizing and pad
ding had been. practised, and tried IN
vain 10 get the books to investigate.
Most of the eight candidates for Gov
ernor kept up their fight until after bed
time last night and each appeared con-
fdent of success. Mr.. Fielder, President
Wilson's candidate. claimed he would
win by $1,000 while the friends Of Mr.
Katzenbach. his opponent declared he
would win 10y more than 10000 Friends
of Ex-Governor Stokes were confident that
he would win the Republican nomination
while the supporters of Senator {. b
Pierce were equally confident. Ex-Sena-
tor Everett Colby. according to his sup
porters. will win the Progressive nomina'
ton from Edmund y. Osborne.
Senator Carlton Il. Pierce. one of tho
Republican candidates for Governor. in
his closing statement last night. declared
that IL he is nominated the need Of a
third party in New jersey will disap-
pear.
MY candidacy has been directed to the
general body Of the Republican party.
he said. I'VE can succeed az the NOvem-
her election. but to do so we must win
back a substantial part OF the Progress
sives and Independents who left us a year
ago In my judgment. we can do this
only by presenting issues to which they
can rally. have offered platform sug-
costing such issues.
Two of the planks, grade crossings
and equalization of tax assessments, are
already state issues. In tax matters, In
which there is wide interest at the mo-
ment because of increasing tax rates all
the reform bills offered by the Tax Com
mission, except the map bill, were de-
feated.
"All these issues-grade crossings, the
equalization of tax assessments, the bank
stock tax, ndeterminate franchise and
jury reform-appeal strongly to Progress
sives and Republicans alike The body
OF the Republican party is progressive
and does not differ in thought from the
body OF the Progressives. Should the is
sues l have submitted be Endorsed by Re
publican votes in the primary, believe
they would attract the independent vote
OF the state, because inherently right, and
we could go forward regenerated, sue
cessful party"
The primaries will be open from l TO 9
p. m, and the voters must first register
for the general election. There will be
four boxes-Democratic. Republican. Pro-
gressive and Socalist-the last two for
the first time.