Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-08
WITTPENN SEEKS
FOR WILSON FAVOR
wrenches Assembly TEST
Vote" to Spell Success for
Administration Jury Bill.

TRENTON, n. j., May S.--Another
Of what is considered to be Mayor
II. otto wittpenn's daily open bids
Tor the support Of President Wilson
in the fast-waning Wittpenn cam
paign for the Gubernatorial nomina-
ton was issued yesterday in the form
of a statement exuding confidence
that the latest jury bill-the chan
celior-sheriff commissioner measure
would unquestionably be enacted by
4he special session OF the Legislature.
IN the statement the Jersey City
MAYOR. who is soon going out of office
because the voters of that city were
tired of his administration and de-
cided to try commission government
rs possible remedy declares that
at is the plain duty of every con-
scientious Democrat to vote for TINS
bill.r There are Democrats VINO sun
have the courage to believe that, just
because President Wilson wants the
BIZ passed in order to cover up IN
a measure his defeat in falling TO
have a Judge made jury bill passed.
ana because it is desired by Mayor
Wittpenn for political reasons, they
can well vote against it and not lose
any of their conscientiousness.
Mayor Wittpenn states further that
the chancellor bill is the only one
tbat has a chance to pass. 1t IS ad-
noitted by the Wilson forces that TINS
contention is based largely on two
votes taken Tuesday in the AS
aennbly. by which the proposition not
10 consider any other bills than those
having to do with the three subjects
Tor which the session was called, eA-
cent bv unanimous consent, Won by
votes of 30 to "a and 20 TO %. That
these two polls should be CONSIDERED
a. test votes. resulting in favor OF the
: wilson Jury bill Is regarded as peinS
a., entirely unwarranted conclusion.
II Is argued that there are any num-
Der Of Democratic Assemblymen VINO
could believe that for several reasons
the session should not act on any
hills other than those dealing win
the subjects mentioned in the cal ana
could vote that way without intend
ing to express favor or disfaVor LOT
tho chancellor bill.
It was noticed that six Republicans
voted in the affirmative on TINS
nronosition and that without their
Aid the Democrats would have had
only twenty-four affirmative votes.
The significant fact is pointed out
that the Republicans had only an hour
or SO previously resolved to support
only the Read Circuit Court jury BILL
and that the contention that the votes
could in any way be regarded as test
noIls involves the accusation that the
Rep,,blicans had Immediately turned
about on their caucus decision ana
gone over to the Wilson forces. 1t Is
believed, therefore, that what the
vote did mean. so far as Republicans
were concerned. was that they simply
desired TO have the special session
confined to the three subjects OF jury
reform. constitutional convention and
small freebooter boards legislation.
The Republicans were firm during the
dav in their statements that they
were not intending TO aid the Demo-
Gratis. and to say they had so sud
denly chane 2 he. r sElntls
as preposterous.
If. on the other hand, the suppo-
sitjou is made that the vote was a
test of the way the vote is going on
the chancellor jury bill, there must
then be taken into consideration the
statement of the Wilson forces that
already they have enough Demo-
cratic votes to pass it. Granting
that Yesterdays vote was test vote,
It showed only twenty-four Demo-
Gratis In the affirmative, and that is
seven less than the constitutional
number necessary to pass any bill In
the House.
There was no change today in the
belief of those who are opposed to
the chancellor bill that it will be i'm
possible to get 1t through