Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-07-07
Governor Fielder Busy Get
ting Acquainted" in South
Jersey Much Enthusiasm.
PRINCE IN THE RACE
Former President of Senate
After Republican Nomination
MAY Affect Colby's Chances
speofar TO the EVENING NEws

speoioI TO the EVENING NEWs
Trenton, July 7:-Despite the fact
that it is yet early in the campaign,
| Governor Fielder is actively hustling
for votes, giving all the time he can
spare from the executive and private
duties to his quest for ballots. He
| will spend part of this week in
| Gloucester county and will tour the
entire county. The governor is de-
voting much time to South Jersey,
where he is less known than in the
northern section of the state.
| Tonight Governor Fielder will in
| wade the territory of former United
States Senator James Smith, Jr. He
will be the guest of the West End
Democratic Club at Irvington, Essex
county, and will speak.
| Ocean county was the governors
campaigning ground Saturday. While
the governor was looking after his
political fences, Mrs. Fielder, his
wife, was enjoying a yachting trip on
| Barnegat bay. She was the guest,
with others, of Ernest Napier, presi-
dent of the State Fish and Game
Commission. One of the party was
former Governor Franklin Murphy,
of Newark,
Governor Fielder spoke to more
than 1000 people at Toms River and
was given an ovation. Later at
reception he shook hands with hun
| dreds of voters. He was the guest
of former State Senator George G..
Low, now chief of the State Bureau
of Statistics.
| Notwithstanding former Mayor
Wittpenn, of Jersey City, has fol-
lowing in Ocean, Governor Fielder
was assured that he would be given
a majority over Wittpenn. The
| Wittpenn men will not concede this,
| however.
| The Wittpenn fight in the county
is being directed by Prosecutor Harry
| Newman, former assemblyman, who
was made prosecutor by Governor
Wilson; Surrogate Otto Thompson
and DR., Joshua Hilljard, of Tucker
| ton.
One of the chief Fielder lieuten-
ants is Judge David A. Veeder, chair
man OF the Democratic county COM
mittee, who was appointed TO the
bench of the new Ocean county dis
trict court by Governor Fielder,
Prince in the Race.
DR.. John d. Prince, of Passaic
county, former president of the SEN
ate and acting governor for a good
| part of 1912 when Woodrod Wilson,
as governor, was travelling over the
country seeking the presidential nom
| nation, is candidate for governor
on the Republican ticket. He has
confided this information to some of
his friends and public declaration
| from him announcing his candidacy
| is looked for soon. Former Senator
Prince has been talked of for COVER
nor, but this is the first announce
ment that he will enter the Republi-
can contest.
DR.. Prince is professor in Column
bia University, New York City. He
was member of the New Jersey
assembly from Passaic county in
1905, 1908 and 1909. He was speak
er during the last year. He was
elected to the senate in 1909, begin
ming his three-year term in January,
1910. In 1911 he was Republican
leader in the senate and the follow
ing year was further honored by be-
ing made president.
Former Senator Prince all through
his legislative career was noted for
his independence. He displayed pro-
gressive tendencies, but never desert
ed the Republican party. This being
so, his friends declare that he is an
ideal candidate for the Republicans
in the present divided condition of
the camp. They maintain that he is
not tainted with any boss rule, which
former Governor Hadley, of Missouri, |
in his Jersey speeches declared was
the only bone of contention between
the ProgressiVes and the Republi- |
cans, and therefore cannot be objec- |
tionable to the former. His progress
sive record in the legislature should |
further commend him to the Progress
sives, his friends say. 1t is claimed, |
therefore, that DR.. Prince would |
command support from both Repub-
licans and Progressives and would be
candidate in whose interest both |
factions would consistently amalga-
mate.
May Prevent Getting Together.
The announcement that Dr.. Prince
is a candidate adds interest to the |
Progressive-R Republican campaign,
With the hats of former Senator
Everett Colby and Edmund B.
Osborne both in the ring for the Pro-
gressive nomination, there is sure to
be red hot primary fight in this
camp. There has been some talk that
the Republicans might also nominate
ex-senator Colby as a means of get
ting together, but the announcement
of DR.. Prince may change this pro-
gram. At any rate, there will be in
teresting developments in the pri-
mary fight during the next few
weeks.