Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-24

| GAS the county committee resolu-
tions will be published today it is
fitting that the public know all about
them so that they may be given their
proper value.
"At meeting of the county COM
mittee, at which 5 out of II were
present, some holding proxies, and
by vote which not majority of all
the members, Mr.. Wittpenn was rec
commended to the Middlesex voters.
| About week ago some mystic
rious force inspired the chairman to
call the county committee together.
! We're the Democrats of the county
| looking for instructions or enlight-
ment about a gubernator1al primary
to be held next September.
| mo! Certain politicians were
about to pay their debts. Wittpenn
| helped Senator Hughes, and Hughes,
| through Scully, must help Wittpenn.
| Crater claims to control Monmouth
County, which is part OF Scully's
district. If Scully wants Crater's
help, Scully must be for Wittpenn.
| So Scully goes to work. Judge DAILY
draws the resolution and lays the
plans. The resolution is handed to
the Surrogate, who gets Cranbury
member to offer 1t, so the people
would get the impression that the
inspiration came from Cranbury.
'Mr. Cannon and Mr.. Hagerty
then start the round up The tel
ephone gets to work; men are sent
| for and orders go out
"When the committeeman are seen
the words goes out that the organ1za
ton wants Wittpenn.' And pray,
who Is the organization? Why
Scully, Daily and Cannon. They tell
| the committee what to do, and then
| the committee tells the voters what
| to do.
Have the Democratic voters ask
ed the Triumvirate for advice or in
-ctions? Have the voters request
red the county committee to recon-
mend some gubernatorial candidate
to them? Then why the dictation?
Zone speaker at the meeting said
, the endorsement should be made, so
that the ignorant Democratic voters
might know how to vote. The die
tators will learn that the Demo
cratic voters are not so ignorant,
and that they do not need to be told
who they must vote for.
Independent members of the COM
mittee arose to protest against die
tation, and the fact that the resolu
tion was passed by less than ma
jority of the whole committee, shows
that there are many committeeman
who resent this dictation.
without the Federal patronage
the resolutions could not have pass
ed Those most anxious to pass the
resolutions, were men whose names
have been mentioned for postmas-
ters, collectors of the port and other
Federal positions. Men who felt
they would have no chance II they
incurred the enmity Of the congress
men, And so Federal patronage
makes gubernatorial candidates. II
Governor Wilson could only have wit
messed the scene.
"The argument was also publicly
used that President Wilson wants
Wtttpenn, when 1t was shown that
the President had never SO stated.
The President would not presume to
dictate to the voters, but he will In
sist, as he has right to and should,
that the next Democratic Governor
be a man who will continue the pro-
BreSSlVe pOllcles.
1--WE have primary law upon
which we pride ourselves. We as
sumo to think that each voter can
go to the primary and in thep rtvacy
of the booth, express his free choice.
"If this is so what right has Demo-
cratic County Committee under the
inspiration of three men to dicate to
the voters what they shall do? What
right has the Democratic organiza-
| tion to select one Of several primary
candidates? It's function Is tc get
behind the man who is nominated,
not to dictate the nomination. The
very reason for the passage Of the
primary law, was so that the people
| could select their own candidates and
not have them selected by Bosses for
| them.
II am not saying anything now,
that did not say openly at the meet
| ing on Saturday, neither would l say
| anything against any of these men
| personally, but their political conduct
| Is subject to proper comment.
1.-THE Democratic Party in this
| county is approaching a crisis:
1.-The Republican party in the
county went to pieces as soon as the
| people realized that one man was
| debating the nominations and con-
trolling the elections.
| "The Democratic party will reach
the same point, and that in very
short order, II these three Bosses as
sumo to further tell the Democratic
voters what they must do.
| mo one could, or would object, to
individual persuasion by these men,
In behalf of any candidate, that Is
legitimate and proper; but to use the
! Democratic County Committee for
private purposes is another thing.
| "Now that the Democratic voters
have been told by part Of the
Democratic County Committee what
| to do,, let's see whether they are
slaves and need Bosses, or whether
| they are full-blooded Independent
American citizens who resent being
bossed. If the public likes to be
Bossed. it has the chance,