Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-07-02
Declare Real Significance of
the Visit TO Washington
Was to That End.
WlTTPENN'S FRIENDS WILL
NOT ADMIT IT
Politicians Declare That For
msr Jersey City Mayor is
Losing as Fielder Gains
Special to the EVENING NEWs.


spec'o' 10 'hs EVENING NE "S.
Trenton, July 2.-The withdrawal
of former Mayor Wittpenn, Of Jersey
Citv From, tbe contest for the Demo-
=
oia'ic nomination ior 9oVerhor is
imminent, according to rumor cur
rent among the politicians at the
State House yesterday afternoon. 1t
was said that the real significance OF
Wittpenn's visit to Washington last
week to see President Wilson was the
question Of the former mayors with
drawaI.
1t was reported that the President
asked former Mayor Wittpenn to
come to washington to talk over the
gubernatorial situation and that Mr..
Wlttpenn was told that 1t would be
for the best interests of the party
for him to get out of the race. This
report had for its basis statements
of leading state Democrats who had
been In Washington at the time of
the conference.
Friends Refuse to Admit It,
Former Mayor Wittpenn was not
in Trenton today to give his view of
the conference. His friends who
were here refused to admit that the
former Jersey City mayor was think
ing of withdrawing. They have held
ever since the recent Jersey CITY cleo
ton that the Wittpenn boom had
not been harmed by the defeat of
four of his candidates in the com
mission government fight. and that
he would not quit the race.
Assistant Secretary of state Job
H. Lippincott, campaign manager for
Wittpenn, is emphatic in his denial
that President Wilson asked witt
penn to withdraw from the Democra-
tic gubernatorial camnaign The do
nial was inspired bv the report Wed
nesday that at the conference In
Washington last week tbe president
had suggested that Wittpenn should
withdraw Mr. Iinnincott's state
ment today was as follows, HTbe
story that President Wilson asked
for Mayor Wittpenn to withdraw Is
without foundation of fact No such
suggestion was made nv the presi-
>sc.at.'
It is understood that wittnenn
met the statement that he should
withdraw with the argument that he
was the strongest candidate. notwit-
standing the JERSEY City result. He
told President Wilson It is said
that Frank S. Katzenbach. Jr. would
carry South Jersey at tho onharna-
torial primary As he has elweys haen
very strong in that section. and that
he (former Mayor Wittnennl would
get as many votes in South Jersev a q
Y
that he would carry Hudson county
while the wilson vote tbere Would
very largely come to him thus civ
ing him an advantage over Governor
Fielder in Essex. He also maintain
ed that he wouId lead the covernor
Fielder vote in the other North Jar-
sey counties. This. anaIvsis he
claimed. showed him to he the
strongest candidate
President Does Not Agree
It is understood that president
Wilson and certain other nartv lead
ers who were at the conferenee did
not agree with Wittnenn Ha woo
told 1t is said. that his nosition In
Hudson has been much weakenad
now that he is NOT mavor of Iaraou
City with 900 emnIoyea of tbis
city as the nucleus of his sunnort
President wilson Il is donlarad
told ex-Mavor wittnenn that bis 6a'
feat in the Jersey Citv election wban
four of his candidates. want down
was being considered az .sarious COZ
back for the Wittnenn hoom and tbet
1t was being pretty we'll accented in
ALI sections ~ the s+oto ~ eop.eu @ ~
had lost prestige as Tho result Tbtn
of course. wouId ininre hin, os rI '
bernatorial candidate.
It is further claimed that pres5-
dent Wilson said that Eovarnor
Fielder holds the tactical nosition IN
the race; that the Fielder fervor ie
spreading. as shown by his enthna;as9
tic greetings everywhere and that
the hest i.terests ~ tba ro.t1, &c, ei