Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21
HUDSON'S FIGHT
WINDS UP WARM
A WeII-FiIled Dough Bag Said
TO Be Relied Upon for Gen.
eraI Results.

| Special to the Evening Star.
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 21.-Rumors
of a fund, gigantic in size, to be.
used at the polls tomorrow, to bring
about the nomination of Congress
man Eugene r. Klnkead as sheriff
are current here today. The story
has it that the "dough-bag" was
opened at the headquarters of the
John P. Egan Association, Newark
avenue, yesterday afternoon. at the
meeting of the workers of the anti
Wittpenn wing of the county democ-
racy. The hall was jammed with
workers and members of the county
committee who are in sympathy with
the cause of the Little Bosses. who
sat and listened to addresses by the
various candidates and Headers.
Forty dollars a precinct is the
amount that is said to have been
doled out to the precinct captains
yesterday afternoon at the meeting.
AS there are approximately 800 pre-
cincts in the county this would mean
that the campaign fund at least is
S12,800.
When one considers that the ad
vocates of the Kinkead candidacy
have been spending money like water
in aid of their ticket for the past
four weeks. the total money at the
| to close to $4,000, il not more, X This
! Is stupendous sum for a primary
campaign, but when one considers
the financial standing Of the men be-
| hind the Little Bosses" 1t does not
| appear to be so big
John F.. Boyle, the millionaire paper
! manufacturer. is the chief financial
| hacker of Kinkead, and with him are
City Commissioner Henry Byrne, the
| largest individual taxpayer in this
| city; Thomas Maloney, one of the
leading factors in the tobacco trust;
Edward |. Edwards, State comptrol-
Ter and cashier of the First National
Bank; Archibald M. Henry, Assembly
candidate, and one of the heads of
the Burns Brothers Coal Company.
one of the largest coal companies in
the United States; and Candidate for
Reelection County Register John j.
Mcmahon, who has large realty hold
ings in all parts Of the county; Coun-
ty Clerk John f. Crosby, who is also
candidate for reelection, another
rich man; Candidate for County Su-
pervisor John Magner and Governor
James +. Fielder. A
In addition to the forty dollars al
lotted to the captains, special allot-
ments, 1t is said, were also made to
the workers in the Sixth, Tenth, Elev-
enth and Twelfth wards The Sixth
Is the stronghold of former Mayor
Wittpenn, while the three other wards
are where William Glossy is expect
ed to get his big vote. County Surro-
gate Egan is said to be determined to
hold down the Glossy VOTE no matter
what the cost. Egan is the anti
Wittpenn leader in the Glossy
stronghold.
In addition to the money, contrib
uted by the wealthy hackers of Kin
kead, contributions have been re-
ceived, according to reports, from
employees of the various departments
of the Jersey City city government. No
demands were made, but the minor
employees, reading the handwriting Oh
the wail--their superiors being all
with Kinkead-"came across" as of
old. This money helped to swell the
general fund to no small degree.
The anti Wittpenn leaders know
| that If Wittpenn Is to be eliminated
as a. factor in state and county poll
tics. 1t must be accomplished this
year. and they are not letting money
! stand In the way
I The Glossy and Wittpenn workers
also held meetings yesterday, but
| there was no talk of the dough bal"
at either of their sessions. The dis
tribution of legal looking sheets OF
papers--challenge papers--formed the
principal business at the meeting,
and the workers were then addressed
by Clossey and the Wittpenn candi-
dates respectively. A quiet air OF
confidence, not something made ar
| tificial by the accompanying money,
seemed to pervade these two meet
| ings.
dencies-and they are a legion in this
connty-seem to be following the
seeming leadership of their chief and
are floclxing to the support of the
| Wlttpenn ticket. Not that the White
| House has spoken officially, but dur
! ing the past week Felix e. Tumulty
and Thomas Tumulty, brothers of
| Joseph P Tumulty. secretary to the
President, have come out on the
| stump and openly advocated the cleo.
ton of the entire Wittpenn designated
ticket. This was a hard blow to the
Fielder Anti Wittpenn ticket and the
| action of the Tumulty brothers is
| traced to the fact that when the men
backing the Fielder ticket threw over
| the congressional candidacy OF James
a. Hamill in the Twelfth district in
\ favor of Arthur f. McGrath, a clerk
! i'm State Comptroller Edwardss otilce,
! they threw down the gauntlet to the
| White House, and Washington, loyal
10 Hamil, has shown its resentment
in the action of the Tumulty brothers
Felix Tumulty is private secretary to
Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan. of this city
while Thomas Tumulty Is connected
with the law department of the GUS
toms service.
Felix Tumulty is especially bitter in
his denunclation of the Sea Girt
slate makers" for turning down the
President. and his speeches during
/ the last week have been the sensation
of the campaign. He will close his
speechmaking tonight with tour of
the entire county