Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-05
HUDSON AWAITS
NEXT MOVE ON
W|TTPENN WING
Kinkead Forces Marshaling to
Avenge MerciIess Cutting
of Ticket.
specIaI % the Evenlna star.

not Idlks anu NAVAL Oilic6I II. OItO
Wittpenn is equelly as reticent, Hud-
son county politicians are awaiting
! the next move in the fight on the
| Wittpenn wing of the Democratic
] party That the branch of the party
| headed by Kinkead will try to avenge
| the merciless cutting that Kinkead,
County Register-elect John ]. Nc
/ Mahon and Assemblyman-elect
Thomas F. Martin suffered on Tues
! day at the hands of the Wittpennites.
there is no doubt, and the method of
/ the fight will be watched with inter-
est.
J In some circles it is said that Kin
kead is quietly laying plans for a
fight on Wittpenn in Washington in
an effort to take wittpenn's job as
naval officer of the port of New York
away from him. There may be some
thing to this, for the Tammany con-
gressmen in Manhattan and Brooklyn
do not like the fact that the job is
held by a Jerseyman.
Other politicians are wondering
what the White House will do in case
Kinkead presents direct charges of
| treason against Wittpenn to Presi-
! dent Wilson and asks that he be re-
lieved of his position on that ground.
/ That the Wittpenn wing of the
party subjected some Of the Demo-
cratic nominees to cutting there is
no doubt and Kinkead was the chief
sufferer. In Jersey City, Kinkead
polled 17,469 vots to Mohn's 1913,
while Wagner, the Democratic cam
/ didates for county supervisor. OBJ
tanned in this city 1886 to Chalthcey
BunnelIs 6,943. In this same terri
! tory John ]. McGovern, who ran for
the M -nination of county clerk at
the primaries on the Wittpenn-
/ backed ticket, and who won out at
that time, received 1887, while
George Decker, his Republican OPP
ponent got 1888.
| Jersey City is the Wittpenn strong
| hold, and in this territory Kinkead
ran over 1900 votes behind Meow
ern, an out and-out Wittpenn man.
| Hoboken and Bayonne have also a
| large number of Wittpenn men. and
| here too there was a decided differ
ence between Kinkead and Meow
ern Street Commissioner Patrick r.
| Griffin is the Democratic leader of
/ Hoboken. and former Mayor Mat
Cronin holds the same position in
Bayonne. Both men are close to Sec
rotary Joseph p. Tumulty and Presi-
! dent Wilson.
In Hoboken Kinkead received 1881
| votes to Mohn's $3.50, while In the
/ SANG city McGovern swamped Deck
er. 6,Tc7 to 2,314. In yonne the
+! faction of the democracy headed by
/ Mayor Bert Daily rallied to Kinkead's
support, and in the face of consider
able cutting, Kinkead carried the
city He received 3.504 votes to
Mohn's 3,113 in Bayonne, while Nc
Governs total was S,742 to Deeker's
2.807 in the same territory.
In the Jersey City wards where the
Wittpenp vote predominates. the
! Sixth and Twelfth, Kinkead received
a slashing. In the Twelfth he was
beatsn by Mohn by over 100 votes.
| Just what explanation former Mayor
Wittpenn win make of the vote for
! the Democratic candidates in these
I sections will be something that more
than one Democrat in Hudson county
i will digest with interest. Just how he
+ will get around the failure of his adj
herents to support Kinkeadi the regu-
lar Democratic nominee. is something
no one but himself knows, but that he
will be asked to explain the vote there
| is no doubt, for even If Kinkead fails
to ask the question, it is likely that
some of the other candidates will seek
| the information.
Assemblyman- ELECT Thomas F. Mar
| tin. who was also a special object OF
attack by the Wittpennites and their
newspaper. the Hudson Observer, Is
known to be in no pleasant frame
of mood over the attack on the regu--
lar candidates. While the slashing of
Martin was extremely light, he
carrying the county by 1915, still
he is sore and that he will be one
i of the leaders in the new war on
Wittpennism there is no doubt. The
cutting of Martin amounted to only
i 1872 votes in the entire county.
| Following the defeat of Wittpenn's
ticket at the primaries in September,
harmony talk filled the air and the
| former Jersey City mayor and the
successful candidates broke bread at
! a ''harmony fest" but from the re-
suit of Tuesdays election, there
seems little chance for harmony and
| it is likely that a war of extermina-
ton will start within a few days.
Back of the fight for political SUI
premacy between Kinkead and Witt
penn will lie the two biggest prizes
| in the state. Kinkead is known to
have a hankering for the senatorial
James Edgar MARITIME, of Plainfield,
while Wittpenn is an avowed candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomina-
/ ton to succeed the present incum-
| bent. James Fairman Fielder.
| 1t will be remembered that Wittpenn
was a seeker after the gubernatorial
prize last year, only to withdraw in
the interests of harmony in favor
of Governor Fielder. Kinkead knows
! that to win the senatorial toga he
must win his fight against Wittpenn,
for there Is little chance of the same
coun securing both the senator and
governor nominations, and, no matter
| what else his enemies may say about
him. there is no doubt that when Kin
kead starts a political fight there Is
| nothing artificial about 1t.
Immediately after the nomination
/ of the Kinkead ticket at the Sep
TENDER primaries, there was consid-
cradle conjecture as to what would
happen to the Wittpenn officeholders
in the event of the success of the
Kinkead nominees. Kinkead at that
time said that these officeholders
would not suffer the loss of their
offices because of the defeat of the
Wittpenn ticket at the primaries. At
that time he said that he viewed
everyone from the standpoint of a
Democrat and that the fight was set
tied at the primaries. However all
this is likely to change now, for it is
admitted. that Wittpenn and his
friends can no longer look for any
thing from Kinkead and his ASSOC
ciates, after the vote on Tuesday.
Already there is a mad scramble
for the offices and every day sees
new candidates in the field. County
Clerk John f.. Crosby, who was de-
feated for denomination in Septem-