Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-06-10
K|NKEAD AND
SURROGATE EGAN
IN OPPOSITION
Friends of Long Standing Come
to the Parting of the
Ways"
A VOTE FOR o'MEAl1A
CAUSE OF TIE SPLIT
Congressman Returns, Home to
Assist Man Whom Egan
Was Fighting.
Especial to the EveninN star.I

Especial to the Evening" star.I
. JERSEY CITY, June 1os--If a rumoT
that is prevalent today in political
3. circles in this city is to be believed,
and there seems to be every reason
TO believe it is, Congress man Eugene
F. Kinkead and County Surrogate
John p. Egan, both Of this city, have
come to a parting Of waGs, both po-
ittically and in so far as their per
sonal friendship is conc erned.
According to the story, Kinkead Wis
tied the surrogate yesterday after
noon in his office in the Court House.
after Kinkead had voted in the COM
mission government election.
"Hello John" was Kinkeads salu-
tation to the man who played a big
part in the successful campaign
waged by Henry Byrne- How are
you?"
zine, Gene" came back the sur
rogate. How are things in Wash
ington?"
Swen," said Gene, things are in
Ane shape at the capital and 1 feel
pretty good myself now that I have
voted. I came all the way from
Washington to vote for my friend
Jim ON Mealia."
"What?" said Egan, rising in his
chair, Are you crazy? You voted for
oMeaha? What were you thinking
of"
+. why" replied the Congressman,
"Jim ana 1 have always been the
best of friends, and it was pleas
ure to vote for him"
{ Hes a friend of yours, ehF' came
back Egan. And [ suppose l am
NOT friend of yours? Is that the
+ case? Who was your friend in your
congressional campaigns, O'Mealla or
me?"
you, certainly, John" said Gene.
"You certainly are d friend of mine,
but so is Jim, and ] think that I
owed il to him to vote for him
against Byrne."
you did. did you?' said Egan.
''Well from this moment our friend
ship is at an end, and hereafter you
and l are enemies. You would also
oblige me very much If you would
leave this office"
Egan then is said to have turned
on his heel and left the room.
Kinkead was dumfounded at
Egan's action, and he retired from
>
If the break in the Egan- -Kinkead
friendship is all that friends of
Egan about the court house say it
Is, it is the elimination of a friend
ship that has been more Of a COM
radeship than anything else. Egan
was Kinkead's backer when he first
entered the political arena back in
the days of Davis rule. and in all Of
Kinkead's congressional campaigns
Egan has been his chief adviser. |
Both hail from the same part of Jer-
sey City. and have been neighbors
nearly all their lives.
Now that the surrogate and Con- |
gresham are on the opposite sides of
The political fence, lively happenings
are expected in Jersey City.
The break between Egan and Kin |
kead, II true, shows plainly where the |
congressman stands, should he aban- |
don the postmastership and finally de- |
eide to seek denomination at the pri-
maries in September. AS the situa-
tion stands today in the Eighth con-
gressiona1 district Kinkead is report
ed out of it, but some of his friends
in this city say that he will be a can
didate for denomination in the fall,
notwithstanding the fact that it has
been given out in Washington that he
will succeed General P. Farmer Wan
ser as postmaster of this city in the
fall These friends point to the fact
that the position Of postmaster would
keep Kinkead high and dry in so far
as politics are concerned, and those
who know the effervescent congress-
man best say such a thing is impos-
sble where he is concerned.
The break with Egan, who is looked
upon as the leader Of the anti-Witt-
penn forces in Hudson county, places
Kinkead over in the Wittpenn camp
without question. Egan's reported
declaration that Kinkead is no longer
a friend of his seems to make it
impossible for Kinkead to look for
support for his congressional candi-
daey in this quarter.
The anti Wittpenn forces are par
ticularly strong in the Bayonne end
Of the Eighth congressional district,
and If the forces stick together like
they are espected to, Kinkead would
have a hard Job corTaling votes in
South Hudson.
Mayor Bert F. DAILY Of Bayonne,
the leader of the South Hudson anti
Wittpenn forces, is bitter enemy
of both Wittpenn and County Super
visor O'Mealia, whose candidacy Kin
kead espoused to the extent of bring
ing on the break with Egan. DAILY
who is a physician, held position
under the county government at the
time O'Mealia was elected supervisor
and the first act of O'Mealia's after
assuming office was to chop off Days
head on the ground Of economy.
This did not set well with DAILY
naturally, and he Immediately set out
to dethrone Wittpennism in South
Hudson. This he did. for last fall he
was elected mayor of Bayonne over
Mat Cronin, the leader of Wittpenn-
ism in that city.
Mayor Daily is fighting Cronin at
every turn until today he is in almost
complete control of the city depart
ments.
This with Kinkead open in his
friendship to O'Mealia is expected to
bring about a distinct alignment of
the Daly-K -Kinkead forces in so far as
Kinkead's congressional candidacy is
concerned.