Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-10
PASSA|C SOLID
FOR WRIGHT ON
TREASURERSH|P
Delegation to Support Him
onIy-Godfrey Stays in Gu
bernatorial Race.
From a stan Correspondent.

From a Stan Correspondent.
TRENTON, Jan. 1o.-Upon the eve
of session of the Legislature that
should be productive of much bear
ing vitally upon the coming State
campaign all kinds of rumors of pos
sible developments are floating about.
From Atlantic City comes a report
that Assemblyman Carlton B. God
frey has reiterated that he will be
candidate for the Republican guber-
material nomination.
From up Paterson way the friends
of George f. Wright, evidently in n
forlorn hope spirit. send word that
the Passaic delegation will stand SOL
idly behind him for State treasurer.
Doubt has been expressed in numer-
Gus quarters upon the attitude of
Colonel John II. Adamson and Josiah
Dadley toward him.
Senator William T. Read. of Cam
den, who will be elected president OF
the Senate tomorrow, and who Is
scheduled to resign later on and as
sumo the duties of State treasurer,
was at the State House today getting
things in readiness for the opening.
Senator Charles A. Rathbun, of Nor
ris. majority leader of the upper
House and possibly Mr. Reads sue
cessor as president. Was also on hand,
and some of the leaders in the As
sembly, including Charles c. Pilgrim,
of Newark, speakerto-be appeared.
Session to Develop Nominee.
The session will bring out the name
of the likely Republican gubernatorial
nominee, ii is considered certain; not
necessarily by the brilliant work he
will accomplish. but rather that de-
v6 lopments in general will point out
the candidate who stands in highest
fGver with the party leaders. De-
spite tie direct primary system. none
of the hopeful aspirants is pretending
to believe that one can go out and
conduct a winning fight against ;he
powers in the Republican organiza-
ton.
To all intents and purposes the
Dalrymple end of the Dalrymp,e-
Baird combination seems TO be with
Senator Austen Colgate. of Essex.
Senator Reads virtual acceptance of
the State treasurership indicates that
the Baird part of the combine has re-
linduished its hope of securing The
nomination for Camden county.
That Senator Colgate will ne the
tavorte of the Dalrymple-Baird
forces in the last analysis, however.
is something of which the skeptical
are not finally convinced.
Should Senator Colgate be indeed
nominated a belief is held by many
that Speaker Pilgrim will be can
dldate for the senatorial nomination
to succeed him.
SC far as the Legislature IL con-
cCrne1 the Democrats have no can
didates for higher honors excepting
Senator Charles O'Connor Hennessy,
of Bergen, who would like to be gov
ernor. Senator 1iennessy will be the
minority candidate for president OF
the Senate. Senator Harry r. Ack-
erson, ir., of Monmouth, will be min
ority leader and Senator John \
Ackley of Cumberland. will be presi-
cent pro tenn. The minority whip in
the lower House will be Assembly
man Elmer II. Geran, of Monmouth,
who will be pitted against Assembly
man John b. Hates, of Camden.
Short Session Certain.
As the surest means of avoiding
controversy during the next campaign
upon the work of the session, the
put the soft pedal upon all legisla
tion. Few measures with teeth in
them are proposed, and no more bills
will be introduced than can be helped
The party platform called for y. num-
ber of reforms, however, and GER
tain number of legislators will insist
upon carrying them out. The bills
that are contemplated at this time
have been frequently discussed dur
ing the last few weeks.
One proposition that the final con-
ference of assemblymen last week
did not take up was home rule. Sem
ator Rarton b. Hutchinson of Mer.
Ger, greatly embarrassed his Repub-
lican colleagues a year ago with his
home rule bill, and some alternative
proposition will be advanced this win
ter.
The campaign for the election of
presidential delegates will be under
way by the time the Legislature ad-
journs The session is not likely to
have any real bearing upon this, but
it is interesting to hear the occa-
sional Roosevelt talk among legisla-
tors inclined toward former Cover
nor Edward C. Stokes wing of the
party.
The work of the Legislature, of
course, will bear a relation to the
campaign next fall, as both Repub-
licans and Democrats will seize upon
all available ammunition in the fight
to carry the State in the presidential
fight, and to elect a governor and
United States senator.
The situation in the Legislature is
full of dynamite for the Republicans.
There is much quiet resentment un-
derneath the surface against tho COM
pleteness of the Dalrymple Baird
domination, and its unrelenting atti-
tude toward those in the opposite
faction.