Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16
Rivalry in the Parties for the
Senatorial and Guberna-
toriaI Nominations.
REPUBLICANS COUNT. ON
PROGRESSIVE SUPPORT
Combined Vote of the Two Organi-
cations Summed Up-Senator
MARITIME Facing Trouble.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

| NEWARK, N. J.. July 15.-All of Jer-
sey. democrats, republicans and pro-
gressives. are bestirring themselves
over the coming primaries for the
selection of candidates for big Offices
in the fall elections. Rival candidates
for governor. United States senator and
representatives in Congress are to be
chosen. and the aspirants are busy
wire-pulling and pipe-laying for the
grand showdown September 10. -
New Jersey is to be one of the big
battle grounds in the national election
this year, and both the big parties will
strain every nerve to carry the state.
1t is especially important to the re-
publicans as being one of the group
of states in which the G. o. P. hope to
win senator. in their effort to control
the upper body in the next Congress.
In that undertaking they realize that
| everything will depend upon the vote
| of the progressives. and whether, when
it comes to the final test at the polls a
! sufficient number of the bull moose
hold out in revolt to throw the cleo
ton to the democrats. In 1912 the
combined vote of regular republicans
and progressives was 234,245. against
| ference constitutes the present hope
of the republicans.
| Progressive Vote Important.
| AS Roosevelt received 145,410 votes
| to Taft's sS.s35. it is seen how i'm
| portant is the strength of the pro-
gressives. 1t is true that the colonel
| has called upon his followers to rally
to the republican standard, but, like
| the gentleman who could summon
| spirits from the vasty Deep" the ques-
ton is, will they Gomez"
Picturesqueness will be lent the con-
/ test for the senatorial nominations by
! the personalities of the. contestants.
Senator Marines night for renon,fna-
tion will lend color to the campafs,n in
view of the fact that President Wilson
and the administration have another
choice for the democratic nomination
II Will be recalled that in 1912 Mr..
Wilson turned down" the veteran Of
Jersey democratic politics, former SEN
ator Smith. whom everybody supposed
would be in line for the senatorshin
and insisted that Mr.. MARITIME should be
President has transferred his political
favor to another. and the word has
gone out among the machine and or
ganizatfon men that Attorney General
toe mest6st cot rs preferred as the candidate
| opstinately refuses to yield to-the ma
cnine dictation and will try his for
| tunes at the primaries
nonn1ar .mer tn,,b Jim; n as he is called. is very
popular with the masses and especially
with the asriculturalists, and is going
TO give the machine a try-out aeainsf
personal pc on . popularity. met him today
sione an .he - stseets re- s. ct Newark. stamping
| stopped every here and there by somes
| oooy TO be given greeting
am told that some of the machine"
have have q ~ni,e kind o9edient oe to organization.
MIN and would like to see him mi,
through. Mr.. Wescott is the man whn
nominated Mr.: Wilson at Baltimore and
,na'ea comnainn ca % MN at st. Louis and is
the administration and the orsaniza-
tion at the proper moment, and in
way which will be effective.
Three Republicans Competing.
The republicans will have three can.
didates for the senatorial nomination
In the contest before the primaries
Former Gov. Franklin Murphy claims
the preference. as a residuary Ieeatee.
SO to speak, of the old republican party
when 1t dominated New Jersey. He ia
strong with the republican orsaniza-
ton, that is to say, with the component
parts OF what was once perfectly good
machine. "scrapped" by woodrow vii
son, but now being reassembled ana set
| up. 1t is said, however to be a oues
tion whether Mr.. Murphy's identity
! with the former old guard will be an
asset or liability in this scramble for
the nomination.
Another candidate for the republican
senatorial nomination is former State
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. He
is strong with the agriculturalists and
with the educationalists and is appeal
ing to both standpatters and progress
ives.
Then there is former Gov. z. c..
Stokes. who is also out for toga. His
petition is being circulated now and
doubtless will be filed unless he sees
some handwriting on the wall to dis
turb him: He was Roosevelt sup
but refused to follow the colonel out Of
the party. and 1t Is said the progress
ives do not know whether he voted for
Roosevelt or not.
Governorship Fight Entertaining.
Locally the governorship tight is of
more interest than the senatorial con-
test. although the latter is OF greater
concern to the national leaders. The
way things stand. 1t is said to be quite
possible for the republicans to carry
the state in November on the presiden-
ltial ticket and for the democrats to
elect the governor
That possibility arises In this way:
The democrats will nominate for governor
H Otto Wittpenp. former mayor Of Jer-
sey City and a very popular man among
democrats throughout the state. There
will be no holding back over his support
and every democrat not only will be ex-
pected to do his duty. but will do 1t and
try to bring a republican neighbor along
with him.
For the republican nomination three
candidates are contesting In the prinaar-
les State Senators Walter e. Edge of
Atlantic City and Austen Colgate Of Es-
sex county and George L. Record will be
on the primary ballots Mr.. Record ID
running on a local option and land-tax
platform. and standing as radical on
!, everything. He may draw enough votes
. to make the race between the other two
candidates very close. =
II is said, as part Of the political gos-
sip OF the neighborhood. that some Of the
! old guard republicans are jealous because
Everett Colby has been placed ON the
|, national republican campaign com.
n,ittee and are fearful that he may taks
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