The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-10
MARITIME UPSETS
PLANS OF ENEMIES
Declines to BE Candidate for
Delegate at Large to st.
Louis Convention.
OWN MANAGER, HE SAYS

TRENTON, ". j.. March 9.--Politicians
here have been wondering who Ia man.
aging The campaign Of United States
Senator James Edgar MARITIME. who II
seeking denomination In the Democratic
primary. lie says he Is his own CAM
paign manager. but he made the same
kind of an assertion six years ago. n
IL IL 4 we'll known fact that he was
nominated by the late William W. 81.
John.
"A a fact MARITIME did not know he
was a candidate In 1910 until Mr.. st.
John called him UP by telephone from
one OF the Trenton hotels n told HIN
that a boom was to he started. and u
WAS st. john. a newspaper reporter AZ
tho time. who was publicity agent n
manager for MARITIME until after the
Legislature elected him, acquiescing In
the device mad by the voters In the
primary. Then st. John became the
Senator's secretary and prevented him
from making any serious breaks
But the reporter. guide.
philosopher and friend died three years
ago, and since then the senior Senator
from New Jersey has been taking his
own head" That Is why politicians are
NOnueTlnR, TOT tie StTlutOT NuICiy rtotCu
on his enemies In his party on Mon
day when he announced that he would
not be a candidate for delegate at large
to st. Louis, intimating that since no
wa seeking reelection he had no desire
TO monopolize all h honors.
This was 80 unlike MARITIME that sur
prise was excited. for during the last
forty or more years there has been
scarcely a campaign in which he has
40 A--- candidate tnr anrNAfhlnR
ranging from township committeeman
and coroner up to Congressman. Gov
ernor and United States Senator.
To use q common expression. the Sem
ator has surely put n over" on his
enemies. There was a we'll conceived
plan to run Congressman Scully against
MARITIME for delegate at large in the
April primary. and II scully won or
showed cal strength to enter him for
the United States Senatorship In Septem.
Der. The moves had been rehearsed,
from Congressman Scully's indignan;
protest against the leaders making ur
q slate for delegates to the nomination
Of MARITIME. Hughes. Grosscup and
Fielder at the conference Of the Demo-
cratic State committeeman last Mon
day.
The Senator's refusal to be a candi.
date for delegate at large q overturned
the plans OF the schemers. among whom
are numbered some Of the most iniuen'
tial Democratic leaders In the State
Essex and Hudson were to be depended
on to carry of the trick. though tbs
scheme extended into O Of thu
counties. The Wilson Democrats are
suspicious Of Senator MARITIME and be.
lieve that his professions Of friendship
for the President are based entirely or
his desire for reelection.
Now there In TO be no opportunity fol-
testing out the strength Of Scully In
preliminary. and the prospect Is that he
will either come out and openly avo~
himself q candidate against MARITIME OF
give the latter a walkover. Washington
would like to see New Jersey represented
in the Senate by two men Who can bt
depended on to stand by the Admins
~tration, and since ST. John died no one
knows what MARITIME Is going to do.
The contest on the Republican side
has been still further complicated by thu
announcement from former Congressman
Charles ". Fowler that he will be- 6
candidate for Marines seat. The poll
ticians are trying to figure out how thi!
will affect former Governors Murphy
and Stokes Since Fowler is a freQuen
caller upon Stokes when in Trenton
there is a suspicion that he has beer
put into the fight TO weaken Murphy.
Six years ago. when the three wer'
the only Republican candidates for Sena
tor, Fowler received 1905 votes in rs
sex country to l7.7s2 for Murphy an
but 2,26s for Stokes, and in Hudso,
county Fowler received more votes thar
Murphy and Stokes combined. II tn
former Congressman has retained hi
popularity his candidacy will help Stoke