Evening star., 1916-09-25
Voters of New Jersey to
Choose Between Rivals for
Political H0n0rS. !
BOTH PARTIES DISTURBED
BY FACIIONAL QUARRELs
Candidates to Be Nominated for q. s.
Senator, Representatives in Con-
gress and Governor.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEWARK, N. J., September
25-Tomorrow's primary election
in New Jersey will end the most
bitterly fought campaign that the
state has seen since the adoption
of the direct primary law in 1907.
Most of the fighting has been on
the republican side, although some
sturdy blows have been struck lr
the contest between Senator
lanes E. MARITIME and Attorney
General John w. Wescott for the
democratic senatorial nomination.
| Among republicans intense bitterness
| has developed in both the guberna-
| torial and senatorial contests. what
started as a friendly test of popularity
| has degenerated into cat-and-dog
| fight in which personalities are freely
! used and long-forgotten sores re-
! opened, not by the principals them
selves, but by lieutenants. whose ac-
| tivities in this regard have not been
publicly reprobated by the chiefs whom
| they profess to serve.
Joyous Day for "Camp Followers"
| 1t has been juicy and joyous cam
| paign for the army of camp follow
ers who are always within hearing
| distance when a barrel is to be tapped.
Money has been spent like water. 1t
| was mighty poor man who could not
| get job with one or another of the
| candidates. The federal corrupt prac-
| tices act limits the amount that any
| senatorial candidate may spend in the
state law puts a limit of $4,000 on
| gubernatorial candidates. Both laws.
however, are full of loopholes, and
| 100000 Is a moderate estimate of the
! candidates for senator and two of the
| three candidates for governor.
/ For senator the contestants are
Franklin Murphy. former governor. and
member of the state senate and at
/ present president of both the state
| board of agriculture and the state
! board of education, Murphy is seventy
4 one years old and several times q mil
| lionaire. Frelinghuysen is forty-seven,
| and if not in the millionaire class is
| at least in no danger Of experiencing
the pangs of poverty. Former Gov.
| Edward c. Stokes had intended to be
| candidate and makes no secret of his
| belief that he should have been awarded
| the nomination without a contest, but
he refused to buy chips in a game in
| which the sky was the limit He is
| now giving the weight of his influence
| to Murphy, not because of any par
| ticuiar love for the latter. but because
| of bitter feud existing between him
| and Frelinghuysen. Murphy is a pro-
l nounced standpatter and has the sup
1 nf 10
| counties, besides a private one of his
| own. Frelinghuysen is regular" with
| independent tendencies. He expects the
| support of a majority of former pro-
| gressives.
Aspirants for Governorship.
| The republican candidates for gov
| ernor are Walter E. Edge. Austen Col
gate and George L. Record. The fight
is between Edge and Colgate. Both
men are reputed millionaires and
neither -squeezes his purse when he
wants something. Colgate has the sup
| county, Essex, which includes the city
| of Newark. Edge has it's backing al
most everywhere else. In Essex the
| organization is for Murphy and Col
! county. Elsewhere in the state the
| combination is Edge and Murphy. Col
| gate, like Frelinghuysen, has the in
dorsement of former progressives. Col
| ago, declared that he would not be a
| candidate for governor and pledged
himself to support his present rival
| At that time Edge was expected to run
for senator. Colgate has the proofs
| to back up his assertion. Edges
| friends say that If he ever made such
promise it was in a jocular way and
| was not intended to be taken seriously.
| Colgate bases his claims on his abil-
ityrto poll 2 heavier vote than Edge in
the two populous counties of Essex and
Hudson, while having equal strength
| elsewhere throughout the state. His
home is inf Essex, where he has twice
been elected to the state senate, while
in Hudson he and his brothers control a
business employing $500 men and are
very popular with unorganized labor.
Edge is citing his Legislative record in
both assembly and senate to prove that
he would give the state an efficient, eco
nomical and businesslike admnistra-
ton.
Senator MARITIME Has Opposition.
For long time it seemed that Senator
MARITIME would have no serious opposi-
ton for denomination, although it was
well known that the administration would
be just as well pleased to see some one
else occupy his seat in the Senate. FL
nally John w. Wescott, who jumped into
fame by making the best nominating
speech at the Baltimore convention and
the poorest at ST. Louis, was prevailed
upon to becomea candidate. and the word
was quietly passed around that vote for
Wescott was vote for Wilson. Wes-
colt, however. has done very little to
push his own candidacy. while MARITIME
has gone his blithesome way over the
| state, shaking hands with the proletariat
/ and scattering pearls of eloquence from
Sussex to Cape May. MARITIME has
strength with the rank and file of the
party that not even the displeasure of
the administration can shake.
Congressional Contests,
All of the twelve present represent
atiyes in Congress from New Jersev
are candidates for denomination with
the exception of Archibald C. Hart of
1.-THE sixth district. The nomination OF
a candidate to succeed him is being