Evening star., 1916-10-13
SENATOR MARITIME.
GIVEN LITTLE HELP
Republicans Confident of Beat
ing Him in New Jersey.
ADMINISTRATION IS COOL

Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEWARK. n. J.. October 13.-New
Jersey is one of the states in which the
republicans expect to gain United
States senators, and it looks very much
as though the democratic state organi-
cation did not intend to work overtime
to prevent them from doing it. Appar-
emily Senator MARITIME is to be left to
work out his own salvation with such
aid as Representative Thomas J. Scully
may give him chairman of the state
executive committees campaign COM
mittee. Scully is about the only man
prominent in the organization who was
for MARITIME in the primary election and
there is nothing to show that the 9TH
ers are any more enthusiastic for the
senator's reelection now than then.
1t is the general belief that the ad-
rlinistration would shed no tears over
Marines defeat. That it fully expect
ed Attorney General Wescott to defeat
MARITIME in the primaries is admitted
and the 1atters outspoken criticisms of
the President made during the primary
campai ign have not tended to increase
the regard in which the senator is held
by those close to the administration.
In a speech made in Newark on the
tine declared that he had frequently
heard the President approve the plank
in the democratic national platform
relative to Panama canal tolls. when
he came before Congress-, said Mr..
MARITIME, land asked the repeal of that
bill without giving reason l felt as
though l had been hit by a sand bag.
This is Jim Marines sin and by the
eternal gods I'm proud of it, In the
same speech the senator turned his
guns on James r. Nugent, once Will
sons bitterest political foe in New
Jersey. but who is now directing his
campaign in the upper part of the state.
Nr- MARITIME could not see how the
Presi,ient could accept Nugent's serv-
ices and support. and quoted him as
saying four years ago: Nugent and
his Essex county machine are the most
dangerous things to civil liberty in
America today and they should be sunk
to the depths of the bottomless pit.
Says Machine Is His Opponent.
IF that was true four years ago why
isn't it true today?" asked the senator,
and added: Yet this man and his ma
chine are the hackers of my opponent,
who claims to have the support of the
administration.
Nugent as member of the state COM
mittee is not only in charge of the
campaign in northern New Jersey, but
he is also a member of the campaign
committee of which Scully is chairman.
Nugent dominated the democratic state
convention held at Trenton last week
in 4 way that reused Scullys ire, and
the latter issued a public statement in
which he accused Nugent of treating
tiiScourteouSiy women who urged the
Insertion of suffrage plank in the
platform. and also of running the con-
vention "in the same old Nugent way"
All of which is regarded as unlikely to
arouse Mr.. Nugent to greater EFFORTS
in behalf of SculIy's friend, MARITIME.
Friends of Wilson are the more in
clined to accept the prospect of
Marines defeat with resignation. if
not with entire satisfaction. because
Gnshuysen. as a member of the state
senate while Wilson was governor 10y
al y supported the reform bills father
ei by the latter. and which required
republican votes in the senate to in
cure their passage. Frelinghuysen re-
'prcsition or obstructive tactics and
fave the governor substantial assist
&c in securing the adoption Of his
a"ures. Because of his action on
ii s. matters, Frelinghuysens repub-
list nism was challenged in the pri-
Tfary campaign by his opponents. He
WIS accused of being an assistant DEM
oerat and Wilson's personal represent
.tive in the state senate. The result
demonstrated that a majority of re-
publicans approved his course. There
is reason to believe that a good many
democrats are willing to take a chance
on Frelinghuysen's exhibiting as much
independence in the United States Sen
ate in the state senate AT any rate
they say it is better to be disappointed
by political enemy than betrayed by
a pTofessed friend.