New-York tribune., 1918-08-01
REPRESENTATIVES. Candidacy
Produces Three-Cornered
Situation in Jersey
Platform Is | s su e d
rxecutive Says Public Inter
..ts Demand Business
Man in Capital

conservative Edward W. Gray, of
.. sth District of New Jersey, yester-
a.v announced his candidacy for the
.m;nstion for United States Senator
!, the Republican primaries. and in
..stsment vigorously attacked Gov
,rnor Edge, also candidate for Sem
.,,r The other candidate is George L..
Record. of Jersey City. Cor gresham
cr.v,s statement is, in part, as fol-
lows:
~Tbe demand mother candidate
.r United States Senator at the Repub-
u.sn primaries has become SO insistent
.hat have decided TO enter the con-
.os, The situation trt has developed
has become intole ATE % every r..zht-
thinking Repubiitas " the S.a's.
PARTY interest and p':ollc good bot 20
m.nd that the choIcc of candidacsS
sbould no longer be cor ined to an am
b;tious political executive. insensible
IN the proprieties, on the one hand. and
suaye ana dangerous exponent of Ut
American
II has long been apparent that third
candidate must presen himself.
Has Awaited His chance
~ have waited until -, last poesiNle
orrant willing to abide NV CHI aee or
reslection to the House II S~p nta-
t;yes. in the hope thac the th. nan
would appear. That hope has ,o been
realized and I now Offer - ea:.dldacy
to the Republican votere i : Nv Jer-
sew in the belief tina, AL p forming
a duty IN so dong.
aThe Governor of New .lerssy has no
legal or moral right to b. candidate
for United States Senator. lie is in
h;bited by the spirit, if not ~ the let
ter. of the state constitution. He is
slso inhibited by all decent standards
CT personal and public obligation.
Criticism for Edge
"If ne is fit to be Governor. the pres
ent war conditions call for the full
exercise OF his htne and offer him Ut =
parall, ,led opportun ties for service t.
the state. If he is unfit TO be Gov
ernor, ne is unfit to be United State
Senator.
George [. Records name should find
no place on Republican ballot, or on
Democratic ballot for that matter. He
may represent a certain sociallstlc ele-
ment in both parties, but if he were a
candidate in good faith he would run in
the primaries OF the Socialist party.
Edge Issues Platform
Governor Edge, ur1isCurbed by the
criticism of his opponents, who object
to his being a candidate for Senator
while holding the Office of Governor,
yesterday issued his platform. 1t says:
Governor Edge believes that a man
ought to 60 to the United States SEN
ate with an open mind, because the
critical periods OF war and reconstruct
tiop are times Of great transition and
require individual initiative.
Winning the war is the issue of
supreme Importance, and no spirit Of
party must be permitted to paralyze
the war arm Of the Federal govern
ment Even on mooted questions, such
as emergency war prohibition or the
principles Of the Overman bill, the
commander in chief must be supported
IN his judgment.
lne gigantic merchant marine
when the nation will have 1T the close
OF hostllities offers opportunity for
the United States to become a prime
FACTOR IN world commerce. Our ship
ping laws must be adjusted along the
liberal and common sense lines neces-
sary for the merchant feet to do a
profitable business.
The Federal government needs a
ouslness-hke budget system for it's
important financing. The nation need
60 u when expenses were under
ei'ooo'UoO,o00 year, and of course it
nseos II more now that those expenses
are over $4,000, 900 900.
present governmental control of