Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-14

TRENTON, Oct. I4.-For the first
time since the organization OF the Pre-
h.bition Party in New Jersey. its can
o.date is a factor 4 a mus be rec
lsoned with in the contest Tor Cover.
nor tn year. Charles Il. Lane, OF
Camden, is the a n WhlIe ms
chances CT V Glory are regarded as MI
the s.ze CT his vote may be somewhat
OF q determining factor in the n
of the other candidates, particularly
these of the Republican nominee.
Ever since Ftllcmer Condit, OF rs
eek County. the independent RepuD-
| can candidate for Governor put INTO
the race by the Anti-Sal~on League,
Withdrew from the firht, the eyes CT
the "drys," and the political observers
az well, have been turned toward
Lane. Condit was put in by the Anti
Saloon League as 4 threat to the ".
q. p. to come out for the Leagues is
sue or face defeat in November by
Condit's running independently me
G. O.. p. convention adopted a plank
which declared tina Prohibition being
practically an accomplished fact, the
question could no longer be regarded
as a State issue and SO why worry.
Incidentally, t was understood IL
advance Of the drafting OF the plat
form that Nj. Condit did not want to
run for Governor, if he c0uid get out
of It, ana he accepted the Republican
plank on the lquor question and
gracefully slide out Of the contest.
This, however, has not been entirely
pleasing to the ''dry5' ard ii Is re-
ported thai a goodly portion Of them
may now turn to Lane and give him L
complimentary vote anyway, Just as d
matter of sentiment.
It is said on very good authority
hat strenuous efforts have been mace
by the Republican State leaders to get
Lane out of the fight. but to date he
Camden man has refused TO bulge.
at is a case of winning with the
Anti-Saloon people and Il case of prin-
ciple with the prohibitionists." he dc
clared the other day in announcing his
intention not to withdraw from the
fight.
Lane said he would have withdrawn
If Governor Runyon, who is a dry
lac been nominated. but under the
circumstances, he does not intend to
do so.
In the Republican primary contest
Runyon polled a total of 57,S76 votes
in the twenty-one counties as a dry
candidate. However, the Acting Gov
ernor did not get everyone OF his
votes on this question. Many people
liked him because of his fine person,
ality, his splendid public record and
his general all around attainments.
If, however, but a third of his vote
was from the dry" forces, which
would be approximately 10000, and
a good percentage of it should go to
Lane in November as a protest against
both Condit and the Republican CON
vention, it might seriously affect Mr..
Bugbee's chances. Political prog
| nosticators seem to feel this years
battle for governor will be close, and
if so, every vote won or lost VIII
count In ths final show down. 1t
must not be forgotten, however, that
Edwards mi lose Democratic dry
| votes because of his ardent wei
| stand.
, However, it is estimated there are
| more "drys'' in the G., o. z. ranks
| for Bugbee to lose than there are in
the Democratic fold for Edwards to
fail to hold in line.
Another man is worrying the c..
! o. p. leaders. He is Peter Hender.
+, sen, of Jersey City, who is running
Independently. There is a question as
to whether Hendersen's slogan Is
Embossed Republican," oil I'm
| bought Republican" and it is felt that
he Is in the race as a stalking horse
to draw votes ava from Bugbee. 1t
is expected that an effort may be
| made to have The courts order his
name off the gubernatorial ballots,
| but 70 date nothing a peen an
nounced as TO this move. lnVestIga-
| tions have been made of the sigma
| lures on his petitions fled with the
| Secretary OF State and report has it
| that many OF the anne given on them
| are not bona fde and consequently
| his petition should be thrown out and
! his name taken off the ballot.
Mr.. BuSbce is today touring In
| Somerset county in the interest Of his
| candidacy, and Mr.. Edwards, his
| Democratic rival, is in South Jersey,
! campaigning in Gloucester and Salem
counties.