Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-01

MIR. sCULLY's WITHDRAWAL.

Their Is nothing surprising In Con-
greessman Scully's announcement that
he does not intend to again seek cleo
ton to congress-. To those who have
been following affairs in Washington
It has been apparent for some time
that MIR. Scully was no longer IN
terested I'm federal government affairs,
ct least not sufficiently interested to
put In much time at the national
capital. IL he has been present at any
OF the sessions of the present congress
the roll calls as published In the Con-
gressionai Record have failed to show
II.
Of course. being a congressman
these lays is no sinecure. For the
mast seven years, or since Woodrow
Wilson has been In the White House.
congress has been in almost continu-
Gus session. For O man to give the
time thus required of him to public
affairs means that his W private
business has got to be given up or
greatly neglected. Although the salary
of a congressman is $500 a year. h
requirements of the average congress-
man are such that few of them al
AFFORD to ignore their private affairs.
The fact remains, however. that the
duties of a congressman cannot be
ignored entirely and IL a man feels
that his first duty Is to his W pri-
yate interests he should not attempt
TO handle public affairs also, especially
in these times when the country Is
passing through such n critical stage.
BY Mr.. Scully's retirement the way
IS opened for other aspiring Demo-
Gratis to come out openly for the
honor. Several names have been mem
toned in connection with the nomina-
tion, but all have been holding back,
apparently, to learn what Mr.. Scully
proposed to do. Among the names
that have been mentioned thus far are
those of Mayor Frank Dorsey, of this
city, and Sheriff Elmer Geran. of Mon
mouth county. Either would make a
good representative. Perhaps now
that Mr. Scully has eliminated himself
others will come forward.
From the way things are shaping UP
now II looks as if whoever is selected
as the Democratic candidate will have
n. Frank Appleby, former mayor of
-Nsbury Park, for his opponent. There
is q disposition on the part of the
Republicans generally to let the nomi-
nation go TO q Monmouth county man
this year. 1t has been a long time
since the candidate has come from
that county and there is no doubt that
local pride would pull strong for him
in that section regardless of what
party he may represent. With local
pride not so strong in Middlesex be-
cause it is no novelty to have a con-
gresham from this county, the vote
here Is likely TO remain normal with
indications everywhere favoring the
Republicans. In this case, should a
Middlesex Democrat oppose n Mon
mouth Republican. the Middlesex man
would have an up hill fight with the
odds strongly against him. Fol this
reason there is a disposition in some
quarters to give the Democratic nomi~
nation to Il Monmouth nan also n
let them fight it out between them
selves.
However, it is a long time to the
election and there is no telling what a
popular Middlesex' county v~ote-getter
could do. AT any rate. the retire
ment of Congressman Scully has
cleared the atmosphere as far as the
Democrats are concerned and things
are likely to happen from now on.