Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-08

Vote on Delegates to Presidential
Convention Will Decide That
April 81

TRENTON, March s.-Much more
than Presidential preferences Will be
| decided on the Republican side of the
coming primary election in April to
pick delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago. The state leader
to come IL likely to be the oyershadow-
ing issue in the b~alloting on April
81, the day of the primaries.
Camden County Republicans are
claiming that United States Senator
| Baird and Attorney General McCran
are endeavoring to capture control
of the state organization. The story
along this line is that Senator William
b.. Mackay, of Bergen. has been in
vIted to join with this combination
with the offer that they will make
him their candidate for the Republic
can nomination for Governor In 1929.
| The outline of the plan further says
| that the Edge-McCran combine ex-
| poets to fatten OF the minority or
I Republican patronage that falls from
the table of Governor Edwards during
his term of Office and in return Tor
which the Republican alliance of At
lantic and PasSaic counties VIII do
little favors for the administration.
This IS why Camden has been OPP
| posing Edge as q candidate FOR the
Republican big four" to Chicago and
why County Clerk Patterson, lleuten-
ant of David Baird, has been Issuing
statements critlcising the Republican
LEGISLATORS who have been voting for
| ed wards administration proposition.
Republican House Leader Hersh-
field. of Passaic, Senator Mackay, or
Bergen, and Attorney General Veteran
were all active in pushing ratification
| Of woman suffrage. The Camden Leg
islative delegation fought it bitterly to
the last.
The same Republicans have been
| conspicuous in pushing across the beer
| legislation, which was also bitterly
attacked by the Camden assenlblyTnen.
although personally known to be wet
themselves. Their position OF his
question wal a referendum, but In
reality they were fighting the plan to
cooperate with Governor Edwards
mapped out by Edge-McCran men,
whom Camden politicians say are to
be rewarded by the administration
with the say as to whom shall get
the appointments which must go to
Republicans during Nh. Edwards
term of office.
The line of cleavage was distinct
ly drawn at the meeting of the Re
publican state committee and county
chairman here last week when the
attorney personally conducted the
EOSe liz III lOI q pJdtS oo uSiSS~NS
large and threw down the gag Of
battle to Patterson by telling him the
Statements of criticism must stop"
or the attorney general would make
some that would rock" the party
from end to end of New Jersey.
Camden is fighting desperately for
its place in the sun In the matter of
party leadership in the state, but
with the exception of the following
of County Chairman Davenport, of
Essex, seems to be alone in its oppo-
sition to Edge, SO far as expressions
of sentiment went at he meeting
here last week.
1t was noticeable that representa-
tives of the South Jersey counties at
the meeting, who have always been
regarded as followers Of the leader
ship of David Baird were not with
him at the meeting Of the state COM
mittee on the big four question,
nor have the South Jersey Repub-
lican legislators shown the Baird in
duence at this session.