Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-08
FREL|NGHUYSEN
To Be CHAIRMAN
Will Likely be Chosen Head of
Republican Delegates at a
Meeting Being Held Today
Bv special Correspondent.


NEWARK May S-United States
Senator Frelinshuysen IS expected to
be chosen as chairman of the elected
delegates to the Republican national
convention when they assemble here
this afternoon to organize for their
coming trip to Chicago next month.
Opposition may develop from the del
egates from Hudson county. who are
controlled by William +. Verdon. who
has declared himself for State Chair
man stokes but with both Mr.. Stokes
and United States Senator Edge
known to be for the selection of the
senior senator. there seemed no ques-
ton this morning of his election.
Frelinghuysen's being choice for
chairman is a happy solution of what
might otherwise develop into a nasty
snarl for the Republican delegation.
1t is believed the Edge and Stokes
wings of the party both lined-up for
him because 1t saved each side a test
of strength of forces againS the
other. 1t was anticipated that the
recent primary would settle the state
leadership of the Republican party.
But the result could hardly be expect
ed to have accomplished that.
Messrs. Stokes and Edge both landed
on the big four and they both go
to Chicago pledged to Wood. Stokes
has been so for a year and Edge by
the result of the primary vote. which
he promised TO follow in the matter
of Presidential nomination choice.
Therefore, the leadership issue
might have resolved itself into a con-
test among the twenty eight delegates
to the convention. but each side has
tacitly avoided such q contingency by
declaring for the happy compromise
F'relinghuysen. The fourth member
of the big four" Senator Runyon.
10 L ,n fr hs,
10 the senior senator.
A canvass of the delegates assem-
bled here today shows that seventeen,
Including the big four" are pledged
TO support Wood at Chicago and
eleven are adherents of Hiram John
son. Thus in any issue in which the
two leading Republican rivals for the
Presidency are concerned. the Wood
forces will control today or at any
subsequent time until the conven-
tion is over. Today's meeting is at
the Robert Treat hotel and the del
egates and their pledges choices for
President follow:
Delegates mt Large.
Joseph $. Frelinghuysen, Walter T..
Edge, Edward c. Stokes, William n.
Runyon.-Wood.
District Delegates.
First District Frances'F. Patterson.
Jr., Camden: Edward I. Sturgess,
Glassboro.-Wood.
Second District, William II. Bright,
WILDWOOD; William w. Worrell,
Mount Hollywood.
Third District. William III. Kline
South River; William M. Thompson,
Red ank.-Johnson.
Fourth District, Arthur F. Foran
Pennington; William p. Howe, PEN
Red Bank.-Johnson.
Fifth District. j. Mortimer Town
ley. w. Edmond Clum, both Eliza
| beth.--Wood.
Sixth District. Daniel E. Pomeroy,
Englewood; Nathan II. Hart, New
ton-Wood.
Seventh District. Joseph Hardy,
Paterson; Colin r. Wise, Passaic.-
Johnson.
Eighth District. Henry NJ. Dore-
mus. Newark.-Wood: Arthur B.
Archibald, rlington.-Johnson.
Ninth District, Richard Wayne
Parker. Newark: Austen Colgate,
Newark.-Wood
Tenth District. William l.. Glorieux,
Newark; Edward ID. Duffield, Orange.
Wood.
Eleventh District. William p. Yer
don, Hoboken; Philip Melcher, Town
of Union.-Johnson.
Twelfth District. Richard Doherty
and Thomas S. Vierow. Jersey City
johnson.