Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-11
BIC JOBS REST
WITH ELECTION
This Election Also Plays I'm
portant Part on 1922 Fight
in the State

TRENTON, Oct. 11:-While the
election which is to be held through
ont the state just one mont from
today. November S, has been de-
seribed as an "off year" contest. yet
il can hardly be said to be without
political stakes of importance nor is
il to be devoid of significance with
respect to future happenings bearing
on the campaign of 1922.
Every state senator elected next
month. and there will be seven of
them, will, in addition to his other
prerogatives, have two important
votes bearing on high and lucrative
state offices. The men will serve
three year terms and each will have
a say in choosing the next state
treasurer and the next state comp
troller. the two heads of the states
Important financial administration.
The successor to William L. Read,
of Camden. will be chosen by the
next legislature, and in 1925 each OF
the state senators to be elected TINS
year will also have a vote for state
comptroller to succeed Newton A. Is.
Bugbee. of Trenton, whose present
and second term expires in that year.
! These two officials serve for three
years and each is paid $4,000 a year.
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members of the House of Assembly
who may be elected this day a month
will also have a say in picking the
next state treasurer.
Therefore the immediate stake, in
addition to the capturing OF the
majority of seats in the House OF
Assembly at the coming election, is
the post of state treasurer for the
three years ensuing from April l
next, the date when Mr.. Reads pres
ent tenure of that office ends. If
the G.. o. p. wins control of the
House of Assembly or at least gets
enough votes there to control the
Joint session, adding what that party
will have in the senate, it is quite
likely that Mr.. Read will be chosen
to succeed himself and he Will take
office for his third term.
Barring death or otKher unfore-
seen contingencies the Republicans
will control the mex seatc in any
event. They will have eleven hold
over members of that body, which is
just the required number to organ
ize the upper legislative branch.
Thus should the Democrats win all
of the seven senatorial contests this
year in the counties of arlington,
Cape May, Gloucester. Hunterdon,
/ sNlAdhltSEA- ASSAM ailt . NAANS
will have but ten votes in the next
senate, including the three hold
uver Democratic senators now in
that body.
The real cattle therefore, is to
capture the majority of the seats
in the House of Assembly, and If the
Democrats can get a sufficient num-
Der of these to offset the Repub-
lican preponderance in the senate.
they will, of course. choose the next
state treasurer when the two bodies
meet in joint session 70 rthat pur-
pose.
AS to tne significance of the pres
ent contest for legislative control,
it ma ybe said it VIII be regarded by
many political observers as a ba-
rometer of what may happen in
New Jerseys hi. eubernatorial and
United States senatorial contest a
year hence. 1t will be recalled that
in 1918 the Democrats made big
gains in the election for members of
the legislature and George NJ. La
Monte, the party candidate for
United States senator. gave Walter
E. Edge, Republican, a good fight
for thai honor. The next year, 1919,
the Democrats elected Edward l.
Edwards governor.
Then, as now, the wet" and
dry" question was the principal is
sue and the G. o. p. suffered in the
populous regions of the state for its
espousal of the cause of the Anti
Saloon League.
1t is not exaggeration to say that
the personnel of the two parties
tickets for governor and L. S. SEN
ator in 1922 will depend to a large
Q tent upon the outcome of the
balloting on November s. A Re-
publican victory this year would be
taken as an endorsement of the
Van Ness law and decidedly boost
the stock of Senator William N.
Runyon, of Union, ardent dry"
Incidentally the prospects for
tor Frelinghuysen would also i'm
prove.
In this connection the candidacy
of FGovernor Edwards for United
States senator will likely hinge up
on this November's balloting. If
the result is encouraging he will be
looked upon to enter the race. The
same may be said of Mayor f. w
Donnelly, of Trenton, who is now
prominent as a gubernatorial posi-
bility. One thing which may send
the politicians all wrong in sizing
up the prospects from November 8
is the indication of a light vote all
over the state. The recent primary
showing w.s very small and the
same apathy, with no state wide Of
fees to be filled, may be found on
election day next month. Conse-
%quentIy, it behooves political prog
nosticators to take the size of the
vote into consideration in planning
what to do in ext years important
battle.