Evening star., 1922-09-21
PRIMARY BATTLE
IN JERSEY BITTER
Frelinghuysen in Hard Fight
to Beat Record for Sem
ate Nomination.
OPPONENT HAS STRENGTH
Edwards Running on Very Wet
Platform for Democratic Sen.
ate Honors.

Nominating primaries will be held
in New Jersey next Tuesday, main
interest from a national viewpoint
centerins In the contest over the
United States senatorship nomination
on the republican ticket There is
no controversy over the democratic
nomination, Gov. Edwards (the man
who would make New Jersey as wet
as the Atlantic ocean'D having no op-
ponent for the nomination
Senator Frelinghuysen, republican
10 up for denomination and is op-
posed by George L. Record, former
bull mooser and presently radical
progressive. Senator Frelinghuysen is
stanch supporter Of the administra-
tion and personal friend OF Presi-
dent Harding, and his defeat would be
hailed by the democrats and extrem-
ist progressives as an administra
ton setback and blow at the old
guard. in line with the La Toilette
and other victories Of the kind.
Contest Hns Warmed In.
Latest advices from New Jersey re
port that tho contest has warmed up
conside rably in the past fortnight and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing put to their mettle by the cam
paign of Mr.. Record Conservative
and non-partisan opinion does not
concede the defeat of Senator Ere
Iinghuysen. but does forecast heavy
vote for Mr.. Record. The charge has
been made that the democratic or
ganization will seek to put demo
cratic votes in the ballot boxes for
Mr.. Record, on the theory that II he
easily defeated in the November cleo
tions by the democratic candidate.
Gov. Edwards. The stringency of
the election laws covering primaries
Is cited. however. in contravention OF
the claim and il is protested that ex-
officers such fraud could not be per
petrated upon a large scale:
Mr.. Records campaign is being
waged along lines followed by ex-
treme progressive republican candi-
dates in other states. He opposes
extreme high tariff, "Sewberryism"
(Senator Frelinghuysen having voted
for the seating of Senator Newberry
and Is in line with all the progres
sive doctrines preached elsewhere.
He is noH-committal on the wet and
dry question. He is an adroit and
plausible speaker. and has had sew
eral big audiences.
Firm ON Dry Issue.
Senator Frelinghuysen in this state,
Wferc the wet ana uES issue Is acute.
is 100 per cent dry. as the candidate
on the democratic ticket is the same
proportion wet lie is making a spe-
cial bid for the farmer vote and the
support of the churches. He attacks
Mr.. Record vigorously, and at a
speech in Jersey City the other night
he is quoted as saying:
do we recognize men who preach the
doctrines of hate and discomfort? Is
it not a fact that at the present time
a man claiming to be a republican Is
seeking the nomination for the position
of United States senator who is the
most notorious fomentor of discord
within our borders? Examine his rec
ord and l defy any to class him as a
republican. Smash big business is his
MOTTO. Government ownership in his
panacea. for all our Ills" And then he
branched out from that into further
arraignment Of his opponent.
WOmen's Vote Sought.
The FreIinghuysen management is
making strenuous effort to get out the
women's vote in the primariss, Oh
the theory that the women will SUI
port Senator Frelinghuysen on the dry
issue, which he never fails to accen-
tuate. Republican factional differences
in Essex county are said to menace
the senator. He is also expected to be
weak in Jersey City and Atlantic City.
but Is reported as going strong in the
agricultural districts.