Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-24
NUGENT GETS
ONLY 8 VOTES
Republican Majority in Senate
SolidIy Against His Being
Prosecutor
AGANS WITH THE G. O. P.
One Democrat Absent Gov.
Edwards Must Name New
Essex Prosecutor
TRENTON. Janu. 24-James r.
Nugent will not be the prosecute:

TRENTON. Janu. 24-James r
Nugent will not be the prosecute:
of Essex county.
Governor Edwards must find g
new man to meet with the approva
isgof the state senate. Last nigni
that body emphatically disapproveG
of the selection of Mr.. Nugent when
by a big vote of II to 8, itrejected
his nomination sent to 1t week ago
Everyone of the sixteen member.
of the majority stood pat on the
Republican partys bone dry" pol.
icy already decided upon for this
session. and voted against the Es.
sex Democratic leader. One member
of Mr.. Nugent's own party, David
II, Agans. of Hunterdon, a dry
man from dry" county. stood
with them. The three votes for con
frmation came from the Democratic
side, and one member of the minority
was absent.
Following is how the senate vot-
ed:
To confirm-Simpson, of Hudson
Barber, of Warren; Heath, of Mer-
GER, Democrats, 3.
To reject-White, of Atlantic;
MacKay, of Bergen: Roberts, OF
burlington; Wallworth, of Camden;
Bright, of Cape May; Reeves, OF
Cumberland; Parry, Of Essex; Food
er, of Gloucester; Larson, of Mid
dleseX; Stevens, of Monmouth;
Whitney, of Morris; Hagaman, OF
Ocean; Smith, of Passaic; Allen, of
Salem; Case, of Somerset; Runyon,
Of Union, Republicans, and Agans,
ii Hunterdon, II.
Absent, Keyes, Sussex, Democrat.
Expected support from the Re-
publican side for Nugent failed to
materialize. It had been anticipated
that vets like White of Atlantic,
and Smith of Passaic would vote to
confirm and it had also been said
that former United States Senator
David Baird, of Camden, who is a
personal friend of the Essex Demo-
crat, would lend his influence with
the South Jersey Republican sena-
tors. This prediction also failed of
fulfillment.
The Republican senators met in
conference yesterday afternoon and
after discussing the matter then
and there decided that they would
nave to harken to the opposition to
confirmation and vote to reject this
nomination. When the executive
session began Senator Parry, of Es-
sex, who led in the anti Jugent cru
sade, registered his opposition but,
as far as could be learned, he did
not declare the Essex man person
ally objectionable. In fact he did
not have to go to this extreme in
order to block confirmation.
Senator Simpson, Democratic
leader, said word in support of
confirmation. Then Republican
Leader White, of Atlantic, rose and
declared every senator should put
himself in the place of the COVER
nor, and then decide whether he
wcsild have sent this nomination to
the senate. After this the roll call
was taken. and the arch foe of pro-
hibition was defeated.
Just as the executive session of the
senate begal. several senators were
called out If the chamber to visit
Governor Edwards office. Instantly
it was said that Mr.. Edwards was
making an eleventh hour attempt to
swi lg votes into line for the nomi-
nee. Senator Waliworth of Camden,
vas one called by the governor and
others were Bright, of Cape May,
md Agans the Democrat, who was
off the reservation" SO far as Nu-
REM was &C ncerned If Mr.. Edwards
made any effort to convince these
senator's they should support the
nomination it was an unsuccessful
attempt, ore by cpt they returned
% the executive session and voted
o reject tie nomination.
With a gubernatorial and United
states seHat.rial campaign. in which
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