Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-20
vERDON OPENS
WAR ON s|LzER
Hudson G. o. P. Leader AL
legged Deal With Traction
interests Being Arranged

Although Judge George S. Silger'
of Metuchen, has not as yet an
nounced his candidacy for governor,
| and Indications at this time are that
he never will announce 1t, he is be-
| ing accused by Republicans, namely
! William r. Verdon of Hudson coun-
| ty, of Withholding his announcement
with a deal between the friends
OF the judge and representatives OF
the traction interests is being ar
ranged.
Both Governor Edwards and May
or Hague of Jersey City assert thai
Silzer will not cater to the traction
interests, and they deny a deal sucn
as Verdon charges.
President McCarter had the fol-
lowing to say concerning the mat
ter:
That appears to be one product
of the silly season. The story Is
so ridiculous 1t is not worth deny
ing. This is just silly twaddle."f
j. Harry Foley, secretary to Gov
ernor Edwards, said he was posi-
tive the Edwards and Hague COM
bination would not stand for n
soft pedaling on the traction issue.
He pointed out that Governor Ed
WdIQS NOH utClciNtiy oh
in 1919 and that he has no desire 10
take the back track this time.
81 charge" declared Verdon in his
statement today, that negotiations
are on between certain hackers OF
Judge Silzer and emissaries of n
traction interests, having for their
object the throwing of the traction
influences in favor of Silzer and
against Senator Runyon. who en-
ragged the traction crowd W weeks
ago by his courageous declaration
against the e%ight-cent fare.
az charge that there are plans
under way by which an understand
ing is to be reached between some of
the Silzer boosters and the traction
influences, and by which the trac-
ton people VIII support Silzer by
their votes ana by a large campaign
fund.
Seeing tho futility of fighting
Runyon at the Republican primar-
les in September the traction peo-
pie have resolved to get behind
Judge Silzer and prevent him, II
possible, from taking the stand that
Runyon took against the eight-cent
trolley fare.
Ill ItlulA lOl us
people will support Silzer and try
to inhict on Runyon the punishment
they wish inflicted because of his
determined stand against the eight
cent fare and against inflated val
uations and because of Runyon's
advocating the Bacharach bill now
pending in congress to prevent Fed
eral Judges from fixing excessive
trolley rates over the heads of the
State Public Utility Commissions.
iWhen the platform of Silzer Is
announced it will be found that
what l now charge is absolutely
true. His declaration on the pub
lie utility issue will be extremely
tame and will suit Mr.. Thomas n.
McCarter exactly. In other WORDS
the traction crowd is ready to 50
over, bag and baggage. into the
Edwards-Hague- Nugent-silze camp
on condition that Silver shall re-
frain from taking the advanced
stand that Runyon has taken on
the traction issue.
IAN this, Of course, means that
Senator Runyon will have a walk
over for the govenorship next
Nothing will SO much help him
as the feeling among the voters that
the traction crowd has determined
to slaughter him because OF his
stand against the eight-cent fare.
1 predict a tidal wave for Runyon
in November"