Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-24
SENATE SPLIT
IN SELECTION
Of PRESIDENT
Forces Of U. S. Senator Edge
Get Setback = Tie Between
Smith and WaIIWorth
LARSON GREAT SURPRISE
Beaten BY Stevens of Mon
mouth BY 1917 Vote For
The Leadership
GREAT SURPRISE

TRENTON, Nov. 24-The forces
of United States Senator Edge yes
terday suffered a setback when they
endeavored to follow up their VIC
tory of Tuesday in the House leader
ship contest by the selection of a
senate president in harmony with
the plans~sf the senior senator to
be at Washington. Seven futile
ballots were taken by the seventeen
members of the Republican caucus
yesterday without a result for either
the forces of former United States
Senator David, of Camden. who was
backing Joseph f. Wallworth, of
that county for the senate pres
dency, or for Senator Albin Smith
of Passaic. the Edge choice. On the
sixth ballot, which was the nearest
to the election of either candidate,
Smith had eight and Wallworth
eight, and former President Case of
Somerset. received the remaining
ballot, which vas cast for him by
Perry.
Previous to the voting on the
question of a senate leader and by
a vote Of 10 to z selected William
A. Stevens, of Monmouth. over Moo
gan F. Larson, of Middlesex.
Senator Stevens, who was made
the new leader, is starting on the
third year of his present term. The
ten votes he received came from
the following: Blackwell of Mer-
GER, Bright of Cape May, Case of
Somerset, Larson of Middlesex
complimentary, Mathis of Ocean,
Parry of Essex, Pierson of Union,
Roberts of Burlington. Wallworth of
Camden, Whitney of Morris-10.
Stevens had the full vote of the
Wallworth faction. Senator Larson,
his opponent, was not counted as a
candidate for leader before the eau
Gus and had been figured as a Wall
worth man. Yet his support on the
roll call came from Smiths sup
porters, the only break being Case
OF Somerset. He received the votes
of Allen of Salem. FODDER of Glou-
~cester, Mackay of Bergen, Reeves
of Cumberland, Richards of Allan
tic, Smith of Passaic. and Stevens
Of Monmouth (complimentary)-7.
The combinations heard before
the caucus were Wallworth and
Stevens for president and leader
respectively against Smith and
Reeves of Cumberland. How Reeves
got out of the running is not ex-
planned.
The sixth ballot which was the
best estimate of how the senators
stood on the presidency fight and
was also an indication of the full
strength of the Baird and Edge Fore
es in the caucus the vote al as fol-
lows:
For WaIlworth-Blackwell, of
Mercer; Bright, of Cape May; Ma
this, of Ocean; Pierson of Union
Roberts, of Burlington; Smith. of
Passaic, complimentary: Stevens,
of Monmouth: Whitney, of Morris
s.
For Smith-Allen, of Sa'em: Case,
of Somerset; FODDER. of G oucester;
Larson, Of Middlesex; Mackay of
Bergen; Reeves, of Cumberland;
Richards. Of Atlantic; Wa!lworth, Of
Camden. COMPLIMENTARY.
For Case-Parry, of Essex.
If this lineup should continue
when the balloting is resumed here
next Tuesday. then it would appear
that Senator Parry, of Essex, an in
dependent, might hold the key to the
breaking of the deadlock. But there
are two other senators who may fig
ure in the final ma%neuvering. One Is
FODDER. of Gloucester, who after vct-
ing for the first six ballots sor Smith,
did not cast a preference fer anyone
on the seventh and last roll call.
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