Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-08
CLAIM FRELINGHUYSEN
IN new JERSEY VOTING
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That Stevens ought to be fully
satisfactory to the Anti-Saloon
League is apparent the moment it is
recalled that it was this organization
which made him chairman of the
last Republican State Convention
over former Governor Stokes. If
the liquor question is kept out of
the selection of a senate president.
of course, Stevens might have for
midable opposition on another kind
of a lineup in the Republican eau
Gus. The organization senators who
last year broke with the Monmouth
man when he supported Governor
Silzer in the road fight might try to
side track him because of that cleav.
age, which still holds somewhat In
the ranks of the Republican sena-
tiers, but if it comes to a showdown
on the liquor issue, then the Mon
mouth senator may look forward to
success through the powerful aid of
the Anti-Saloon organization.
Although House Floor Leader Jo-
seph A. Corio, of Atlantic City, is
the logical choice for speaker in
1924, the fact that he is an ardent
wet, may initiate against his
chances in the event that this ques-
ton is the deciding factor when the
forty-two Republicans meet to de-
eide on their organization for the
session.
Votes for the "drys" in such a
fight against the Atlantic City man
could be mustered as follows: Ber-
gen. /; Burlington, 1; Camden, 3;
Cape May, /; Cumberland, 1; Essex,
8; Gloucester, /; Monmouth, 2;
Morris, l. Ocean, /; Salem, l; Som
erset, l.: Union, a; Pc.
wet" Republican members have
been elected as follows:- Atlantic, 2;
Essex, A; Passaic, Sill. The five
votes places in the doubtful column,
include two from Middlesex and
three from Bergen. The latter are
SO placed in this calculation because
Corio, being an Edge man, might
command their support through
Edges lieutenant. Senator Mackay.
the Bergen Republican leader.
otherwise it might be safe to class
them in the dry" ranks.
If this strength of the Anti-Saloon
League is mustered for complete
domination Of the next legislature 1t
could undoubtedly pick also the
senate and House Republican floor
leaders and block any attempt to
pass III ~ GU VI MULTIPLICATION lRbi2-
lation or express any sentiments
tending to endorse the "three per
cen beer" program of United States
Senator Edge, who m up for re-
election next fall, and whose cam
paign will be launched Immediately
after the end of the 1924 law-mak-
ing session.
Had the Democrats captured con-
troll of the House of Assembly this
week it would have been a wet"
victory and by the same token the
cause of Senator Edge for re-nomi-
nation in 1924, as against any "dry"
candidate for the G.. o. p. nominal
ton would have been enhanced.
But the results of Tuesdays voting
show that of the seven Republican
Senators chosen, only one, Mr.. Har-
rison, is victorious on a liberal plat
form. Senators-elect Stevens, in
Monmouth, Woodruff, in Camden,
Davis, in Gloucester, Pierson, in I'm
ion, and Borton, in Salem, are all
classed as dry" and Senator Case,
| of Somerset, is a moderate wet"
A conservative estimate places twen-
ty-six of the forty-two Republican
Assembly members-elect in the
dry" column also. .a
These are probably Earring facts
to the old time Republicans who
met last September to move the G..
O. p. away from it's connection with
the Anti-Saloon League forces. They
are on the other hand, pleasant for
the league and former Senator Free
linghuysen to contemplate. There
has been talk that the Somerset man
NAV go into the ace for the sena-
torial nomination against Mr.. Edge
next year. This prediction has been
based on the former Senator's re-
cent attack ON the administration of
the Volstead act in New Jersey,
which was regarded by political OBJ
servers as an indirect attack upon
Mr.. Edge because some of the lat
ter's appointees were made the OBJ
iect of the attack. Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen himself has not denied the pos
sibility of his becoming a candi-
date again despite his defeat by co.
600 in 1922.
Democratic leaders are stunned by
the failure of Governor Silzer's APP
peal to elect legislators in sympathy
with his program. The governor
himself has refused to be interviewed
on the subject. In view of the at
tacks made by the executive on some
of the G.. o. p. senator's 1t is now
expected that there will be decided
ly strained relations between the
Democratic administration and the
Republican majority in the mex ses-
sion. The Republicans will point to
the Silzer defeat in the legislative
fight Just ended as an endorsement
of their own program.