Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-02-23
EDGE 8 ACTION
ON ROAD BOARD
|SQUEST|ONED
Governor Stands Pat on His
Four Appointments to Road
Commission
EDGE CONTROLS HOUSE
Where Greatest Opposition to
SiIzer Board Has Been
Developed

TRENTON. Feb. 2S-"What will
be Mr.. Edges final attitude on the
solution of the highway muddle p
This is a perfectly proper question
in the present impasse which the
road controversy has apparently
reached. Governor Silzer stands pat
on his four appointments. He gives
them a clean bill of health. The
state senate hovers betwixt love ami
duty The Republican senators love
their party and want to remain loyal
to it. Yet they feel an obligation
to the state, at least goodly poc-
tion--possibly a majority of them
to act promptly on the governors
appointees. They probably wou 4
rather do that. But there looms dp
the disgruntled colleagues of the e.
o. p. who hold the whip hand IN
the House of Assembly and who do
ing all in their power to defeat the
Silzer program.
Thus in the last analysis the as
semply is the controlling factor at
the moment, for without it's re-
strining hand the senate would
undoubtedly act. Here is whe.e
Senator Edge enters the picture.
The ledership and organization of
the Republican majority in the low
er House is dominated by forces
close to the coming senior represeu-
tative at Washington.
Speaker Evans is from Passaic,
where George Wright and Fred Van
Blarcom, the organization leadels
are Edge lieutenants. Republican
House whip Corio is from the Edge
home county. Atlantic, and is par
and parcel of the organization there
with which Edge is associated.
Messrs. Evans and Corio are the
dominating factors in the counseis
of the House Republican member
ship and they bitterly fought every
step of their senate colleagues to
conciliate with Mr.. Silzer.
Therefore, if order is to be re-
stored out Of chaos and if the sta:e
of New Jersey is to finally get
new highway which
question does not concern the CON-
mon citizens much anyhow because
they have little use for the eHper-
sive roads to be built-it is logical
conclusion for the political abserf-
ers to reach that the Atlantic C',y
senator ought to use his influence
with the assembly leaders who are
part and parcel of his following n
the Republican ranks.
1t is understood that Mr.. Edge
is to be the guest of the New Jersey
Republican Women's Club at it's
weekly luncheon forum next Tues
day. Monday evening the legislature
reconvenes for the fifth consecutive
week of the battle over the highway
commission reorganization. If the
senator comes here for the luncheon
it may be confidently expected that
he will at that time take hand III
the situation. If pressure of WASH
ington business in the closing days
of the present congress, which Will
end practically next week, keeps him
busy there, then he may try his hand
at getting the House of Assembly
into line at long range.
Or. so speculation leads, he may
decide to keep out of the quarrel on
the theory that it does not officially
concern him. However, this may be
true, there is no denying the fact
that he is concerned politically and
his lieutenants have dominated the
Republican organization of this
House of Assembly he can, if he so
chooses. play an important role in
influencing the final position of that
branch of the legislature in the pres
emf contrOV VerSV.