Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-05
SENATOR EDGE WILL LEARN SOMETHING

Senator Edge Trenton today to what ne can do
toward Strengthening the highway tang The senator has
been trying some long range adjustments but has merely made
matters and brought dscredit himself 1t is TO be
hoped will be enough he is the ground to
realize mistake and the mistake OF his party and show some
of those pygmy Legislators at Trenton what petty creatures they
sre.
Republicans went before the people at the last election and
made big of the highway matter The party pledged
itself to give the people and busnesske admnsra
of the highway department Today however the hepub
cans stand before the people eneavorng have practical
politicians placed the highway board that patronage be
distributed of the state funds disgusting and huma
hing spectacle
Such good Republicans senators Stevens Case, LARSON
Whitney Parry and Peson will not be party to such cheap
parsann They big enough to stand for the welfare OF the
state doing they standing for the welfare OF their
party They going to be whipped about ike by
Senator Edge This shown by the telegram that Senator's
Stevens sent to the senator setting him right regarding
the governors pledge naming the Republican members OF
the board United States "called good and
proper and he does well to hasten the scene OF conflict TO n
put where he is at.
The Republicans only looking for to back down
gracefully the faces of those who have been fighting
the governor they have made such awful of the
thing that the only lett IS to surrender uncondun
billy and swallow their pride.
Any attempt force rpper bill through the Legislature
N this stage of the game taking from the the
OF appointment and packing the state highway with lot
Of Republican politicians, would sound the death kne Of the
Republican party would the beginning of the
end Edge The senator is astue politician but
apparently does grasp the temper of the people regard to
This highway matter.
The Republicans have already mussed things up by insisting
on foran bipartisan board instead of reeman nonpar
san governor originally suggested The present board
compromise accepted effort to satisfy the Republican
who want hog the whole thing but find that they
Instead Of taking the compromise and making the most
possible for the Republican party to get some
and credit of the reorganization Of the department.
they have got themselves in deeper and deeper until they
ondeng about hopeesy The the Republicans admit
their beat ignoinious retreat the better 1t
late for them either honor reputation. That
poruny has passed They have utterly dcreded themselves
shown their party up nsincre in its campaign promises
by admitting that they to get hold of the $000000 in the
highway fund be used for partisan purposes For what other
purpose should they desire pracca Republicans the
highway board than the high class and capable that the
governor has selected?
Senator Edge ought to learn great deal when he reaches
Trenton today II he has ambition to return to Washington
for another he will it that his hands clean far
as paving scandal is concerned And the only way keep
shm clean is adopt the confirm the names
now the and allow the State Highway Commission
10 get to work.