Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-24
TREND IN M
POLITICS ARE
Said OBSCURE
Usually G. 0. p, Deems
Are Making Strong
Bid For Votes In
Cleveland's Home

r,NIwARk, N. j.. Oct. 24.-Birtb.
frans oI 1rover Cleveland, this state
CALI "hlcn Woodrow Wilson was
nrhIi 70 Washington. has gone re.
a.. LOT q generation against ey-
H. oaner presidential candidate save
V;tnaliSe and its adopted son. Even
uhon tailed to carry New Jersey
~ ran for the second term.
rst..ed Z Smith. although neither
$3.50 Jerseyman nor adopted. is a
ghoor' In his domain thoussnds
vrsey commuters spend their
lear 70 him are the thickly popu-
eo sections of New Jersey. Near
= hudson county in which
asSor FRANK Hague. OF Jersey CITY.
|. three times mustered enough
ocratlc voters to defeat the re-
Iainder OF the state and assist
ESenlocrstle governors to office.
earnest from Smith. in miles and
iSpoIltlcs, are the counties Of south
Name Governor Too
put there is opposition in the
TTLLa-r country as we'll as in the far.
ine hague machine in addition TO
oisahiting against a Coolidge state
/ plurality Of 377,419, is on the de-
fensive against a republican In
~Nestlgating commission. This COM
mission after a long series az hear
lhgS' instigated laws which republi-
cans asserted would end what thew
termed the political crimes in Hud-
son county. There he's been talk
81 asking the courts TO pass upon
these new measures.
lhis Is a gubernatorial as we'll as
a presidential year in New Jersey.
!, Inc republicans have o had a
I governor for nine years. In his
power Of appointing judges. prose
cutting attorneys and many other Of
n Ulcers, the chief executive Of this
state IS = governor among COVER
rors. The republicans want this
y patronage and the man against
whom they are directing their at
tack IS Hague, who is not only a
Jersey mayor, but also a friend Of
Smiths and a vice chairman Of the
democratic national committee.
State IL Dry
The governors term is for three
years. Hague elected his men in the
off years. When g~ubernstorial and
presidential elections coincided in
| 1916, the vote was heavier than IN
the off years and the republicans
won. The vote in prospect for
4 November 6 is the heaviest of
\ twentieth century New Jersey.
For all its wet democratic gov
y ernors, New Jersey also Is a state
Of dry republican legislatures.
\ Overwhelming republican, and SO
dry that a declaration Of the re-
a -.L1.-.- -I-Af- - l-ALwAsN.A.
referendum was ignored last year.
Jersey is represented by two out
standing vets. One is a democrat
and the other a republican. Edward
hEdwards. the former. is running
for reelection. Walter r.. Edge. the
latter. was one or the early endorsers
of Herbert Hoover. yet in the re-
publican primaries Edges candidate
to oppose Edws ards was defeated.
1 Dust Election Boss
This ~ hard fought ground for
all republican claims that a united
1 party with Hoover at the head Of the
ticket can repeat the success Of -four
\ wear ago. and for all the democratic
assertions that Smiths stand on pro-
hibition. his career as governor Of
1.-The neighboring Empire state, and
This appeal 10 many classes Of voters
| will upset a precedent. Both candi-
dates have csmpaigned in New Jer-
sew and both are expected TO return
before election day.
Republicans are balancing the
\ rural and suburban sections against
/, the vote of Hudson county and the
|Acities. In Hudson county, a super
~Iintendent Of elections was forced
out of office BY the legislature on
The ground that he had failed TO
~eontrol the situation. His successor
mas been questioning up to % per
( cent Of the names or registry lists.
In parts of the state the demo
,ersts are better organized than IN
I@svesrs. Hague has enemies within
his own ranks. With n or two
INSCRIPTIONS every important paper N
|lthe state is attacking Hagueism.
some argue that the attacks VIII
hurt Smith, others that this opposi-
Y ion TO the leader will bring out ?
eccrd vote OF confidence.
G.. q. r. Goes Dem.
The cities outside OF Hudson eour-
' with their expected heavy vote
ar Smith are handicapped BY subar-
nan and rural communities Of repub-
rErans. Franklin W. Fort, secretary
a. the republican national committee,
yenresents, in the house Of repre-
sentatives, a dry suburban district.
But that district is next door 70
Newark in which a heavy wet demo-
.r.sir vote is conceded. Many Of
Tort's constituents earn their living
Law by day in Governor Smiths own
,,.,e. The far country Of New Jer-
sew. the southern counties, he's oeen
/ republican for years.
There have been no outstanding
affections from the democratic cause
MT the republicans have lost u1ai
y McCarter, president Ct q large
Nav ,Iersey bank and brother OF the
rr,sident Of the Public Service utility
companies. John Fl: Stamler, Newa.x
banker. and Edward ". cray i0r sst
Iept~ Go caught nomination az