Evening star., 1936-05-17
NEW JERSEY c. O.P.
PRIMARY TUESDAY
Test of Strength Between
Borah and Landon
First in State.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., May 16.-New
Jerseys primary election Tuesday
will furnish the Nations first State
wide test Of Republican voters pref
erence for ALI M. Landon or William
e. Borah for the party's presidential
nomination.
Neither Borah nor Landon entered
the primary under his own signature,
but supporters placed their names in
the preferential lists and backed them
up with slate of candidates in nearly
every one of the IA districts.
Henry Breckenridge of New York
City. attorney for Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, alone entered the Demo-
cratic presidential preference primary,
but regardless of his vote, President
Roosevelt is assured Of New Jerseys
80 votes in the national convention.
The Democratic organization led by
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City.
placed an unoppposed slate of dele
gates pledged to Roosevelt in every
district.
Campaign Of Hoffman.
Interest in the Borah-Landon fight,
in which Landon has the support of
State Committee members and nearly
every organization leader, was all but
eclipsed by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman'S
campaign for delegate-at-large to the
Republican national convention.
The Governor, selected by the State
Committee as one of the four candf-
dates for delegate-at-large, met op-
position from former Representative
Franklin w. Fort, who charged the
Governors activities in the Bruno
Richard Hauptmann case dragged
Jersey justice into the mire"
The Hoffman-Fort contest, unusual
for an honorary convention post,
added the only zest to the primary
campaign. The Governor, campaign
Ing with the enthusiasm that char
acterized his previous 10 victories at
the polls. spoke in many sections of
the State, stoutly defending his
Hauptmann case activities and offer
ing no apologies for reprieving the
Lindbergh baby slayer.
The Governor charged Fort entered
the campaign in the hope of getting
"a free ride" to Cleveland and be-
cause "he feels he has uncovered a
popular issue which will supply a
springboard for his ambitions"
Supporters of Landon.
The outcome Of their fight will not
affect the Landon strength as Fort
followed the lead of the State Com
mittee- picked candidates in announc-
ing support for the Kansas Governor.
Bracketed with Hoffman are former
Ambassador Walter E. Edge, Edward
D. Duf1eld, president of the Pruden-
tial Insurance Co., and National Com
mitteewoman Edna B. Conklin.
There have been reports that Hoff-
man and Fort supporters would resort
to bullet" voting-voting for only
one person instead of four The Gov
ernor in all addresses has urged sup
port for his ticket, and Fort an
nounced he would not condone such
tactics
The State Committee and the county
chairman of the regular organization
used their efforts to elect district dele
gates pledged to Lsndon in order to
send a solid Landon delegation of 80
to the Cleveland convention.
Nominations will be made also for
the United States Senate, IA con-
gressional. so State Assembly and z
State Senate seats.
United States Senator w. Warren
Barbour. Republican. seeking re-elec-
ton, has organization support and is
assured of the nomination. The DEM
ocratic Organization candidate, State
Senator William H Smathers of At
lantic, is opposed by former Assembly,
man Theron McCampbell of Mon
mouth.