Evening star., 1949-05-12
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oely 10 put has aregsxw f~an& MnkaS Fx-
grFs, sn egs Esshsws~Gs ra&GFety sAszAg lgas 10
TIE administration
And WHY AssoalaaI n Dr. Mr aakus.
Democratic eess q tss~Y~~Aa wv&l as Isgsex
Cisy-~~&s . brat on Truman pgwsasxusEAl
nomination al this tlrar !Rss swMr he as.e
believe thai Mr. Truman cossls wgn ard sad
60 and I've wanted to naEntuAts Caen pwssht
u. ElSnae~eF ioE President A!}sg NJ Tsa-
man was nominated, MI Aakus pag eas =
SHOW soE him whcn hs e4pr - Jrge~y cav
das4ng the eafnpal9n--eas NJ hAKer aldnt
tear las shirt uying "a carry tsas STATE tcs
President Truman ]! ne Rad New srFsrv
might have bern In the Truman column
for Gov. De~ey Of Ses SeTk had oan =
ANAL lead when all the votes wegw counted.
MIR Hague has not eesa q gFeausnteT et
the White House during The last YEAR. nsw
~as he urged 10 come uasTr Not because
President Truman could not stomach
machine boss bat amply BECAUSE Mr.. Ttu-
man and his immediate and intimate circle
did not like the was Nj Hague had pet
formed Mr., Truman had plenty of eaprgl-
enee with political machines IN hlS hoEas
Stale Missouri where he esed las Hrsa po-
htlcal prefefmsnt to the late Tom pcndey-
gASt. than whom there waS no eoSsAey, more
hard boiled AND more ruthless bass Nj.
Pende.gast finally sos himself Into iaA--
the income tax route -shrh Nj haEos
never did
finai shove Bean Path.
The Hague defeat on Tuesday 1t Nas
Hagues ticket headed by his nephew. Mssos
Eggers which MAS heatrn-~was = eulEntnA-
tion. = final shove down the path toward
political impotence, BoAs Haeuss real uou"
bles began several years aso when walter
Edge Republican, became 0oNefnaf, Gov.
EDGE started taking over STATE officeA and
Gov. Drlscoli. also Republican. kept II un.
The courts which Ms. Hague usgd 10 dani.
nate he no longer was able 10 dominate, The
Hague Courts rs they we're called were out.
A new State constitution. which helped take
the courts out of Mr. Hague hands, waa
blow. And finally: when voting machines
were put into operation, instead Of the old
time ballot. the Iig vas pretty we'll un But
there Was more Ia II than that Mayor Frank
Il am the law Hague did not please soms
OF his iieutenant& when he stepped nut
OF once and put his nephew IN, Nj.
Kenny was one OF them-~and = break
finally came last fall between him and Mr.,
Hague,
Mr.. Kennys victory. while sounds
the death knell OF the Hague machine.
and has been widely hailed. has yet 10
produce u real change In political opera.
tion, Mr.. Kenny himself was q Hague
lieutenant for years and Mr. kennys father.
a saloon keeper and y ward eoss, started
Mr. Hague on his political career half
century ago He is not widely known
throughout the SLate~~nor Ia he Of the
younger more liberal group Of Democrats
who have been knocking at the door In
Jersey
Can Hold Committee kpats.
Frank Hague Ia Democratic national eena-
mitteeman for New Jersey and vice chair
man OF the Democratic National Committee.
Representative Edward J. Hart Of jersey
City q Hague supporter IN the past. 10
chairman Of the Democratic state Commit
tee. and another old friend and supporter
OF Mr. Hague. Mrs. Mary r Norton. al1a'a
member OF the House from Hudson County.
Is Democratic national eommitteewoman.
Mrs. Norton has been a member Of Congress
for rs years. II Ia not quite clear yet what
Shake-ups there will be. II any. Both Mr..
Hart and Mrs. Norton have 10 be rsnom-
TO succeed themselves. Mr.. Hague and
Mrs. Norton. however. can hold on TO their
places In the Democratic National Commits
tee at least until 1869 and the next Demo.
cratic National Convention II thry wtsh.
They were elected nj the time Of the last
national convention in iets.
Mr.. Hague's ability fer years 20 roll up
huge Democratic pluraiitleA In Hudson
County--a USUAL Hague majority ran about
i0o. 900 10 i2S.00o-gaye him his grip not
only on Hudson County but also or Tie
State. in Democratic politics. The Republi.
can Party In Jersey City and the county
WAS q farce. His Republican Appointses
wefe not seally Rspublieans~they wefe Rr.
pubiicrats and as much = part OF the Hague
organization. almost as the DrmocratA
The elimination Of Mr.. Hague~~oF nj least
the shearing Of his political powsr-may or
may not help the Democrats II looks like
q period OF chaos for them for q time.