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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1913.
ELECTION NEWS FROM NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES
MITCHEL'S RECORD ON
SCHOOLS ATTACKED
Ernest Cnrroll Moore Siiys In
quiry info Hoard Was
a Faroe.
BIASSKI) MAN BEHIND IT
Clinrsrs Sole Purpose Waa
Ion's Desire lo (Jot"
Dr. Maxwell.
Al-
Br Ktii:T cauiiom. mooiir.
F.vcrybndy so loves Sir ( alnliad Hint
1' I 11 high nml laudable ambition for h lu
ll um to strive to I10 llkn htm. tint th false
knight It less attractive than the real one
While oni ls-reon may soar above- others
In what he says, ho may sink fnr below
them In whnt he dor
Some of tin who hnve had unusual op
portunities to study the deed of John
Turroy Mltchel know that he Is no Sir (laia
had and are wondering by what process
of legerdemain ho la being mnelo to njijs'nr
no like unto that famous knight
We bate noted the efforts which are
being midn In his liehalf to make political I
capital out of tho recent New York school
Inquiry, and we feel that we have a duty
to the people of New York city to make
them familiar with tho Inner history of
that publlo undertaking. This history,
1 conceive, haa an Important bearing upon
four questions which the people of New
Tfork are now striving to answer, l, Is
Mr. Mltchel his own man or another's?
1. What Is hla attitude na a publlo official'
toward the law which he Is sworn to uphold? ,
8. how aoes ne treat nie stiooreiiniuee nnu
people who have official relations with him?
'4. What would bo the future of the school
system of New York If he were Mayor
of the city? These are publlo questions
Jid require the fullest light that ran be
brought to bear, upon them.
We bare nothing to do with the private
character of Mr. Mltchel he may be the
wlsert, the most reliable and the most
affable of men. Our concern Is solely
with his official acts. How has he per
formed bis part of the public business?
Hla record as a member of the Uonrd of
Eattmate and chairman of Its responsible
committee on school Inquiry, and only
that, shall concern us.
Ilia School Invrstlwitlnn.
1 nder date of October :n, nin. the Hoard
of Kstlmate and Apportionment adopted
a resolution appropriating f.v.ono for an
Investigation of the liepartment of I'.du
t 'at inn
On February r., mil, William H. Allen
of the Itiireau of Mutilcliial Itesearch came
to mo at Mobile, Ala . and told me tlvtt the
lommitlee on school Inquiry wished me
to conduct the Inquiry. When I caine
in touch with the nmniltlee't expert I
xvas -iirpriMd at the method which It em
ploy cd. for in nminnn w itb all public sihnnl
men I hud known that a bitter tend had
existed for some mouths between Mr
Mien ami William II Maxwell, the City
s,i rliiteiuleiit of Si hooU. ami that Mr.
'en hid pruit-d inmiv statement con
lemiii'i tlie school of XV York not all
. which were seir-evldi'iitlv true
1 have since taken pains to inquire Into ,
the nature of this feud and am reliably think we can go on with the extension
Informed hy a member of the Hoard of which we have planned fnr Hie Inquiry
t: location that Mr Allen had repeatedly and ou had better close up tho work here
' del him that "he (Mr. Alleiil xcas going to ins mmih a ynu um The Hoard of Alder
git Maxwell." I had conducted several men have cut out the appropriation for tl.e
public investigations and hud fixed views Inquiry and we have no funds.', Where
that It was the prime leqtitslie of any such upon i said, 'Hut ynu told me that you ex
publlc proceeding to be exceedingly clr- ported the xlderinon to cut out this ap
cumspeit in Unguarding in every polhJe, propnation and that you would secure the
way the interests of all parlies involved. I (unci some way '
This necessary precaution the school j
Inquiry committee had failed to take, but in- ,
sieim 11 naei etitrusti'ei tne preuminar negn-
tlatlons of till weighty and dellc-ntc matter
to an open enemy 01 1 ne scnooimanageuieiic.
,s I was to be in New- York on the following 1
Monday evening a dinner was arranged at
which I might meet Mr. Mitchel, the chair
man of th" school Inquiry committee Mr
Allen and Mr. Ilruere were present
Mr. .Mltchel came! late and stayed but a
brief time. 1 was askeel how long such an
Investigation would take. I said from three
to thirty years. I was asked if I would
undertake It. 1 replied that It was too heavy
u responsibility for any one man. but that
I waa willing to be one of a committee of
three to handle It. Fpon request I sug
gested the name of Prof. Frank Me.Murrny
of Columbia as another member of such a
committee. Ar Mr. Mltchel had to leave
at this point he turned to the others and
aid: "I am satisfied. C.o ahead with the
arrangements," and left.
From the nature of this Interview I
learned that Mr, Mltchel was not very eager
for the proposed Inx-estlgation, but that Mr,
Allen waa tremendously eager for It, and
that the virtual direction of the undertaking
was being left to Mr. Allen, 1 came away
with the conviction that a serious publle
responsibility was being sadly mismanaged
Four Questions llnlsed.
On the following Saturday there was
, another conference which Mr. Allen, Mr.
Uruere, Prof, McMurray and myself at
tended. Neither Mr. Mltchel nor any other
member of the committee us present. At
this conference l took pains to ask four
questions and the replica were in no case
satisfactory. These were the questions:
"First- Has the Hoard of F.stlmate taken
pains to determine its legal right to make the
proposed Investigation?"
"Second Will the school Inquiry com'
mlttee put Its understanding with Its expert
In w riting o that ho may kno w clcfluitely
xxhat his responsibility Is?"
"Third What method will the committee
employ to determine the efficiency of the
xvork of Its experts?"
"Fourth-1 this Investigation being
undertaken to siippott any preconceived
ih"ine cNf school administration?" '
The ne result of these conferences was
ilisappoliititig In Iheexlrcme. T'homnn who
was nominally in 1 harge of this great matter
was not actually in charge of t. The man
who, of all men, should not haxe been in
c harge of it was in charge of It, and although
lie and his ofllce' ptofes to represent efll
1 ii'iiey In government the answers to my
qni'sl Ions represented a greater degree of
inefficiency than I had ever before met.
line of two conclusion, was clear, either
th It the mailer was not straight nr Hint It
wa being fumbled beyond repair in Its
very beginning.
In a few dajs I wa very glad In be re-
eised from turther responsibility for Hie
I, quu y nya iciier iroin .vir. .viucnei, in w iiicu
he said that upon more mature retire'! Ion
Hn')' had decided that one man must hcviel
Hie iuv estigatlon and that I had said that I
wasiol w illlug lo undertake It alone. Alter
u lew weeks, on March III, HMI, Pud Paul II ,
ll inilsof Harvard I'nlversily wa appolulcil
to direct it
Dr, llnuns's I'.ipcrlcncr.
1 i.i.r mi. eejein" iiis ic nice eeee eie-c-ciiicii 01 uas eieareci i ue aiiuospiicre in such an cm cue anil remov ai ni neuter me ieiiincraiin iceiriy
Dr. Ilanut of his experiences In that capac- thntlill Deinncratlo factions are now looking ' up State would bo spill In twain, but this
H' 'toward (lov, Martin H. (Ilynn as the Moses expectation has not been fulfilled and up-
" before I arrived In Now York I had in of tlm Dniiiocratln party up State, If not Stale Democrats are looking forward to a
conseqiienco of earlier ae qualiitauco with down-Stale, III ease fusion should win in successful (ilynn administration, Thlscon
Mr. Allen, and on tlm basis of his letters to New nrk city d It Ion of affairs, which has so early liianl-
tne, Invited hU assistance In the Inquiry Unv (llvnii Is very popular with the lesteel Itself In Deinncratlo politics so cloi-ely
' It was not long befoie 1 discovered Wilson Administration and If Mltchel should upon the end of the Impeachment trial, has
that i!r. Allen's attitude toward tho school hn elected Mayor In New York city It Is the given the Democrats hope that they will
VtUlD waa that of acriinouioufultlliidlug i hope of up.btato Democrats tliut be would elect more up-atate Democratic Assembly-
1
and that toward l)r Max-well In pnrtlctilar
It was tlccldcly hostile It was ho niiirh bo
that 011 line occasion I nnid to III ill, 'I um
willing to listen to Jollr suggestion bt
you'vi! cot to pt iii 1111 Maxwell ' It wn
kooii made clear to mo that the policy which
Air. AIIpii bad advocated In the pant, and
which b.-ifl lertielnlv been fntleeui-d In the) '
Hft wa"rt(, p'ihmlor immmalinr
at pmt of discliillning the Hoard of IMiica-
tlon and It finders In jiiiblio. .My own
method was of InvpotlKiitlnn nml of coopcra
tlon with lioth teacheis and school authori
ties. That mi'tliod was not welcnluo to Mr,
Allon.
"U flrit Hip school Inquiry was required
to do many things which did lint pertain
strictly to the Inquiry, but finally under
'date of October ill, Rill, I'rof Mil hum wrote
In President Mlteiii-I outlining the plan of
the investigation x e opv of thl letter was
shown to Mr Allen. 'Mi rending It, lie
showed everv sign of Iirltatlon and said
at mice, 'That I- not fair, that it not fair at
all', an oxc l.miatioi the lgtilfl anee of
which I at flint failed to uiidertalid The
stibstnnio of what Mr AIIpii then iald to
me miii that President Mltelicl expected
such a statement Iroin m as would help to
xecuro further appropriation. I had under
taken the Inquir) ith every reason to
stiiioe that it wax wanted and that It waft
not my business to Justify It In advance of
the completion of our work.
Threatened by Allen.
"To till .Mr. Allen replied In effect, 'Do
you know what I going to happen?' When
I saiel 'No,' he nnid, 'When you came here
everybody received ou with the greatest
ncolnlin. You were heralded n one of the
greatest educational experln in the country 1
and great things were expected of xotl
Now, do you know what the paper are
ready to do? They are ready to blow ynu
up.' This remark, with Its Implication,
was not lout upon me. I did, however, say
to Mr Allen as 1 left. '.Mr. Ilruere saw this
letter and approved of It.' Whereupon Mr.
Allen replied, 'Vull, all that I fan pay is
that he won't approve of It after I see him
and .Mltchel won't approve of It either '
On .November II, tail, I met President
Mltchel at Ids house. President Mltchel
nnid, 'Set your mind at rest, l)r, llanuv the
Inquiry Is going on, The Aldermen will cut .
tho appropriation out of the budget, but i
xxe will secure tho funds." I said, 'Th.it Is
very well, Mr. Mltche), but If It is going on
Allen must get out of the Inquiry and stay
out or we will quit ' Thereupon President
Mltchel said to me, 'Do you know how I
got Into this Inquiry?" And when I said
'No,' ho told mo that he did not want the
Inquiry, but that Mr Allen did want It xery
much. President Mltchel then told me that
no sooner xcas the committee appointed
than Mr. Jlruere came to him and said.
'Allen is all broken up about this and if
he does not get in on this It xclll break up
our happy family and there will be trouble.'
Whereupon,' said President Mltchel. '1 con
sented. And that is how It all happened.'
"It will therefore Im seen from the fore
going that Mr Allen, and not President
Mltchel, hnd been managing the Inquiry,
and that the chairman of the committee, a
city oftlclal. had turned over hl respon
sibility' In a mntter of'sn great Importance
as till to an Irresponsible outsider
Inquiry In Cnllril.
"President Mltchel also told me that If
the inquiry was to go ou lie would have to
get belilnd It and run It himself t which
I replied, 'nu certainly will" Thereupon
President Mltchel asked me to submit my
plan as revised, together with the estimated
cost and the amount required to carry on
the work. All of this I did, and the plm
inn which we hnd been trying to work was
once more l.iunclied, as l thought, per
manently "n Nov ember -". about
o'clock. President Mitcliel came Into me
nfllc e and said in effect 'Dr Hauii. I don't
,( not secure another conference
xvlth Mr Mltchel for some clays. Within )
,,, clay nr two .Mr. Lewis came Into my onitc
and said. Now that the inquiry I going- to I
stop 1 want to know II there 1 anything 1
,.,, , fr y replied that he could I
not Almost immediately Mr Hriieie caine
Into the ofllce and Mid, 'The -hip I going '
to the bottom It i- a good ship ami we
can save It I want to know If there Is
anything I can eln In help I said 'No.
there Is nothing ynu can do."
'While Mr Ilruere was in the nftlce Dr
Allen telephoned and said, Has anv thing
happened during the list few elays which
makes it Impossible for tin1 to see you.' f
jiid 'No, you can come at .'. o'clock ' lief arc-
he came I asked Dr Hachman and Prof
Hallou to como into the office and remain
thero while Mr Allen was present. When
Mr. Allen came he looked nt these two
men and mid, 'Well, I didn't know we were
going to have so much company, but 1
guess I mil equal to it.'
Allen lleiilc-a III vratlcntliiK It,
"Then followed a statement by him in
which he tried to convince me, first, that
he had had nothing to do with the inquiry
except a ho had been asked to participate
In it by me. In this part of his statement
to me he tsled, a usual, to he. persuasive
anil convincing, but naturally, from what
I knew of the circumstance., he was merely
convicting himself of falsehood.
"When ho found that I would not believe
him he said that my mind had been poisoned
hy somebody against him, that I was Wrong
and Hint I would find that I was wrong
Thereupon 1 told him where the confirma
tion of my suspicions came from, that is
to say 1 repeated to him what President
Mltchel had told 1110 about his relation
lo Iho inquiry. He wa siaggered for a
fraction of a second and then snld 'Why,
Mltchel doen't mean that,' and at once
the tono of hi conversation changed. He
began to threaten. He wanted me to under
stand that I was running counter to what
was expected of mo and he conveyed his
threat in these words' 'I want you to know
j that I've got till town and I've got
Mltchel ' "
FATE OF ASSEMBLY
TO BE SETTLED HERE:
Conllmtrrt frnm Flist Pnpr.
Assemblymen In New York city and still
retain control of the House. It seems
,.Prt.,i,, however, that If .Mltchel Is elected
..Mayor In New York city the fusion vote
(hroiigliont the boroughs woitlit be hiitflclent
(ll ,1,1,1 event to defeat enough Democratic
, nndlates for Assembly to giv . Iho Repiibll-
cans control or tlie House) by a vote of about upon Tammany Hall have cither personally
eiighty-flve to sixty-five). t nr by letter Informed (lov (llynii that they
... . . hnpeil to be able to work shoulder to shoul-
Uli-Stnle Deoiocrnls Hopeful. ,ln ,iirltg the fourteen months
The up. State Democrats are not nearly of Ills administration with a view of re
sf downhearted as they were during the habilitating the Democratic- irty iip-Stnto
Stiler Impeachment trial. T he decision of so that tlov. Olynn's election a year from
the High Court of Impeachment removing next November will be a possibility.
William Suler from the office of (iovernor I It was expected that with the conviction
Predict Election of Ex-Governor Stokes in
Jersey by a
Jersey Republican Leaders Claim Every County
and Camden Fielder's
Gov. Jam a F. fialaer
"Kx-fJov Kdward Casper Stoke will
he elected doxernor by a plurality of at
lent 2i),(nn, " said Newton A K Hugbee.
chairman of the Republican State lomiiilt-
tee, to a St'.v man at the committee's head-
quarters in Newark yesterday ' There's
nlnlutelynodoiibt about his election.'
Acting (lovernor .lames 1 rielder xwll an' counted. I hey are tinning their pre
be elected hy anywhere from is.oorj to dictions on the falling nfT of the Progressive
so.ihsi plurality, said Prosecutor of the
Pleas Hobert S Hudspeth of llnd-nn county.
Democratic National Committeeman of
New .Ierey, at the Democratic' State com
mittee's headquarter In Jersey City He
will carry exery county In the State with
the possible exception of Mercer. Atlantic
nml Camden."
Kdnard K (Jrosscup, Democratic State
chairman, has predicted Mr Fielder's
election from the very start of the cam-
palgn, but thus ar ha not made any oftlc Inl
preelection guesses a to figure,
With sex on working clay left (not count-
iug next Minday) before the elec tion of a
(iovernor. seven State Senators and eighty
one member of Assembly and many county
and municipal officer, the men who are
running Mr Stokes's campaign are more
confident than ever thai the next Chief
Kxeciltlve of the State will be Mr Siokes.
I hoy bae their calculation on the reports
that they are getting from every section
of the State, including the smallest hamlets,
following the effective work that has been
done by the candidate on the stump and
hi supporter In presenting the Issue of
the campaign
llnvr No Krnr of tlrjnn.
Thai the Demociais are fearful nT the
results borne out bv the fact that Seere
taiv of State William .lenninifs Hrynn ha
been sent trom hi official cliitle al Wash
liiL'ton to stir up enthusiasm in the Demo
cratic c njup for Mr Fielder, whom President
Wilson (licked out a the candidate for
(inventor In the "free for all" Democratle
primary.
I am mighty glad that Mr Hryau has
come to New Jersey." said Republican
Slate Chairman Hugbe'e yesterday "The
mote siiee, lies he make the better it will
tie foi Mr Sinke "
"We feel," continued Mr Rugbee, that
the people of this Stale want to he ruled
,y a Covernor In S'cw Jersey and not by
Secretary Tumulty at Washington, echo
'used the long distance telephone to in-
struct Mr Fielder as to his attitude on
.Ww Jersey policies
fine bjg fne t stic ks nut In tin-New Jersey
c ampaign and that l that the Democrats
are depending largely upon the candidacy
of ex.Sli.ln Setwilor Kveretl Collie the
candidal., of lien Progressive rear I v. In
compass the defeat Of Mr Stokes
"When President Wilson ran for f!ov
ernor In inin he received a total of '.'SLSii;
vote, which gave him a plurality of oi,o,a
over Vlvinn Lewis, Republican Demo
crats conceded the fact that he would not
have been elected but fnr the support that
he got from the progressive Republicans
and Independents. In the Presidential
campaign Mr Wilson polled r,...fia votes
less than the combined vote of Col Roose
velt and Mr Taft Ills total, 17s, '.'!, was
.'..I.Mn less than he got in the (iuliernatorial
cam palgn.
democrats admit that no matter how
strong a candidate Mr. Fielder may he he
I not bv any means as popular or as strong
a candidate In this campaign as Mr. Wilson
was in lnin with a united Democratic party
backing him. It Is ono of the most Inter
esting bits of New Jersey's curious politi
cal history that the Smith-Nugent organ
isation then supported Mr Wilson with
all Its old time vigor and didn't regret It
until Mr. Wilson later rend the riot act
to ex-1'nlted States Senator James Smith
when he insisted that Jnine K. Martini)
and not Mr Smith should bo elected J'nlted
States Senator.
Mr. Fielder's chief stock In trade In
the campaign Is that he has loyally stood
for the "Wilson policies," He Is appealing
for votes on tho ground that these poll
dps should bp continued. His campaign
managers make no attempt to hide their
belief that a clefc.it for Mr. Fieldi'r would
be interpreted .is a rebuke for the national
Administration Therefore they have been
doing all in their power to Induce the pro
gresslvo Republicans to vote for Fielder
on the ground that the progressive fight
is not against tho Democratic but the Re
publican party, '
Mr. Colby, however, has been cutting a
great swath through the State in the cam
paign. With flfcrs, buglers and drummers
he has .liri'ii atltoiug from one place to
another making speeches in halls, on street
corners and at factories. There Is no doubt
work In unison with f!ov. Martin II Olynn
to the end that the Wilson Administration
would lie upheld In this State through the
election of Martin II. (Ilynn as (iovernor
next fall,
rhaiitanntm sieiil.en. (iivn lle'nsselner'
I lie autl-.xliirpliy lenders in rje, Monroe,
Clinton, Dutchess, Columbia, St liwrence,
Oneida, JclTorsnu, Oswego, Putnam and
(Ireeue counties who Joined Hillw In his
direct primary fight mill III Ills atUcks
Plurality of
Supporters Equally Optimistic Colby a Thorn
ILva-rwtfc CoVby.
that he ha made a deililed Impression on
many voters, Mr Colby's managers are
Ilgurlng that he will poll anywhere from
4n,ii to 7.1,(no votes, The men who are
running the llepiihllcati campaign are
Ilgurlng that he will not find more than
.u.nno ballots in the boxes when the votes
vote In the other parts of the country and
on the results of, straw vote and polls
taken in railroad yards, Industrial plants
and other places of business in all parts of
New Jersey
The Democrats expect that Fielder will
get the linn share of the radical Progre
slves vote (Mr Colby was the conservative
candidate at the primary and the radicals
made the platform for him to make hi fight
oni, and th.-y are praying for all they are
worth that he will get a many supporter
as possible from the Republican camp In'
order to lessen the Republican vote for Mr
Stokes.
Through the entire campaign Mr, Fielder
ha been throwing bouquets at Mr Colby,
reserving all his criticisms for the Republi
can nominee. Ills friends, it i understood,
have advised him to do nothing and say
nothing that would cause any rweiitment
on the part of Republican progressives,
So apparent lias been Mr. Fielder's friendly
altitude toward Mr. Colby that Republican
speaker have accused Mr. Helder and Mr
Colby of forming a mutual admiration
society.
The secret of the Democratic friendliness
for Mr. Colby was made very clear In a talk
..... 1 11.. .1- t 1 1
lrehadw,h,hemembTofH,e
(ecneral vv as epioted as saying:
"Kach vole for Colby means half a vote
for us."
Now that the cat is out of the bag the
Republicans Intend to make the most of
It During the coming week two wagons
earning transparencies bearing tien. Col
llns's words will go up and down Kssex
county for the enlightenment of those who
have not understood why Mr. Fielder and
his friends have l-en playing so close to
the Progressive party candidate
Wilson Sentiment I Mtron.
Resides the third part movement there
are other factors that will have a decided
l"arlng in determining tliw results at tlie
I polls. There- Is no gainsaying the fact that
' the Wilson sentiment In New Jersey Is
strong, but whether It will crtallie with
all its streiie-th on Mr I leioer pecause tne
President picked lllm a th" 1 lelliocnit ll
' candidate remains to Isi seen. It l ad
milted that the criticisms that Mr Fielder
has made against the Stnith-S ufent crowd.
In which the anti-Wilson sentiment Is pro
nounced, have not helis'd the Democratic
candidate In that quarter Hut to tlie joy
of the Fielder boomer's ex-Senator Smith's
newspsiT In Newark are now preaching
th doctrine of party loyalty and lire prills -
Ing the party's candidate. Notw Ithstand
Ine Mr Smith's belated expressions of
satisfaction anil his confdence that Mr
Fielder will be a winner, those high up in
the management of Mr Stokes's campaign
believe that it is not in human nature) for
people to bo so forgiving and they ex"ct
that n largo part of the Rssex organization
will not on election day vote for the man
who has not refrained from rubbing it
into the Fse.x county crowd whenever he
got the chance.
one of the local tights In the Democratic
orga nlation that promised much em
barrassment to Mr Fielder Is to Is- found
in Atlantic county. It nrosn over the ap
pointment by President Wilson oT Harvey
T boinas, editor of the Ditufir ciic-ir (Re
publican) of Atlantic) City, as postmaster
For mnnv years Democrats In Republican
Atlantic have yearned for the day when
Democratic postmaster could bej ap
pointed and consequently there was con-
stematlnn among the ranks of the faithful
when a Democratic President named a Re.
publican for the job. This feeling of re.
sentment against the national Administra
tion has spread through the southern isirt
ot the State and there is no doubt but that
It will hnx-e a very potent effect in Increas
ing Mr. Stokes's vole, as the embittered
Democrats feel that by voting against Mr
Fielder they may bo able In a measure to
express their Indignation against tlie Presi
dent. Members of the Democratic State commlt
teeare miirhexercised over the disaffection
among Democrat In South Jersey and are
working overtlmo trying to smooth over the
clinicultles.
Mr. Fielder will find also that he will have
men on November 4 than at first counted
upon.
In fact the Democrats iluritig.the Impeach
ment trial were free to say that tho next
Avembly would lie strongly Republican,
but now they insist that If the Republicans
carry the next Assembly by a narrow mar
gin they will be very lucky,
While tho effect of Sniper's removal may
be quite apparent as nlTectlng the chances
of DemocraMo success In New York city,
this cannot be said of the Democratic situ i
tlou up State, While It Is true that ttiuti v
of the Sulzer adherents up State wete
jmlronnge hunters, yet those who were
with Suler because) of their aversion to
Tammany Hull seem to feel that Martin II,
(ilynn Is to be the Democratic savior of
the Immedlnto future, and so far as they
are concerned tho Suler Incident Is easlly
forgotten under the circumstances.
William II, Tiotchklss, one of the leadera
of the Progressive party, seems to think
that the Suler feeling in the Jowlah dis
tricts In New York ilty will elect at iywst
six Progressive' Assemblymen.
This would mean that the Progressives
might haxe a following of a clo?on or fifteen
in tho next Shite Assembly, and they might
be the balance ol power in the election of
at Least 20,000!
Except Mercer, Atlantic
his troubles with the suffragist of the state
Is'cnuse of his declaration In a letter to Mr, c
Lillian F I'eleliert, president of tho New
Jersey Woman's Suffrage oc l iiion, that
he is npp'i"il to wcini in siilr.tge J
Hut," said Mr Fielder, I have no desire i
or Intention to impose my nplulnii upon
others. I am not sufHelently interested in
the siiblect to attempt to influence an one
w ho ni.iv desire to vote In favor of the re so
lutlonaiid I cannot le responsible fyrvvhat
may Is' said of my attitude to the i out rare
Mr Fielder's utterances were made in re
sponse to Mrs Felckert's letter concerning
the failure of iv priqior nflie ial to aclverti-e
the woman's suffrage resolution passed bv
the legislature within the proT time so it
would become effective
All the political parties have planks favor
ing woman suffrage and the submission of
the question to the is-opl. and tlm" who
favor equal franchise are much upset over
Mr. Fielder's stand
There is a very pronounced woman suf
frage wax sweeping over New Jersey and
the "antis" have been making much capital
over Mr Fielder's opposition to "vote lor
women." Now that Mr Fielder his again
gone on record In opposition to the "cause"
it Is believed the suffragists will make the
lnt days of the campaign doubly interesting
by opposing his election
The Democrats are hopeful that Mr
Stokes's chances of election w ill Is1 lessened
by the fact that a numlT of the old time
Republican leaders are opposed to Ids can
didacy. It Is true beyond a doubt that here
itiiu 1 iere 1 lit 11111 m 1 rnti 11 1 11 nif iit'in 11 m nil
hlselectlon They openlv declare that such
opposition to his candidacy will help rather
than lnlure him as It w ill attract s itmorters
to thet "new Republicanism" for which Mr. J
Stokes Is working and for which lv has long
been preaching.
Beslstrntlon Has Keen Poor.
Democrats, Republicans and Progressive
are much concerned over th" falling off of
the registration In all parts of the State (
Democrats profess to get consolation out 1
of the figures showing decreises 111 Itepub
limn strongholds Tho Republicans on the
other h ind see reason tor loy Ism iiis.. of
se.-.i ...-....-. in n-i.m-
I nibraltars liibiassed folk apprec late the j
mci mac mucn ni cue i.iuiiii-on m ine reti
"T llgure is .nie to urn act trial mere 1 a ;
. ... .... ...., ..... ...
withstanding all Hi" effort made bv candi
dates and spellhlmli'i; to stir UP the people
In Jersey City, w here the registry dropped
7.021 Isdnvv the figure of the Precleiiti il
camp'tign of 1012, when (2, .Vis voter entered
their name on the lists, the people, have
been surfeited by elections TTin far they
have gone to tho polls lour times.
In tlie spring Jersey Cltylte voted for
1 the adoption of commission governtni'iit.
Then they had a primary or elimination
contest for the selection of ten candidate
for commissioners. Next came the election
of five of the ten list month the derail
act called them to the poll to pick candi
dates for the various partle In the present
contest. On November I next there will h
tlie fifth and last call of the yeir tor more
voting
A Jersey City man, asked yesterday
for whom he was going to votn for iSov
ernor, replied "I've gone to the poll so
many time since the Mowers started to
bloom that I think 1 am entltc;i to a ret.
We have had so much campaigning and
elections that I nm tired of it all."
What Is true In Jersey City I true in
other places In New Jersey where com
mission government has been adopted.
In Hnboken, Hayniiue and other munici
palities whore commission government
was rejected the forthcoming election will
imake the third time only In P.iCI that the
voters have had a chance to express ihe-ir
opinions of things,
Among those who have clone, yeoman's
work for Mr. Stoke is New Ion h Hugbe'e,
the Republican State chairman, He I a
young man who is comparatively paw to
the game of politics He has demon
strateel his ability a an orgalilvr and ha
won the admiration of many old tlini'ts
for his common sense methods in tlie cam
paign. If Mr. Stokes is cleeti'd, and .Mi
Rugbee Is very much in earnest In Ills I
declaration that he can not see how- he c an
be defeated, much of the glory tor the vie'- I
tory will belong to tho Slate chairman J
anil I,ue )ouug men euiisieq wuu mm
In Mr. Stokes's campaign to build up a new
Republicanism.
the uext Assembly Speaker It should not
be forgotten, however, that the present
Dem ncratlc Slate Senate holds over next
year, and that even If there was a prevailing
dliect primary sentiment in the Assembly
it could be rendered Inoperative through
tlie attitude of tlie Semite,
SUIZER IS FUSION'S DILEMMA.
Issue Is lletneen Cx-linv ernor no el
His .Indues, 'llrookl) n Ttlcn' Holds.
"Sulzer having evidently become) the
main rellnuce of the fuslnnists, the em- i
barrassmeiit of the Republican and Pro- '
WcHslvu candidates for the Court of Ap.
pc.ils bench le painful to think of. If Mr,
Sulzer Is entitled to public confidence It
obviously becomes a thing In order to
take menaures not to elect but to drive
from tho Court of Appeals bench all tho
Judges who voted to remove him for i
perjury," ays the Hrooklyn Cltlzon,
"Rlther the Judges were wrong In con- ,
xirtlngr Bulzcr of perjury or the ptescnt
course of many of the leaders requires
us to believe that they me not utivyHling
to profit, If possible, by hiixlng perjury
cupitallzed."
OUT FOR HONEST ELECTION.
I npi-cccileiilcil llrTorla to Keen
T'hliiK Stralulil am Mlectlon l)u.
Never before In ic municipal campaign
lucvo then! been so iniiliy organizations
vvoi king to stamp out fraudulent voting
as In tho present campaign. No less
than eight separate ukciicIch are bending
their utmost cITortM to discover Illegal
tcKlstrutlon nml pi event fraudulent voting
on election day, These lire the State!
Supctlntciidctit of Klcctlons, the Attornev
tli'lR'tiil's nlllic, the District Attni'licy's
otllec, thu Police Department, the special
police squad under the direction of Klrst
Deputy Commissioner .McKay, the Honest
1 in Hot Association, the Ilunau of Munici
pal llcscarch and the special bureau at
fusion lieailquiuters under the direction
of ex-Deputy Police CoiiitnlMsloni r Atthur
11. Woods.
The icsult of thin concerted effort Is
iiliciidy icpp.ncnt Nearly 1,000 witnesses
have appeared before the Uratid Jury
since the beginning of October and more
than twenty Indictments have been found.
Accoidlng to Special Assistant District
Attorney Arthur C. Train, In charge of the
election liuie.iu of the District Attorney's
oilier, their is If tint niatlon on hand to
ptoelurc; indictments at the late of nearly
twenty u day until some time after elec
tion. These cases will be prosecuted most
vigorously mid every client made to punish
the nlTiliilers iiguliist tile! election laws.
A great iltul of Irauil has already been
uncarthi'd, but mme Important than this
ic gl nit deal of flaud lias been prevented
Uy the active wnrlt of the organizations
Interested In honest ili'ctlons.
The election bureau of tho District
Attoniev's nlllce has iccelvecl tell more
men f nun . the Police Department, and
these nilliers will work directly under
Mi Tin ii. In addition to the olllcers and
llivestlgatots already attached to the DIs
tilct Attorney's olllce. A new pollen
Investigation form has been originated for
Information cm complaints: received, and
these will not only give uccurate data but
will constitute n prominent reference rile
that can be ued In subsequent elections
Investigators for the X'arlous organiza
tions engaged In this work have found a
new method of planting Illegal voters and
thereby getting nvvay from the old prac
tice of colonizing a large number of
voters at one address. The new method
Is to plant one nr mole boardeis In a
family ami be ptepaied to vouch for the
fact that the t numeric have been there
long enough to acquire n legal voting
leslrtenee From the frauds already un
cnverrel It vvnuld seem that this innovation
will not have the effect planned by those
who put It Into practice It Is expected
that with these eight organizations work
ing together the coining election will be
ireer finin fraudulent x-ntlng than any
municipal election In recent years.
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS
FIND NO OPPOSITION
ll('iiililiciins and Proo-rcs-ives
Fail to Name Candidates
for (iovernor.
Richmond. Vn.. Oct. "' One of the
peculiar leatuii'S of the November State
eb'ction In Virginia Is that Hcliiy C
Stuart of Ituss. II countx, who received
the nomination nt the hands of the Demo
crats without any opposition In his own
paity. will be elected (Jovernor of the
State to succeed William Hodges Mann
without any opposition by the Republicans
nr the Progressives, The Social Labor
party State committee has named a full
list of Stntc officers to bo voted for, but
the total vote of the latter party will not
reach 1,000. while the Democtntlc plural
ity In tho State will run between 35,0110
and 50,000.
The failure of the Republicans to enter
a State ticket In the Nove mber ejection I
due to the Increasing Progressive ecntl.
meiit among the Itcpiibllrans of the State-.
I'uder the laws of Virginia the two lead
ing political l'.irtle take prccedeiico in
the seb'rtlon of the judges, cbrks and
i. tiicr nlllclals for all elections. Had the
Republicans named a ticket in opposttieen
to the Democrats the l'iogresiV'es would
also have come Into the tight, and If the
Progressives bail received a larger total
vole In the Stat" than the old line Re
publicans the ProKiessives would have
come Into greater power In the Common
wealth through thn authority given them
to assist in the selection of tl lection
ni.ichlii.'iy. This tight between the lb
publican factions lias he-en Interesting and
some of the mauecuvres have been amus
ing lo tho old time politicians.
The nemocrilllc Tic-I.rl,
The State ticket to lie elected without
opposition by the Demnciats oil Nov ember
4 vv III be :
Governor Henry C. Stuart . l.leutcnnnt
(Jovernor, J. Taylor HH.vsou. Attorney
(tcner.il, John Uarl.ind Pollard, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, (Jeorge V. Kolner.
Secte-t.iry of the Commonwealth, H. u.
Jiimes, State) Treasurer, A. W. Hal man,
Jr.
In the race for State Senate and for
membership In the House if Deligate-s
there will be u warm tight Petw'een Ite
liqhUcans and Democrat In the Fifth anil
Ninth Coiigicssloiml dlstilcts, while Ii
the otlh-r districts the Democrats will
have plain silling without opposition.
Tne enabling net. over which a hot light
wa vvageel in tlm Legislature two years
ago. tlRtiie-s as the main feature In the
se lection of State Sen.ctnis unci m'UibciH
-if the House nf Delegates, Htid nil ibe
e .eiididatrs have- been cpiestloneil by th
Vliglnia Aiitl-Saliion League lelatl'y- tee
tin It stand on that question. Some of Ui
c.n.elldatch have publicly nvimed their In
tuition eef voting for the enabling -ict.
vvlille otheis made- their tight for th- nniq.
luatliiu on a platform squarely aiv.iins
the measure ami vvcie renominated ,iv
hit ije miijoi itics.
I'rolilbltlon a IHk Issue.
The proiosltloii of the enabling act Is
tn have- the Legisl.ituie je.iss an atiii-nd-meiit
to the State Constitution pe-i nilttliiR
tlie Ceovcinnr to cull for an election In
which the xotcis of the State will cast
their billots for or against statewide
prohibition. The mciiiheis uf the- Viiglnln
Anti-Saloon League aic confident that the
State would be voted diy if the votct of
the Stilt.) were J-eimlttcd to vote thell
sentiments,
Thei.' will be at lenst fifteen new mem.
line among the thli ty-tlve- Senators mid
slsly-llve now inembcis among the tun
ineinbeis nf the House of Delegate when
the clcneial Assembly meets in Jiuniui'v,
The complexion nf the (Jcuc-ial Assembly
will not tec materially changed by tin- te
stilts of the November election. It will
stiinil about as follows:
.lot nt
peiMtf. Ilmise. jmio
Re-lime ruts
1.'.
In-liprnilinlee iiu.l Itepub , .1 ll y,
DrmcK'rnllc majority .T) iO no
The l'JH Ceiieral Assembly will have
line eptestlons of submitting the whiskey
Issue to a Statewide test, the changes in
the system of filiation, the election of a
member of the Statu Supieme Court and
other matters of vital Intel e-st tn the tax
payer to consider.
Viirlnns Ilea so n for Tenrs,
The dcinnnstiatliiiis iiccotdecl bliii on
his hi i Iv nl In New Yoik last night and
dining his speaking tour of the Kiist shir
moved ewlieev. Sulzei to teals. I'coplc-wc-c-je
for different ic.isons, liuffula Com'
mcrciof.
SIX CANDIDATES IN
FIGHT AGAINST FOSS
Liveliest Rattle on ,Y, ,,, s
1 Now Reins: Wairoil m
t MasMM'luiM'liN.
, WAI.SII HAS RKsT ( , i
(iovortior's Determination i
It ii n fop Ifi'i'lcctiuii ii q,!,.
pondenl Helps Dcnmri mu.
I HllsTO.V, l"let. I.I The'.'
When the xnlc is of M i-- ,
obliged to selec t "lie o' He i
t lovernor, but this jcu '
the ir plvk of seve n e ami ,i ,.
State has the most u. .
situation upon Its hands r
been known.
Tho seven men who wc'
ernor un- Charles Siiin'n i 1.
pole. Progress ve . fn I i
Northampton, I'mh lata. -
Noble I'nss of .la 'ii, ie i I'
dent. Augustus I'e .cbc ly ci.i
litem, Ite'pub'ie an Arthur i
Huston. So, Delist l..cbui 1 1
of 11 tc li ln 1 tr lie 1110c rat. n 1
Wre iiii of SprlllRtll I I. Sen 1
I Three of these 110 11 VA
"vans, knew thcr e 11. Inl
less j,. soon ,i i t, ,
tile' 111. Iinl ' - C c -si e
relic. el.ll 11 -t ,. ' W I.
Fees e lit." . It
iin-i s' ti' ' t-i. n li.es '. i
eve ..f I, - s I . . el t i-
. month
It Is doubtful If IJ.Ild'et tl lg
I to the Cos cat, dlil. le v that ue e i
come the next tlowi nor, hav -eu
I OU K h knowledge eef the Itlt.lg il .
III Ills own putty, ).ci ti'-ill.i i v ..
nf the dls'ippnlnteel Henna,
'alh thought he- had e i .
though the naming of l' lw i
ax the Democratic mil ! r- t.
ant-tjove r'.or was a bl-i v t-.
the 10,11111 that It "llllb.ll it,- e
liven Ch.iirinin J.llev .f tn.
tnllle-' s, ! foie th" -ue'
liomliiali-'ti of Hatty in- in- '
W'nlsh," a -t element wn-r
been letta d
' The I . in-"-i ut!- to. nil. i w
nrt II Long l.e'ie, name I I
i Ji ev ernor, feeling that at '.
li.uii-'. -if so mnn.v m. n ..'
woulil prove- I- Jutioqs i,. e'
w hole In tin i-nuiitiy clii i 's
ter eef fact Mr. Lone i- "I 'i
but Hot every o-u- ktleews " -lie
was CIe-eR,-il w llll h l 4
count that would stand i -
jNoVV dimes 1'osS With a b
he i "in the light l.- the -I
he Is "going to vv In. ' Ti j - -j
going to be dlsappointi'd i '
The consensus seen.s .
j Walsh alii. lily had it I e.i
' ele-i led prev loue l-e tn. I - -'
mi'llt Of Tlle-s,l.l i .
makes his prospe-e t of
1 certain No one of ;.. -u
! llcly balled the Dem - i.e.
possilil J'rednii k J M i I
I hi position as , ban m i-
Se V c C.imilli.ssr'll to .
' from Ci-eV . Fas w llll- .
a liciiioe ial to .ill ore.
Meiicovci, Walsh h is t
the Hist D. inociat !.- '
(OVeltleei III mall) Ve I
1 snn Ailmmistrathui - i--I
In lus campaign b-i ii-- -will
serine help fro-ti t ..it
Cos Is bouiiel lo draw - -e
ftotu i. miner and f" e e v
rank ami llle of the i. -c
b.v their Il-illllnce, vx h le- '
tlie ltl'pu'olie-.lll mill Hull XI
nie hound to be w- il- I
, of the name ol i'os- -n t c
' Inelep. n.lelit
, Senile Vote- VV ill go I - '
In I J:l' elite I. eew log 1. 1 t1',- : 11 '
thai th.'ii' should l an .1
,ijiilic-l to linmiut ant llv
' Inch pendent the- b-s e-nthti
slve e an app.- ise the't
I Vvillspel lllg to tliemse-IVc'S I'' i '
1 voting far nt f (he bate 1
but fni ii man Who Is I-make-
tin in ind vv ho hi- '
nblv t now us streetm:.
publican machine rule as .
though tilcte u-e some-l-'e.h
would el. i lain lilnise I'
ll' It ciihmici'd hi opt .n
le eie-e-ted.
'a TERRIBLE BLOW FOR
Tlie "I'llsl" Sn liHI'lll-lel'l e
i-r' Slury mill lle-iine-ss. '.
' "Thele Is tin tnisln , -
conviction that the i . -I
ychterd.iy, follow eel I s X' '
I speech last nighi. was a P
the .McCull caiiellebii-v - i
'n( cilitnilal.
"Judge Mcc'iill n-sett
Muiph.v'h etriind boy Hut
nf Ills own statement he w
go-between? I'liiiup b
Hurkv's saying that the we-in
by go.Jictvv e en. Ill uir -selected
lis one deep In M
deuce vxhn might help to s- "
ences lictvyecn tboe Iw i it t
Ciovciiior of New York ai- I
Tamui.iny.
"Murjihy Is really the c
ran understand how niim r-iiiitl-Tiimmaiiy,
have been
line excuse nt atlOthei' 1 1
for MrCall . but vve - in'
linvv they can any l"ne.'
j Intention xvithnui bring ie
their friends In tin- f.itn.
F. N. FOSS,
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