Jug-shaped Harold Giles Hoffman of New Jersey went once too often to the well. Thirteen times in succession, since he stepped out first in 1922, Hoffman has gone before the voters and won. Running last week for the Republican nomination for Governor, an office he held in 1935-38, Hoffman cracked. The issue he cracked on was Frank Hague.
During a bitter campaign Hoffman opponents charged that he was in cahoots with Hudson County’s Democratic Boss Hague. Especially free and furious was the outspoken talk of the New Jersey Voter, anti-Hague journal, mostly backed by rich, reformist Republicans. In a near-record primary turnout, Republicans surprised everyone by giving a comfortable victory to little-known State Senator Robert C. Hendrickson. Boss Hague snapped his fingers. Said he: “Hendrickson is a tough opponent but . . . the pivotal county of Hudson will carry New Jersey for the Democrats in November.”
Running against Hendrickson in November will be Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, unopposed on the Democratic ticket last week. Easy winner of the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator was the incumbent, W. Warren Barbour. His opponent next November: James H. R. Cromwell, ex-Minister to Canada, also unopposed last week, and backed by Boss Hague’s slick-running Democratic machine.
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