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Show Govebnob Abbett of New Jersey li mis hlmsell between the devil and the deep sea on the question of winter racing rac-ing at Gnttenburg add other Jersey strcmjrlioids of detnoeraey. By refusing to take purl in the tight now lieit);g matte against the lirst nailied place he is losing strength with the lay-abiding, respectable element of the .state, regardless re-gardless of party. Hy usscrting his powor against Guttenburg he would antagonize a powerful party element and :t number of men whose inlluence In the machine politlos of the state is very great, whose support he wants in his proposed candidacy for the United St at os senate. The assert ion is made that the Guttenburg racing officials alone control 5000 democratic rotes, to say nothing of the following of other racing centers of llio stale The governor has canvassed the sit nation na-tion carefully and it Is announced thai lie will remain neutral and take a season sea-son of rest at Hot Springs while the war is in progress. In the meantime the republicans see that a serious party split is Inevitable! owing to the many factional strifes, and they confidently expect to carry the state at the next general election. |