POLITICAL NOTES: The Hoffman Case

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Few weeks ago, when the Hauptmann furor had temporarily died down, New Jersey's Republican State Committee chose to indicate that harmony had been restored within the Party by endorsing Governor Hoffman as a candidate for delegate-at-large to the coming national convention. Day after the Hauptmann execution last week Republican Fort, confident of strong Party support, announced that he would run against Governor Hoffman for that job next May 19 on the sole issue of the Hoffman Case. "For five years," declared he, "I have taken no part in New Jersey political affairs other than to support the candidates of the Republican Party. I belong to no faction within the Party. But from my earliest boyhood two pictures stand out in my memory. One is of Jersey justice as an ideal of fair but unswerving enforcement of law through the orderly processes of the courts. The other is that the office of Governor is one of dignity and honor. When a Governor makes a mockery of our courts and juries and drags his high office into the mire, I cannot remain silent.