Wait until spring to do any pruning because cutting them back now will trigger new succulent growth that could be damaged during freezes this winter.

That said you may want to just let Abraham Darby be the short climber it wants to be by letting the long canes arch over (if you have the room) or tie them to a short trellis, although some people keep cutting it back to make it into a tall bush.

Jude may throw out a long cane occasionally which you can cut back in the spring or summer. It is more likely to be happy as a bush than Abraham Darby. These are two of my favorite Austin roses, by the way.

It may be that you have flower beetles rather than Japanese beetles. Both are a pain to have in the garden, but flower beetles are less of a pain I think. They are easier to control by hand picking and spraying the ground with beneficial nematodes in spring and summer to kill the grubs from which they hatch.

After treatment with beneficial nematodes a couple of times I didn't have flower beetles (Euphoria sepulcralis, Fabricius) for years, but they turned up again last year so I treated again.

You can google them to see what each beetle looks like.

Here is the flower beetle on Prairie Sunrise last summer:
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Applying insecticides won't do much good for beetles, but unfortunately they will kill honey bees and other beneficial insects.

You can buy beneficial nematodes at plant nurseries or on line. They will stay in the soil and do their jobs of killing a lot of unwanted insects that live in the soil like grubs, fleas and ants as long as the soil doesn't dry out.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to Use Beneficial Nematodes

Thanks, Roselee. I googled both Japanese beetles and flower beetles and am not sure which I had. Whatever they were, they were disgusting. Beneficial nematodes sound like a good option.

I have Abraham Darby, Wife of Bath and Golden Celebration, and usually prune starting around Valentine's Day, although Abe went for years without pruning and didn't seem to mind, although when I did prune he came back much bushier.