New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-21
FOR HONEST PRIMARIES.
NEW ENROLMENT PLAN IN ESSEX
COUNTY PROMISES NEEDED REFORM.

CANDIDATE FOR sEERIFF- DEMOCRATS DIS
MAYED BY SENATOR SMITHS LETTER
sELF-TNTEREsT BELIEVED To RE
AT THE RoTToM OF HIS ACTION
The plan OF enrolment Of the Essex County
Republican Committee Is to go into effect on
September % and October :. The plan adopted
is radical departure from existing primary
election methods. and makes the primary of
equal security to a regular election All the
Republican voters enrolled the registry
books on the two dates ample time being given
for voters to register. and no person can vote
at primary whose name is not thus enrolled.
Tally is kept to prevent repeating
The primaries be held only in the regular
election polling places the location OF which is to
be advertised In the daily papers for several
days This presents several advantages. In the
first place, the regular election places are known
TO voters and be easily found Then
again. this selection prevents all competition for
the location of the primaries in saloons The
rule of the committee is that any primary not
held in the regularly advertised polling place is
TO be declared null and void Primaries have
heretofore been held from TO in the evening.
BY this arrangement old men. invalids and Iimid
men were kept away from the primaries. The
period now fixed for voting Is from 3 TO p. IN.
This allows ample time. gives everybody an OPP
portunity. and puts discount on repeating and
frauds. If there is any infraction OF the rules
the County Committee. which is to sit as board
of appeals on the day following the primary,
passes upon such cases. with power to cancel
primary and order a new one when the rules
violated All contests are. of course, settled by
the convention The County Committee is to
borrow the city's old ballot boxes. for which the
proper bonds will be given as security. Blank
slips will be given out for the voters to write their
ballots The expense Of this important reform
will be considerable and will be borne entirely by
the County Committee II is expected that the
success Of the new system will induce the Legis-
lature to authorize an appropriation for its gen
eral adoption.
Governor Werts. in message to the Legisat-
ure strongly recommended reform in the meth
DDS of primary cleo. lions but nobody suggested
before the voluntary Inauguration OF reform by
a political committee.
The delegates for all the conventions Will he
elected at the primaries to be held on October IL
on the following day the With Congress DISTRICT
convention will be held in Chester Row X
WAYNE Parker who is serving his first term, will
have no opposition for denomination. The coun-
" convention will be held on October IA. in Mu-
sic Hall Orange Senator George w. Ketcham is
a candidate for renonmalloil II IL wei S''''N
that John w Pitney vii be the opposition candi-
date He is strongly backed by the young Re
publican element For Sheriff there are three can
didetes Joseph T. Ellors of East Orange; Henry
Doremus and Richard f. Coogan, of Newark Ell
lors has the Endorsement of the trades-unlohs'
which are actively canVassing for nm Inc
Christian Citizenship Union is preparing 10 MAKE
fight in the primaries on Sheriff Whch the
union regards the most important once 10 DE
filled If is not improbable that the union VIII
nut I'D fourth candidate, ana invite all 'he
contradictions organizations 10 turn out al the
primaries and vote for him.
We can do nothing until we get control OF the
Sberins office" said an officer of the union to the
Trihune correspondent and he spoke from ex-
nerience A Christian Citizenship Sheriff would
make merry war in The city and county. Coo
gan and Doremus the two city candidates. are
fercely opposed to each other. and either, al tne
prospect of defeat is likely to throw his strength
10 Ellors in the convention. The county cohVeh-
lion will also nominate eleven Assembiyneh'
designated by the old districts new candi1ats
is AIvah c. Ely. chairman OF the ien'h Waru
Executive Committee. The Freehoider cohNeh-
ton will take place on OCTOBER 10 IN some to"
shins the voters will be allowed TO nominate IN
the primaries in the old -fashioned way thout
any convention. 49,. - 49,
eighteen clerks at work sending out documents 10
the G3 900 voters of the county The committee
has had Carl SchurZs speech printed III peiiiaii
and distributed among German voters 40.
Franklin Murphy, State chairman, was AT the
National headquarters last week. and has pr0pa-
blv secured Thomas b. Reed Senator-elect foi-
sker and Senator Fry for d series or meetings III
the state County Chairman Lentz was al mead
quarters last week asking Mr.. Hobart for heeo
to speak In Newark 49,. .., ,o,
senator Smiths statement or ms positloh low
ard the Chicago platform and ticket was
damner for the Democratic County committee
and The local leaders who had come out TOT Dry
anisn, in the confidence that Smith would return
from Europe loaded with free silver ana cam
paign funds. They were leo INTO 'hiS uep ,,'I
error by a letter which Smltn seht 10 .oio ..
price inst before he sailed In which he instructed
Co,oneI p,ice to mako preparations for the cam
| raien But the Senator's concluding sentence III
his statement contains the key to the Whole SIT
nation Being committed against free silver ana
for the single gold standard he could not "lth-
out the grossest stutincatloh co,ie siuale ly ~
for silver But he makes an INDEFINITE ue'i ara
| ,in, 81 faitb in Democratic President and CON
| press and bows TO the will of the majority IL.
| nlain words Senator Smith VIII interest," ninIseH
| in the state campaign for Senators ana Con
| pressmen and for Sheriff In Essex county
| neciallv for the Senators who are 10 vote ioi
i-ni,od ctatese nator In 1899 and he VIII let the
| Rrvan electors take OF themselves rW inc
| STATE camnaign therefore. there VIII be runds
| one nrime consideration for Senator Shi'h IN
| hacking out Of the party management was ,he
| 900, ~ stavne in He would have had 10 bear
| norIv oil The expense Nearly all the wealthy
! Iarnocrats Who were wont to give up FOR past
| camnaiens have left the BryaniZed organization
| 20 take care OF itself. and SJo.WU WouIu ne d
| modest estimate OF what Senator Smith wouid
! have N nav besides bearing all the fausues OF
the management ana se''i"s an '"'
| kicks for final defeat
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