Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-10-04
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS TO DECIDE
UPON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Not More Than Half the Dele
gates Present, at the
Noon Session.,
THE PARTY PLATFORM.
Special to the Evening News:

NEW BhONO w lOh, OCI. I.
At the afternoon session of the DEM
ocratic county convention which be-
gan at 2.20 o'clock, Nthe temporary
organization was made permanent.
After q report was submitted that
there were no contests over dele
gates, another recess was taken at
2.45 o'clock for fifteen minutes to
talk over the nomination for county
commissioners. The caucus will be
held according to the former three
assembly districts.
The delegates of each are caucus
ing separately.
The matter of the nomination for
sheriff will not be taken up first
when they reconvene at o'clock.
William II. Quackenboss, of New
Brunswick, seems the most probable
candidate for sheriff.
The convention was called to Or
der at 1920 o'clock for the first ses-
sion of the day in Armory Hall.
George S. Silzer, chairman of the
county executive committee, was
chosen temporary chairman, and
George e. Mead, of Perth Amboy,
was made secretary pro TEN.
The committees were then named.
After this an adjournment was
taken until o'clock.
The Perth Amboy and New Bruins
wick delegates then went into sep
arate caucuses. The Perth Amboy
delegation is solid for Thomas f.
Burke for sheriff; and the New
Brunswick delegates are declared to
be pledged for William H. Quaclen-
boss, of New Brunswick, for sheriff
Both men are undertakers.
The talk as to the probable NOM
inees for assembly, county commits
sioners and coroners is the least
heard here for several years.
The platform embraces the follow
ing principles:
Equal taxation of the railroads.
Endorsement of the public de-
mand for an amendment to the au-
tomobile law.
Economy in the administration
of state revenues.
Extension of the state system of
good roads,"
The committees are as follows
Committee on Rules-Joseph G..
Burns, of Perth Amboy; A. P. Daire,
of Highland Park; Patrick Coan, of
South Amboy.
Committee on Credentials-Eras-
tus Tappen, of Raritan; Charles Far
rel, of Woodbridge; Richard Lewis,
Jr., of Jamesburg.
Committee on Permanent Organi-
cation Edward Bryan, of Piscata-
way; John, Roland, of Monmouth
Junction; Chas. Mclaughlin, of
New Brunswick.
Committee on Platform. e.
Stricken, Perth Amboy; Thorfin TAFT,
of Metuchen; Andrew Ely, of Gran
bury.
The convention was the tamest af-
fair seen here for many day. There
was little enthusiasm and no music
and there were not even enough
seats in the convention hall for the
delegates. Only about half of the
delegates were present at the noon
session. There were only thirty
three seats in the hall when the con
vention was called.
At the caucus of the fourteenS ocal
delegates to the democratic county
convention, held last night, the del
egates reached a semi-definite agree
ment as to their plan of action fol
today's convention. They wanted
first, to secure the nomination oi
Thomas r. Burke for sheriff, and
that failing, they will stand for Ber
nard M. Cannon for one of the three
nominees for the assembly They
want James J. Flynn for coroner bu
no positive agreement was reached
as TO who they will vote for for one
of the five new county commission
ers, who are to replace the Board O
Freeholders which was voted out O
existence last fall. William A. Grow
ell is the likely choice, but the dele
gates decided to wait until they wen
to New Brunswick today and ascer
tained the attitude of the delegates
frem all over the county towards
putting members of the Board 0
Freeholders ON the ticket, several o
the freeholders having announce,
themselves recently as candidate
for the county commission.
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