The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
SET TIME O
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTIONS
City, September 10, and
County, September Il.
Wary Of HOOdOO Is.

When it came to selecting Friday,
September 10, for the city Republican
convention, there was a bolt among the
members of the executive committee
of the Essex County Republican Com
mittee late yesterday afternoon. There
was a double hoodoo to that day. 1t
was Friday and, besides, the shadow
of "13" was there. The Republicans
are taking no nance this year, and
the city convention vas set for Mon
day, September 16. The county con-
vention will be held in the Kruger
Auditorium Thursday, September IL.
The selection of these two dates was
practically the only business transacted
n the meetings of the executive COM
mittee M the full committee were
both brief. The apportionment of dele
gates to both of these conventions will
be completed by the ward chairmen be-
tween this and next Friday night,
when they will be approved and the Of
fetal calls for the conventions be is
sued.
Both yesterday afternoon ard last
night there was considerable political
GO00iP OF AltdaAAoA tOlo ACooAoAAo NAAS
gubernatorial aspirants. The attack
upon William and Chandler w. Riker
by Alden Freeman was discussed and
there was some question Of bringing
1t up in the meeting. The prevailing
opinion was, however. that the matter
related to the Rikers and Mr.. Freeman,
1t was stated by County Chairman AL
fred N. Dalrymple and those discussing
a. 1,.of hofora fho Anaaffnn fhnf II
should be ignored by them.
The followers of Chandler w. Riker
for the g~ubernatorial nomination were
just as urgent as ever but the ad-
herents of Justice J. Franklin Fort
seemed to be in the majority. From
the general discussion it was CLEANED
hat at the present time Justice Fort
is the strongest candidate in the field,
Chairman Dalrymple expressed himself
freely in favor of the chances Of Jus
tice Fort. Great progress is being
made for Fort" he said. HE will get
the nomination at the primaries by a
good majority, according to present in
dications."
1t was practically agreed before the
executive committee meeting that
Thursday, September IL, and Friday,
September 10, would be the dates fol
the county and city conventions. How
ever, when the matter was under dis
cussion it was suggested that the dou-
BILE hoodoo attaching to the date fol
the city convention was too great
There was unanimous agreement as to
that. It was Their thought that the
18th and 18th could be properly select
ed, but it was decided that the day
after the primaries was too soon tc
have the conventions. The only way
out of it, then, was to make the selec-
ton of dates as finally agreed upon.
AT the county committee meeting
last night, at which the action of tht
executive comrnittee was approved
there was not the slightest hitch. The
filling of vacancies in the COMMITTEES
was postponed until next week, wher
the regular August meeting will bi
held. Chairman Dalrymple explained
that the reason for calling yesterday
special meetings was to facilitate thu
work of getting the ward petitions
ready so that there would be no con
fusion at the last minute, because o
the many changes in the district line
throughout the city. h ward chair
men were instructed to be particular.
careful about the signing Of the petit
lions in having ten names attached t.
them. Monday. August rs. was settled
upon as the day when they must al
be submitted, so that the legal ques
tions committee could pass upon then
finally. It was announced that distric
leaders, who are in doubt as to thei
lines, may nave maps at headquarterI
to aid them.