The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-12
PETITION WAS
EITHER FORGERY
OR FAKE, HE SAYS
State Chairman Buchanan De.
clares Document Doesn't Rep
resent independence Party.
JERSEY CITY MAN FILED
1T WITH DICKINSON
Alleged That Action Was Id
tended as a Trick by Po-
litical Rivals.

Joseph r. Buchanan, State chairman
of the Independence party, from the
headquarters In this city, today in
structed Secretary of State Samuel D.
Dickinson that a petition filed In his
office yesterday, purporting to be that
Of the Independence party, was a
forgery or q fake. Otto G. Hoerster.
as counsel for he party. will go to
Trenton Monday to take whatever
steps are necessary to prevent the ac-
oeptance of the petition as that OF the
Independence party. The document
presented to the Secretary of State was
offered by Danlel f. Dwyer, of Jersey
City. M. Buchanan knows the man,
and said today that Dwyer was never
id%entined with the Independence party
and had no authority to present the
petition.
Mr.. Buchanan said he believed that
Dwyer was the tool Of some other per-
son.
The petition, as It stands, probably
couid not be accepted by the Secretary
OF state, on account of the number OF
mistakes In It.
The petition names fourteen men who
have oslensibly accepted nomination
presidential electors from this State,
although only twelve are allowed, one
for Bach Of the ten Congressional dis
tricts and two at large. But with the
acceptance made by the fourteen there
are filed no formal nominations to any
Office or to any candidacy.
nh o,,A Ou tha non noaa tV6F0
as follows:
James u. Smith, Union Hill; Dennic
r. McDermott, Jersey City; M. Frank,
Jersey City; George w. Gardner. Jer-
sey City; Harry w. Hoffman, Jersey
City: William Hogan, Jersey City; j.
+. Conway, Jersey City; Henry A. Nc
yoy, Newark: Edward Monahan, Jer-
sey City; Edward Lindance. Jersey
City; Joseph Ahern, Jersey City; Ste
phen Roberts. Jersey City; Edward E.
Dwyer, Paterson; George 8. Lyon,
Boonton. The last two accepted at
large.
The presidential electors named by
the Independence party. who will vote
for Hisgen and Graves-if ~elected-were
as follows:
Frank J. McElhone. Jersey City;
George F. Kenny, Jersey City; Edgar
A. Williamson, Orange: Otto g. Hor-
ster, East Orange; Alexander Bell, Pat
erson; John A. Young, Hackensack,
George Schaeffer, Elizabeth; William
j. Haws, Camden; George L. Spence,
Atlantic City; Sam w. Hoke, Palisades
Park; Milton c. Nook. Metuchen, and
Samuel Warbasse, Warbasse.
They were chosen at the State con-
vention held June 20 last at Johnson's
Hall In this city.
I'VE have not filed any nominations
yet" said Mr.. Buchanan. 1--WE have a
large number of blanks out and none
Of them have been called in yet al
though I feel sure we already have
more than the necessary 800 names on
them. / intend that we shall file 5000
or 1000 names instead of 800.
''This thing looks like a trick of the
Republican and Democratic gang. 1
believe Dwyer is only a tool in their
hands. I know him. He has some
acquaintance in Jersey City and sew
eral times has run for Congress and
other Offices of his own volition. The
gang back of him want to steal
thing in New Jersey now that there
isn't anything more for them to steal
in New York"
It was said that more than half Of
the 800 names on the petition filed were
in the same handwriting, and for this
reason as well as the informality of
other parts of the document Vt would
not have been accepted by Secretary
Dickinson.