The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-21
DICKINSON GETS
OPEN PRIMARIES IN
ESSEX AND HUDSON
Downs County Chairman Roth
erham by Combining with
Pagan Forces.
COMMITTEE CHANGES
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
Republicans to Hold Primaries
April Is and State Con-
vention May 5.

BY a vote of the State Republican
Committee yesterday afternoon the pri-
maries in Essex and Hudson for the
selection of delegates to the State con
~vention will be open this year and held
in compliance with the provisions Of
the State primary election law. The
proposition came from Colonel Sam
County, VINO Is at present working with
the Pagan forces to down County
Chairman John Rotterdam, who
usurped his place.
The committee fixed the date of the
primarie; for April 28, with May 5 as
the day for the State convention.
The basis of the representation was
changed from one vote for each
200 to one for every 800. In election
precincts where there are less than 300
Republican voters the delegate will
have a traction Of a vote to cast for
his choice of delegates for the national
convention, so that while there will be
but 645 votes in the State convention 1t
will take nearly 1000 men to cast them
Under the resolution as first pre-
sented by Dickinson, Rotterdam stood
to get another jolt. for the colonel pro-
posed that the primaries to choose
delegates m Essex and Hudson should
be under the supervision of the State
committeeman from those counties,
which would leave the present county
chairman of Hudson out of it. Chair
man Dalrymple, of Essex, opposed the
change, saying that 1t was out of the
question for the State members to
handle primaries. 1t was finally de-
cided that the county committees
should control as far as h issuance
of calls and the selection of men to
sit on The elections hoard went, One
point that colonel Dickinson did make
against Rotterdam was on the old en-
rollment books, which will not be ac-
cepted as authoritative.
1t is understood that Sheriff Frank
II. Soiamer, as State &C lmitteeman-
at-large. wanted open primaries
throughout the whole State, but could
get his colleagues to agree to 1t.
List of committeeman Present.
IDOSS Ol tnO oLdlS CoiiiiiiAtbSC o. 49,
were: Governor Fort. ex-of-
ficio; Chairman Murphy, Sheriff SOM
mer, Senator Samuel K. Robbins, of
Burlington, and United States Senator
Kean, members at-large; United States
Senator Briggs, of Mercer; former Gov
Stokes, of Cumberland; former
Newark Mayor Henry M. Doremus aud
County Chairman Dalrymple, OF Essex;
Congressman John ]. Gardner, of At
lantic; c.. b. Breckenridge, OF Bergen,
State Assessor 'Davy" Baird, of Cam
den; State Treasurer Daniel S. Voor-
hees, Morris County; Robert Williams.
Passaic; Sheriff c. Asa Francis, of
Monmouth; Hamilton Kean, Union; r.
c. Hutchinson, of Burlington; Lewis NJ.
Crosse, Cape May; Banking Commits
sioner David O. Watkins, of Glouces-
John 1. Blair Kelley, of Warren;
Percival Christie, OF IIunterdon; Henry
II. Banker, Middlesex; William IL.
Fischer, of Ocean; John c. Ward, of
Salem: George Williams. of Sussex;
Lewis A. Thompson, If Somerset.
Among members OF the state executive
and finance committees who were pres
ent We're: State Senator Joseph 5, Fire.
linshuysen, of Somerset; William M.
johnson, of Bergen; State Committee
Treasurer Winton G. Garrison. of Es-
sex. and Joseph McDermott. of Mon
mouth.