The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-24
DICKINSON WANTS
CLEAN PRIMARIES
Asks State Committee to Order
That Ballot Boxes be
Locked in Hudson.
"DORY" STRONG OPPOSES IT
Dalrymple Helps Him Out, and
the Colonel Finally AbandOns
His Effort.
STRONG OPPOSES II

Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson, In tina
interest OF his recent combination with
the New Idea Republicans of Hudson
County. ~endeavored to get the State
Republican committee, at it's meeting
in this city yesterday afternoon, to
make a nov that would have helped
him out in the primaries next Tuesday
when there is to be a fight for the cons
troll of the county delegation to the
State convention of May 8.
The colonel offered a resolution pro-
viding that State Chairman Franklin
Murphy issue q proclamation that
would amend the recent call for the
primaries so that the Republican meme
bers of the boards of registry and
election would be required to display
the interior of the ballet boxes at the
opening of the polls and then locs
them so that they would remain closed
during the voting.
Accompanying the ex-leader from
Hudson was former Judge James W.
Mccarthy, a New Idea leader. Mr.. Mo-
earthly gained admittance to the meet.
ing on a proxy signed by Edward Frye.
Dickinson offered the resolution. Me-
Carthy, who a year ago was stumping
the county against the colonel, seconded
a motion for it's adoption.
The former judge said, in support Of
the proposition, that 1t was needed to
make sure that the primaries were
properly conducted In Hudson. Under
an amendment to the constitution of
the Hudson County Committee, put
through by Dickinson, when he was
the head of 1t, the chairman names the
election officers for a primary such as
the coming one is to be. John Rother-
ham, the of h colonel, has
named his boards for every district. II
was the desire of the hackers of the
resolution to get at the chairman and
to assure themselves that 1t would not
be possible to serve UP stuffed ballot
boxes.
Had the resolution passed In the form
presented it would have required he
Republican members of the regular
boards of election to attend the pr1-
maries and assume charge of OPERA
lions, ousting the Ro~therhamites.
Chairman Alfred N. Dalrymple, of Els
sex, pointed that put and said that iA
would complicate things in Essex.
where every detail in connection with
the primaries had already been carried
out in accordance with the call of the
State chairman.
State Assessor Dory Strong of MIDI
dlesex, who was present with h proxy
of State Committeeman Henry II.
Banker, made a point of order that the
national call required that the State
call should be Issued thirty days be%
fore the convention, and that 1t could
not be amended or supplemented within
ten days of the primaries.
On Mr.. Dalrymple's objection the res
olution was amended by Sheriff Frank
H. Sommer, member-at-large from
Essex, and others SO that 1t simply re-
CURED that the boxes should be dis
played by 1.-THE persons" In charge be-
fore the balloting. On Strong's point
being sustained. it was still further
changed so that 1t read in the form of
a request from the State committee.
Colonel Dickinson finally withdrew 10
altogether.
Proxies were quite the order. Chair
man Frank Smith, of the Union County
committee, was armed with the proxy
of United States Senator John Kean,
jr. Assessor Strong's appearance was
unusual. He hasn't attended very
much since he promised former Gov
ernor Stokes that he would retire from
politics If reappointed to the Board OF
Assessors.
Senator Everett Colby's letter of In
quiry as president of the Republican
League of New Jersey as to the future
course of the State committee toward
that body, will be answered today by
Secretary Malcolm MacLear, with the
statement that there will be no formal
relationship between the regular or
ganization and the league this year.
The league was active four years ago.
The league is said to have been an
expensive adjunct and the State COM
mitteemen were opposed to any expend-
lures of campaign funds In that direc-
ton this year The letter of Secretary
MacLear will set forth that the State
committee appreciates greatly the work
done in the past and hopes that the
league members individually and
through their clubs, will do all possible
for the success of the party ticket this
fall.