Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-03-21
Republican State Committee Met
in Newark Yesterday. ..Pfimar-
les Will Be Open.
THE BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
Former Governor Murphy Presided
and Five of the Six Who are Mem
toned As DeIegates-at-Large Were
Present-The Full Vote of the
Convention Will be 645-This
Will Require 1923 to Decide.

NEWARK, Mar. 21:-Governor
Forts desire as to the primaries and
convention to elect delegates to the
national convention of the republican
party have been complied with by
the state committee, inasmuch as the
primaries are to be under the nation
al primary law, open and without en-
rollment
At the meeting of the New Jersey
Republican State Committee in New
ark yesterday 1t was decided to hold
the state convention for the selection
of delegates to the national conven-
tion in Trenton, Tuesday, May 5, and
to have the county organizations or
der the primaries to be held one week
earlier, Tuesday, April 2S. These
VIII be open primaries, without en-
the proposed new primary law.
The committee will proceed with
out regard to the pending legisla-
tion, which provides for the selection
OF the national delegates by direct
vote OF the people at the primaries,
on the ground that any law which
may be enacted after the naming Of
date for the primaries and the state
convention could not become opera
tive this year. The proposed new
primary law, which is an administra-
tion measure, was thoroughly dis
cussed, and objection was made to
some of it's provisions, defects In the
bill being pointed out for correction.
There was general discussion Of
the probable makeup of the dele
gates -at-large and the twenty con-
gressional delegates to the national
convention, but every one refused to
become slate maker, especially for
publicity.
1t was voted by the committee to
change the basis of representation
from one delegate for each two hum
dred votes cast at the last guberna-
torial election to one for each three
hundred votes. This will give some
election districts two delegate votes,
or one and a fraction in the conven-
tion, while under the law about 325
districts will have only fractional
part of vote each in the convention.
In all there will be 645 full votes In
the convention, making 323 neces-
sary for choice.
The chairman, Franklin Murphy,
presided. Among those present were
Governor Fort, Sheriff Sommer, Unit
ed States Senator kean and State
Senator Robbins, members at large;
Henry M. Doremus and Alfred N
Dalrymple. of Essex; Representative
John ]. Gardner, of Atlantic; G. E.
Breckenridge, of Bergen; r. G. Hut
Crimson. of Burlington; David Baird,
of Camden: Lewis M. Cresse, of Cape
May; Edward G. Stokes, of Cumber-
land; David o. Watkins, of Glouces-
ter; Samuel D. Dickinson and Edward
Fry, of Hudson; Percival Christie.
of Hunterdon; United States Senator
Frank 0. Briggs. of Mercer; Henry
H. Banker, of Middlesex; G. Asa
Francis, of Monmouth; Daniel S.
Voorhees,, of Morris; William H.
Fischer, of Ocean; Robert Williams,
of Passaic; John c. Ward, of Salem;
Lewis A. Thompson, of Somerset;
George Williams, of Sussex; Hamil-
ton Kean, of Union, and John l. Blair
Reilly, of Warren; Winton c.. Garri-
son, treasurer, and Malcolm MacLear,
secretary.