Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-09-18
GREAT MASS
OF PETITIONS
POURING IN
Both Parties Are Filing
Names OF Many Candidates
for Various Offices.
PRIMARY TICKETS
COMPLETE TODAY
George Hanej Denies Hav-
ing Had Conferences With
"Dory" Strong.


AS today is the last day for fling
petitions for city Offices both sides
were busy this morning securing sig
natures. At o'clock forty-six petit
tions had been received by City Clerk
LaRoe and he expected many others
later. Petitions, Mr.. LaRoe stated,
could be legally filed until IL o'clock
tonight with him, but that he would
not be at the city hall this afternoon.
IL will accept petitions up until mid
night" he said, but the filers must
find me, as ] am not required to
keep the Office open after noon" :"
Last year the republicans filed the
councilmanic petitions, which caused
considerable controversy, about II
o o'clock at night and something may
turn up this evening.
While forty-six petitions had been
filed there were at O'Clock num-
| ber of Offices that no petitions were
in for on the republican side.
DR. Frank Crowther, as told in
yesterdays NEWS, is the republican
candidate for alderman-at-large to
oppose William d. Voorhees,. His
petition was filed this morning, the
doctor having consented to run II he
was unopposed for the nomination.
Lawyer Peter A. Peterson is after
a republican nomination for excise
commissioner and started his peti-
tion this morning. He made the fol-
lowing statement: Il / am elected
will not vote for any more new
licenses and / will use all my power
to cut out the bad places.
John Danner is after the republi-
can domination for alderman in the
second ward and his petition Will be
filed this afternoon.
The list of petitions filed at 2
o'clock this afternoon was as fol-
lows:
ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE.
William d. Voorhees,, democrat.
DR.. Frank Crowther. republican.
ALDERMEN.
Fred A. Seaman, d., Second Ward.
George 7. Larson, r., Fourth
Ward.
Alexander Petraszka. D.. Sixth
Ward.
Frank Stas, r., Sixth Ward.
Henry w. Sandbeck, Jr., D., Sixth
Ward.
Michael J.. Lakomski, R., Sixth
Ward.
John Kutcher, D., Fourth Ward.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
w. Guy Weaver, D., Second Ward.
Christian Anderson. r., Fourth
Ward.
Magnus c. Larson, r., Sixth Ward.
George Moore. r., Fourth Ward
Soren c. Olsen. D., Fourth Ward.
EXCISE COMMISSIONERS.
To luz O f.d
Tymrakiewicz, D.; Nels Hanson, r.;
Michael Seaman, r.; Fred r. Mccoy,
r.; George Hochberger, D.; Fred H.
James j. Garland, D.; William H.
D.; Richard Henderson, D.; Peter A.
Peterson, r.
COMPTROLLER.
James A. Rhodes, d.
John F. Ten Broeck, r.
COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN.
Peter ]. McKeon, D., First Dis
trict, Fourth Ward.
Peter j. Floersch, D., Second Dis
trict. Fourth Ward
George w. Fullerton, r., Second
District, Fourth Ward.
l.. Burt Moore, r., First District,
In1rd WarQ.
Richard F. White, First District,
Second Ward.
Henry w. Jones, First District,
First Ward
John ~ St. John, R., Second Dis
trict, Fifth Ward.
John H. Johnson, R., First Dis
triet, Fourth Ward.
Michael j. Lakomski, r., First
District, Sixth Ward.
CONSTABIiES.
Louis Conley, D., Sixth Ward.
James F. O'Brien, D.. Fifth Ward.
Fritz Sperr, D., Fourth Ward.
Lester j. Underhill, D., First
Ward.
Edward A. Doyle. D., Third Ward.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
H., r. Pickersgill, r., First Ward.
Marcus Stricken, r., Second Ward.
Petitions were also filed for dele
gates to republican city conven-
ton, as told In another column.