Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-14
Democrats wherever he went

The contest in Atlantic City over
the appointment of a postmaster to
succeed Mayor-elect Harry Bachar-
ach is attracting considerable atten
ton in state political circles and there
is much speculation as to what bear
ing it may have upon the election of a
Congressman in the Second Congress-
ional District, which includes Allan
tic County, next fall. State Senator
Walter E. Edge is opposing Congress-
man John j. Gardner in the post
mastership contest. The candidate
of Senator Edge for the position is
Frank Moore, the present assistant
postmaster, and Mr.. Moore also has
the backing of Mr.. Bacharach. Con-
gresham Gardner is supposed to be
aligned with Louis Kuehnle, the Re-
publican leader of Atlantic City, and
his candidate for the postmastership
is Louis H. Donnelly.
In view of the fact that State SEN
ator Griffith w Lewis, of BurIing-
ton county aspires to succeed Con-
gresham Gardner at Washington,
and is looking to Senator Edge to give
him Atlantic county support in this
aspiration, the contest over the post
mastership is interesting. 1t will be
remembered that Senator Lewis voted
for Senator Edge for the position of
Republican leader in the State Senate
and, of course, the Burlington Sena-
tor will expect Senator Edge to retain
his influence in furthering the for
mer's ambition. With Senator Edge
opposing Congressman Gardner in
this contest, some of the State Repub-
lican politicians figure that it will be
only step further for the Edge
Bacharach campaign to come out OPP
emily against Kuehnle and Congress-
man Gardner in the Congressional
contest next Fall.
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Governor Wilson has made three
important appointments. These are
State Senator Harry F. Osborne, Dem
ocrat, of Essex County, for Judge of
the Essex county Court of Common
Pleas; John +. Treacy, Democrat,
formerly Assemblyman of Hudson
county for Judge of the Court of Err
rors and Appeals; Alfred X. Leuckle,
| Republican, of this city, for member
! of the Mercer County Board of Taxa
ton. None of the appointees are ma
chine politicians and the appoint
ments were received with general IA
vor around the State House when an
nounced Senator Osborne, who has
already qualified for the new position
succeeds Judge Thomas A. Davis, re-
signed. The appointment of Senator
Osborne to this place has been looked
for ever since the resignation Of
Judge Davis, because of his defeat
November 7th for election to the Sen
ate. MIR. Treacy served in the AS
sembly for Hudson County in 1907
and 1908, as an anti-Davis Democrat
lsHe has always been opposed to the
Bob" Davis brand Of democracy
He succeeds Mark A. Sullivan, who
resigned from the Errors Court bench
to enter the race for the Office of May
or of Jersey City, but was defeated
for the nomination by H. Otto Witt
penn, who was reelected Mayor. Mr.,
Lueckle is a well-to-do lumber mer
chant in this city, and was member
of the Trenton Park Commission unit
the commission was abolished by thu
Commission Government.
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Former State Senator John Boys
Avis, of Gloucester County, has de
clared himself in favor of Colone
4. Theodore Roosevelt for the Presi
dency. Discussing the Presidential
outlook a day or two ago at the Stat,
, House, he said he didn't think tina
] Presiden Taft could be re-nominated
Il was for Roosevelt three years ago.
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