Gloucester County Democrat., 1911-11-16

was nominated. When the next CAM
paign rolls around, Mayor Wittpenn
Twill have the prestige of another term
as chief executive of Jersey City coup
led with his personal popularity as
shown by the big victory in Hudson
this year, and these will be arguments
his friends point out, in favor of his
nomination.
The election result has started a
gubernatorial boom in the Republican
camp, too. Senator r-elect Austin Col
gate, of Essex county. is the spot
light man in this connection. His
friends are urging that he will be just
the man to harmonize all the factions
of the Republican party and carry the
party standard to victory His pro
gressive procliyities, I'll is pointed out,
would make him acceptable to the Pro-
gregsiye wing withstanding he ran
this year on the regular Republican
ticket. His record as an Assembly
man was satisfactory to both factions
and taken together, his boomers think
he will be just the man to head the
Republican ticket in 1913
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The friends of David Crater, Surro-
ber of the Democratic State Commit
tee, are saying that the result of the
election in Monmouth adds to his
chances for appointment as Secretary
of State to succeed Colonel Samuel
ID. Dickinson, Republican. Mr. Cra-
ter has been mentioned for this APP
pointment and the Democratic victory
in Monmouth county, which was COM
plete, emphasizes his leadership in
the county, and it is claimed that this
makes him the logical candidate to
succeed Colonel Dickinson. Mr.. Cra-
ter has been Surrogate of Monmouth
county for rs years, and his term of
office expires next year.
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If Surrogate Crater shall be APP
pointed Secretary of State, it will
eliminate from consideration for this
place Senator George Silzer, of Mid
dlesex, who is also candidate. In
this latter case there is talk that Sem
ator Silzer might be appointed clerk
of the Supreme Court, another job
paying $4,000 year. The term of
Supreme Court Cerk Riker, Republi-
can, expires next November Friends
of Senator 'Silzer claim that the fact
of Middlesex county remaining in the
Democratic column, Notwithstanding g
the fight made in this county against
the Democratic ticket by the Smith
Nugent combination, entities Senator
Silzer to the position
With the State campaign out of the
way politicians are already giving
attention TO the campaign of next
spring when both parties will choose
delegates to the respective national
conventions for the nomination of
candidates for President and Vice
President. AS preliminary to the
spring campaign political leaders are
giving attention to the provisions of
the Geran law with reference to the
primary election next May. The pri-
mary for the election of delegates and
alternates will be held on the fourth
Tuesday of May, next, from | to p.
m. The Geran law provides that every
voter whose name appears ON the poll
book of the last preceding general
election, or who has been registered
by affidavit, shall be entitled to vote
in the primary. Under this provision
every voter who voted last Tuesday
Twill be entitled to vote at the May
primary without further registration
| Persons who did not vote last Tues
day or who were not registered for
that election may register for the pri-
mary election by filing with the clerk
fof his municipality ten days prior to
the primary an affidavit in the form
now required by law for registering
voters for any general election This
Twill be the only registration for the
spring primary.
The appointment of Democratic
Secretary of State by Governor Wilson
next year will mean a new head for
the Department of Motor Vehicle Reg
uation, which has come to be one of
the most important in the State I'm
der the law the assistant secretary of
State is also the head of the Automo-
bile Department and hence the in
duction into office of new Secretary
of State will mean the appointment
by him of new assistant to succeed
j. B.. R. Smith, and this assistant
will take Mr.. Smiths place as the
Motor Vehicle Commissioner. The
Assistant Secretary of State received
$4,000 year in that office and is paid
| $1,000 a year additional as motor We
hicle commissioner It will be re-
membered that two or three years ago
there was fierce fight in the Legis-
lature over the proposition to divide
these two Offices. The Democrats
favored the separation, but the Repub-
licans refused to pass the bill.
*&s
! Under the corrupt practices act
every candidate who was voted for
last Tuesday must, within 20 days af-
ter the election, file a statement under
oath showing all the money contri-
buted in any way by him to aid in his
/, election. Such statements, therefore,
must be filed on or before Monday,