Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Gloucester County Nan
Selected at Meetinesd
State Committee.
SIXTEEN MEN ATTEND
GATHERING IN TRENTON
Judge DUNCAN Votes for New
Chairman and Thea
Resigns.
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Grosscup, of Wenonah, Gloucester
county, member of the State Board OF
Equalization of Taxes by appointment
recently of Governor Wilson, was to-
day elected chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee to succeed
James r. Nugent, of Essex. The cleo
ton of Mr. Grosscup had previously
State committeeman present, who,
although more than half of the COM
mittee itself represented but a small
minority of the Democrats of New Jer-
sey. Hardly had the minutes Of the re-
cent meeting at Asbury Park been
read and corrected to the satisfaction
of those who conducted that meeting
than Howard Carrow, of Camden,
moved that the election of chairman
bes proceeded with. This was carried
and then Mr.. Carrow moved that Mr,
Grosscup be chosen for the place. The
motion was seconded by Daniel Fell
loves Platt, of Bergen, who said that
his personal preference was Congress
man William Hughes, whose election
he had been advocating, however,
without any suggestion from Mr..
Hughes but that he had finally de-
cIded to second the nomination OF
Grosscup.
Sixteen out of the twenty-six MEM
bers of the State committee were pres
ent Fifteen votes were cast for Gross
cup, the latter having abstained from
voting for himself The committeeman
present VA parson were: Howard Car
row, Camden; Daniel Fellowes Plat
Englewood; 3. p. Wills, Mount Holly
william II. Davis, Camden; Michael
Kearns, Cape May City; Edward E..
Grosscup, Wenonah; David s. Crater,
Freehold; Willard w. Cutler. Norris
town; George c. Low, Toms River;
Thomas Flynn, Paterson; Judge Mel
son Y. DUNCAN. Somerville; Johnston
Cornish washington; Denis F. Collins,
Union The proxies were as follows;
r. e. Kinkead, for R. s. Hudspeth, of
Hudson; John p. Dullard, for Frank s.
Katzenbach, Trenton, and Leroy A.
Loder, for George Hampton, at Bridge
ton.
The Democratic county of Hudson
had no representative present when
this vote was taken, neither had
Democratic Essex nor Middlesex, nor
Sussex. The meeting was in the hands
of men who for the most part are
representatives of the smaller, usually
strong Republican counties.
Just as the meeting was about to
/ adjourn Congressman Eugene E. Kin
kead of Hudson county, walked into
the meeting room and announced after
he had been posted on what had hap
pened that he had the proxy OF Rob
ert s. Hudspeth, of Hudson county
He said that Mr.. Hudspeth had d.
rected him by telegraph 10 vote for
himself (Kinkead) for State chairman
and for nobody else. He said that as
the committee had already taken ac-
ton he wished to fall In line with
what had been done. No motion was
| put. however and Mr.. Kinkead pro-
| ceeded to talk on the record made by
the Democrats in the recent session
of Congress.
Mr.. Grosscup gave out statement
in which he said in part;
"While / very much regret the oc-
currenee which led to the selection Of
a new chairman of the State commit
! tee, | nevertheless accept as high
compliment the great honor which has
been paid to South Jersey by the
| Democratic members of the State com
mittee in my selection as chairman.
| 'It shall be my earnest endeavor TO
keep together the forces of Democracy
| In this State, and with this end in
| view | shall at my very first oppor-
tunity visit the various county COM
mittees so that the chairman may be
brought into a more intimate associa-
| ton with the active party workers"
| Following the election of a chairman,
Judge Nelson Y. DUNCAN, recently ele-
waited to the bench by Governor Wil-
son. offered his resignation for the rea-
| son that service in the judiciary was
not compatible with membership iR
the State committee. Judge DUNCAN
had already voted for a new chairman.
however, and he was one of those who
had taken part in the recent session az
Asbury Park which declared the plaoe
held by Mr. Nugent to be vacant. He
was asked when the meeting was ovsf
why he had not resigned before any
business had been transacted If his
ideas Of judicial duty conficted with
his ideas of membership in the State
committee. but the judge side-steppsd
He said that he would answer mat
question later IL necessary.
When Mr.. Nugent was asked for al
expression of the action of the conn
| mittee he refused TO discuss the mat
ter at all, saying that he was too busy
with the legal affairs of the city to pay
any attention to what the COMMITTEES
was doing.
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