Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-12-21
Broadway and Federal St., Camden

Governor Wilson will name Demo-
tcrats for the new positions. The
members of these boards are not sal
aried. Governor Wilson will not give
consideration to filling the additional
offices until the new district lines
Ihave been fixed by the Legislature.
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Plans are being made by the Demo-
cratic State Committee for the Presi-
Dental nomination campaign next
spring for the election of delegates
to the National Democratic State Con-
vention, and with the State committee
favorable to the nomination of Gov
ernor WilsonNfor President, the mem
beers Of the committee will, of course,
do all they can to make the campaign
favor the election of Wilson candi
dates The committee will be OPP
posed in this move by former United
States Senator James Smith, Jr., and
his friends who are antagonistic to
the Governor. No slate has been
agreed upon for the delegates, but
the situation is being eanvassed by
the members of the committee with
regard to the available Wilson men,
W
for the National Convention would
bring further prestige to Governor
Wilson's records. The State Commit
tee has reopened headquarters in this
city, which will be permanent through
out the presidential campaign While
primarily they will be state head
quarters conducted in the interest of
the party interests of New Jersey
the headquarters without doubt will
also become Democratic Presiden-
tial Bureau.
DR.. Calvin N. Kendall, State COM
missioner of Education, has announced
his policy with reference to the du-
ties of the two assistant commission
ers appointed by him last Saturday.
The men appointed were, George A.
Mirick, of Indianapolis, and Albert B.
Meredith. County Superintendent of
Schools Of Essex county, to be assist
ant to commissioner of secondary edu-
cation, the salary of each being $4,000
year. DR.. Kendall said that the
work OF the assistants referred to
would be mostly in the rural sections
and the smaller towns where the
schools are not so we'll organized as in
the larger cities. They will pay oc-
casional visits to the city schools
when it is deemed such visits are nee
essary Commissioner Kendall be-
lieves that the chief problems in the
New Jersey schools are not in the
cities as much as in the country. One
of the aims, he says, will be to cause
the schools to help make rural life
more attractive to the children in the
country, and to train them so that they
will fully see the opportunities of life
in the country.
Democratic politicians who were at
the State House yesterday and who
were friendly to the Wilson admins
tration commented favorably upon the
recent statement of Vice Chairman
Robert Hudspeth, Of the National Dem
ocratic Committee, and of former
Judge Howard Carrow, Of Camden
county, another member of the State
Committee. Both men declared that
Governor Wilson would have no OPP
position in New Jersey in the cam
paign for the nomination for Presi-
dent, or at least, no opposition that
WOutu amount 10 aHytAluS. dMf E1uu5-
peth predicted not only the nomination
of Governor Wilson, but also his cleo
ton as President Former Judge
Carroll declares that former United
States Senator, James Smith, Jr.,
would not be able to prevent the cleo
ton Of Wilson delegates to the Nat
ional Convention.
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The annual report Of the Monmouth
county Farmers Exchange, just made
public, is attracting wide spread at
tention throughout the state The