Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20

gresham James A. Hamill; former
Assemblyman Charles E. S. Simpson.
Republican, Daniel F. Dryer,
Regular Republican," John Crab
am, Sr., Progressive Republican,"
State Assessor George l.. Record,
Republican, Roosevelt policies"
Primary contests are in progress
for the senatorial nominations in
five of the six counties which are to
choose senators. and with the Demo-
Gratis within one vote of controlling
the present senate, this insures a
lively fight on both sides at the polls
next Tuesday. In Burlington cOun-
ty Assemblyman Blamegard II.
White is the regular Republican
candidate and Lawyer James Mercer
Davis, of Mt. Holly, a brother of
Senator Davis, of Salem county, who
is a Democrat, is contesting with
him for the nomination. The Demo-
Gratis have only one candidate, Jona-
than H. Kelsey. Both parties have
a contest on In Cape May county.
Former Senator Lewis NJ. Crosse
was nominated by the Regular Re
publicans in place of Senator Robert
S. Hand, the present dean of the
Upper House, and this is displeasing
to the Hand faction. William H.
Bright, former sheriff, has been
named by the ~Progressives. The
Democratic candidates are Evans G..
Slaughter and Mayor Harry c..
Wheaton, Of Wildwood.
Hot Fight in H%unterdon.
A bitter contest for the senate
nomination is rending the ranks of
the Hunterdon county Democrats,
but clashes are so frequent among
the Hunterdon Democrats hat this
occasions no surprise. The fight Is
the old one between the "Pirates,"
headed by former Senator James N.
Pidcock, who are the reactionaries,
and the Holy Rollers" with Sena-
tor William C. Gebhardt as their
pilot, this faction being the progress
sives. The Gebhardt candidate for
senator is Abraham C. Hulsizer, of
Pennington, and the Pidcock men
have as their candidate former Sena-
tor George F. Martens, Jr., who,
with former Senator Shinn, Republi-
can, of Ocean county, was investigat-
ed by a senate committee a few
years ago when both we're in the
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against them, but the charges were
not sustained.
MiddleseX county is the only one
of the six without a contest. The
Democrats have united on former
Assemblyman William E. Ramsay,
of Perth Amboy, as their candidate,
and former Assemblyman John f.
TenBroeck. of Perth Amboy, has no
opposition for the Republican nomi-
nation.
In Passaic county Thomas F. Nc
Gran, present speaker of the assem-
bly,, is unopposed for the Republican
nomination for senator, while the
Democrats have three candidates,
William M. Drew, John ]. Fitzgerald
and Peter j. McGinnis.
Former Prosecutor Henry Huston
has the united Republican support
for the nomination in Sussex county,
and four Democrats are aspiring for
the place on the ticket of that party.
They are Editor Jacob l.. Bunnell, of
Newton; Assemblyman Charles A.
Meyer, who is a Wilson man against
"bosses and trusts" Robert T.
Johnson and Samuel T. Munson.
Bull Moose Senators.
1t is more than likely hat the Bull
Moose followers will nominate can
didates for the senate in several of
these counties, as they will for the
assembly and for congress, but these
nominations will be by petition af-
ter the primary election and so will
not have any bearing in the voting
next Tuesday.
The present senate stands eleven
Republicans and ten Democrats.
Three of the senators who retire this
year are Democrats and the other
three whose terms expire are Repub-
lican. The Democrats, therefore,
must elect four out Of the six to
give them control of the new senate.