Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-16
PICK HARR|GAN
FOR MAYORALTY
Former Sheriff Decided on at
Meeting of the New Pro-
gressive Democracy.
WOODROW WILSON LEAGUE
MEN JOINED CONFERENCE
Later, However, Latter Body
Fails to Ratify Commit
tees Selection.

Former Sheriff William Harrigan
will be the candidate of the new
Progressive Democracy for the may
orally nomination. This was decided
upon yesterday afternoon at a con-
ference between committees repre-
senting the Woodrow Wilson League
and the Progressive Democracy.
The following slate was selected by
| the joint committee and later was in
dorsed by the Progressive Democ-
racy:
Board of werks-John V. Diefenthaler
and Thomas f. Bowers.
City Home Trustee-william Fl. Gas
ton. of the Eleventh Ward.
County SupervisorAMiehael Barry, Or
ange.
Assembly-John W. Lane Michael p.
Roche. Bernard w. Terlinde, Anthony r.
Finnelli. Joseph Samuels. Maurice Welsh.
of Newark John l.. Davis. Orange; Will
fred c. Rossell. of East Orange: ]. C.
Sprigg. of Essex Fells Timothy Barrett,
of South Orange: Dix w. Noel, of Mont
clair,
When the Assembly ticket as made
up by the joint committee was pre-
scented to the Progressive Democracy
last night two names were found no
acceptable to the majority and We're
ordered stricken from the list. They
were Thomas Kinney. of the Fourth
Ward, and Adam j. Rossback, of the
Fourteenth Ward. The names of E.
Tracy Lanterman. of East Orange
and j. Frank Donovan, of ~Iryington,
were added for future consideration.
No Action on congressman
While this meeting was going on
the advisory and executive commit
tees of the Wilson League were in
session in the Union Building, but
failed to ratify the ticket as selected
by the joint committee. They gave
the impression that some of the Sc
lections of the committee were not
to their liking. They declared later
that the whole situation, so far as
they are concerned, is open.
Former Assemblyman Edward D..
Balentine was the choice of the joint
committee fol- county clerk, receiving
the Endorsement over Joseph Con-
molly, of Belleville. He withdrew,
however, in favor of Mr.. Connolly,
but the committee decided to leave
the place open. Several suggestions
were made for the congressional nom.
taken. John F. Sinnott, of the Ninth
district, and James F. McGrath, of
South Orange, of the Tenth district,
were prominently mentioned.
Charles n. Hart, of East orange;
Arthur Sanford, of the Eighth Ward,
and Joseph A. Brady, of Caldwell,
were recommended for the Board of
Freeholders, while Patrick ]. Tansey
was Endorsed for election in the
Ninth congressional district. but no
action was taken in the Tenth.
viii FIJI Vacancies Tuesday.
The places left vacant last night
will be filled at a meeting on next
Tuesday.
Clarence Sackett, Frank A. Boett-
ner, Philip A. MCGUIRE, Charles
Reilly, Herbert w. Knight, william
McTague, ]. R. Woodruff. Owen F.
Conlon and Colonel j.. C. Sprigg were
members of the committee who rep
resented the Progressive Democracy
in the negotiations overNt the ticket.
The woodrow Wilson League was
represented by Thongs F. burning,
its acting president, John Y. Diefen-
thaler, Simon A. Northrop, who
presided over the joint meeting of
the committee, Nathan Kussy,
Michael P. Roche, Joseph E. Con-
molly, Charles N. Hart and James s.
Lyon.