Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-16

assent in writing on the petitions fill
, candidate for the nomination.
This section of the Leavitt bill is re-
sarded as an effort to embarrass the
Roosevelt propaganda in New Jersey.
There is a movement throughout the
State to file the petitions and also to
have Roosevelt's name placed On the
primary ballot according to law in the
same manner as the name of a n
date for the United states Senate may
be placed there.
But the Geran act does not require
the consent of the Presidential candi-
date designated to having his name
put on the ballot. The Leavitt act
would compel such consent Mr..
Record was believed last winter to be
one of the chief architects Of the Geran
law. This year HE is an active boomer
for Senator La Toilette for the Presi-
Dental nomination and is much an
Doyed at the efforts of some Progress
sive Republicans to sidetrack h Wis
consin man in favor of Roosevelt.
If the supporters of Governor VIII
1 son for the Presidency want to have
the candidates name placed on the
, ballot in the manner described it would
be necessary, should the Leavitt bill
pass, for the Governor TO give his con-
sent to the proposal and thus become
an avowe0 aspirant for the Presi-
dency.
Besides making it impossible for a
candidate. who has been defeated in
the primaries TO become an indepen-
dent candidate for election and apply
ing the provisions of the Geran law to
municipalities in excess Of 10000 m
stead of to those over 5000, as at pres
emit, the Leavitt bill would remove
many of the other requirements of the
present act.
For instance, il would be no longer
necessary for a man TO give his age on
presenting himself to vote, the declara-
ton that he is of legal age being sur
fcient. Neither would it be necessary
for him to give a detailed description
of his place of residence. the street
number, the floor he resides on and
his relation to the family living therein
being deemed enough. Some other
questions of an intimate nature re-
CURED to be answered by the Geran
law would be stricken out by the
Leayitt amendment.
For Auto Reciprocity.
An automobile reciprocity bin
was introduced in the House
last night by Asemblyman FREQ
G. Stickel, of Essex. It provides that
any visiting automobile owner who
wishes to travel through New Jersey
in his machine may do so for the
period Of fifteen days without being re-
quired to take out a license here, pro-
vided that he has complied with he
automobile registration law Of his own
State and the law compelling the dis
play OF his registration number
Specifically the proposed law says
that such automobile owners may drive
machines ''in this State during a period
of not to exceed fifteen days in each
| calendar year, or on two or more oc-
! casions not exceeding in the aggregate
the period of fifteen days in n such
! year, without a New Jersey license
! Every fraction of a day spent within
the State shall count as a whole day.
The provisions of the act are not
applicable to automobile owners from
States that do not grant similarly
| broad privileges to automobile owners
from this State.
he visiting autoist must display
conspicuously the registration number
given him by the sta where he
! actually holds a license.
Any chauffeur not a resident of this
/ State who has complied with all the
la US governing automobile drivers in
his own State may drive a machine in
New Jersey for a period of fifteen
days without complying with the New
Jersey laws governing chauffeurs, pro-
| vided that the State from which he
comes gives like privileges to Jersey
chauffeurs.
The Stickel bill does not require that
power of attorney shall be given by a
visiting automobiles to anyone repre-
senting him upon whom process may
be served when he leaves the State.
The present act governing the use of
their automobiles by visitors grants
an eight-day touring day privilege with
in the state upon the payment of 81
registration fee. but requires that a
power of attorney shall be given to the
secretary of state for the service of
process If necessary after the departure
Of the ~autoist. The power of attorney
provision makes the existing law nom
reciprocal with the auto laws of New
York and several other States in which
New Jersey autoists might frequently
desire to tour.
bill failed In the Legislature last year
because 1t contained a power of attor-
ney provision.