Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-25
POLITICS AND COMMENTS FROM
STATE CAPITOL.

Trenton, April "a. - Governors S
Day" this week brought quite a lot
of politicians to the State House, and
there was considerable doing in the
political line. Several petitions nom-
mating Anti-Wilson men as candi-
dates for delegates to the Democratic
National Convention were filed by
James r. Nugent, of Newark, who
rs leading the fight against the Gov
ernor. The petitions were those of
Harry c. Richmond, of Camden, for
the First District; Peter J McGuirk,
of Elizabeth, for the Fifth District.
and Richard Stockton, of Newark, for
the Eighth District. The petition of
Charles F Herr, of Newark, as an
Anti-Wilson delegate-at-large is al
so filed. The petitions of James j.
Potts, of Elizabeth and former Assem-
'blyman George NJ. Lamonte, of Bound
Brook. both Wilson candidates for the
Fifth District, were filed. George L.
Record, the Progressive Republican
leader filed a petition nominating
candidates for delegate and alternate
in the new Sixth District The can
didates for delegate Herbert NJ. Bail
ey of Hackensack, and William W
Taylor, of Phillipsburg, the candid
dates for alternate being Fred. R
Snyder, of Newton, and Fred W.
Mattocks, of Closter.
This makes "a petitions nominating
candidates or alternateS which have
been filed with the Secretary of State,
nine for Colonel Roosevelt. two for
President Taft, six for Governor Will
son and seven Democratic petitions
in which the candidates are un-
pledged, but who will be against
Wilson
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The conviction of Collector Steph-
en- Al. Egan, of Hudson County ,on
the charge of embezzling $31, 500 of
the county funds. has just been af-
hrmed in an opinion filed in the Su-
preme Court. 1t was alleged that
Egan loaned the money to the late
Bob Davis, the Democratic leader
of Hudson. Davis died without re-
paying the loan and Egans arrest
and conviction followed The decis-
ion is of special Importance because
it upholds the elisor Grand Jury
which found the indictment. The
Grand Jury was drawn by the elisors
after the Sheriff had been disquali-
fed.
Far from being disheartened over
their failure to get through the Leg
islature their resolution giving wo-
men the ballot, the Suffragists of the
state are planning an active campaign
for the creation of public SEN
timent favorable to their movement
as preliminary step to presenting
their cause to the Legislature of 1913.
A determined effort will be made
next year for the enactment of
resolution for the amendment of the
constitution permitting women to
vote.
Mrs. Clara S. Laddey, of Airing
ton, president of the New Jersey Wo-
man Suffrage Association, said today
that the campaign movement will be
thoroughly organized for work thro-
out the summer. Particular atten-
tion will be paid to South Jersey
where the suffrage movement has not
made as much progress as it has in
the more populated northern portion
of the state. The campaign will in
clude suffrage meetings, both indoors
and out, automobile tours to carry
the doctrine into remote sections and
special meetings will be planned for
the seaside resorts. As part of
their campaign the Suffragists will
have a special exhibit at the Newark
Industrial Exhibit which will repre-
sent the cause and where literature
will be distributed for the winning of
converts