Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15
OUR TRENTON LETTER.

is being manifested in the speech to
he delivered by Governor Wilson on
Saturday at Sea Girt before the thous-
ands of Democrats who are to gather
there for New Jersey Day. The day
mas been arranged as big rally OF
Democratic voters in honor of the
Governor for the Presidency and as
an occasion to give enthusiasm to the
State campaign. The arrangements
are in the hands of Thomas NJ. Birch,
of Burlington, chairman of the State
Campaign Committee, assisted by 9th
er members of the State Committee.
Governor Wilson will speak at noon
and it will be one of the set speeches
to be given by him iii New Jersey
during the campaign. He has stated
that in his campaign addresses he
would discuss some of the platform
planks which were not touched upon
in detail in his notification speech,
and it is expected that on Saturday
ne will discuss some of these issues.
State Chairman Grosscup and Mr..
Birch declare that it will be one of
the greatest gatherings of Democrats
in this state in years.
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tive tickets the Regular Republican
leaders are endeavoring to enlist as
many Progressives as possible in or
der to strengthen the Standpat ticket
and weaken the Bull Moose cause OF
course, the Regulars will not be able
TO recruit any of the partisan Pro-
gressives, but their policy is wherever
possible to put on their ticket men
with Progressive tendencies or those
whom presidential candidates
Marshall has called "Progressiyes
with the brakes on
The Stalwart Republicans in order
to maintain their majority in the
State Senate must elect at least four
out of the six Senators to be chosen
in November In Cape May County
former Assemblyman Lewis NJ Cresse
has been selected as the Republican
candidate for Senator and Senator Rob
ert Hand noted Stalwart, will re-
tire Cresse is more or less Inde-
pendent and has headed faction
which frequently has fought against
Senator Hand and his followers. In
Burlington County Assemblyman
Blanchard H. White. pronounced
Regular will be the candidate for
Senator, but it is likely that Harold
K. Wells, a young Bordentown law
yer with Progressive tendencies, will
be given the Assembly nomination.
Although Assemblyman John F. Ten
Broeck, of Perth Amboy, has an
nounced that he would not be a can
didate for Senator in Middlesex Co,
pressure is being brought to bear to
have him run He is looked upon as
an Independent and as having other
qualities which would commend him to
the Progressive voters. Last year he
ran 500 votes ahead of his ticket and
was the only Republican Assembly
ann elected in Middlesex County. In
Passaic County Thomas F. McCran
will be the Regular Republican can
didate for the Senate and his record
and ability as a lawmaker is deemed
by the Regular State party leaders as
sufficient to make him the strongest
possible candidate of his county. The
other counties which choose Senators
this year are Hunterdon and Sussex,
both normally Democratic, and with
Governor Wilson running for the
Presidency it is little hope that the
Republicans will elect a Senator in
either of them.
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There is much speculation among
State House politicians as to the ex-
act contents of the letter sent by
former Governor Franklin Murphy to
former Governor Edward c. Stokes
in which it was claimed that Mr.
Murphy practically had rid Mr.. Stok-
es out of the Republican party. II
is not denied that the letter was wri'
ten and received and that some pretty
severe language was used, but that
Mr.. Stokes was told to leave the Reg
ular Republican ranks is disputed
II is understood that the epistle was
a very gingery attack on the Stokes
proposition of a compromise between
the Regulars and Progressiyes on the
Presidential elector ticket and that
former Governor Murphy declared
that it woud be better to suffer defeat
than to permit Colonel Roosevelt te
win through any compromise.
The Bergen County Republican
Committee has refused to reconsider
its vote taken a few weeks ago en-
dorsing President Taft for reelection
An attempt was made last week BY
some Progressive members to nave
the vote reconsidered, but it was
voted down.
In the opinion of DR.. |. w. L
Roundtree, the negro preacher-poli
.tician of this city, and one of thu
leaders among colored Republicans o
the state. Colonel Roosevelt will lost
the vote of thousands of negroes II
New Jersey because of his attitude to
ward the race at the Chicago Bul
Convention. Dr. Roundtree declares
that the real purpose Of Colone
Roosevelt was to ride into Office a;
president at the expense OF the ne
groes of the South and by disfran
chising them, gain the southern whit
vote for himself He says the negroes
in the North will not support colone
Roosevelt.
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The managers OF the campaign TO
tho ron nomination of United State,