Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-01
OUR TRENTON LETTER
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insure his reelection Mr.. Voorhees,
in an interview, expressed the opin-
ion that the country would not vote in
favor of the Democratic administra-
tion, with the likelihood of tariff
tinkering that might be menace TO
the American policy of protection TO
labor
The State Treasurer also thinks
that this attitude of the country will
prevent the election OF Colonel Roose-
welt. He said:
THE voters of this co.lntry will do
lot of sober thinking between now
and election day, and this will prevent
any stampede of the electorate to the
radicalism of Roosevelt.
The Office of Secretary of the Pro-
hibition State Committee and one of
the places on the electoral ticket OF
the Prohibition party in this state
will be vacant in few days, made SO
by the removal of Ross Slack from
this city to Philadelphia, where he
will take UP his permanent residence.
Before leaving the state he will re-
sign both positions The state COM
mittee will fill the vacancy on the
electoral ticket and later new Sec
retary will be elected Mr.. Slack has
long been one of the most active
Prohibitienists in the state and his
removal will be a serious loss to the
party here. He also holds the office
of Most Worthy Scribe of the Nation
al division of the Sons of Temper
ance.
Petticoated politics so to speak,
seems to have its hat in the ring in
an emphatic way this campaign. Fol-
lowing the declaration of Frank S.
IIatzenbach, Jr., of this city not to run
for United States Senator on the
Democratic ticket because his wife
said he should not, comes the news
that the wife of Assemblyman Thomas
F. MARITIME, of Hudson County, has
put him out of the race for the Con-
gressional nomination in the Eleventh
District for the reason that she says
living is so high in Washington they
cannot afford to go there.
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Assemblyman George F. Brensinger
of Hudson County, has announced
himself as a candidate for Speaker of
the Assembly, if he shall be elected
and the Democrats shall control the
body. Assemblyman Brensinger is an
ardent Wilson man and was chiefly
noted during the last legislative ses-
sion for his stentorian voice and for
and advocating the bill
to tax female cats.
United States Senator Frank 0.
Briggs and former Governor Edward
C. Stokes are both circulating their
petitions for the nomination for Uni
ted States Senator on the Republican
ticket. The Briggs petition has been
started on it's rounds in North Jer-
sey while the one for Mr.. Stokes is
being signed at present in South Jer-
sey. Petitions for United States Sen
ator require 1,G00 signers.
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The senatorial petition for former
Judge John w. Westcott, of Camden,
for the Democratic nomination has
been in circulation some time and al
ready has more than 1000 signers in
Hudson County alone. There is talk
that in the interest of party success
all other Democratic aspirants for
United States Senator will withdraw,
leaving the field for Judge Westcott-
The Central Labor Union of this
city, representing the organized la
ibor of Mercer County, is preparing to
begin legal fight for the strict en-
forcement of the eight-hour law for
state, county and municipal contracts.
The law has been in force nearly
wear but the labor unionists charge
that contractors have never complied
with it.
The product of the mineral industry
in New Jersey in 1911 had total
value Of S37,716,411, according to a
report Just issued by State Geologist
Kummel. The clay working indus
tries led, with a total output for the
year of $18,S37,103 an increase over
1910, of $345,001.
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South Jersey politics are progress
ing at a lively rate and already con-
tests are beginning for important
nominations in several counties.
Thomas G. Hamilton, Five Mile
Beach newspaper man, has announced
his candidacy for the Assembly on
the Bull Moose ticket in Cape May
County. Former Sheriff w. H. Bright
OF wildwood, also wants to run for
the Assembly on the third party tick
ct. Both men will contest for the
nomination with former Judge James
NJ. E. Hildreth, the present Assembly
man, who will seek denomination on
the Regular Republican ticket.
Herbert G. Bartlett, a Vineland At
,torney, has announced that he is a
candidate for Congress in the Second
District on the Democratic ticket.
With Senator Isaac T. Nichols seeking
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in the Second District, Cum
berland County has two aspirants for
the place.
Congressman Walter |. Mccoy,
Democrat of the Eighth District, has