Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-06-20
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Convention are Progressive favoring
the nomination of the Colonel, so that
whatever line of battle was mapped
out by Roosevelt, the members of the
Jersey delegation would be found
fighting under his banner. For the
first time in many years the Repub-
lican party of this state has a divided
faction at National Convention.
Former Governor Fort, Borden ID.
Whiting, who will succeed former
Governor Murphy as a member of the
National Committee, former Senator
Everett Colby, former Senator John
Boyd Avis, and other State leaders,
are displaying great activity in behalf
of the Roosevelt boom. Former Gov
ernor Fort ON Monday gave out an
interview in Chicago to the effect that
Roosevelt was sure to be nominated.
On the other hand, former Cover
nor Murphy, who is at the Convention
as the present member of the National
Committee, and other stalwart leaders
who are there merely as spectators
! and to help the Taft cause, are doing
all they can in behalf of the re-nom-
nation of the President
Governor Wilson will not go to Bal
timore for the Democratic Convention.
He went to ''the little White House"
at Sea Girt last Saturday, and will
spend the summer there He will
come to the State House every Tues
day and at other times when neces-
sary. During the Baltimore Conven-
tion a special wire will be installed
at the Sea Girt cottage, so that the
Governor will be in close touch with
all that takes place on the Convention
floor
So
The Democratic Convention will
open in the Big Armory at Baltimore
next Tuesday at noon. When the ga
vel falls calling the big gathering of
more than 1000 members to order,
Governor Wilson will have not only
"a out of the 90 New Jersey delegates
favoring his nomination but thous-
ands of boomers among the Specta-
tors. Mayor Wittpenn and Sheriff
Wedin, of Hudson County, will head
delegation of more than 500 Wilson
men who will go to Baltimore by
special train Bergen and Passaic
Counties will send large delegations.
Union County Democrats numbering
about 200 will go to the Convention
city with a band of twenty pieces.
other counties throughout the state
will also send good sized delegations
to aid the move to nominate the Gov
ernor.
Talk of legislative and other candi-
dates in several of the counties is
beginning already at quite lively
rate. State Senators are to be elect
ed next November in six counties,
namely, Burlington, Cape May and
Passaic, now represented by Repub-
lican Senators, and Hunterdon, Mid
dlesex and Sussex represented by
Democratic Senator's The choice of
these Senators with the so members
of the Assembly will be judged with
unusual political significance this
year because those elected will have
vote next winter for a United States
Senator to succeed Frank o. Briggs,
whose term will expire March 4 In
Passaic County former Senator John
Hinchhffe will be candidate for the
Senate again on the Democratic tick
ct if Governor Wilson shall be named
for the Presidency, and Robert u.
Bremner, the Passaic editor, will be
candidate for Congress on the Demo-
cratic ticket Assemblyman Cornelius
Ford, of Hoboken, President of the
State Federation of Labor, has am
nounced himself a candidate for Con-
gress in the new Eleventh District,
and will have the support of the Cen
trail Labor Union of Hudson County.
Among the present Congressman a
number of them will be candidates
for reelection This will include
William ]. Browning, Republican in
| the First District; Ira w. Wood, Re-
publican in the Fourth District, and
Thomas ]. Scully in the Third Dis
trict; William E. futile, Jr., in the
Fifth District, all Democrats.
The change in the Congressional
lines in North Jersey makes it UNI
| certain that all the present Congress
men from that section will run again,
| but it is expected that at least Con-
gresham Eugene F. Kinkead and
James A. Hammill will run again. 1t
| is expected Congressman John j.
Gardner will also seek another term.
although the fact that there is con-
siderable opposition to him and that
both Senator Lewis, of Burlington,
and Nichols, of Cumberland, are both
after his toga, may result in Congress
man Gardner not entering the race.
Three candidates are already in the
field for the Republican nomination
for Assembly in Ocean County. They
| are Ezra Parker, President OF the
First National Bank of Barnegat;
Edwin Parker, of Forked River, and
David G. Conrad, of Barnegat, who
last year was the candidate and who
was defeated by Harry E. Newman
| the Democratic candidate.
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