Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-09
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POLITICS AND COMMENT.

Trenton, May S-With President
Taft and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
besides other statesmen of national
repute, in this state the week preced-
ing the Presidential primary election
on Tuesday, May 2S, New Jersey will
witness one of the liveliest weeks in
its political history The plans for
the visit of the President to this state
are not completed but it is expected
that one of the days which he will
spend here will be Saturday, May %.
It possible, the Taft leaders of the
state will have the President campaign
New Jersey for four days. The num-
Der of places in which President Taft
will speak will depend upon the num-
Der OF days he can give to this state.
The Taft leaders are preparing to
bring other notable Republican speak
ers into the state to participate with
the President in the vote hunting
campaign. The President will be ac-
companied by United States Senator
Frank O. Briggs, Chairman of the
Republican State Committee and also
candidate on the Taft ticket for
delegate-at-large to the Chicago Con-
vention. 1t is likely that the other
tlhree candidates for de1egate-at-large
will accompany the campaigning
party They are former Governor
Franklin Murphy. former Supreme
Court Justice Gilbert Ceilings, of Jer-
sey City, and F Wayland Aver, of
Camden.
Colonel Roosevelt will begin his
New Jersey tour Thursday morning,
May %, when he will come to Jersey
City from Oyster Bay in an automo-
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Jersey Roosevelt leaders, including
the candidates on the Roosevelt tick
ct for delegate-at-large who are for
mer Governor John Franklin Fort,
former Senator Everett Colby, Edgar
B. Bacon, and President Frank B.
Jess of the State Tax Board Col
onel Roosevelt will speak in Pater-
son at noon. In the evening he will
speak at mass meetings in Newark
and Jersey City. On Friday, May "a,
he will come to Trenton and speak
and will then be rushed to Atlantic
City, where he will address big
meeting on one of the big piers. Fri
day evening he will end his cam
paigning tour with an address in
Camden.
/ An important conference of State
Democratic leaders will be held at
the state headquarters in this city to-
morrow to consider various matters
relating to the campaign leading UP
! to the Presidential election May %
1t will be meeting of all the DEM
ocratic candidates for delegate and al
ornate to the Baltimore Convention
! Governor Wilson will be present and
will address the meeting State
Chairman Edward e. Grosscup will
preside and Robert S. Hudspeth. the
New Jersey member of the National
Democratic Committee will also be
present. Particular attention will be
given to the campaign in each Con-
gressional District and plans will be
made which the party leaders hope
will enable Governor Wilson to win
tine delegates in every district.
Secretary of State Crater has GER
titled to each of the County Clerks
the list of candidates nominated for
delegate and alternate to the National
Conventions The action was taken
under the Geran law, which requires
| each county clerk to forward immed-
lately to each municipal clerk a state
ment of the nominations. After re-
ceiving this official notice, the muni-
cipal clerk must print the official pri-
mary ballots for each political party,
to be voted on May %.
The total number of candidates
nominated by both parties for the
primary election is 257. OF these, 40
candidates are for delegate-at-large
and alternate-at-large. The Republi-
cans have nominated 12 candidates
for delegate-atlarge and IL for al +
ternate-at-large On the Democratic
ticket 8 candidates have been named
for delegate and for alter
gates-at-large to be chosen in each
gates-atlarge to be chosen in each
party is f. and the same number of
alternates- at-large are to be chosen
by each party so that there are an
aggregate of 12 men to be selected
from the 40 candidates The number
of candidates nominated for delegate
and for alternate is 217. Each party
is to select 2 delegates and alter
mates in each of the IL Congressional
Districts, or 96 men to be chosen al
together from the 217 nominees.
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The lineup for the Presidential
fight in this state is completed, the
nominating petitions all having been
filed The final listing of the petit
tions with the Secretary of State gave
complete tickets for delegate-at-large
and the alternate at-large on the Re-
publican side to President Taft, to
Colonel Roosevelt, and with the ex-
ception of one candidate for alter
nate-at-large, to United States Sen
ator LaFollette. This insures state
wide three eornered fight in the Re
publican ranks, something this State
has not had in years.
The Governor Wilson big Four"
ticket is complete, and the Smith
Nugent Anti Wilson ticket is just a
little more than complete. While
only four delegates-at-large are to be
chosen and the Anti Wilson leaders