Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-20
Tuesdays PRIMARY
IS MOST IMPORTANT
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but nevertheless the political prog
nosticators are lot picking him to
win.
United States Senator Briggs be-
ing the only Republican candidate
for Senator, his name is the only
one on the primary ballot of his
party, and he will get the solid Re
publican vote. AS sized up by poll
~ticians, therefore, the outlook is that
the Senatorial contest next winter
will be between Briggs and Hughes.
Nominate by Petitions.
The Roosevelt P~rogressives, hav-
no standing at the primaries,
are preparing to nominate full tick
cts by petition, including candidates
for the Legislature, and it Is within
the political possibility that they
may elect some of their legislative
candidates, in which event former
Governor John Franklin Fort, for
mel State Senator Everett Colby,
State Assessor George l.. Record, or
some other Bull Mooser will be be-
fore the Legislature as a candidate
for United States Senator.
Politicians are paying more than
the usual attention to the congress
sional contests this year because it is
the first time in the political history
of the state that the open primary
has been applied to the selection Of
candidates for Congress. This has
led to a multiplicity of candidates
with the result that the leaders in
both the Democratic and Republic
a camps hardly know where they
stand as to the Congressional ticket.
This is a very different situation
from that of former years, when in
most instances the Congressional
states In both parties were written
UP in advance.
In the First Congressional District
William j. Browning. of Camden,
the present congressman, and a Da-
vid Baird man is seeking reelection
and his place on the primary ballot
is uncontested. The Democrats have
three candidates in this district. The
leaders are backing Colonel d. Stew
art Craven, of Salem, a member of
the Governors staff, but John P.
Wright and Howard Graham Bleakly
both of Camden, also want the NOM
-inatton. The Socialist candidate in
this district is William P. Shords, of
National Park, normally the district
is Overwhelmingly Republican.
In Second District.
In one respect the political fight
in the Second Congressional Dis
trict differs from all the other dis
tricts, and that is that two State Sen
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namely, in Burlington and Cape May
counties. In their desire to over
came the narrow Republican major
ity of one in the State Senate, the
State Democratic leaders are paying
q lot of attention to the campaign
in the Second District, in the hope
that they may win at least one of
the Scholarships.
Both parties have a primary CON
test for Congress In this District.
The Republican candidates are John
j. Gardner, of Atlantic City, the
kfesent Congressman; State Senator
Griffith w. Lewis, of Burlington and
State Senator Isaac r. Nichols, of
Cumberland. The Democratic candi-
dates are Mayor j. Thompson Baker,
of Wildwood, Cape May county, who
has the backing of the party leaders;
Winfield Scott Hand, of Ocean City,
and Herbert c. Bartlett, of Cumber-
land county. In the Third District
Congressman Thomas J.. Scully, of
M1ddlesex, has the united Demo-
cratic support for denomination. The
hepuublican candidates are William
W. Ramsay, of Keansburg, and Ben
jamin F. S. Brown, the Matawan
editor, who has after his name on