Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-15

much interest is being taken in the
move for the Senator's reelection.
That direct primaries tend to null
tiply candidates is already being
plainly shown in this campaign.
There are nearly 80 candidates in
Passaic County for the five Assembly
nominations; Hudson County has
more than so candidates for Free
holder and large number for the As
sembly and for Congress and in sew
eral other counties the group of can
didates is growing at rapid rate.
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August 25 is the last day for filing
petitions of nominations for Congress
where districts comprise more than
one county. August 80 is the last
day for filing petitions for nomination
for County officers; also for Congress
men in districts wholly within sim
gle county September is the last
day for filing petitions endorsing can
didates to be voted for within single
municipality borough ward or town
ship.
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James R. Nugent, City Counsel of
Newark, and the active head of the
Slnith-Nugent machine in Essex Co.,
which has been fighting Governor
Wilson, declares that the Governor
will have the united support of all
the Democrats of Essex, and this will
be big factor in his campaign to
win New Jersey.
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Francis Bailey Lee, of this city, the
well-known writer, historian and tile
manufactures, announces that he will
not be candidate for Congress in
the Fourth District on the Democratic
ticket He had been mentioned as a
possible candidate, as he has been in
former congressional campaigns, but
he has always declined the honor,
Charles N. Codding, Deputy Clerk
of the Supreme Court and one of the
Regular Republican leaders of I'M
ion County and the state, is being
urged to run for the Assembly in his
county Mr.. Codding is considering
the proposition, but has not yet given
his answer. He is one of the leaders
in the campaign for the reelection of
United States Senator Briggs, and
should he be elected to the Legisla-
ture would be strong factor in the
battle to send Mr.. Briggs back to the
Senate for another six years. Mr..
Codding was in the Assembly from
Union County in 1894 and 1895.
If the Democrats win in Middlesex
County in November the Labor I'm
ionists of the State will have another
representative in the Assembly, as A.
A. Quinn, the Labor leader of that
county, will probably be one of the
Democratic candidates for the Assem-
bly, Thomas Arnold, a wealthy re-
tired silk manufacturer of Paterson,
is being talked of as Progressive
candidate for state senator in Pas
sale County to oppose Speaker Thos.
F. McCran.
Elmer E. Wycoff, President of the
Board of Water commissioners of
New Brunswick, has announced him
self as a candidate for the Assembly
in Middlesex County on the Republi-
can ticket.
DR.. Edwin l. Stearns, Superinten-
dent of the New Jersey Anti-Saloon
League, is in West Virginia aiding the
temperance advocates there in their
campaign for constitutional prohibi-
ton He will return to New Jersey
in few days and then the Anti-Sa-
loon campaign will open in earnest.
The new State Entomologist of New
Jersey is to be Dr. T. J. Headlee,
State Entomologist of Kansas. He
has accepted the call of this state to
succeed the late Dr. John B. Smith
and will enter upon his new duties
October l. He will be Professor of
Entomology at Rutgers College, New
Brunswick; Entomologist of the Ag-
ricultural College Experiment Sta
tion; Entomologist of the State Ex-
gist under the State Board of Agri-
culture His chief work from the
state standpoint will be the contin-
uation of the crusade against undesir-
able insects, including mosquitoes.
H won success in Kansas in driving
out the Hessian Fly, which destroyed
more than s20,000,000 worth of wheat
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The Republican state Committee is
planning to meet at short intervals
during the campaign to give general
directions to the fight against the
Progressiyes and the Democrats. The
question of the Craftsmanship of the
State Committee has not yet been
settled definitely although it is known
that United States Senator Briggs
will resign as chairman in order to
leave him free in his campaign for
reelection. There is considerable
talk of former Governor Murphy for
the Craftsmanship.
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CONGRESSMAN William J. Browning
of Camden who is filing the unexpir-
ed term in Congress as successor of
the late Henry G. Loudenslager, has
filed his petition for denomination for
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