The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-07-22
MANY CANDIDATES
AT THIS PRIMARY
Three Parties Entitled to Party
Boxes This Year.

That much interest will be taken
in the primaries this fall is assured
by the large number of candidates
TO be nominated. There will be three
parties entitled to participate in the
primaries, democratic, progressive and
republican. In Morris county the
candidates to be voted for are -
Governor, state senator, two assem-
blymen, county clerk, members of the
state executive committee.
The nominating petition for COVER
nor should contain 1000 or more
names from any and all parts of the
state and should be filed with the
secretary of state, at Trenton, not
later than August "a, 1913.
The petitions for state senator, as
semblymen, county clerk and mem
ber of state committee, should con-
tain at least 100 signatures from the
county and be filed with the county
clerk at Morristown on or before Au-
gust Goth.
The petitions nominating candidates
for freeholders and municipal officers
should have not less than twenty
five signatures from the town, town
ship, borough or ward containing
more than one election district and
not less than ten signers in town
ships or boroughs containing only one
election district, from which the
freeholder or municipal officers are
to be chosen; members of county COM
mittee are elected from each election
district in the county and require
ten or more signers to their petit
tions, which should be filed with the
township or municipal clerk by Sep
tember 3rd
Each candidate should duly sign
the form on the petition stating that
he will accept the nomination If
chosen in the primaries.
The successful candidate in the
primaries must file with the county
or municipal clerk Gas the case may
bel within five days after the pri-
mary, the names of a committee APP
pointed for the purpose of collecting
and disbursing all money to be ex-
pended in his campaign. The COM
mittee may consist of one person
and may not exceed five presons. He
may appoint himself such committee
il he so desires. This committee
must also file with the clerk his or
their acceptance as members of such
committee.
1t is required that one signer of
each petition make affidavit that
said petition is duly signed by each
of the signers thereto in his own
handwriting, that each signer is a
legal voter in Morris county or Of
the municipality or election district
as the case may be, to the best of
his knowledge and belief and Is a
member of the political party named
in the petition. This could be best
accomplished by one person circulat-
ing each petition.
Petitions must be signed by per-
| sons eligible to vote in Morris coun-
ty, and, by members of the political
party named in the petition
Blank petitions can be secured of
Elias Bertram Mott, county clerk, at
Morristown.
Primary day will be Tuesday, Sep
tember 23rd, when the polls will be
open from seven a. m. to nine D. M
Registrations for the primaries and
the general election in town, bor-
oughs and townships, having popu-
lation of less than 5000 will be made
by house to house canvass.
Registration for the primaries and
the general election in towns and
townships, having population of
over 5000 must be by personal regis
/ tration.
/ In the towns and townships
membership of the board twenty-four
sonal registration is required, the
first registration day is Tuesday,
September 8, 1913, and the second
registration day, which is also pri-
mary day, is Tuesday, September %,
1918. The last registration day, over
5000, Is October 81, 1913.
Owing to the courts having declared
the small board of freeholders Illegal,
all municipalities are to elect free
holders this year. Dover is entitled
to two freeholders; Morristown has
four and all other towns, boroughs
and townships to one each. Denville
township will elect freeholder for
the first time and this will make the
membership of the board twenty.
! All the boroughs except Madison
and Chatham vote in conjunction
with the township out of which they
were created for their freeholder.