Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-09-28
State Conventions Tomorrow
When Democrats, Repub-
IicanS and ProgreSSiVeS viii
Meet and Frame Platforms.
NO WILSON ENDORSEMENT
State Committee for Wilson in
Body With Exception of
James R. Nugent - Repub-
IicanS in Trenton Today.
NO WILSON ENDORSEMENT
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| Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Trenton, Sept. 28:-In Difference
to the wishes of President Wilson, as
announced from Washington, there
will be no formal endorsement of
the President for a second term at
the meetings here tomorrow of the
Democratic state convention and
state committee. This announce
ment was made today by State Chair
man Edward e. Grosscup.
The state convention, however,
will put in its platform Il strong en-
dorsement of the President and his
policies. Chairman Grosscup said
that the convention would surely
adopt a plank giving strong approv-
al to the President and his record in
the office, but would go no further
than that.
Although no formal second term
endorsement will be given President
Wilson at this time, there is no
doubt but that aside from the Smith
Nugent minority, the Democrats of
the state will be solid for the Presi-
dent for four years more If later he
shall seek reelection. The state
committee is practically a unit for
the president, James r. Nugent, of
Essex, being about the only anti
Wilson member of the body. Prac-
tically all of the county committees
and leaders outside of Essex also ia
vor the President, and with the rank
and file Of the party in the state
backing up the Wilson admipistra-
tion at Washington, there is no doubt
where New Jersey will stand eventu-
| Tomorrow Democratic conven-
| tion will be a progressive body.
State Chairman Grosscup declared
| today that no backward step will be
| taken in the progressive policy which
has marked the party since the rise
of Woodrow Wilson in New Jersey
politics and the ousting of old re-
dictionary party methods.
"The platform we adopt will be
progressive one" Mr.. Grosscup said.
81 cannot state in advance what the
document will contain, but can give
assurance that we will stand square
| ly for the new ideals that have been
actuating the New Jersey Democracy
! since President Woodrow Wilson
/ threw aside a university presidency
and took up the cudgels to reorganize
| and reluYenate the party.
Besides the Endorsement df Presi-
dent Wilson and the national admin
! istration, the platform will contain
a plank giving strong Endorsement
| to Governor Fielder and the state ad-
minstration. Special attention Will
be given to some of the more impor-
tant laws the Democrats have placed
upon the statute books.
Some preliminary work has al
ready been done on the platform by
A. committee composed of Governor
Fielder, Senators Peter ]. McGinnis,
of Passaic, the party leader in the
/ senate, and Charles O'Connor Hen
messy, Of Bergen, representing the
legislature, and State Chairman
! Grosscup and United States District
Attorney j. Warren Davis, of Salem,
representing the state committee.
other proposed pIanks will be got
ready tonight for presentation to the
resolution committee tomorrow.
The platform will approve the pro-
nosed constitutional amendments, in
| cluding the election of assemblymen
| by districts, an easier method OF
amending the constitution and home
rule for municipalities. 1t Is expect
| ed that some attention will be paid
IN the proposed amendment giving
votes to women. 1t is understood
that there will be a strong plank up
holding the Democratic administra-
tton Of state finances and declaring
that there is no necessity for state
| tex.
The Democratic convention will be
called to order In Masonic Temple
bv State Chairman Grosscup, follow
ing which temporary organization
will be effected and the committees
on credentials, permanent organiza-
tion. rules and resolutions will be
appointed. The resolutions commit
tee will get the platform into shape
and report 1t to the convention for
adoption This gathering will be
composed of ninety members
Governor Fielder, the eight holdover
senators, the eight candidates for the
senate. the sixty assembly candidates
and the twenty-one mem bers of the
state committee.
The vacancy in the state commit
tee caused by the death some time
ago of Michael Kearns, of Cape May
county, will be file dby the commit
tee at its meeting previous to the
assembling of the convention. The
Geran election act makes no provi-
sion for the filling OF vacancies in the
state committee, but Attorney Gen
eral Wescott has given Secretary Of
State Crater, upon the latter's re-
quest, an opinion that in the alb
sence of specific provision in the Ge-
ran law, the old election law should
be followed. This permits the state
committee to fill such vacancies for
the unexpired term.
Republican Convention.
The Republican State convention
will meet at noon tomorrow in the
auditorium of the Republican Club of
Trenton 1t will be composed of
ninety-four members. namely, the
FIVE holdover senators, the eight can
Edidaies for the senate. the sixth as
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