Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-29
THREE PARTIES,
IN CONVENTIONS,
FORM PLATFORMS
Democrats, Crying Progress
siveness, Sing Wilson and
1 FieIder's Praises.
o. P. BLAMES THEM
FOR WASTING FINANCES
Progressives criticise Both
! Parties and Reaffirm Last
q Years Platform.
. o. P. BL AMES THEM
FOR WASTING FINANCES
pecial To the Evening Star.

SPVtttht ~ tHt E<AtuiHE
Il TRENTON, Sept. 29.-The Demo-
cratic, Republican and Progressive
State conventions assembled here to-
day, as prescribed by law to adopt
platforms, to ratify the nominees
elected by the voters of their respee-
tive parties a week ago, and to plan in
h general for the campaign to be waged
y during the next month for stakes
which include the election of twelve
sixty assemblymen. to say nothing of
Offices in the different counties of the
\ State.
T'ffe Democratic convention, that of
the party in power, assemblies at noon
Masonic Temple, its customary
kBathering place since the old form of
i zsneeting went out of existence with
2bo coming of the direct primary.
ite Chairman Edward T.. Grosscup
& ed the party conclave together at
I'm at which time the organization
he convention was completed and
Adjournment taken until 2 O'Clock TO
xTbw the platform committee to com
xte its work and present the declar-
lions, and incidentally the recitation
III accomplishments, upon which the
k3arty hopes to receive vote of con-
lidence from the people in November.
In conformity with the practice of
other years the leader of the party in
the Senate at the last Legislature was
today chosen the permanent chairman
of the convention. Senator Peter j..
McGinnis, of Passaic county, thus be-
came the presiding officer. Senator
Wheaton, of Cape May. was elected
as a member of the State committee
to succeed the late Michael Kearns.
over in the auditorium of the Re-
publican Club. on Hanover street, tho
q. O. p. held forth. Newton A. K.
Bugbee, State chairman, called the
session to order, and Minority Senate
leader, William 4. Read, of Camden,
was selected to preside. In view of
the fact that the Republican platform
committee held a meeting here yester-
.day afternoon 1t was not expected
d.fist its deliberations would be as. lro-
longed today, and that the pianks
upon which the G. O. T. will go before
the people would be adopted before
those of the Democrats are ratified by
the latter convention
While the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis We're busy. the Bull Moose was
convening at the headquarters of the
Progressive League, of Mercer county.
in the Wilkinson building, on East
State street. Here State Chairman
Frank b. Jess, of Camden, president
of the State Board of Equalization of
Taxes, called the convention to order.
as chairman of the Progressive State
Committee.
Governor an Active Delegate.
The law provides that the governor
shall be a delegate at the convention
of his party, and in pursuance of this
provision James +. Fielder was a
member OF the Democratic gathering
and took an active part in the pro-
ceedings, as he did last year as acting
governor, and as his predecessor,
Woodrow Wilson. did when he occu-
pied the executive chair at the State
House.
The platforms of the three parties
are the chief item of interest in each
convention today, and while the
recommendations of the committees
named in each body will undoubted-
ly be adopted by the conventions, 1t
was not quite certain that some ad-
ditions or substitutions might not be
made upon the floor after the COM
Nmittees have reported.
Was eADtCltu t1tl Wtilit iiiN
Democrats would probably observe
the wishes of President Wilson in
writing their platform and not seek
to hail him as the nominee of the
party two years hence to succeed
himself, they would nevertheless un-
qualifiedly indorse his accomplish
ments at Washington and adopt a
platform strongly progressive in its
tendencies, as the chief executive re-
Gently suggested to several of the
party leaders while in Washington.
1t was also expected that the plat
form would reiterate it's declarations
of faith in Governor Fielder ex-
pressed last year and sing the
praises of the things done by the
last Democratic Legislature. Among
these will be the passage of the bank
stock tax and collateral inheritance
tax acts, equal suffrage amendment,
the child labor and prison reform
laws, as well as the constitutional
amendment calling for the election
of assemblymen by districts and the
one seeking an easier method of
amending the State constitution. 1t
Ma. also expected that the platform of
the Democrats will dwell upon the
work of the joint appropriation COM
mittee in it's effort to prune down
the expenses of the State govern
ment.
Blame for the present business de-