Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
WEDIN STARTS
] TO SMASH THAT
SEA GRIT SLATE
Audson's Sheriff a Candidate
for County Clerk Against
Crosby.
JOHN MAGNER KICKS
ON HIS "TURN-DoWN"
And There's Ructions Over Way
Kinkead's coterie Side
tracked Finke.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 3.-That
Spring Lake Hotel grill room prepared
slate, fixed up to promote the in
terests of Congressman Eugene f.
Kinkead for the Hudson Democratic
shrievalty nomination is already
cracking, as the Evening Star pre-
dicted it would. The slate was made
up late Friday afternoon last, the
slatemakers stealing away from
Camp Fielder to turn the trick.
One of the results of the dissatis-
faction with the slate fixed up by the
Kinkead coterie is the announcement
by Sheriff n. Peter Wedin that he
viii enter the race for the Democratic
nomination of county clerk The side
tracking at the Sea Girt conference of
Louis Finke and John Magner and
The placing on the slate of John
Crosby for county clerk and A. NJ.
Henry for county supervisor has
stirred up politicians all over the
county
No German on Ticket.
Many anti Wittpenn Democrats did
not hesitate to declare that the Sea
Grit grill room conference made a
mistake in turning down Finke and
Wagner. They said that it would
leave the ticket without a German
fees, and that Magner, who was
picked for a freebooter nomination,
would not accept that nomination.
This was emphasized Saturday,
when Edward Cahill, an influential
anti Wittpenn man of the Eighth
ward and an advocate of Magner
called at the City Hall to see Com
missioner Frank Hague, who backed
Magner for the place.
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lively would not run for freebooter,
but would run as an independent for
supervisor if shut out for that office
on the -Wittpenn ticket
Those who advocated the new slate
soon began to hear from all sections
of the county, and Frank Hague was
sought to straighten out the tangle.
Commissioner Hague, however, was
on weekend vacation at Atlantic
City and did not attend the Sea Girt
conference. He sent his deputy,
James Norton to represent him, and
Norton stood throughout the confer
ence for both Finke and Magner.
Hague it was announced today,
would be back in the City Hall early
this afternoon, and when he returns
it is expected that he will not only in
sist upon the naming of Magner, but
Finke as we'll. 1t is more than likely
Wittpenn conferees will be called at
| the earliest possible moment and an
Mother shift in the slate advocated.
"Tn VIM Says wedin.
Then came the announcement of
Sheriff Wedin that he will run for
County Clerk. Wedin IN making a.
formal announcement of his intention
said his petitions are now being cir
culated and will be filed before Au-
gust 23.
7 Before leaving this morning on the
outing of the Alexander J. Clements
Association, the Sheriff admitted that
he was candidate and said he would
probably issue a formal statement
later this week.
II am a candidate all right said
the Sheriff, land believe the time has
come when the people expect good
service from public officials. Men who
have special knowledge of the duties
of an office are more fitted for that
office than men who lack that knowl-
edge and are chiefly concerned in
drawing their salary. l am in the
race and expect to win"
All signs, therefore, point to a
most lively county clerlSship cam
paign, and the sheriff and his friends
will see to it that the public are not
allowed to oversleep while it is in
progress.
Archibald M Henry has started his
campaign for the county supervisor
ship. He does not believe that the
slate will again be changed and Mag
ner restored as the anti Wittpenn can
didate, and this morning he opened
up headquarters at $50 Jersey avenue.
Surrogate Egan, Commissioner
George Brensinger and James F..
Norton, Hague's representative, made
a hard fight for F'inke in the confer
ence and vigorously opposed his be-
ing sidetracked for Crosby, but 9TH
ers commended that Crosby. being from
Hoboken, would receive Griffin's sup
port and thus wage an active war
right in the home town of Recorder
McGovern, the Wittpenn candidate
for the county clerk nomination.
Kinkead Brensinger and Norton
were the most active in demanding
the nomination of Magner for county
supervisor, but they were outvoted,
and Magner had to give way to
Henry. But Wagner declared today
that he will not submit to being side
tracked, but will run independently.
He said also:
fright along I had been given to
understand that 1 would be the
chosen candidate for the nomination
for supervisor, and when / heard /
had been selected to run for free
holder was astonished l had never
sought a freeholder nomination.
counted on the apprenticeship, and I
hardly think it was right to place my
name on the ticket for a freeholder
nomination without my consent"
OF the sixteen at the conference,
seven voted for Magner. These were:
Mayor DAILY, DIR. Donohue and Jerry
Hill, of Bayonne; Congressman Kin
kead, Councilman DAILY, of West Hud-
son; James F. Norton and Commits.
sioner Brensinger. The other nine
voted for Henry and he was slated.
When the Spring Lake forces gath
cred many of them were surprised at
zCrosbys presence there. 1t was not
Intended that he should be, but the
trick was turned Just the same.