Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-25
MANY ASPIRE TO
SEAT IN CONGRESS
Petitions Filed to Date Show
Contests Here Will Be
Hard Fought.
special to the Evening star.

Special to the Evening Star.
TRENTON, Aug. 25.-There will be
primary fights for the Congressional
nomination in both Democratic and
Republican ranks in most of the dis
tricts this fall. This was made evi-
dent yesterday when the time expired
for filing petitions in the seven dis
tricts that include more than one
county.
The time for filing these petitions
expired Sunday, as the Geran act
requires that they shall be filed at
least thirty days prior to the primary
election, but because 1t was not busi-
ness day, Secretary of State Crater de-
cided to receive and file them Monday.
Some question has been raised as to
whether petition filed yesterday can
be considered legally on file, as yester-
day was not "at least thirty days
prior to" the primary election. Most
of the important petitions, however,
were filed on or before last Saturday.
The Seventh, Ninth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth districts each
lie wholly within a single county and
in those districts the petitions are
filed with the county clerks. the last
day for such fling being next Friday.
Here is the list of petitions as filed
to date with the secretary of state:
The List of Candidates.
First District--William j Browning,
Camden, Republican; Harry C. Rich
mond, Camden, Democratic; Joseph
E. Nowrey Collingswood, Democratic.
George H. Higgins, Borden. Progress
sive.
Second District = Blanchard II.
White, Mt. Holly, Republican: Will
lam H. Bright, Wildwood, Progressive
(Roosevelt) party. Emerson Richards,
Atlantic City, Republican; Griffith w.
Lewis, Burlington, Republican; J.
Thompson Baker, wildwood, Demo-
cratic; Isaac Bacharach, Atlantic
City. Republican.
Third District-William w. Ram
say, Keansburg, Republican; Thomas
J. Scully, South Amboy, Democratic;
w. Burtis Ravens, Toms River, Re
publican.
Fourth District-Charles j. Blake,
Trenton. Democratic: William &.
Blackman, Trenton, Republican; Will
lam Delaroche Anderson, Watching,
Republican,; Frederick A. Pope, Som
erville, Republican; Allan B. Walsh,
Trenton, Democratic; Elijah C.
L d.
Wiggans Thorn, Trenton, Progressive
(Roosevelt) party.
Fifth District-William E. futile,
jr., Westf1eld. Democratic; John H.
Capstick, Montville. Republican;
Thomas J. Pierson, Elizabeth, Demo-
cratic; Charles N. Fowler, Elizabeth,
Republican; William Terrence Stu
chell, Railway, Republican; George
w. v. Moy, Plainfeld, Progressive
(Roosevelt) party.
Sixth District-Walter G. Zabriskie,
Ridgewood, Progressive (RoosevelD
party; Archibald c. Hart, Hacken-
Pompton, Republican,; S. Wood Nc
Clave, Cliffside, Republican.
Seventh District, Congressman Dow
III. Druker. Republican.
Eighth District-Edward w. Gray,
Newark, Republican; Robert e. Tor
rance, Kearny, Republican; Robert
Emmit Mitchell, Newark, Republican;
Arthur B. Archibold, Arlington, Re-
publican; Arthur B. Archibold, Arl-
ington, Progressive (RoosevelD party;
Cornelius A. McGlennon. East New
ark, Democratic; Gerald e. F. Nc.
Donald, Harrison. Democratic.
Mr.. Mcdonald took for himself the
designation, Wilson Democrat" He
explaining that he was in favor of
progressive legislation and believed
this designation would properly cover
his personal policy. He said:
I'm asking for the designation Will
son Democrat I wish to be distin-
guished from that variety Of half
baked Democrats who are members
of the party in name only, and who
are not in sympathy with the ad-
ministration.''
Ninth District-Walter 1. Mccoy,
Democrat.
Tenth District-=Michael ]. Tansey
and Edward w. Townsend, Demo-
Gratis.
Eleventh ,District-John j. EagaT1,
Democrat; Jacob Strauss, Republican.
Twelfth District = Congressman
James A. Hamill. Democrat; Julius
Bierhals. Republican.