Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30
A SUDDEN HALT
IN HE|LMANN'S
SHERIFF MOVE
Republican County Committee
Envoy Circulating Petitions
for Other Candidates.

Quiet but persistent work is being
conducted by Republican aspirants
for nominations, and petitions are al
ready in circulation. County offices
are the magnets that attract the ac-
tive souls.
There are numerous candidates for
sheriff, and they are not sleeping oy
any means, almost as many who
would like ever so much TO hold down
the position of surrogate and the
freeholdership is a berth that few
are inclined to sneeze at
1t was learned today that the he
publican County Committee mas
taken a hand in the matter TO the
extent of sending an envoy into the
highways and hyways TO OBTAIN SIG
natures to petitions. 1t is a regular
staff officer to whom has been en-
trusted this important mission. he
is not a five cents name operator,
it was explained today. and he VIII
only accept the signatures OF bona
fide Republicans who voted the Re-
publican ticket at the last general
Armed with authority from the
county committee, il is not antlci-
pated that the lahors of the special
envoy will be over arduous nor viii
he be called upon TO travel fast or
far.
Those Who Are In Favor.
One petition will ask for the re-
nomination of State Senator Austen
Colgate; another is intended to place
w. / Lincoln Adams in nomination
for Congress in the Tenth district
another favors Daniel F. Gayen Tor
surrogate and there are three free
holder petitions.
Inst here is found an apparent
twist in sentiment so far as county
committee feeling goes. 1t was more
than whispered at the session of the
bie organization a few nights ago
that Freeholders Richard f. Malta,
August LaCombe and Amos Harrison
we're To be opposed and that Fred
I,utZ. of the Eighth ward, William
Manning. of the Second ward, and a
resident of Millburn, to oppose Har-
rison. were to be favored by orSanl-
cation support.
The petitions in charge OF the spe-
ciaI envoy. however, are IN the inter
est of F'reeholders Mattia, La Combe
and Harrison. This move ana us
purpose are being studied out by
other candidates.
The Ninth ward Republican COM
1nittee at meeting on Thursday
night went on record as indorsing
Thomas Goldingay for sheriff and
Daniel F. Gaven for surrogate
Petitions said TO BE Brscketed.
Something in the nature Of a howl
has already gone up over the mah-
ner in which the Colgate petition and
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freeholders have been merged. They
are so arranged, ii was explained by
a marty man who had signed the
grouped paper, as to give the i'm
nression that il is solely a Colgate
petition, whereas a person willing to
sign for Colgate, but not in favor of
the freeholders, finds that he mas
signed for the latter.
II is described as a bracket propo-
sition and II is charged that Senator
Colgate's popularity and personality
are being adroitly used to pull the
others through. The Adams petit
ton and the Gaven petition are in
separate and individual form.
A dent seems TO have been put into
the intention to pick up former Free
holder William Heilmann for the
sheriff iob 70 the exclusion Of other
willing workers. At all events. the
committee has not authorized or in
structed its staff man to obtain sig
natures to a Heilmann petition. There
is said to he a little story attached
to this backing up movement.
Kick Promptly Registered.
Friends of former Assemblymar
and Alderman William Huegel read
ing in the Evening Star, of the coun-
ty committees intention to espouse
the cause of Heilmann. promptly reg
istered a kick and wanted TO know
more of the plans. They were told
that Heilmann was needed to bal
ance the ticket" but the Huegelites
failed to see where the proposition
came in. So far as balancing q
ticket was concerned, they pointed
out that Huegel was just tn,
man to meet that requirement
He had the Endorsement of tho
| Thirteenth Ward Executive Com.
mittee, they said. and this was
something that Heilman could no
! Law claim to, although himself resi-
dent of the Thirteenth ward. TheI
they said some other things and
showed numerous other indorse