Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-01
BOOM
FAILS TO SOAR
FROM SEA GRIT
WelIsLaid Plans of Hudson CO.
terie Miscue at Camp
Fielder.
CANDIDATE cLoSSEY
CHEERFUL AND CLIPPER
At Slate-Making in Spring Lake
Grill Room West Hudson
Is Sighted.
special to the evening star.

Special to the Evening Star.
CAMP FIELDER, SEA GRIT. Aug.
i.--Mid the clinking of glasses and
frequent calls for the waiter, hand
fu1 Of -Wittpenn Democrats-some
of them call themselves leaders-sat
In corner of the grillroom of the
New Monmouth House at Spring Lake
last night, and, from an anti-Witt-
penn standpoint, and settled the des-
TIMES of Hudson county for the COM
ing primaries.
West Hudson. from which section
the "antis" expect so much help, was
left out in the cold in the matter
of candidates.
The dove OF peace was not as much
In evidence as these politicians would
have one believe. The leaders"
quietly made a getaway from Sea
Girt, where all were the guests Of
the Governor early in the day. They
we're in conference some time before
their absence was noticed from Camp
Fielder.
Contrary to a statement made at
Sea Grit, Governor Fielder took abb
solutely no hand in the grillroom dis
cussion, at least so far as personal
appearance at the talkfest was con-
cerned.
To thousands of visitors TO the
camp from Hudson County, and the
four other counties of Union, Middle
sex Mercer and Somerset, Gov
errors Day." as they called ii, was
Just like those of other years. The
sun shone brightly. tempered by a
cooling breeze, soldiers in khaki came
and went. guns were fired at in
terYals. and several thousand men,
women and children enjoyed the
spectacle of the review of the two
regiments of the camp.
About the Governors Cottage.
II was different around the Gov
srnor's cottage, where several hum
dred officeholders and politicians, not
to mention candidates, gathered. The
absence of whole-hearted enjoyment
Of the function was not so evident as
q sort of political caution-a reluct-
ance to say anything too definite OF
binding. This could not be due to
lack of encouragement in one direc-
ton, for the stage had be adroitly, or
rather mal-adroitly, set for the
shrievalty boom of Kinkead.
Kinkead lowered in close proximity
70 Governor Fielder from his first ar
rival at the camp. Soon after his ar
rival with some of his henchmen and
hackers he attained the porch of the
little ''White House and seated him
self close to Governor Fielder, where
he could be conspicuous. Later ar
rivals saw him there and his So
JiJitous interest in the Governor was
meant to have a marked effect on the
Hudson County men.
Early signs Indicated that the Kin
kead boom would be ably launched,
but 1t was not. In the first place
William #. Glossy was there and he
is candidate for the place coveted
by Kinkead. Also he has a host of
friends He was greeted on all hands
and his own hand was shaken so
often that 1t must have ached at the
close
Emil Groth was there, too, and he
is a candidate for the shrievalty who
apparently took more note OF the
manifestations of friendliness to
Glossy than to the Kinkead boom.
Under Sheriff James II. Clark figured
In the crowd quietly.
Kinkead Boom Debated.
But the Kinkead boom, engineered
so carefully, fell fiat. What was
counted on was wave of enthusiasm
for the leading man in this staged
piece. The fiasco led to those a little
outside the know remarking on the
absence of much enthusiasm such as
sigualized the Hudson County days
OF other years.
1t was ideal weather for day of
pure enjoyment, and the crowds took
=. ~ IRA in hf-nttcri1f
its load of excursionists and they
streamed up from the station to the
parade ground In addition hundreds
Of automobiles came from Hudson
County, Union, Middlesex, Mercer and
Somerset counties. Two score of
autos from North Hudson displayed
black and white banners calling for
Hudson River bridge. All of which
was quite in keeping with the occa-
sion, but had nothing at all to do
with the serious matters which con-
cerned the hundreds of politicians on
The green around the Governors cot
tage.
Surrogate John p. Egan came down
with Kinkead. They did not ride in
the car with the other Democrats
from Hudson, but withdrew to the
privacy of a parlor car and Travelled
in state. Finance Commissioner
George F. Brensinger, of Jersey City,
was on hand. So was Public Works
Commissioner Henry Byrne. Where
ever Commissioner Byrne was, there
also was Commissioner Brensinger.
So much so that the circumstance,
which proved to be anything but &C
cidental. led to hot words between
Brensinger and Candidate Glossy
In Commissioner Byrne's campaign
RECENTLY Mr.. Glossy lent such siren
ucue and valuable aid to that COM
missioner that Mr.. Byrne was led to
speak very highly of ii. The rumors
abroad were that Commissioner
Byrne did not join with two of his
colleagues i'm their reported support
Of Kinkead, but that he still held the
warmest place in his heart for Clos
sey.
Byrne Likes Clossey.
Candidate Clossey approached
Commissioner Byrne at one of the
rare occasions when Commissioner
Brensinger was not ehaperoning the
latter. The two fell into very ami
cable conversation apparently. Com
missioner Brensinger was not pleased
and called to Commissioner Byrne
to come back to him.
.'Just a moment until / have fin
ished,' said Candidate Glossy. 1T
am claiming Mr. Byrne's attention
now and / have not finished what
have to say There was war in
Ciossey's eve and Commissioners
Brenslnger promptly desisted, but he
was plainly uneasy.
The effect of Commissioners Byrne's
repiies to Candidate Clossey's we'll
directed questions was to the effect
that he was not pledged to Kinkead
and that he is decidedly friendly to
clossey's candidacy.
The incident did not end there, for
later Candidate Glossy told Commits
sioner Brensinger that he objected to