Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20

candidates is already at work boost
ing his candidacy.
Under Sheriff James Clark and Chief
of the Boulevard Motorcycle Police
William Glossy are seeking the
shrievalty nomination. The name of
Commissioner James J. Ferris Is also
mentioned in the way of a compro-
mise candidate. Whether or not Fer
ris would be a candidate is not known,
and his decision would be likely to be
governed by the outcome of the pres
ent agitation TO GUST him from the
city commission. Clark has been
under sheriff for a long time, and he
is making his fight on the ground that
he is worthy of promotion. This is
the same platform used successfully
by Sheriff Wedin three years ago, the
present sheriff having been under
sheriff in the days of Sheriff Kelly.
Clossey has been one of the Demo-
cratic bulwarks in the Tenth and
Eleventh wards of this city for many
years. and in the old Davis machine
days was very close TO the throne.
Want German to Head Ticket.
With Ferris undecided. it is said
that the anti Wittpenn leaders are
looking about for German to head
their ticket, in order to offset the
trend of the German vote toward the
candidacy of Groth, a German. Just
who they will choose is hard to say,
although the names of former Street
and Water Commissioner Louis Finke,
of Jersey City, and former Mayor
Adolph Lankering, of Hoboken, are
being mentioned.
The present county register, John
J. Mcmahon, will be a candidate to
succeed himself. There is little chance
OF his losing his place on the anti
Wittpenn ticket, but he will make the
race anyway. Mcmahon is one of the
best liked Democrats in the county,
and numbers among his friends many
OF the leading Wittpennites. Even the
followers of the naval officer concede
that he would be a hard man to beat.
Water Register Charles X. Hart is
u candidate for county clerk, and 1t Is
also said that Sheriff Wedin will be
an aspirant for this nomination. Hart
has never run for an elective office
and is already at work i'm his canvass
for votes. Hart is exceptionally pop
ular, Wedin has not made known his
intentions as yet, but he Is expected
to do so within a short time.
Byrnes May Oppose o'Meslia.
The anti Wittpennites are also in a
bad way for a candidate for county
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be favored by the anti-Wittnenn lead
ers is former Assemblyman Henry
Byines, but whether or not he could
be induced to make the fight is not
known. Byrnes is said to be the
largest individual taxpayer in Hudson
county. He has been Democrat all
his life, and at the present time is
in the contracting business. 1t is adj
mitted that he would be a strong cam
didate.
The anti-Wittpenn freeholder can
didates are also unknown. but there
are several candidates in the field.
The chief difficulty of the anti-Witt-
penn fighters will be to secure the
consent of the many candidates for
the several offices to quit in favor of
the chosen ones. Naturally, all of the
candidates figure themselves as sure
winners, and to induce them to with
draw when they are In this mood will
be mighty hard task.
All in ALL 1t looks like a busy spring
and summer in SO far as Hudson
county politics is concerned.