Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-24
ALL PARTS OF
COUNTY TO Be
REPRESENTED
This Is the Desire of Democratic
County Committee, Says
Mr.. Nugent.
NEWARK AND COUNTY
TICKETS ARE iNDoRsED
Remote Sections Given as,Much
Recognition and considera-
tion as PopuIous Points.


and about one hundred other Essex
Democrats who were his guests at
shore dinner on Neptune Heights.
Avon, yesterday afternoon, James r.
Nugent, State committeeman from this
county. dealt with the direct primary
law and its opportunities for unfair
discrimination against sparselv- -popu-
lated sections of county, unless
party organizations would step in to
give as near equal representation as
possible in nominating candidates at
the primaries,
This was prior to the announcement
of the names of the candidates for
Offices to be recommended by the
executive committee to the county
committee. for approval or otherwise.
at the meeting of the latter body to-
night
THE direct primary law said Mr.
Nugent, Contemplated that all nomi-
nations should be made by the people,
That has been found good in theory
but not well in practice, especially in
large counties, and our action here
will be simply of a guiding nature.
There can be no objection to this, as
all of you are elected representatives
of the people.
"Only the other day State Senator
Peter ]. McGinnis, OF Passaic county.
made the statement that guiding
action before the primaries is neces-
sary, as otherwise nominations would
only come from the most popular Sec
tion OF the county.
Senator McGinnis's Change of Mind.
Senator McGinnis,' went on Mr..
Nugent, was one of the warmest adj
vocates of the direct primary law and
championed its every clause and fea-
ture. He has discovered by bitter
experience the very faults in the bill
that the representatives of Essex
county at Trenton pointed out and
he now urges that the Democrats of
Passaic adopt the policy that the
Essex County Democratic Committee
has followed from the outset, and rec
ommend to the people of Passaic
candidates to be supported at the
primaries, even specifying that these
candidates be bracketed. As a mat
ter of fact. these things have been
done in Passaic county and a ticket
has been made up to be submitted
10 the voters.
in Passaic they have found by the
experience / have referred to that
candidates from the congested or
populous parts of the county. like
Paterson and assaie city. were in
variably nominated. while none of
The smaller sections could get a look
In. although. in even Justice they
were entitled to representation.
Hence the cha. ge in policy on the
part of men whos heretofore could see
nothing but perfection in the direct
primary law.
County committees. it must not be
forgotten, are creatures of law: in
fact. they were created by this self
same direct primary law. given GER
tain powers and charged with spe-
cific responsibilities. What Were
county committees created for, If
not to be of service to the people and
perform DUTY that would facilitate
operations? There is no intention to
vie'ate even the spirit of the law. but
II is becoming more apparent as time
moves along that the people enter
tain a different view of this law than
they did two years ago.
Criticism Expected.
snow. we will be severely criticised
IN certain newspapers for our action
today We have been criticised for
similar actions in the past, but we
win respectfully submit to the fair
minded public if we are not honestly
endeavoring to accord to the people
the very things the direct primary
law promised, but which in practice
It does not do. and that is to give all
the people of Essex an even chance
and every section of the county repre-
sentation,
This has been the policy of the
Essex County Democratic Committee
and it surely must possess merit and
appeal to common sense, for the peo
pie by their votes, have shown their
appreciation by electing Democrats
Endorsed by the committee and rati-
fying our course by giving to Demo-
Gratis control of the important offices
I'm Essex county and the city of New
ark. So | repeat there must be some
thing that appeals to popular senti-
ment.
''That there should be no misunder-
standing or misinterpretation of my
words or their meaning / will say
\ that even with our actions the ques-
tion still rests absolutely with the
people. Every Democrat has a per-
feet right to enter the lists, file his
petition and have his name printed
on the primary ballots. IL the voters
prefer that every member of the AS
sembly should come from Newark, |
for instance, that is a matter for the
"There have been men who made the |
fight outside of organization indorse-
ment. and have won at the primaries |
A former sheriff was successful in a |
contest of this kind and the county |
committee rallied to his support and
assisted In his. election. The case of
the present surrogate is another in /
point He won the nomination apart /
from organization Endorsement and !
the organization gave him loyal sup
port on the election day.
Newark Not Selfish.
'sYour executive committee and your
campaign committee have given the |
proposition under consideration deep
and thorough thought. They have /
sought to give the county outside of /
Newark recognition and representa-
ton, something that could not pos
sibly happen If matters were allowed |
to take their course and no suggestion |
in the line of guidance offered. New |
ark does not propose to act a selfish |
part or adopt any dog-in-the manger |
tactics. Newark voters. those who |
believe in the fair intentions of the or
ganization, will support the candi- |
dates from the remote ends OF the |
county as Loyalty as they will give |
their aid 10 their next-dor neighbors |
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