Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-27
MANY PETITIONS
FILED TODAY
BY CANDIDATES
Big Batch Containing Names of
Democrats Submitted at
One Time.
ORGANIZATION MEN
BEHIND coNGRESSMEN
Mccoy and Townsend Papers
Signed by Leaders of the
Essex Co. Committee.

Congressman Edward W. Townsend
and Walter J. Mccoy filed their petit
ton with the county clerk today for
re.election to Congress- Shortly after
these two petitions had been received
by County Clerk Joseph McDonough
hulky petition was filed by the other
Democratic candidates in the county.
The candidates included in the Pc
fitlon filed by Washington M. Cross,
secretary of the Essex County Demo-
cratic Committee. were as follows:
For State Senator, Richard Stock
ION
For Assembly, Frank A. Foley.
Richard Cashiou, Michael ]. Quigley,
Lawrence McCabe. jr., Joseph b.
Bloom, Frederick j. Fischer, Michael
r. Mullin, Dominic A. Walsh. Patrick
MeCahery, Jay Frank Parmlv,
Thomas A. Kenny and Egidfo w.
Mascia
For sheriff. John J. Bracken
For surrogate. Harry f. Backus
For county supervisor. Edward
Sehickhaus.
For freeholders. Michael N Hig-
gins. Louis Lewis and Angelo r.
Bianchi.
For eoroners. Frederick Cook,
Philip Apter and Frank j. Cooley.
Congressman Townsend is seeking
reelection in the Tenth congressional
district He gave his address as 246
Upper Montclair avenue, Upper Mont
clair. and his petition was signed by
400 persons. Among those who signed
his petition were Sheriff John f.
Monahan, City Counsel James r.
Nugent, Board of Works Commits
sioner Albert H. Biertuempfel. City
treasurer Elmer A. Day. City Sealer
John II. Sullivan and Judge James p.
Mylod.
The candidate named Richard J.
Franz as the committee in charge of
his campaign fund.
A number of prominent Wilson
League Democrats in East Orange
were among the signers on the petit
ton of Congressman Mccoy, the
Ninth district representative. They
included Tax Assessors Joseph Day
and William Booth Playground Com
missioner j. c. Lyons. George Muttell,
T. A. Heating, Edward F. Anderson
and Ernest Gesel. The committee
named to assume charge of the candi-
dates campaign fund is Richard J.
Franz.
Two candidates among those whose
petitions were filed by Secretary
Cross varied their political designa-
used by John j. Bracken. candidate
for sheriff, and Michael N. Higgins.
candidate for freeholder. The other
candidates on the petition used the
designation, -tDemocrat."
The reason given for Messrs
Bracken and Higgins varying from
the other candidates was that Will
liam Harrigam had previously filed
a petition for sheriff and used the
term, Democrat" and the same des-
gqation was used by William C.
MeBrear, who filed a petition some
lime ago as freebooter.
Among those who had signed the
,etitions of the candidates We're IN
der Sheriff John F. Hyland. Judge
Simon Hahn, John H. Donnellx. FORM
or president of the Common Council
Alderman John F.. Reilly, chairman
Of the finance compsittee: County
Clerk Joseph McDonough, Alderman
Charles A. Cutting, Patrick j. White
and Ambrose 7. Ball.
A petition as candidate for Con-
gress in the Tenth congressional dis
trict was filed tods by James c.
Spriggs, of Oak lana ex Fells. He
used the designation smoerat," but,
as Congressman Townsend had filed
A petition several hours previous with
the same ueSiSIltltlOH- I've USE OIL the
term Democrat" will not be allowed
10 Mr.. Spriggs.
County Clerk McDonough declared
that Mr.. Spriggp would be informed
that his petition had been filed too
late for the use of the term Demo-
GRAFT" and he will have to change his
designation. Mr. Spriggs named
James F. McGrath as the committee
TO take charge of his campaign fund
Michael ]. Tansey filed his petition
As a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from The
Tenth district late this afternoon
His petition contains 800 names. He
chooses as his designation, Wilson
Democrat" He names himself as his
campaign committee.