Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
POLITICAL GOSSIP
AT TRENTON FAIR
Prominent Men of Three Parties
Meet on big Thursday" to
Talk Shop.
REPUBLICANS FEEL THEY
WILL CONTROL ASSEMBLY
Even Select Hates. of Camden.
for Speaker, While DEM
ocrats Laugh.

Special to the Evening star.
TRENTON, Oct 2.-The political
roster of New Jersey was well repre-
scented yesterday at Political Day"
| ut the interstate fair here.
The leading figure was Governor
James F. Fielder. who arrived in an
automobile, accompanied by Secretary
Hermann, Democratic State Chair
man Edward e. Grosscup and other
friends. As they drove in the grounds
they were recognized and heartily
cheered. Ex-Governor z. G. Stokes
accompanied by ex-Assistant Secre-
tary of State j. b. r. Smith, was
given an ovation upon arriving in
Politicians Row
Congressional Situation Talk.
The talk was first on the Congress
situation, and the Democrats claimed
anywhere'fr six to eleven districts.
while the Republicans said they would
have from six to ten districts.
The Republicans and Democrats
agreed that the First and Second dis
tricts will be Republican, as well as
the Fifth district, but they divide
from that point
The Democrats admitted that the
Republicans had a fighting chance to
land the Sixth and Seventh Districts.
but would go no further.
State senatorship.
Regarding the State senatorship
fights, the Democrats claimed control
of the Senate when the votes were
counted.
The Republicans said that they had
a chance to land Salem county, but
the Democrats asserted that the
power of United States Attorney j
Warren Davis would put to rout any
hope which their brethren might have
in that direction-that a Democratic
senator in the person of Senator
Smick would surely come back.
Assembly Situation.
The Republicans present were so
sure that the next Assembly would
be Republican that conjectures were
made as to who would be the next
speaker. John D. Hates. of Camden.
was the favorite guess. Hates was
a candidate for leader of the minority
party last year against Emerson L.
Richards, of Atlantic City, but with
drew in the interests of harmony
Hates declared that he is out as a
candidate for speaker and meant to
land the position if it were possible
A large number of Bull Moosers
were on hand making predictions of
what they were going to do in the
election. Joseph Mackenzie Bull
Moose candidate for sheriff in Mer-
Ger, headed delegation of Mercsl
county Progressives.
Assemblyman Godfrey. of Atlantic,
made the prediction that ex-Assem-
blyman Isaac Bacharach. the Repub-
lican nominee for Congress in the
| Second district, would carry every
| county in the district. He declared
there was no bitterness over the
primary fight
| When the Republicans began to
talk about getting a senator from
Monmouth county on the strength of
the Independent candidacy of Thomas
| p. Fay. the Fay men present derided
the statement that Fay would make
an Independent race.
The suggestion that Secretary of
War Lindley M. Garrison, of Jersey
City, might be available guberna-
torial timber two years hence was not
overlooked.
Predict Row in NIiddIesex.
There was considerable talk of the
prospects of row in the Democratic
ranks in Middlesex County over the
fight just started against County
Clerk Bernard M. Cannon who Is 4
candidate for denomination, by for
mer Sheriff William J. Quackenboss,
of New Brunswick.
Quackenboss has filed a petition to
run as an independent Democratic
candidate for county clerk He re,
| received the Progressive nomination
for this position at the primaries
but it is said he will decline this in
dorsement and run only as a Demo
crat in order to oppose Cannon
County Clerk Cannon, who is a Will
son man, has long been one of the
big party leaders in Middlesex, and
now Quackenboss charges him with
being a boss 1t was said here to-
day that an effort will be made to
patch up the fight.
Other primary results discussed
were the overwhelming defeat of AS
semblyman Harry s. Scovel for the
Republican nomination for sheriff in
Camden County by Joshua Haines
the organization candidate, and the
poor showing made by Assemblyman
Harvey S. Moore, of Trenton, in the