Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-06
NEW R|CHMONDS
ENTER THE field
NEAR MIDNIGHT.
The "Witching" Hour Brings
Sheriff, Congress and Other
Candidates to Light.
JOHN MEDCRAFT IN
SHRiEVALTY CONTEST
Takes Designation Progressive
Republican House
District "Bobs Up SereneIy."

Candidates with petitions-anc
some with little schemes, grouches
and other things besides-kept TIN
county clerks Office busy last nigli'
till midnight, and then there .wers
many new Richmonds in the field
Would-be congressman, common
couneilmen, mayors and what-nots
dropped in at different times during
the night and left their petitions
with the clerk and then went out to
campaign or to watch and wait,
No more petitions can now be fled
The petitions of Progressive Re-
publican" candidates for Mayor OF
Newark, Board of Works commits
sioners and sheriff were filled at the
eleventh hour. or to be exact, almost
ON the tap of the twelfth hour, for 1t
was within half minute of midnight
that they came trooping in.
Frank A. Hill, of 1873 Washington
street. filed the petition to run as
mayor; John A. Medcraft, of lSa
Elmwood avenue, Irvington, filed for
sheriff" as a Progressive Republic
can," and Louis Heck, of "a Osborne
terrace, and John J. Hully, of 1Sf
Summit street. filed as the candi-
dates for Board Of Works.
Seymour and Gregory Entered.
Arthur B. Seymour, the Democratic
organization choice to succeed Wal
ter l. Mccoy in Congress in the
Ninth district, got his petition in an
hour before the closing time. He
chose as his designation Democrat,
and named Richard j. Franz as his
committee. The petition of Mayor
Julian A. Gregory, of East Orange
for the same post was received
earlier in the day.
That there were going to be some
odd late hour w rk in the aldermanic
contests in the several wards was
indicated when Christopher P. Ma
lone, resident of a lodging house, at
1928 Market street, walked in and
filed petition for alderman in the
Fourth ward. lie said he was
Progressive Democrat whether ne
looked it or not. Forty-one of the
signers of his petition were resi-
dents of 1923 Market street" This
is the. clinton Hotel, a lodging house
conducted by Nathan Zemel.
A few minutes later, Charles II.
Kane. of 80 Centre street, an "lnde-
pendent Republican," filed his petit
tion for the same office. The regu-
lars are: Alderman James j. Ros-
ers. Democrat" and John j. Nc
J.oughlin. Republican" Kane also
had a large number of signers from
"323 Market street" and also had q
few from up on the "hilf' and one
from Nutley. The Nutleyite is evil
IDENTIFY very much interested in the
Newark city government.
Nathan zemel, proprietor of a
lodging house at 323 Market street
and a Republican leader in the
Fourth ward. visited the County
Court House today and asked to see
the petition FLED late last night by
Charles F. Kane for place on the
Official ballot as Independent Re-
publican candidate for alderman
from the Fourth ward.
As soon as he saw the paper, Zemel
declared that it had been stolen from
his desk and that the signatures on
II had been obtained for petition for
CHRISTOPHER A. Malone, the Pro-
eressive Democrat" who lives in Ie-
mePs lodging house, and filed a petit
tion as candidate for alderman late
last night also.
Defeated Man Tries Again.
Joseph Serattelli who was over
vhelmingly defeated at the primaries
by Alderman Patrick C. O'Brien, in
the Tenth ward, filed a petition TO
run as an Independent William
B. Neville, of i60 Clinton avenue.
filed as progressive Republican,
for alderman in the Ninth ward.
Thomas p. Edwards. democrat,
entered the mayoralty race in
Bloomfield by filing petition wits
the county clerk. There are now two
candidates in the field, both of whom
are Republicans, Mr.. Edwards
claims.
Fl A. Levine got in his petition
as candidate for councilman in the
Second ward, Belleville, as an In
dependent
For Montclair offices three petit
tions were fled. Dallas Flanagan
entered the lists as a "Non Parti-
Fan" candidate for mayor of the
town: Jerome Doyle put himself
down as q Peoples Interest can
dldate for councilman in the Fourth
ward. and Eugene p. Ethel signed
himself Independent Democrat" fol-
the same post in the Second ward.
The Socialist Labor party did no
file its petitions yesterday. and ac
cordingly will not be represented OF
the ballot this year. This is the frs
time in many years that the Socialis
Labor party has not had ticket IL
| the field.