Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-17
SCOTT GERMAN
SPEAKS TO VOTERS
Tells of His Plans and Hopes
and of His Quail
ifications.

In a statement issued today, Scott
German, candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for surrogate of Es-
sex county, says that he makes no
disparaging comment upon the doings
of any of the candidates who are OPP
posing him, nor does he assail any
enc connected with any part Of the
local campaign, but contents himself
with stating simply that he is a Re-
publican seeking a Republican NOM
nation, and that he is not bound up
to any man or set of men, reiterating
In that respect what he has said at
many of the meetings he has at
tended and addressed during the last
two weeks.
1.-THE local primary campaign Is al
most over" says Mr.. German, and
in the contest for the nomination for
surrogate | believe the voters of the
Republican party will return me a
winner next Tuesday. ] have per-
sonally sought the support Of more
than 5000 voters in various parts of
the county and from practically
everyone have received hearty prom
Use of such support. | have attended
meetings of many kinds and have
been well received and assured of
substantial support.
my own campaigning and that of
those who are assisting me has been
as thorough and as vigorous and as
clean as we could make il. We have
nothing more to do but to keep up
the work until primary day. At the
very opening of the local campaign
it was announced by the chairman
OF the Republican County Committee
that the contest for the various nom
nations would be open to any man
ana that the county organization as
Il body would not interfere In the
interest of any candidate or candi-
dates. ! have proceeded with that
understanding, have stood alone and
am standing alone, not having bound
myself to any man or set of men.
"I have sought, and will continue
to seek, the support of all Republicans
on two grounds. One is that / am a
member of that party and have long
been active In it's affairs and In the
affairs of the city and county in which
citizens should interest themselves.
The other is that ] am a lawyer and
believe myself fully capable Of prop
erly performing the important and
steadily growing duties of the office
or surrogate. 10 Ifldt TASK VIII
give, if I am nominated and elected,
the best that is in me, l believe that
the office and its affairs should have
the close personal attention of the
man elected to administer them, and
/ repeat here the pledge ] have made
throughout the campaign that | will
give them such attention if the voters
give me the opportunity to do so.
II believe, too that opportunity
should be given in such an office for
persons who cannot aqfford to lose
time during the day to attend to such
business as they may have with the
surrogate to go there in their free
time, and for that reason / will, if
elected, keep the office open at least
one evening each week.
There is nothing more that I can
say, except that during the campaign
have met with the utmost courtesy
everywhere and from everyone, in
Guiding the other candidates for sur
rogate and their associate workers.
have looked carefully over the
ground, have done a little figuring
and l am quite content with the APP
pearance of things and believe | can
await the outcome of the Tuesday
balloting with confidence of victory"