Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-28
MIDNIGHT ENDS
FILING TIME FOR
COUNTY PETITIONS
Clerk McDonough Will Keep
Office Open Until II O'Clock
to Receive Papers.
MUNICIPAL ASPIRANTS
HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY
September % viii Be Primary
Day-Lateeomers Place Pc
titions on Record.
MUNICIPAL AsPlRANTS
HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY

AS the time for filing petitions for
county offices expires today, County
Clerk Joseph MeDonough has an
nounced that his Office will remain
open until midnight tonight to receive
petitions. About a score Of petitions
were filed yesterday and all OF the
candidates who intend to make the
race for the primary nominations will
file their petitions today.
The county clerk has notified the
election officers in the various dis
tricts that the election stationery and
blanks for use at the primary and
general elections is ready for distribu-
ton. The election officers are request
ed to call for the stationery in the
basement of the Court House at /
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
| Candidates for municipal offices
have until midnight, next Wednes-
day, September ?, to file their nomina-
ton petitions. County committee
candidates are to file their petitions
with their respective municipal
clerks. The primary date is Septem-
Der %.
Frederick o. Lindsey filed his petit
ton today as candidate for county
supervisor. He gave his address as
80 Sanford street. East Orange, and
had 211 signatures attached to his
petition. Mr. Lindsey used the desig-
| nation Republican with true Re
publican principles" He named
Joseph b. Williams as the COMMITTEES
to take charge of his campaign fund.
Three Republican candidates for
coroner also filed their petitions They
are Alfred A. Loeb, OF 3lS Lafayette
street; Arthur r. Gallagher, Of Al
Bloomfield avenue, Montclair, and
Hugo Barth, of 5e6 Wayerly avenue.
There were 120 signatures to the petit
ton and County Register Thomas p.
Alworth was named as the committee
in charge of their campaign fund.
Lincoln e. Rowley. of 81 Beach
street, East Orange, filed petition as
Republican candidate for Congress in
the Ninth district He used the
designation, true Republican princi-
lples" and named himself as committee
to assume charge of his campaign
fund. There were 800 signatures at
Itached TO his petition.
William G. Woldron, of 106 Hobson
street, today filed with the county
Iclerk a petition for the Republican
nomination for Assembly. He calls
himself an Independent Republican.
His petition contains 105 names. He
is said To be a nephew of Edward and
Samuel p. Waldron. He has resided
lin Irvington for some time past.
The county clerk today received
from the secretary Of state a list con-
tanning the. names of the following
who had filed with him petitions as
candidates for representatives:
Cornelius A. MeGlennon, East New
ark: Gerald z. T. Mcdonald. Harri-
son, Democrats. Edward w. Gray,
Robert E. Torrance and Robert En-
lmitt Mitchell. Republicans.
Harry Wright has notified Secretary
Walter P. Simpson, OF the Progressive
County Committee, to erase his sigma
ture from his acceptance of the nomi-
lnation for surrogate, as he does not
wish the petition to be filed with the
county clerk. Mr.. Wright explains
that as he cannot advocate the cleo
ton of the entire Progressive ticket
he does not feel that he should con-
tinue as one of the candidates. He
therefore declines the surrogateship
honor.