Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
HUDSON LEADERS
BUSY PLANNING
COUNTY TICKET
Wittpennites and the Ants Ex-
pect to Finish the Task by
Monday Next.

Special to the Evening Star.
JERSEY CITY. Aug. s.-With the
main section of their tickets practi-
cally settled. the attention of the
leaders" both Wittpenn and anti
Wittpenn, has turned to filing out
their respective Assembly states.
While the tickets are by no means
complete yet, it is expected that by
Monday all the candidates will have
been chosen.
OF the delegation last year, the
Wittpenn leaders have practically de-
eided to back eight for denomination.
Walter L. McDermott. who was
elected to his second term last fall,
is expected to be on both tickets.
This will leave the Wittpenn ticket
with but eleven candidates, for no
nominees name can appear on the
ticket twice for the same office, and
McDermott will probably accept the
anti lttpenn Endorsement
OF last years delegation, the Witt
penn leaders are likely to back the
following men: Walter L. McDermott.
Clinton e. Fisk, Joseph Carroll,
George ]. Brackner, Thomas G. GAN
non and Joseph Mulligan, of Jersey
City; Dennis Long, Hoboken; Thomas
P. Curran, West Hoboken. This will
leave four names still to be selected
on Monday.
There are any number of candidates
for the nominations on the anti Witt
penn side of the house. Six candi-
dates will be chosen from Jersey CITY.
two from Hoboken, one from Bayonne,
two from North Hudson and one from
West Hudson.
The Jersey City candidates are
likely to be Pierre Cook, Walter L,
McDermott, Frank A. Dolan. Leo s.
Sullivan, Frank Martens and Frank,
Boland. 1t is said that Councilman
Edward F. McKeon, of Harrison, will
be the West Hudson selection, while
the leader of the North Hudson anti
Wittpenn Democracy, Register John
j. Mcmahon, is backing Henry Alb
bolt for a place on the ticket Leader
Patrick r. Griffin, of Hoboken, will
probably lend his aid to William Kav-
anagh again. Kavanagh was on the
ticket last year, but was beaten
Cook Is the personal nominee of
Governor James f. Fielder who is
taking an active part in the selection
of the anti Wittpenn Assembly nomi-
nees. Cook was defeated for the NOM
ination last year. McDermott is
candidate for the third time. Frank
A. Dolan was one of the leading
fight for city commissioner made by
Henry Byrne. He holds a responsible
position with a New York printing
house. Leo S. Sullivan Is the brother
of Common Pleas Judge Mark A. Sui
Ivan. 1t will be Sullivan's initial
fight for political office. Martens is
the proprietor of Grand View Auditor
rum, this city. He is said to have
the backing of Surrogate John p.
Egan. Boland Is a prominent labor
man, being identified with the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The fight against A. M. Henry, who
was indorsed at the now notorious
Sea Grit grill room conference for
the nomination for supervisor on the
anti Wittpenn ticket, seems to have
been. successful, for at the present
time John Wagner is the choice of the
anti-Wittpenn leaders. Henry is said
to be very sore over his turn down"
and intends TO make the fight as an
Independent. sMagner will be opposed
by Deputy United States Marshal
John Prout. the Wittpenn nominee.
Former Assemblyman Arthur Nc
Grath will make the fight against
Congressman James A. Hamill in the
Twelfth Congressional district. City
Magistrate Charles r. O'Brien has
practically withdrawn, as he was un-
able to secure the Endorsement of the
anti Wittpenn leaders. 1t is thought
that the fact that Washington and the
White House had expressed satisfac-
ton over Hamill as candidate for
denomination had considerable to do
with the fact that Hamill was in
dorsed by the anti Wittpennites.
John J. Eagan will have no oppose
ton for denomination in the Eleventh
district.
Kinkead, viewing it from this city,
the fight for the Democratic nomina-
ton seems to be between Assembly
man Joeph Branegan and Cornelius
4, eclennon. McGlennon Is exnoeted
.sDe the candidate of the anti-Witt-
r<hnites in the Hudson county sec
ton of this district.