The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1915
A CAPITAL NEWS.
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express my regret that / cannot see
my way clear to remain in the field as
a candidate"
Mr.. voorhees, said that the RESPONSE
bilities of his Office with the Prudential
Insurance Company would prevent his
accepting the State Treasurership.
State Treasurer Edward E. Grosscup
will be renominated by the Democratic
members of the Legislature, and will re-
ceive their unanimous support This
viii give him % votes in joint meeting
of the Legislature next February, to So
votes for the Republican candidate.
Despite the Democratic defeat Nov
enber 2, there was quite a sprinkling of
Democratic legislators and politicians
at the State House yesterday. The mi
nority leaders, however, made no ar
engagements for thSir party caucuses, and
the dates for these will be fixed later.
.
The official canvass of the election re-
turns in Middlesex county by the Coun-
ty Board of Elections discloses an err.
ror In compiling the returns which elects
Richard J. Calvin, one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the Assembly, over
George s. Apologize, Republica-. This /
makes all three Assemblymen from Mid
dlesex Democrats, and reduces the Re-
publican majority on joint ballot in the
Legislature from q, as at first reported,
to %.
Governor Fielder, has appointed five |
OnnnkOpc > - at n- Ar CA~L- -
Canvassers to canvass the vote of No
yember 2 on the question of bonding
the state for $1,000, 900 for the purchase
of the Wharton tract in South Jersey.
Those named are: Edge, of Atlantic:
Read. of Camden; Gaunt, of Glouees-
ter, Republicans; and Egan, of Hudson,
and Martens, of Hunterdon, Democrats.
In Difference to the Republican majority
in tie Legislature, Governor Fielder ap-
pointed a majority of Republican SEN
ators. The Governor will be the chair
man OF the Board.
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Governor Fielder was asked today if
he would be a candidate for delegate at
large from this state to the Democratic
National Convention to be held next June
or July for the nomination of candidates
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united States. He replied:
eff the Democrats of the state see
fit to select me as a delegate at large
to the National Convention, 1 will es-
TEEN it a great honor to represent them
in that capacity"
There will be four delegates at large
from this state, and those being mention
ed for the honor besides Governor Field
er, are United States Senators MARITIME
and Hughes, and State Chairman Ed
ward E. Grosscup. There will also be
two delegates from each Congressional
District. All the delegates, including the
delegates at large, will be chosen at a
primary election to be held next May.
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Some of the Republicans of Hudson
county nave already started meetings to
boom a state and national ticket for next
year. The Republican League of Green
vile in that county has just held a well
attended meeting at which it pledged its
support for former Governor Edward G.
Stokes for United States Senator; Wal
ter e. Edge, of Atlantic, for Governor,
and United States Supreme Court JUS
tice Charles e. Hughes, of New York,
for President. Some of the friends of
Mayor Pierre P. Garven. of Bayonne,
have started a boom for him as the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, but
the probability is that this boom will
not reach any large proportion. Mayor
Garven is a former Prosecutor of Hud-
son county.
Since the election, George W. Decker,
the Hudson county member of the Re
publican State Committee, has resumed
his fight against William P. Verdon, the
leader of the largest Republican faction
in that county, and who has the sup
port of Ex-Governor Stokes. Mr.. Deck
er has called a meeting of the Anti
Yerdon Republicans of the county for
next Friday evening. The call states it
is the purpose to organize the "Repub-
hcan National Campaign Committee of
Hudson County"
Decker claims that under Verdon's
leadership the Republican party in Hud-
son county is failing to be as forceful
as it should be. Politicians at the State
H6N@ regard the contest more in the
light Of a fight between the two men for
the county leadership.
The State Board of AgricuItur will
hold its 43d annual meeting at the State
House on February 2, 3 and 4. This
IL one week later than usual, End the
Legislature might be further .,uced
with it's work, and so permit tn -
~riculturists to discuss possible legisla-
ton to better advantage.
The winter schedule Of farmers in
stitutes was ~inaugurated today with an
institute at Swedesboro, Gloucester
county. 1t was under the direction of
the Extension Department Of the State
Agricultural Department at New Bruins
wick. A staff of practical farmers, fruit
growers, dairymen, etc., has been Sc
cured to speak at the institute in addi-
ton to the regular agricultural experts.
Franklin Dye, of Trenton, Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, will as
siak az moat Of Hha fnstitutaa