Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-09-10
TAYLOR SEES
SURE VICTORY
FOR REGULARS
Republican County Committee
Better Organized than for
Years, He Asserts.
SAYS INDEPENDENTS
SUPPORT is VOLUNTEERED
Raymondites to Get the Sur
prise of Their Lives,
Asserts Chairman,

Summing up the political situa ton
IN the light of what is shown by the
ming of petitions for county commit
teemen, Herbert w. Taylor, chair
man of the Republican County Com
mittee, predicts a victory for the
regulars over the Raymondites by an
overwhelming majority at the prl-
maries on September %. The regular
organization is in better condition
than for some time. says Mr. Tay-
lor, and he thinks that not only will
the regulars win on primary day,
but that they also will march to vic
tory on election day.
Republican success on election day
Is not so certain in the mind of John
Il. Givens, who made the positive an
nouncement today that he will be a
candidate for register on election day.
Givens started his campaign last
night, and he says that he will have
no difficulty in getting the necessary
signatures to his nomination petition
He has not yet decided upon his des-
ignation, but this matter, he says,
Will be announced later. He also says
that his candidacy is due to his dis
charge as court attendant. He claims
he was framed in the charges.
There still remains some vacancies
in several election boards throughout
the county, and Judge William P.
Martin will sit at the Court House
next Monday to fill the vacancies.
The first of a series of Republican
organization meetings in the subur-
ban towns is scheduled for next Tues
day night at the Bloomfield RepuDli-
can headquarters, at Bloomfield
Center. Candidates for county offices
VIII make addresses.
That the plan of the Progressives
to have their Suggested" candidates
written in on the ballots primary day
VIII work out satisfactorily is the
statement issued today by Howard S.
Dodd, chairman of the nominating
committee. What the candidates will
do with regard to the nominations
after they receive them Mr.. Dodd says
is optional WITH them. Mr.. Dodd
| also took occasion to deny that finan-
J cial obstacles were the cause of the
| Progressives failing to file their pri-
mary petitions.
Keen Interest In Primaries.
1t is in the primary fight that Mr.
Taylor is deeply interested. and from
now until September 2S the oppo-
sition to the organization ticket can
expect to receive no quarter in the
fight for control of the Republican
organization.
81 am an optimist of the first water
when you ask about the outcome of
the battle between the regular or
ganization candidates and the .oppo-
sition," said Mr.. Taylor today, land
I have no fear of the outcome, either
on primary day or at the regular
election.
"The organization is in better
shape to carry on q successful fight
this year than they have In the past
four or five years and the opposition
We have is in no way nearly as strong
as in the past.
You would be surprised If you
knew how many of the men who have
always been classed as independent
Republicans and who have supported
other than the organization candi-
dates at the primaries in past years
have come to us and pledged them
selves to support our candidates at
both the primary and general cleo
tion," continued Mr.. Taylor.
"I think myself that the independ-
ent voters are heartily SICK OF the
so-called reform movements that have
been started in the past few years
because when successful they have
failed to reform for various reasons.
"We have ticket that will appeal
to every fair-minded voter, in my
humble opinion: made up of men who
like the city of Newark Know How
[ predict that when the result of the
primary election is made known it
will be found that the organization
will have won by an overwhelming
majority"