The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-19
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

Trenton, Nov. 1.-THE caucus Of the
Republican members Of the House Of As
sembly to select the candidates for the or
ganization Of the House on January il,
vi be held at the State House next
Tuesday. The call for the conference has
just been issued by AssembIyInan Conrad,
of Ocean. the dean Of the Assemblymen.
The Republican Senators will resume
their conference next Tuesday also, when
he Steering Committee appointed NoYem-
Der 8 viii report upon the assignment Of
the minor offices to the counties having
Republican Senators.
3 3 = 3
The Republicans having gained Sena-
tors in Cape May and Passaie counties
this year., those counties viii share IN the
patronage to be distributed By the Senate
Republican majority. The counties to
which the Steering Committee Will as
sign the Senate patronage are Atlantic,
Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Essex.
Gloucester, Mercer, Morris, Ocean, Pas
sale, Salem, Somerset and Union. The
Republicans in the Assembly having gam
ed Bergen County, that county will share
IN the House patronage, and Monmouth
C0nvicts Seek Pard0n-Preparing for the
Legislative Session-the Assembly
Caucus.
County will lose the little Republican As
sembly patronage it had last year because
both Assemblymen there this year are
Democrats.
Much uncertainty as to the State Trea-
surership and the organization of the
Assembly remained after Governors Day
gathering Of politicians at the State
House yesterday. Those present We're
mostly the adherents Of the Stokes fac
ton Of the Republican party, Alfred n.
Dalrymple, Of Essex, and the other lieut.
/ quante of ax-fraVprnaP Mummy and David
Baird being conspicuous by their absence.
AssembIyman Pilgrim, of Essex, reIterat-
ed his claim that he would be Speaker
and that Hates, Of Camden, would be
leader. Pilgrim declared that this com
bination was assured of the necessary
votes, or he would not be so positive
about it. Despite this, Assemblyman Run
yon, Of Union, declared that he was still
in the race for Speaker. Assemblyman
Person, of Union, insisted that Ranyou
would not be deprived of the Speaker
ship honor without a fight. Pilgrim seems
assured Of some of the South Jersey vot-
es, and the outlook is that he viii win,
although some Of the Assemblymen think
that Runyon is entitled 10 the honor, and
if it were not for the big @. o. j. lead
ers in their plans for next years cam
! paign, the Union County man would be
made Speaker. There IS no doubt that
ASsemblyman Hates, Of Camden, viii be
the Republican leader. The Assembly
Clerkship between Jefferys, Of Camden.
and Parker, OF Passaic, is still unsettled.
.
State Chairman Bugbee was the only
active candidate for State Treasurer at
/ the State House and continued his can
vass for the position. The absence Of
the Anti-Stokes men was regarded as
significant, in that they might be planning
a new line of attack to spring next Tues
day.
The Democrats of the two Houses have
not yet fixed their caucus dates. Senator
Hennessy, of Bergen, announces that he
viii not oppose Senate Ackerson, of Mon
mouth County, for the minority leader
ship. and the outlook is that the Mon
mouth County Senator will be given this
honor. 1t is probable that Senator Hen
messy viii be the Democratic candidate
for President Of the Senate.
The total vote polled in New Jersey ON
November , was 415,467. a remarkably
high figure for an off year politically. The
total registration of voters was Oh, 497.
and the total number of ballots rejected
was 1854. The total Republican vote on
the Assembly ticket was 1S5,0S1, and the
total Democratic vote was l5O,5t6. Tins
gives q Republican plurality for the State
Of 34,505.
The Prohibitionists polled 11.S47 votes
and the Socialist vote was l5,5l3. The
trohibitionists gained 2,S5S votes over
last year, while the Socialists lost $50
votes. The vote of the Progressives show
ed a big slump here. Their vote this
year was only 6,903, compared with 2l,-
236 last year, a loss of 14,3333. In 1912
the progreSsives of this State polled No.
40 votes for Roosevelt for President
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The total amount of the franchise tax
es TO be paid this year by the Public Utl-
ty Corporations of the state under the
Voorhees, franchise act is Sl,505, 1866.
This is an increase Of $40,192.7S s. The
tax is assessed by the State Board of
faxes and Assessment, but is collected
and used locally in the taxing districts.
The total amount to be paid in Glou-
cester County is S11,449.45.
There is much speculation as to what
will be the outcome of the conference in
Washington today between President Will
son. as the National head of the Democrat
ic party, and Governor Fielder and State
Chairman Grosscup, the titular heads of
the party in this state. Governor Field
er and Chairman Grosscup left for Wash
ington on the Congressional Limited yes
terday afternoon after the Governor had
finished his executive work at the State
House. Before leaving, Governor Field
er refused absolutely to discuss the con
ference.
1t is understood. however, that three
topics will be considered, namely, the
choice of a candidate for the Governor,
the attitude of the National ~administra-
ton respecting the election of a success
or TO United States Senator MARITIME, and
the selection Of the four candidates for
delegates at large to the National Con-
vention next summer. Without a doubt,
too, the questions of party harmony and
of how to overcome the party defeat on
November , in this state will be dis
cussed.
The boom of State Senator Walter E.
Edge, of Atlantic, for the Republican
nomination for Governor. has been de-
cidedly boosted by the act Of the Newark
Sunday Call in coming out squarely for
him in its editorial column. This action