Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-05
MORE PETITIONS
\ ON FILE WITH
COUNTY CLERK
:
"WiIson Democrat" Ticket,
However, Is Repudiated by
Woodrow Wilson League.
PROHIBITlONISTS OUT
WITH A COMPLETE LIST
"John Mccrudden," Fourth
Ward Candidate, Against Jo-
seph McCrudden, Democrat.

Several petitions for places on the
general election ballot were filed with
the county clerk late yesterday. 1t
was the last day for filing of petit
tlons, and a number of surprises were
recorded. One was a Wilson Demo-
crat' petition for county register and
Board of Freeholders. This ticket
was repudiated today by leaders of
the Woodrow Wilson League, who
said that they had authorized no one
to oppose the regular Democratic
slate and that the Wilson Democrat"
candidates were not members of the
''Wilson League"
AS told in the Evening Star yester-
day one of the late petitions was
filed by the Independent Citizens
ticket for Assembly This ticket, it
is believed, is being backed by the
Anti-Saloon League.
full ticket was filed by petition
by the National Prohibition party.
Wilson Slate.
The Wilson Democratic" candi-
dates were Richard G.. Rust, 100 South
Twelfth street, for county register,
and Edward F. Berry. 95 Winans
avenue, JoIlll II. buDIlSii, HJO nldl net
street, and Edward r. Soleau, 246
Dewitt avenue, Belleville.
Prohibition Candidates.
The National Prohibition League
filed this ticket:
For Register-Robert Sellick. 22S
Jelliff avenue.
holders-Benjamin L. Van
Buskirk. "a fremont street, Irving
ton; Abram J. Versoy, $50 Littleton
avenues Wilbur S. Wood, 10S Bergens
street
Assembly-David j. Brant, 292 Cliff
ton avenue; John Elwood, 100 Ellis
avenue, Irvington; Arthur J. Jansky,
81 North Fourteenth street; Archibald
j Kirkland, 45 Astor street; William
Linsey, 1888 West Kinney street; DON
aid MacAdam, 15 Montview place;
William Robinson, 43 Clinton street;
Edmun9 l.. Rolf, 10 High street;
George {, Ryerson. 1873 Newark ave-
nue., Bloomfield; Samuel Shaw, ia
Sylvan avenue; Ira V. Smith, 131
Dodd street. East Orange; Samuel M
Tunison, S8S South Fourteenth street..
Besides the petitions filed for
more or less complete ticket there
were also two petitions for independ-
ent candidates for register. One of
these was filed by John g. Givens, OF
IA Summit street, a former Court
House attache and recently dismissed
from the service while under charges.
Mr. Givens also ran on petition for
Board of Works as Progressive two
years ago. In his present petition he
chose the designation Republican
Independent-Pr Progressive The names
on his petition include Edward Moore,
Cs.~N.. To Dtrfn
William McDonough and Jack Leh-
man.
The second single petition for reg
lister was filed by John Kneller, Of S79
South Ninth street, a former of1cer
of the police department. kneller
chose as designation "Republican-In-
dependent" The affidayits were taken
before Walter E. Simpson, secretary
of the Progressive County Committee,
acting as notary public
Mr.. Terlinde Objects.
Bernard w. Terlinde, prominent in
the Wilson League, said this forenoon
that the organization has had moth
ing to do with the petition of the
"Wilson Democrats" He said it was
his belief the name might be taken
to indicate that the. Wilson League
was working under the surface
against the regular Democratic ticket.
Such was not the case, he said. he
hoped the matter would be put as
plainly as possible before the pub
lie. adding:
I'VE have had our say at the pri-
maries, and we are not resorting to
underhand methods of any sort.
John L. Armitage, president of the
Wilson League, said today that the
so-called "Wilson Democrat ticket
had nothing whatever In common
with the Wilson League. He said the
Wilson League was working solely
for the success of the regular Demo-
cratic ticket, and that the wilson
Democrat" candidates never were
members of his organization.
Richard G.. Rust, the Wilson DEM
ocrat" candidate for register, says
he is q Republican. He lives at lob
South Twelfth street and served on
the Republican election board in the
Fourth ward for several years. He Is
thirty-nine years of age and formerly
lived in Jersey City. He was born
in New York State. 1t Is SAID he lett
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