The Penn's Grove record., 1915-12-03
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
what The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

trenton, Dec. 1.-The State census of
1915, taken as Of June 1, last, was Of
eially promulgated by Governor Field
er today after Secretary of State Martin
mad filed the figures with him. The total
population of the state is shown TO be
2,S44,342, compared with 2,144,342 in
the state census of 1905, an increase In
the ten years of 700,20S. The Federal
census of 1910 showed a population of
1851, 167, so hat the increase in the five
years has been 307 ,175.
This PRONUNCIATION made public for the
irst time some of the interesting details
Of the enumeration. The number of
dwellings in the state is 494,6 74, an in
crease of 131,564 since 1905. The mum
Der of families is 655, 1873, an increase of
1928 in the ten years. Here are the
other items with the increases as com
pared with the last state census in 1906
Married persons, 1,167,340, increase
3O9,644 single males, 767, 001, increase
100, 761 single females 717,S17, increase
I56,1O5; widows 144,414 increase 81
9OO; divorced persons 3.S47, increase l.
$3.50 white males 1882, ia, increase 342,-
BOP; white females 1857, 446, increase
342,679; colored males 46,33S, increase
1915; colored females 1898, increase
S,221; total males 1.42S, 1S9, increase
349,5S5; total females LAG, 153, in
crease 3JO.614; American born 2,1O6,-
67S, increase 483. 760; English 55,357, in
crease 1859 Irish 1856, compared with
136,O61 in 1905, a decrease of 60,617;
German 1851 compared with 119.051
in 1905, a decrease of 3,340; Italian IA
S4S. increase 69,062; all other foreign
born persons 342, 692. increase 1902;
total foreign born persons 734,052, in
crease 5000.
The number Of persons who can read
Is 2, 24O,S94, an increase of 599,115, and
the number who can write is 2,236, 736,
an increase of 5SS.979. This gives $685.
48 persons who cannot read, but this
includes infants and all children of less
than school age as well as illiterates.
number of persons who can write is
2,236, 1856, an increase of 58S,979. This
shows there are COZ ,606 persons who can
not write including all children who
have never been to school. The cen
sus does not show the actual number
of illiterates in the state who should
know how to read and write.
The census brings to light the following
facts in regard to Gloucester county
Number of dwellings 1886; number
of families 10,S18; white males 20,927;
white females 19,41S; colored males l.
699; colored females 1872. There are
1858 single males, and S,63S single fe-
males. The number Of widowed per-
8OA8 &tDtA 4 anu uAtOIEE1 IT.
Under the heading Of Nationality ST.
997 are shown to be American born; $50
English born 604 Irish born 1,255 Ger
man bern 1,64S Italian born all others
1889. Of these 1.199 are naturalized.
Under occupations, 1859 are in the
professions 1858 in commercial pursuits;
5371 are skilled laborers; $3.50 are un-
skilled laborers, and 2.638 are farmers.
OF the 1857 inhabitants of the county
Ok ms .aan road 1nA ID 0A2 oan wrTtQ
36,546 can speak English. The number
of children attending school is 1853;
number of children not attending school
is 3,134.
The Democratic campaign plans yes
terday were made at a meeting OF the
County Chairmen's Association and a
gathering of the Executive Committee
OF the Democratic Editorial Association.
The County Chairmen were called to-
gether by State Tax Board President
L. T. Russell, of Elizabeth, president of
the association. In calling the meeting
to order, be emphasized the need of the
greatest possible aggresSiveness in the
campaign. The meeting adopted a plan
that provides for the organization of the
party, beginning with the election dis
tricts. The district organizations are to
be made as strong as possible and are to
be answerable to the municipal Organiza-
ton, the latter to be responsible to the
County Committee, and all the County
Committees in turn TO be responsible TO
the State Committee. President Rus
sell will appoint a committee to perfect
this plan, after which 1T viii be submit
ted to the State Committee for its ap-
prevail. The scheme is to make the or
ganization SO thorough that the State
Committee will feel assured that any
plans it inaugurates win be Immediately
transmitted down through the county and
city committees to every district organ
iZation.
The Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic Editorial Association appointed a
committee to prepare for a permanent
Publicity Bureau, which plan is to be
submitted TO the Democratic State Com
mittee for its approval and for it TO f.
nance. The members of the Committee
are: Benjamin B. Bobbitt, of Lon
Branch: J. Lyle Kinmouth, of Asburg
Park; Secretary of State Thomas f
Martin. of Jersey City, and l.. 7. Rus
sell. of Elizabeth. They are all well
known n-ewspapermen. This Bureau is
to be ~inaugurated about the time the
Legislature eonyenes and is to be contin-
ued until next election.
Mr.. Grosscup. as State Chairman, went
to Jersey City Monday night to confer
with Robert s. Hudspeth, the New Jer-
sey member of the Democratic National
Committee. When asked about the con-
ference today, Mr.. Grosscup insisted that
it had no special political significance
He admitted that they discussed the po-
htical situation in the state and talked
some about candidates. but claimed that
this talk was very general. He said that
the Conference was not for the purpose
of eliminating any candidates or putting
any names upon the slate.
'We just talked over the political sit
uation in a general way" said Mr.. Gross
cup, "and that's all there was to it. Can
didates were mentioned. but only in &
very casual way. and with no purpose
of slate making"
Mr.. Hudspeth invited Mr.. Grosscup to
20 with hi INTO Washington next Tues
day To attend the meeting of the Demo
cratic National Committee to fix the
place and date for the National Conven-
ton. Mr.. Grosscup accepted the inv