The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

the selection Of the go members of the
Assembly, the fight there being more I'M
certain than the one in the Senate. state
political leaders are paying extra atten-
ton to the primary campaign for the cleo
ton Of the Assembly candidates. There
are numerous primary contests in both
Democratic and Republican ranks. While
the big contests are those in Hudson and
Essex, the struggles in some of the other
counties involve important political ques-
lions.
In Hudson County there are full fedg-
ed fights on the Assembly ticket in both
the Democratic and Republican camps.
The Wittpenn faction has a complete
slate of candidates and their party desig-
nation. Hudson County Regular Demo-
crazy" The regular Republican candi-
dates in Hudson are fighting under the
designation Regular Republican Party"
and the George L. Record or Progressive
Republican candidates nave the designa-
ton, Progressive Republican. Against
Taxing Person Property"
The primary contest in the Republican
ranks in Essex County is really q fight
against the leadership of Alfred L. Dali
rymple, who controls the party o~rganiza-
ton in the county as Carl Lentz did be-
fore he was smashed by Everett Colby.
This fight is being led by Mayor Thomas
L. Raymond, of Newark. There were
whispers at the State House this week
that in this move Mayor Raymond was
not so much a reformer as an aspirant to
the county leadership. It is predicted by
the State House politicians that the Dali
rymple ticket will win. Mayor Raymond
is pledged to support the DAP ticket if
it be victorious. Some Democrats in Es-
sex, under the name of the Woodrow Will
son League, are contrasting the regular
party Assembly candidates, but the OPP
position will not amount to much. This
opposition ticket has in no sense the Of
fetal Wilson label, as the regular Demo
Gratis of Essex are all for the President
now.
The Republicans IN Passaic County,
with five Assemblymen to elect have a
lively contest for the places on the regu-
lar ticket, besides which there is in the
field the Blauvelt Progressive Republican
ticket, making this fight an interesting
one. The Democrats Of Passaic have no
particular fight for their ticket.
Union County is one where the E@>-
g%ressives have pe% their own distinctive
Assembly ticket n the field, independent
il Ii 4lCDuDllIdLc.
Neither the Democrats or Republicans
of Union have any Assembly contests.
In Middlesex County the Democrats
have a contest, with four candidates seek
ing the three places on the ticket. The
Middlesex Republicans have united on
their three candidates. The Middlesex
Progressives also nave a ticket.
There are four Republican candidates
in Monmouth Counfv NTH ou1y <-c A.
semblymen to be chosen, while the Mon
mouth Democrats have no contest. Both
parties have a contest in Mercer County,
where three Assemblymen are elected. the
Democrats having FIVE candidates and the
Republicans six.
There are five candidates among the
Republicans of Morris County for the
two Assembly seats in that county, while
the Democrats have no contest. In Som
erset County former Assemblyman Will
lam DeLaroche Anderson is contesting
for the Republican nomination with As
semblyman Ogden H. Hammond. The
Democrats have ex-Assemhlyman Samuel
s. Swackhamer as their one candidate. he
having no opposition. In Sussex County
there is a Democratic contest. with three
candidates seeking the one place on the
ticket. while the Sussex Republicans have
no fight. Neither party has an Assem-
bly, contest in Hunterdon County.
Turning to South Jersey. Atlantic
County has no contests. Burlington and
Camden Counties have no contests to
amount to anything. Ocean County has
two Republican candidates for the one
Assembly seat, while the Ocean Demo-
Gratis nave made no nomination at all. In
Cape May County there are three Repub-
hcan candidates, with one Assemblyman
to elect, and the Democrats are united.
without a fight Both Republicans and
Democrats in Salem County are cam
paigning for the Assembly without con-
tests, each party having united upon one
man for the place.
The Gloucester County Democrats
have nominated Willis T. Porch for the
Assembly, and he is running without op.
position. The Gloucester Republicans
are also united on their candidate. who is
Assemblyman Oliver J.. West.
Hot shot is fred at Republican State
Chairman Newton A. K. Bugbee in q
statement issued today by State Treas
urer Edward E. Grosscup, chairman of
the Democratic State Committee. answ-
ering the article given to the press By
Mr.. Bugbee last week claiming the Re
publicans would carry the Assembly and
charging the Democrats with incompe-
tency and extravaganza in the state gov
eminent.
Chairman Grosscup shows that Mr..
Bugbee was wrong in claiming that the
Democrats controlled the Legislature in
1912 and were responsible for the admin
istratiOn that wear The ~ TaUfrla-
ture stood: Senate, Republicans IL, Dem
ocrats 10; Assembly, Republicans 81;
Democrats %.
"The principal accomplishment OF the
Legislature in 1912" continues Chairman
Grosscup. "was to prevent the showing
of an actual deficit of $795.259 by deliber-
ately Withholding from the school dis
tricts of the state their share of S.
756.150. which should have been distrib-
uted in 1912. The report of the Comp
tr0lleP for fhn vaap andinO 0rfnho~ u