Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-11
RAYMOND|TES
PLACE TICKET
IN THE FIELD
Are Ready to Make Their Fight
Now Against Regular
Republicans.
mo BOSS" LEAGUE Is
GIVEN COLD SHOULDER
So Are Progressives-Tioket a
Strong One, Says Leader
O'ConneII.

Although the open meeting of the
Raymondtte Republican executive
committee held last night at the
headquarters of the organization In
the Lawyers building was marked by
complete harmony. events which pre-
eeded and followed the meeting in
dieated that the dissension which has
arisen in The Reymondite ranks is
still far from being settled. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was TO complete
the slate of primary nominations by
selecting candidates for Assembly.
Board of Freeholders and Board of
Works, and this was done,
The task had been temporarily sus-
pended for several days while the
leaders were engaged in carrying on
negotiations with the members of the
No Boss League with a view to
putting a coalition ticket in the field
and at the insistence of certain
former Progressives who have Joined
the Raymondite forces to have Ed
mund Burke Osborne. of Montclalr,
named for Assembly.
The ticket selected by the nominat-
ing committee, of which Fire Com
missioner Gilbert f.. Crogan vas
chairman. was put through at last
nights session after brief debate, in
the course of which not the slightest
mention was made of Osborne or the
former Bull Moose faction. Clifford
w. Headly. one of a committee which
had been attempting TO treat with the
mo Boss Leaguers, made terse
report 10 the effect that the latter
organization had declined to treat
with the Raymondites unless that
body indorsed in fun the Assembly
ticket named by the league. In re-
turn for such Endorsement the mo
Boss League had agreed to work
with the Raymondites for the rest of
the latter $ ticket.
George NJ Judd, a member of the
executive committee, expressed the
opinion that it would be the best pol
icy to continue negotiations with the
leaguers. but this suggestion WAS We
toed by Assessment Commissioner
Harry r, O'Connell.
"Fhe committee on nominations,
said Mr.. O'Connell, "has gone to a
greal deal of trouble and has given
us a ticket of which we need not be
ashamed. There is no need for us To
apologize for a single man on the
slate and as far as the No Boss
League is concerned we can treat
with them later just as well as at the
present time
Commissioners Crogan Reads Ticket.
Commissioner Crogan thereupon
read the list Of nominations, and tho
report of the nominating committee
was accepted without a single dis
senting voice. No mention was made
during the brief discussion which
preceded the vote Of the withdrawal
A "A anII
as candidate for the nomination for
member of the Board Of Works
George NJ Denny, secretary Of the
J. A. Bannster Company, shoe manu-
faeturers, was named upon the ticket
in place of Littlefield. Mr.. Denny re-
sides at 224 Broad street and is cred
tied with a large following in the
First ward.
Thomas Goldingay. chairman Of the
"Anti-Dal" organization, said after
the meeting. in commenting upon
Alderman Littlef1eld's refusal to be-
come a candidate;
Il do not believe for moment that
Mr.. Littlef1eld has left lis. In fact. 7
understand that several of the men
who advised him not to run are mem
bers of this committee. | am conf
dent that Mr.. Littlefield will be one
of our hardest workers and most
ardent champions throughout the pri-
mary campaign
italian Selection Causes Dispute.
Despite the fact that no friction
appeared upon the surface during the
open meeting OF the committee, tho
secret session held earlier in the eve
ming there had several wordy debates.
The most serious disagreement, it
was said, had occurred between As
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