The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-01
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

Trenton, Sept. 29-The official calls
for the Democratic and Republican State
Conventions were issued today by the re-
speetiYe State Chairmen, converting these
two gatherings in this city next Tuesday
at noon, under the provisions Of the Ger
an election act. The notice issued by
State Treasurer Edward E. Grosscup
calls the Democrats to meet in Masonic
Temple, while pursuant TO the call of
Newton A. K. Bugbee. the Republican
State Chairman, that Convention viii
meet in the auditorium Of the Republic
can Club.
No notice of a Progressive State Con-
yention had been issued by Chairman
Hopkins up to noon today, and the Prog
ressive leaders in Mercer county said they
were not sure that their party would hold
a state meeting. As the Progressives
failed to cast five per cent. of the vote for
Assembly last November, they are not a
legal party this year within the meaning
of the Geran act, and so, il they hold a
Convention, it must be entirely unofficial,
as are the Prohibition and Socialist gath
erings.
The Democratic Convention viii be
composed Of Governor Fielder: the hold
over Senators. who are Hennessy, of
Bergen Aekley, of Cumberland Egan, of
Hudson Ackerson, of Monmouth, and
Barber, of Warren; the candidates of the
party for Senator nominated yesterday
in Burlington, Cape May, Hunterdon,
Middlesex, Passaie and Sussex countless;
the sixty candidates for the Assembly just
nominated at the primaries, and the
twenty-one members of the State Com
mittee. This will make 80 delegates in
this Convention.
The Republican Convention will COM
prise Senators Edge, of Atlantic; Read,
Of Camden; Colgate, of Essex; Gaunt,
of Gloucester; Hutchinson. of Mercer;
Rathbun, of Morris; Mathis, of Ocean;
Allen. of Salem; Smalley, of Somerset;
and Pierce, of Union; the party candi-
dates selected at the primaries yester-
day in the six counties above named; the
60 Republican candidates for the As
sembly and the q members of the State
Committee. This will make 81 delegates.
The chief work in each Convention viii
be the drafting of the platform upon
which will be waged the campaign for the
election on November D. Each platterre4
will outline the principles upon which its
party viii fight for control of the Legisla-
ture. Nothing can De learned in advance,
of course, as to what the platforms Will
contain, but it is practically certain that
they will derive their chief significance
for their bearing upon the big fight for
President, United States Senator and
Governor next year. Practically the
same procedure viii be followed in each
Convention. Each Convention will be
called to order by the State Chairman.
Temporary organization will be effected,
the necessary committees appointed, fol-
lowed by permanent organization and the
adoption of the platforms that viii be
reported by the respective committees on
resolutions.
In connection with each State Con-
vention, the State Committee will meet
to fire the first guns in the campaign
and to make preparations for launching
the vote seeking effort. State Chairman
Grosscup said today that the Democratic
State Committee will make thorough and
complete arrangements for a most Wig
orous battle. Definite plans will be made
for the visit of Governor Fielder to the
six counties in which Senators are to be
elected. Lit OONSlu OI , 1b4hN+1AI N0A
not vet be announced. but he will visit
these counties and will make several
speeches in each one in behalf of the Dem
ocratic Senatorial candidate as well as
the Assembly nominee. He viii be ae-
companied by the member of the State
Committee in the county, the county COM
mitteemen and the party candidates The
Democratic State Committee viii also
plan for a vigorous campaign in all the
other counties for the entire party ticket.
The Republican State Committee, led
by Chairman Bugbee, has been paying
special attention to perfecting a strong
organization to insure an aggressive cam
paign. Chairman Bugbee has been in
close touch with the several county or
CARNATIONS, particularly in those coun-
ties where the Senators are to be elect
ed. Another feature of the Republican
preparations is the development Of a
strong speakers bureau. This IS now
ready, and speakers can be supplied, for
any part of the State. The bureau has
a list of nearly so strong Republican
speakers who are available for this cam
paign work. Among the speakers are
Ex-Governor Stokes, former Judge Robert
Carey, Of Jersey City; Senate President
Walter E. Edge, of Atlantic; Senator
Colgate, Of Essex; Senator Rathbun, of
Morris; former Senator Joseph s. FreI-
inghuysen. of Somerset. who is president
Of the State Board Of Education, and the
State Board of Agriculture; Senator Vim
T. Read, of Camden; Senator George ".
F. Gaunt, of Gloucester; ~ex-Speaker
Thomas f. McCran, of Passaic; Con-
gresham Edward w. Gray, of the Eighth
District, and others.
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The warning factions of the Republican
and Democratic parties having settled
their differences as to candidates at the
statewide primary election yesterday, the
campaign viii now settle down TO the
contest for the general election on No
vember 2. 1t is expected that in practic-
ally all of the counties where the pri-
mary contests were bitter, the faction
will unite in support of the ticket NOM