The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-24
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

Trenton, Sept. % arrangements have
been completed this week by the county
and municipal clerks and the election Of
hcers for the primary election which
VIII tax place next Tuesday. The polls
will be open from Z a. m. to 8 .. m, in
every election district of the state. 1t
will also be the second registry day all
over the state.
Tn primary election will determine
the candidates to be voted for at the gen
eral election on Tuesday, November 2.
Also, there will be elected next Tuesday
the members of the Democratic and Re
publican County Committees. This
choice Of these committee members is un-
usually important because those elected
VIII serve next year in the primary elec-
tin campaign for the selection Of the
candidates for United States Senator and
Governor, besides the Legislative candi-
dates and those for the minor offices.
The candidates to be chosen next Tues
day by the two parties are OR six seats
in che Senate sixty members In the As
sembly, and county officers in all Of the
counties. besides local officers IN many of
the municipalities. Both Democrats and
Rep bIicans will nominate through tie
primary voting their candidates for the
Senate in Burlington, Cape May, Hunter
don, Middlesex, Passaic and Sussex
counties. The number of Assembly can
didates t. be nominated by each party in
each county is as follows: Essex and
Hudson, Il each; Passaie, 5; Bergen,
Camden, Mercer, Middlesex and Union,
3 each Atlantic, Monmouth and Morris,
= each and Burlington, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Dc
can, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and War
ren, l each.
The county officers for which candi-
dates are to be chosen are as follows:
County Clerk in Bergen, Hudson, Hunt
erdon and Warren counties Sheriff and
Surrogate in Passaic county; Register
in Essex county. In all the four cases
referred to the present county clerk is a
Democrat. Sheriff Radcliffe, of Passaie,
is a Republican, as is the Passais surro-
gate, Frederick Beggs. In most of the
counties, too, members Of the Boards of
Freeholders are to be nominated, and in
several counties the Freebooter am
paigns are raging as bitterly as those
for the higher offices.
The counties in which the county com
mittee contests are particularly hot are
Hudson, Bergen, Atlantic, Passaic and
onion. In all of these contests it is a
fight for the different factions of the re-
spective parties to get control Of the
party machinery in anticipation Of the
big battle of next year.
The Supreme Court today heard ar
gument in the suit brought by former 2
Senator George C. Low, Democrat, Of
Ocean county, to upset the Economy and
Efficiency law of last winter merging the
Bureau of Statistics into the Department
of Labor and ousting Mr.. Low as chief
of the Bureau. Decision was reserved.
Both the Republican and Democratic
State Committees are ready to take up
their respective campaigns as soon as
the primary election has settled the fac
tional differences within the camps. On
Thursday of next week State Chairman
Grosseup for the Democrats, and Repub-
Iican State Chairman Bugbee viii issue
their calls for the State Conventions.
These conventions will be held in TIen-
ton ON Tuesday, October 5. They both
will convene at noon, the Republicans IN
the Republican Club, and the Democrats
in the Masonic Temple. The state plat
forms will be adopted and the final ar
r~angements made for the campaign that
will end with the election on November
2.
Democratic State Chairman Grosseup
said today that his party was all ready
for the fray.
Next Tuesday is the primary cleo
tion,' he declared, "and after that we
will jump into the fight to win the cleo
ton"
While Mr.. Grosscup was at the State
House today he arranged with William
L. Dill, secretary of the Democratic
State Committee, to issue the call for
the State Convention. Similar arrange
ments have already been made by New
ton A. X. Bugbee, chairman of the Re
publican State Committee.
Chairman Bugbee was out of town this
week, so no statement could be obtained
from him. Activities at the Republican
headquarters on State street, however
showed that the G. o. p. captains are
making ready for a lively fight.
State Senator Gaunt, Republican, of
Gloucester county, was at the State
House today and stated that in about two
weeks he expected to call together the
Joint Highway Committee of the Legis-
lature for the purpose of inquiring into
the road legislation of the state and to
draft a comprehensive statute that will
meet the present road conditions in New
Jersey. The Joint Committee was auth
orized by the Legislature to do this work.
The new returns for six more counties
have just been announced by State Census
Supervisor Schroth, as follows: Atlantic
county, $3.50, an increase over 1910 OF
1896; Burlington, 74,737, increase of
S,172 over 1910; Cumberland, 59,4S1, in
crease 4,32S; Gloucester, 1857; in
crease 6,219; Hunterdon, 34,607,. in
crease LIPS, the first time this county
has shown an increase in thirty years;
Somerset, 44.123, increase 5.303.
The census is now completed for fifteen
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