The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-29
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

campaign for the election next Tuesday.
Led by Governor Fielder and State Chair
man Grosscup, the Democrats have direct
ed their fighting in those counties IN which
Senators are to be elected in a special eff
fort to win the Senatorships and to carry
the Assembly tickets. Governor Fielder
will spend Friday evening at the home of
State Treasurer Grosscup at Wenonah,
and on Saturday viii begin his tour of
Burlington County in the interest of the
election of j. Mercer Davis, of Mount
Holly, as Senator. and G. Craig Tallman,
a dairy farmer of Manifold Township, as
Assemblyman.
Governor Fielder said today that in all
the places in the several counties in which
he has been campaigning, the meetings
were well attended and much interest was
shown. State Chairman Grosscup pre-
diets that the Democrats will elect the
majority of the Assemblymen and will
make a good showing in the Senate fights,
thus controlling the Legislature on joint
ballot. The Democratic leaders base their
prediction of victory uDon what they claim
to be the trend of the country toward
President Wilson and his policies, as the
result of his successful handling of the diff
hcult international questions. Under the
auspices of the various county committees,
the Democratic campaign has been vigor-
ously prosecuted, and the leaders declare
the result viii be victory:
Governor Fielder has appointed the fol-
lowing i've Senators as the State Canvass
ing Board to canvass the vote of the spec
ial election on October 10 on the eonstitu-
tional amendments Ackley, of Cumber-
land Ackerson, of Monmouth and Hen
messy, of Bergen, Democrats and Small
ey, of Somerset; and White, of Burling-
ton, Republicans. The Board viii meet
at = o'clock p. NJ. on Friday, November
), to determine the exact vote for and
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amendments. The results will be filed in
the Office of the Secretary of State. Had
any of the amendments been adopted, it
would have been the duty of Governor
Fielder, after this determination of the
State Canvassers, to issue a proclamation
declaring the constitution claimed, and the
amendment then would have become a
part of the Constitution.
Governor Fielder on Friday evening
next, October 20, will present to Marvin
Porch, aged IA years, of Clayton, the
medal awarded to him by the Panama
Pacific Exposition Commission for being
the champion corn grower in New Jer-
sey. The presentation viii take place at
the Convention of the Allied Sunday
School Association in Kemble Memorial
Methodist Church in Woodbury..
Young Porch was awarded the medal
because he raised 1876 bushels Of corn on
one acre of land, the largest reported
yield in this state. The Panama-Pacific
Exposition Commission awarded the medal
upon the recommendation of the UniverS-
al Corn Convention. The time for the
presentation by Governor Fielder was
fixed by State Treasurer Grosscup, of
Wenonah, because of the large number of
people who would be present at the Sun
day School Convention. Mr.. Grosscup
took charge of the matter, as the NC
cessful boy lives in his home county. The
presentation viii take place at 7.30 O'Clock.
At $50 O'Clock the Governor and State
Treasurer will review the Sunday Schol
Association parade.
Those persons and newspapers who are
stating that it viii be seven years before
the woman suffrage question can again
be submitted to the people of this state,
have a -miSconceptiOn of the provision of
the constitution. Is a matter of fact, the
equal suffrage amendment may be sub
mitted to the electorate again in 1920,
provided, of course that it be passed by
the two Legislatures Immediately pre-
ceding that date. 1t has been said many
times since the election October 10 that
it could not be submitted again until
1922.
The provision of the constitution it
that mo amendment or amendments shall
be submitted to the people by the Legis-
lature oftener than once in five years.
This still holds, because the voters last
week defeated the proposed amendment
providing for the submission of amend
ments oftener than once in five years. II
the s~uffragists desire, therefore, they may
have their resolution introduced into the
Legislatures of 1919 and 1920, and if
they pass it, it can be voted upon in the
fall of 1920.
Former Senator William G. Gebhardt,
Of Hunterdon County, now Supreme
Court Clerk, declares that when the
woman suffrage amendment Is submitted
again at the end of five years it will be
adopted almost unanimously. He says
there is no doubt but hat it was defeated
last week by the liquor vote, the foreign
born voters and the saloon hangers on"
He bases this prediction upon the pro-
gress on the question during the past three
or four years. He said:
why when l introduced the first
woman suffrage resolution in the Senate
four years ago, / was regarded as a cur
iosity, and it only got three votes, two
others besides mine. Last week it re-
ceived more than 100000 votes at the
polls. Three years age it would not have
received 10000 votes. Such progress
shows that it will be adopted almost I'M
animously five years hence"
The total vote on each of the three
proposed amendments last week was as
follows Equal suffrage, 131,9l1 for, and
1929 against majority against, 5O.312.
Easier method of amending the consti-
tuition, for 11S,0S4; against 131 1853 ma
jority against, 1920.
Excess condemnation of land for public
improvements, for 10S,430; against 49,
ST; majority against, Ss,477-
The total vote on the m suffrage
question was 314,134, by far the largest
in the history of the state on a referen-
dun on constitutional amendments or
similar special questions. Last November
the average vote for Assembly in the state
was 374.SS6, and the s~uffragists and their
adherents came only so, 752 votes behind
that figure. That is the best showing
ever made in such an election.
Another feature of the equal suffrage
election is the very great interest being
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