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messy announcement, enc hata gt
mer Senator James e. e g - aLa
Hennessy was in t AsaHo 10 strei
uously fought Johrso0 % lga " tnfl5
Bergen County appcIltE md oh
questions, and the we're shen ttea4
enemies. Among Z he sees w9-a
Circuit Court JUG faalse : eanT
bell, County judge i
District Court Ju St
Thomas j. Huckin u3 81. a tqs
err; County Charm an Jesse Nocf4 1her-
if Robert Heath, 4n1ctg ~7itesstoF Walr
ter Christie, Surro
Dan Fellows Plat usndje
of the State Comm jss *1e Y, #9eE
Assistant Secreta Democrats
National Commit = an
of the State Board 93u
Conklin, Of the CO 3 ez f5 52et
Norton, postmasts o. Ha sack
Assemblyman Edg Aefae !
Ger Smith, Preisd tns 8aro
of Commerce and fag1a f ae
Senator HEM s0H
years active legisli T7t $3.50
ment declares, Il ua4
for him the favor rgsncsul -be
thinking and pre- 81
the State. The I ooe per
maHent evidence u}i-
ity as a statesma h M 81 apH
esty and efficiency izlpstE u4i
ters for systemat Afa
ces, for removing tnE
through wise tar ceszs sla sj
the elimination of @d a-
in public work, a ha 5es -. tse l4ti
dents of his pub ral5a. at
sure will make Eesea1oat
strong candidate. e#lr as q n
er and debater, ' es ga wF ~
attract independt 15 calsA
would not be tn 1a4
tons in a campaign"
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Much interest was manifested this
week at the State House in the conference
of the Democratic leaders invited by
Governor Fielder. The meeting viii be
held this afternoon at the Democratic
State headquarters on West State St.,
with the Governor presiding. As this let
ter is written in advance of the gather
ing, nothing definite can be said as to the
results. There has been a lot of crit
icism of the meeting, following the
bombshell open letter issued by Lucius T.
Russell, the Democratic President of the
State Tax Board, attacking it. This
criticism has mostly been based upon
the assumption that those at the confer
ence were going to select or at least en-
dorse candidates for Governor, United
States Senators and delegates to the
Democratic National Convention. Friends
of Governor Fielder reiterated today the
AL.L A. -~A1Hsn. r-o1
intended to discuss candidates, but was
called solely to inquire into Democratic
conditions and to bring about party har-
mony, particularly in Hudson County.
Aside from the Hennessy
ment, there has been little change in the
political situation the past week. The
outlook is that with the opening of the
Legislature will come greatly renewed
activity in the political camps, with the
probability that various men who are now
merely talked of as candidates will for
mally throw their hats into the ring.
Since. the big Republican dinner in New
ark last week, Ex-Governor Murphy is re-
garded as already in the United States
Senatorial race. Friends of ex-Gover-
nor Stokes say he will officially an
nounce his candidacy for United States
Senator early in the new year.
There was considerable talk this week
of Senator Read, of Camden, as the Re
publican candidate for Governor, and the
Read boom seems to be taking on a more
solid character. State politicians still
place Read as the Gubernatorial candi-
date on the ticket with Ex-Governor Mlr-
ply as the candidate for Senator.
Senator Walter e. Edge, of atlantic,
and Senator Austen Colgate, of Essex,
are both promoting their booms for the
Republican nomination for Governor.
The campaign has not progressed far
enough to tell where the advantage lies.
IF course, if Murphy becomes an active
pirant for the Senatorship, this would
rk against Colgate's chances for the
,ination for Governor, as he comes
the same county. Summed III, the
bliean situation seems to be that ev-
ifs awaiting the Developments OF
'sIatiVe session to clarity the poll