The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-14
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are DOlnq
Kha The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

Taking ABDUL.
Trenton, July 1.-THE date for the
official notification Of President Wilson
Of his denomination has not yet been
liked. State Craftsmanship declared to-
day that the published date Of July -
was Incorrect and he did not know how
that date came to be announced. l have
positive information today from the
Democratic National Committee, he con
tnued, that the date has not been Sc
lected. The notification viii take place
at SHADOW Lawn" Long Branch, the
summer home Of the President, and the
date viii be decided upon by the Ma
tlonal Committee when President Wilson
can arrange to leave the international
matters at Washington temporarily for
this ceremony. The notification will be
given by the committee appointed by the
National Convention, comprising one
Democrat from each State. The New
Jersey member Is Robert 5. Hudspeth.
Of Jersey City.
The State Committee will have charge
Of the general arrangements, as this
State will in d sense be the host Of the
visiting committee and the guardian Of
the ceremony. State Chairman Gross
cup stated today thai the State Commit
tee was ready to proceed with the plans
for the event as soon as the date is Of
icially fixed.
Governor Fielder announced today the
corrected list of the dates of his recep-
lions at the Little White House. or
summer Capitol at Sea Grit. These re-
ceptions viii take place on successive
Fridays. Next Friday he viii receive
the statesmen and politicians from Es-
sex. Morris and Ocean counties. The
rest of the schedule follows:
July p, Bergen, Passaic, Sussex and
Warren counties; July IS, Mercer. Mid
dlesex, Monmouth, Somerset and Union
counties: August 4, Atlantic, Camden.
Cape May, Cumberland, Burlington.
Gloucester and Salem counties; August
II. Hudson and Hunterdon counties.
This schedule was arranged by the
Governor before the Presidents call for
troops. the respective dates being chos-
en- when the State troops from those
counties would be in camp at Sea Grit.
No troops are now at the State Camp
Grounds, but the schedule will be fol-
lowed nevertheless.
This being a presidential year with 4
campaign of unusual Importance. it is
expected that these gatherings viii have
more than ordinary political significance.
At each reception the guests will
gather in the morning and luncheon will
be served in large tents at the Cover
nor's cottage at 1 o'clock. During each
afternoon the event will resolve itself
into a big political pow WOW. With all
the big politicians present from the re-
spective sections of the State, many
booms will be launched and numerous
political plans made.
The Civil Service Commission has
completed its examination of candidates
for membership in the various election
boards throughout the Stae and is now
preparing to certify the names of those
who passed. There are about 1900
election districts in the State, and one
Democrat and Republican are to be ap-
! pointed to each board from the list Of
those certified from the civil service
test. Under the Geran act those ap-
pointed are chosen by lot in the same
way that jurors are selected. the names
being drawn from a box in the presence
of the county judge and the County
Board of Elections.
The Republican and Democratic State
Conventions which will meet in Trenton
on Tuesday, October 8. will have the
important duty of nominating the Presi-
Dental Electors to be voted for on No
vember I. The act of May Is, 1912.
provides that the State Conventions as
now organized under the Geran act shall,
in the year in which a President of the
United States is TO be elected, severally
nominate for their respective parties the
necessary number Of Presidential elect
ors. The number of electors in New
Jersey now is fourteen, or equal to the
number of all the States representatives
in Congress.
The Democratic State Convention viii
meet in Masonic Temple and after
drafting its platform and transacting
other business will nominate the four
teen Democratic electors. The Repub-
lican Convention will be held in the aud
itorium of the Republican Club where
the proceedings will be similar, fourteen
Republican electors being nominated. No
candidates for the position of elector
have yet been mentioned in either party
camp. This honor is always given to
some or the most prominent men IN the
respective party ranks.
All of the nearly 5000 New Jersey
State troops now on the Mexican Dor
der will be disfranchised this fall, ac-
cording to an announcement of Secretary
of State Martin, unless they are sent
back home or the United States actually
comes to a state Of war with Mexico.
1t was thought that all the members of
the National Guard called into the Fed
eral service from this State would have
a vote under an act of 1898 passed dur
ing the Spanish War, and arrangements
we're being made to carry out the
statute. 1t is found. however, that the
privilege of voting in the field cannot
} be exercised unless this country is actu-
ally at war.