The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-06
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are
Doing. What The Political
Leaders Are Talking
About

Trenton, Oct. 4-The issues upon
which the State campaign will be fought
were adopted and promulgated here YES
terday at the Democratic and Republican
State Conventions. The Democratic
convention met at noon in Masonic Tenn
pie, with Senator Henry Z. Ackerson.
Jr., Of Monmouth, as chairman. and
adopted a platform declaring for the re-
election Of Woodrow Wilson as Presi-
dent, asserting that his record justifes
a second term; commencing the State
administration Of Governor Fielder; ar
raigns the Republicans for the large
sums expended in the primary election
campaigns, claiming this sum to be not
less than 100000: claiming reform N
State finances for the Democrats; fay
ors re-assembling the executive power
Of the State in the hands of the Cover
nor elected by the people and RESPONSE
bic TO them. reforming the present con-
ditlon under which two-thirds of the
states revenues are expended by boards
and commissions which are not directly
responsible to the people; declares for
stronger laws for the protection of child
workers; pledging enactment Of an an
-tl-lnJunctlon law to apply where 10
property right is involved; pledging the
Governor and legislative candidates to q
solution Of the pressing problem of re-
building and maintaining the Stase high
ways; endorsing the passage by the
Democratic Congress of the tariff com
mission act; arraigning the Republicans
n the Legislature for their attacks on
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Democrats to a preservation of this sta
tute in all Of its integrity, giving a con-
tinuance Of rule by the people, instead
IF rule By money and privilege; favor
ing the rigid enforcement Of the State
-ivil service law: favoring the extension
IF the agencies for industrial education;
and favoring legislation for upbuilding
md Strengthening the National Guard.
The Democratic convention was
marked by harmony and by great en-
thusiasm for Fl. Otto Wittpenn. the can
lidate for Governor. Wittpenn made a
f~orceful speech in which he declared
that a business government for the State
was not the issue in this campaign, but
whether the Republicans should be per-
nitted to re-establish invisible govern
nent" He was cheered. United States
Senator MARITIME, candidate for r~e-elee-
ton. was present for a part Of the time.
tut did not speak. Governor Fielder
was not a member of the convention and
did not participate in any way.
James r. Nugent, the Essex county
leader. was one Of the main figures in
the Democratic convention. He was
chairman of the platform committee, and
it was largely due to his influence that
the committee defeated the proposition
to insert a woman suffrage plank in the
platform. The committee gave a hear
ing to Mrs. Robert Huse, of Elizabeth.
chairman of the Legislative Committee
Of the organized ~Suffragists, and Mrs. f.
f. Feickert. Of Plainfeld, their presi-
dent. Nugent bitterly opposed their
proposition and the plank was turned
down. Nugent took the ground that the
question was defeated at the polls last
October, and that settled it.
Nngent was also the prime mover in
defeating the effort of Assemblymen
Colgan and Dolan. Of Hudson, to get
blanks ip the platform exempting per-
sonal property to the extent of $1,000
from taxation: taxing the franchises of
corporations: for an investigation Of fire
insurance rates and several other sim
lar questions.
The Presidential electors chosen in
the Democratic convention were: At
large. Governor Fielder and Attorney
General John W. Wescott; First Dis
trict: Joseph W. Nowrey, of Camden:
Second District: +. s. Ware, of Bridge
ton; Third District: DR.. Lawrence Run
Won. Of New Brunswick; Fourth Dis
trict: Richard Stockton, of Trenton:
Fifth District: Gen. Dennis F. Collins,
Of Elizabeth: Sixth District: Col. John
Wildrick. of Phillipsburg; Seventh Dis
trict. Frank VanCleve, of Paterson:
Eighth District: George II. Lambert. Of
Newark: Ninth District: Fred Seymour,
Of East Orange; Tenth District: T. A.
Adams. Of Montclair; Eleventh District:
Frank H Eckert, of West Hoboken
Twelfth District: Thomas J. Maloney-
Of Jersey City.
Unusual party fervor was a feature
Of the Republican State Convention held
IN the auditorium of the Republican
Club. with Senate President George W.
L. Gaunt, of Gloucester county, as
chairman. The watchword of the plat
form adopted is an actual business adj
ministration Of the State government
the same proposition upon which Sena-
tor Edge won the nomination for Gov
ernor. Candidate Edge and Joseph S
Frelinghuysen, nominee for United
States Senator. both addressed the con
v~ention, and stirred the delegates to en-
thusiastie cheers.
The Republican State convention.
began the Republican platform. meets
as a reunited party. with past difference
forgotten and with a patriotic desire Il
see the country saved from humiliation
at home and abroad. and to help restor'
it to its rightful place among the nation
Of the EARTH
The National Republican platform
adopted at Chicago is endorsed: re-af