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

Trenton, July 5.-While during the
past ten days the state troops have been
responding to the call Of President VIII
son to go to the Mexican border in pre-
parati0n for war with the ~neighboriug
Republic, if Carranza doesn't behave.
preparedness of another kind has been
going on in the political camps of this
state. The primary election is only
twelve weeks away, to be followed by
the general election on November Z, and
with the rapid approach Of these big bat
ties of the ballots the Democratic and
Republican Generals" are getting their
troops" that is to say the party work
ers, ready for the fray. Big drives are
the thing now in military campaigns, and
It viii indeed be a big drive in the New
Jersey political fight. The planning of
the battle lines was begun in earnest
TINS week by the two commanders in
chief, State Chairman Edward L. Gross
cup and Newton A. K. Bugbee.
Following a conference Just held be-
tween Chairman Grosscup and Naval
Ot1cer Wittpenn, it was announced that
Mr.. Grosscup would be reelected State
Chairman at the meeting of the Demo
cratic Committee after the primaries.
This conference not only settled the
question of the State Chairmanship. but
also dispelled the last speck of doubt
that Wittpenn will be the party candi-
date for Governor. Wittpenn now has
the united support Of his party all over
the state, and as it is the privilege of the
Gubernatorial candidate to select his
campaign manager. who will be the State
Chairman, he conferred with Mr.. Gross
cup. 1t is conceded that Mr.. Grosscup
has made a successful state chairman.
He is resourceful, diplomatic and aggres-
sive, as shown by his methods and work
IN past campaigns. Having been picked
by Mr.. Wittpenn for the Craftsmanship,
Grosseup will pilot his party in the
state for the ensuing three years.
Candidate Wittpenn and Chairman
Grosscup went over the plans for the
party organization and aggressive CAM
paign work in each of the q counties.
The Democratic fight will be conducted
from the State Headquarters. IS West
State street, Trenton. Hudson county
will be left largely to Mr.. Wittpenn's
personal management, while Essex coun-
ty will be managed by James r. Nugent.
the county leader. Chairman Grosscup
will visit each county to perfect the or
ganizatiOn and see that the warfare is
actually waged.
As matters now stand in the Republi-
can camp Mr.. Bugbee will be reelected
chairman of the Republican State Com
mlttee. In fact this was conceded to
him at the time he was defeated for the
craftsmanship of the delegation to the
Chicago convention.
Mr.. Bugbee has taken up with several
big state Republican leaders and mem
bers of the Committee the question of
campaign plans, and while they are not
yet saying much about them, it is known
that a program is being mapped out en-
tirely commensurate with the bigness and
supreme Importance of this fight. 1t is
expected that Presidential Candidate
Hughes will speak in this state in an en-
deavor to wrest President Wilson's own
state away from him. With President
Wilson spending the summer in New Jer-
sey and directing his campaign from
Shadowlawn, Long Branch, the Repub-
leans realize the great effort it will take
to carry this state, but they are going to
make the effort. New Jersey will be
looked upon as the Yerdun of the cam
paign. with both parties making the su-
preme struggle to carry it.
Neither party will wait for the cleo
ton of the State Chairman, but will keep
the campaign moving lively from now I'M
til election day. The meeting of the
State Committees for the election of the
chairmen will be held after the primary
election in September at which the new
members of these committees will be
chosen.
The Republican and Democratic state
conventions for the PRONUNCIATION of the
party platforms will be held in Trenton
on Tuesday. October 3. They will be
composed of the holdover Senators. the
candidates for the Senate and Assembly
and the members of the respective State
Committees. In addition, Governor Field
er will be a member of the Democratic
convention and the candidate for Gov
ernor on the Republican ticket viii par
ticipate in that convention.
State Chairmen Grosscup and Bugbee
have appointed the members of the Coun-
ty Boards of Election for this year and
lave filed the names with Governor
Fielder, who issues the commissions to
them. The County Boards of Election
are bipartisan bodies, composed of two
Democrats and two Republicans. The
terms of one Democrat and one Republi-
can on each Board expire each year. and
the places are filed by the appointments
of the State Chairmen.
Chairman Bugbee made new appoint
ments in Cape May. Hunterdon, Ocean
and Sussex counties. in all the other
counties the present members being re-
appointed. On the Democratic list,
Chairman Grosseup made new appoint
ments in Atlantic. Bergen. Burlington,
Cape May and Somerset counties. The
term is two years and begins August 1.
The appointments for Gloucester u
ty are as follows !: Republican,. Hamp-