The Penn's Grove record., 1916-09-29

day, October 20, and Saturday, the
21st. Irving S. Cobb will be here Octo-
Der % and 20. Ex-Governor Walsh will
speak in New Jersey on October 20 and
21st. The places in which these big
men win speak have not yet been ar
ranged.
One of the interesting eleventh-hour
features of the primary campaign was
the controversy inspired by the endorse
ment given United States Senator Jas.
e. MARITIME for denomination by Con-
gresham Thomas ]. Scully, of Middle
sex county. Congressman Scully de-
clared that MARITIME was clearly entitled
to denomination. 81 am for MARITIME,
and l hope he WINS" he said.
As Scully was the only big Democratic
leader to declare for MARITIME, his stand
occasioned considerable lively comment.
The Scully declaration drew the fire of
Lawyer Frank NJ. McDermit, of New
ark, a rival Democratic candidate for
United States Senator. MeDermit's
statement lined Scully up against Presi-
dent Wilson, whom he implied wal back
of the candidacy of Attorney General
HtoNpAb~ OOhSANSSmdA RSulg lOOh "a
ception to certain newspaper articles,
which he claimed were inspired, and
which alleged that he was giving ''covert
support" to MARITIME. Scully insisted
that he never was with Wescott, and at
tackled the Attorney General for his
activities in the murder trials growing
out Of the fatal shooting of strikers at
Roosevelt, Middlesex county. Attorney
General Wescott appeared for the State
in those trials and was paid $500 adj
ditional to his salary of $500, the law
compelling the Middlesex Freeholders TO
pay his bill for that amount. Scully
also attacked Wescott for going ont
side Middlesex county to get his jury
in those trials, claiming this was an in
suit to the citizens of Middlesex.
Attorney General Wescott issued a
hot reply, pointing out that he was sent
into Middlesex county in those cases by
the Court, and had no other course but
to obey.
The hospitals of Monmouth County
just received a gift of $500 from
President Wilson, whose summer home
at Shadow Lawn is in that county. This
was the amount which the President
thought he should pay for the rental of
Shadow Lawn, but Capt. Il. J.. Green
hut, the owner of the magnificent sea-
shore estate, refused absolutely to ac-
cept any rent, stating that the use of
the place was a gift to the President.
Presiden Wilson then decided to give the
rental money to the hospitals.
Headquarters for all the county COM
mittees provided at State expense, is the
proposition being made by Peter a.
Kuhn, chairman of the Bergen County
Republican Committee. "Then county
committees" he says, "are provided for
by State laws, and I believe the State
should also provide the quarters for
these committees"
He says he will sndeavor to have such
a bill introduced in the next Legislature.
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Opponents of former Governor Frank
Murphy in his campaign for the
United States Senatorship, have dug up
a political declaration or political
creed" issued by Murphy seven years
ago. and are using it against him. In
that declaration Murphy took a decided
stand against the direct primary law, the
election of United States Senators by IL
rect vote of the people, and other pro-
g~ressive principles. The "creed'' was is
sued just after the G. o. P, led by Muir
ply and the other stand patters, had
routed the progressive wing led by Gov
ernor Fort. Ex-Governor Murphy de-
the repeal of the direct
primary act; declared against the Ii
election of United States Senator's:
expressed doubt about the good of the
civil service law and defended contribu-
tons to campaign funds by all Office
holders. from judges down.
In other words. Murphy, who was then
chairman of the Republican State Com
slammed all the progressive
that the Progressivss have COM
PEELED the Republican party to adopt.
With Murphy's ~stand-pat record and
former Senator Frelinghuysen's legisla-
tive record and present stand for pro-
g~ressive principles. the outcome of this
attack on Murphy will be interesting.