The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-28

ton or slogan on the primary ballot. As
his committee on vacancy he names John
G. Ernst, of Toms River, Ocean county f;
Samuel w. Kirkbride, of Asbury Park,
representing Monmouth county, and John
Pfeiffer, of Maurer, for Middlesex coun-
ty. Ravens was the Republican candi-
date for Congress two years ago against
Thomas j. Scully, Democrat, who was
elected. The AIiddleseX county Republi-
cans are booming Robert Carson, of New
Brunswick, for Congress and if he runs
there will be a hot primary contest. Mr..
Carson is a former collector of the Port
Of Perth Amboy.
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Looking forward to their next cam
paign in 1920 for a constitutional amend
ment giving women the ballot in this
State, the s~utfragists are preparing to
unite under one head in order to unity
and give more force to their work. The
Women's Political Union of New Jersey,
which had its headquarters in Newark,
has united with the New Jersey Women
Suffrage Association, of which Mrs. Il.
Z. Feickert, of Plaintield, is president.
The ~sutfragists say that with one organi-
zation instead of two they will avoid a
scattering of efforts and will make their
campaign more effective.
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A committee of seventy citizens of Jer-
sey City has been formed to promote the
campaign of Senator Walter Il. Edge for
the Republican nomination for Governor
in Hudson county. 1t is headed by Mar
shall EanWinkle and Marcus Higgin-
botham, prominent citizens of Jersey
City. Senator Austen Colgate, of Essex,
the rival Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, is said to be strong in Hudson
county, where the huge Colgate soap and
perfume works are located. and this ac-
ton of the Edge forces in carrying the
battle into the enemy's country is re-
garded as significant. That Edge will
run strong outside of Hudson and Essex
is admitted, and if he can capture a
good proportion of the votes in those
two counties his nomination is assured.
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New Jersey occupied a front rank
position in the Prohibition National Con
vention at st. Paul. MINI, last week,
through the nomination of Dir. James
Gilbert Mason, Of Metuchen. Middlesex
county for President. In the ballot
which nominated Ex-Governor j. Frank
Hanley, of Indiana, for President, DR..
Mason was given ten votes. DR.. Mason
was the Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor of this State in 1913 and made a
most aggressive campaign.
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The election of Edward c.. Brennan, of
Hudson county, last week as president
of the New Jersey League of Republi-
can Clubs is regarded as a victory for the
Yerdon faction Of the Hudson county
Republicans. Brennan is "A Yerdon man
and the anti-Verdon Republicans in Hud-
son are incensed at the result. They
claim that neither faction should have
been recognized in this manner.
The Supreme Court has just handed
down an important decision in the pro-
ceedings to test the recent commission
government election in West Hoboken.
The Court rules that the Walsh act was
not adopted ut the election. Its decision
S that the words for members of the
General Assembly are merely descrip-
rive in that provision of the Walsh act
requiring Il favorable 30 per cent. of the
votes east at the last preceding election,
Tor d town to adopt the act.
The act now requires" says the Court,
thirty per cent. of the total number of
legal ballots cast in such city at the last
general election for members Of the As
Immediately preceding the submis-
sion of the act
This is very different the opinion
from thirty per cent. OF the votes
cast for members of the Assembly. as re-
luired by the act Of 1911 before the
amendment was adopted"