The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-05
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
What The State Officials Are Doing.
What The Political Leader Are
Talking About.

Democratic delegation to the National
Convention at st. Louis, the Republican
delegation to the Chicago Convention
had a lively tilt over the question Of per-
manent Orgaoxzation. The Old Guard
controlled the Republican delegation to
the extent Of preventing the election Of
State Chairman Newton A. X. Bugbee, Of
Trenton, a Stokes man, as chairman.
Mr.. Bugbee and David Baird, the well
known South Jersey leader, were the
rival candidates for chairman. After Il
spirited struggle, the delegation by the
vote Of seventeen to eleven, decided not
to organize until they reach Chicago
about June g..
State Chairman Bugbee, who is one
Of the Big Four" called the meeting
to order in the auditorium Of the Repub-
lican club at noon. John |. Blair Reilly.
Of Warren County, secretary Of the
State Committee, was made temporary
secretary. Alfred h. Leuckel, of Tren-
ton, nominated Mr.. Bugbee for perman-
ent chairman. Then it was moved that
the nominations close, this being a strike
at the Baird forces. This precipitated
a warm discussion, and Ira A. Kip, of
Essex, another Big Four" man, raised
the point that the meeting had not voted
to organize. The motion to close the
nominations was defeated by the vote of
seventeen to ten.
The Bugbee men then renewed their
efforts to elect their man. Delegates
Lord, of Essex, and Cozarth, the colored
man from Atlantic, the two Roosevelt
men, strongly opposed any delay in or
%ganizing. Cozarth insisted that to post
pone action was going back to the -'old
boss methods that had nearly wrecked
the party. Mr.. Leuckel also claimed
that there was no reason for p~osptoning
organization.
Mr.. Baird, Hamilton f. Kean. of In
ion; and Mr.. Kipp, of Essex, led the
fight for postponement until Chicago was
reached.
1t was significant that Mr.. Bugbee
received the support Of Verdan dele
gates of Hudson County. Former Gov
ernor Franklin Murphy was present as
a spectator and was given the privilege
of the floor. He ~said~that as far as bis
experience went, he had never known a
Republican delegation to a National Con-
vention to organize permanently before
they arrived at the seat Of the conven-
ton. While no direct sentiment was
manifested as to the choice of candi-
dates for President, the majority of the
delegates seemed to favor Supreme Court
Justice Charles f. Hughes.
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The Democratic delegation selected
Governor Fielder as its chairman and
also gave to him the honor of nominat-
ing President Woodrow Wilson for a
second term at St. Louis. The New
Jersey Governor. therefore, will have the
privilege of making the speech that win
place the name of President Wilson be-
fore the big gathering of Democrats.
The Democratic delegates met at .
o'clock in the rooms of the Democratic
League on State street and were called to
order by State Chairman Grosscup. Be
sides the selection of the Governor as
chairman, they made Attorney General
John W. Wescott. of Camden. vice
chairman: Motor Vehicle Commissioner
William L.. Dill, of Paterson, secretary
of the State Committee, secretary. and
Mr.. Grosscup, treasurer.
The delegation made the following Sc
~lections for the New Jersey members
Of the committees of the National Com
%vention: Resolutions or platform COM
mittee. james r. Nugent, of Essex.
- AAtA NEHRhN1N " tut 1EcllEAis u
now one of his supporters: permanent
organization. Congressman Thomas J..
Scully. of the Third District; rules com
mittee, United States Senator William
> Hughes; credentials committee. Charles
Il. Mcdonald, of Monmouth County.
The New Jersey delegation at st.
Louis will be stationed at the Planters
{ Hotel where about 40 rooms have been
Z Facarva1 for +bo T0r-a--,c,
State House Custodian John A. Smith
r and the State Printers. the MacCrellish
& Quigley Company, of Trenton. set a
new record this year for the publication
I of the new laws. The bound copies of
2 the laws were distributed last Saturday.
: or a little less than one month after the
final adjournment of the Legislature.
The State Economy and Efficiency
Commission. Of which Senator Edge is
chairman. has taken up the question OF
f broadening the 'state USE system by
which goods for the use of the state in
situations are made in the State Prison
and Reformatories. The Commission will
plan for more cooperation between the
/ Boards Of Managers Of the institutions in
this matter.
It has been discovered that the word
general was omitted from the new law
; changing the Geran election act so that
; personal registration shah not be requir-
ed in municipalities Of less than 10000
I inhabitants. and this may bar many vot-
; ers from voting at the primaries in Sep
TENDER unless due diligence be exercised.
Because of this omission the registry
lists for the September primaries will. it
r is claimed. have to be made up from the
presidential election Of last week. As it
stands. the new law provides that the
5 registry lists shall be made up of the
names of all persons whose names an
; pear upon the poll books of their dis
l triets as having voted '.at the last pre-
ceding election"