Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-10-05
Move for Change in VoIstead
Act Expected to be Leading
Plank of Democrats.
G. 0. P. TO BE OPPOSITE
Republicans, it is Believed,
May Pay no Attention to
the Liquor Question Today
BY Special Correspondent.
TIP ENTON nof

a liberal nature Is expected to be
leading plank to be placed in the
platform which will be adopted here
this afternoon by Democratic state
convention. and n resolution taking
the opposite position or absolute sic
lence on the question are the al.
tentative attitudes looked for IN the
Republican state convention which
is also meeting here today.
The Nugent men from Essex and
the Hague forces from Hudson are
expected here today to present wet"
resolutions for adoption by the cons
vention. 1t is understood they will
be offered as a help to the Demo-
cratic candidates for congress in the
North Jersey districts, such as the
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and
twelfth, all of which are now repre-
sented at Washington by Democrats
except the tenth district
Early talk on what the Republis
cans would do seemed to indicate
that there might be no attention
paid to the liquor question as 1t per-
tains to the enforcement act or any
other phase of the subject. There
are about eight ardent "drys" in the
delegation from Essex county, head>
ed by former Assemblyman George
s. Hobart. of Newark, who has fig-
ured in number of legislative bat.
ties in the past several years on this
issue.
"Wet" and "Dry" Issue.
Although the platform adopted by
the official party state convention.
strictly speaking, has nothing to do
with congressional candidates, being
+ made up usually of state issues mex
ertheless the Democrats believed by
taking a stand on the wet" side in
| their official meeting their congress
sional ticket will receive added im-
petus in the hard fight which is be.
| fore it in the five districts before
enumerated. Conversely, the G.. o.
p. evidently believes that by ignor-
ing the issue today it wall save its
candidates that much embarrass-
ment.
Two middle Jersey districts, the
third and fourth, where of course,
the wet" and dry" question will
be a paramount one from now un-
til election day were also in the
minds of the platform trainers here
early today in considering planks on
this subject.
William II. Bolton, of Morristown,
will likely be the presidential elec-
tor in the fifth district on the Re-
publican ticket. Davd o. Walk q,
VI COuHlN Will TepTeSCnL
the first district. William j. Davis,
of Harrison for the eighth and Geo.
c. Warren, Jr., of Jersey City. the
twelfth; Paul Seglie, West Hoboken.
eleventh; Henry ID. Thompson,
Princeton, fourth district.
The following will be electors or
the Democratic ticket: Mrs. j.
Thompson Baker. second district,
Wildwood; Mrs. Walter Taylor, AS
bury Park, third; Mrs. Mary Fer
nandez. Rutherford. sixth; Miss Ees-
sic Pope, Jersey City, twelfth; for-
mer Judge Charles f. Herr, Newark.
ninth district; DIR. P. M. O'Reilly.
Newark, tenth district.
Following will be the women
members of the resolutions COM
mittee: Mrs. Fl. Otto Wittpenn, Jer-
sey City Mrs. Jos. Summeri'l,
,Woodbur. Miss Sara T. Pollock,
Trenton.
| Selection of Electors.
| Next to the platform considera-
/ tions, the selection of fourteen
presidential electors by each con-
vention will be the most important
business of the day. One elector
will be picked by each party for
every congressional district and two
from the state at large.
Much interest was manifested this
morning before the convention in the
women candidates for the legislature
who have seats and votes in the Of
fetal conventions this afternoon.
There are three in Republican
convention, Miss Caroline II. Brook
field, who is the G. o. p. candidate
| for state senator in Warren county,
Mrs. Jennie c. Van-Ness and Mrs.
Margaret B. Laird. both Republican
assembly candidates in Essex coun-
ty. Four delegates in the Democratic
gathering are candidates for the as
sembly in their respective counties,
as follows:
Mrs. Laura D. Bradshaw, Bergen:
Mrs ID. S. Irving. Camden; Miss
Gertrude Sterling Muller, Ocean. and
Miss Nellie A. NJ. Cook, Union.
In addition, Mrs. Lillian f.
Feickert. of Plainfield, vice chairman
/ of the Republican state COMMITTEES.
is taking an active part in today's
session. being assisted by number
/ of Republican women who are in the
state organization. The roll of the
Democratic convention includes Mrs.
| Philip McKim Garrison, of Essex,
! Mrs. Fl. Otto Wittpenn, Hudson. Mrs.
Joseph J.. Bodine, Mercer, Mrs.
Walter Taylor. Monmouth, and Mrs.
Trueman NJ. Clayton. Salem, who
/ form the women members of the
campaign committee appointed some
time ago. Mrs. H. \. Simmons, of
| Elizabeth, was also present to-
/ day. She is the head of the De-
mocratic women. Prior TO the De-
mocratic convention today, Mrs. Witt
penn. who is the women member of
| the Democratic national committee
from New Jersey. conducted a meet
/ ing of party women at which plans
for the campaign were discussed.
| Both conventions were scheduled
/ to affect their temporary organiza-
! tions at noon, at which time Re-
publican State Chairman Stokes ard
Democratic State Chairman Nc
/ Donald mounted the roStrums in the
Republican Club and the Democra+lc
League, where the delegates as
lsembled. and raped for order. One
colored man has a place in the Re-
/ publican convention as a fully ao-
credited delegate. He is DR.. Walter
G.. Alexander. a candidate for the \
assembly in Essex county. Since the!
establishment of the present system
of state conventions in 1911, under
the Geran Act, this is the first time
member of the race has had =
place in either party gathering.
Alexander was nominated at the Re-
publican primaries as he was year