Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-08-25
HAGERTY May BE GIVEN
CLEAR FIELD IN RACE
FOR STATE COMMITTEE
Reports Here Clerk Would
Qui t State Committee Race
for Hagerty
CANNON DENIES THEM
Contest Seen as Fight for
Control of County Demo-
cratic Organization
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. rs

NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 25.-
Feelers put out among New Bruns-
\ wick Democrats recently in an eff
<fort to gain expressions OF opinion
regarding the probability of County
Clerk Bernard M. Cannon oppoc!ng
Thomas Hagerty for Membership en-
the Democratic state committee,
have resulted in the impression
that the county clerk will not take
the attitude he has been quoted as
assuming.
Mr.. Hagerty is understood to be
IN the race to stay, and the fact
that the county clerk has been ex-
tremely indefinite in making known
his aims is taken here to mean ttat
he has no serious intention of op-
posing Hagerty. A final decision on
the question is anticipated at the
coming Democratic outing next week
and the field is expected to be left
to Mr.. Hagerty.
1t is well known that there is no
rivalry between the county clerk
and Mr.. Hagerty and the avowed IN
tention of Cannon to enter the com
mittee contest is now understood to
have been merely clever move to
block an attempt on the part OF
the Democratic bloc headed by for
cure the seat on the committee.
Politics in the Democratic ranks
throughout the county are booming
along in great shape these days.
Several petitions have been placed
= in circulation, enough to fill the en-
tire ticket with a few left over be-
sides. New faces are in the field
and it is probable that there will be
the usual period of candidate
shuffling before the official entries
are lined up at the barrier in Sep
tember
Included among the petitions
which have been placed in circula-
, ton recently are those of James
y Murray. of Perth Amboy. rancis
Monaghan of South FAmboy, aEi
Justice of the Peace James Gum
ingham, of New Market, for assem-
bly, pests. Some mention has also
been made of the candidacy of for
mer Assemblymau Fred w. De Voc.
and while no campaign is unG er
way as yet, Democrats here cunfi-
IDENTIFY expect De Voc to be in the
running for return trip to the as
sembly-
Arriving at the freeholders aled.
William Allgair of South River ann
David Perrine of Piscataway town
ship, are seen as the StrcnEeSs men
the party can push forward a. Lres-
ent. Petitions are put for both men.
The old reliable South Amboy can
didates, Patrick Fallon, Daniel De-
laney and Edward j. O'Connor,
have once more girded themselves
for the contest and it is alsc gem
orally understood that Philip Cos
tello of Perth Amboy, aspires to the
county board. Mr.. Costello. how
ever, has no petition in circulation.
Feeling in this city tends to dis
count the strong rumors from Perth
Amboy regarding John w. Kelly's
entrance into the race for either
freeholder or mayor. Rumor has
for some time described Mr.. Kelly
as wavering between the two posts.
But Democrats here think he will
not abandon his business interests
for the sake of either office. Mr..
Kelly is regarded as formidable
contender for either post but the
Impression here is that he will kill
reports in a statement soon to be
forthcoming.
: There have been rumors current
a the past week or so to the effect that
: the county clerk retire in favor of
Thomas Hagerty, a local active
Deocratic worker, who is looked
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