The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-14
SOCIALIST VOTE.
Increase in It and a Fall
ing OF Of the
Prohibitionist.

OF the vote cast at the recent election
for candidates other than those of the two
great political parties, the most interest.
ing features are the surprising increase IN
the number Of Socialists and the falling
off of the Prohibition vote. Incidentally
it might be mentioned that between the
two Socialist organizations that of wilch
Frederick Kraft is the organizer In the
county has shown its supremacy BY the
returns over the old Socialist Labor parry
with which exAssemblyman jacob is
identified.
Of the vote cast for Charles H. Vail the
Socialist candidate for Governor. he re-.
eeived COS in Jersey City, of which 1T were
cast in the Eleventh ward and 255 in the
Twelfth ward The highest number cast
for him in any other ward Of this city was
in the Seventh. where 81 votes were polled
Frank H. Wilson, the Socialist Labor
candidate for the same office, received but
1sl votes in Jersey City and 81 in Hoboken,
while Vail in the latter city secured lsl
Wallis vote in the other municipalities
was:-Bayonne. %: West Hoboken, 1870;
Town of Union, IL; North Bergen, ~;
West New York. 81; Gutenberg, 30; Wee
hawken, IS; West Hudson, 12l; Secau-
Gus, s.
Wilson's vote in the municipalities out
side of those mentioned above was
Bayonne, Is: West Hoboken, 106; Town Of
Union, A; North Bergen, 40; West New
York, Is; Gutenberg, IS; Weehawken, 50;
Secaucus. 4; West Hudson, p.
The Prohibition vote for Joel Brown
for Governor was:-Jersey City, 14s; Ho-
boken, 20; West Hoboken, 49, Town of
Union, Ii; North Bergen. g.; West New
York, /; Weehawken, A; Secaucus, 2;
West Hudson. IS.
For Surrogate, Carl Pankopf, the So
cialist cand ate, received 1890 votes;
George P. iHerrschafts Socialist-Labor,
591, and VIM. E. Taylor, Prohibitionist,
25s
William Taylor and Albert Muller, So
cialist candidates for Boulevard Commits
sioners, received 1926 and ,321 votes re-
spectively, and Daniel Black and George
Gilcher of the Prohibition party, candi-
dates for the same office, received 21s and
215 votes respectively.
Henry R. Kearns, the Socialist candi-
date for State Senator, received 1892
votes; Thomas Jacob, Socialist-Lapor,
candidate for the same office, $50; Theo.
w. Burger, Prohibitionist, 2S3.
For the Mayor of Hoboken, Gustav
Ewald, Socialist, received 124 votes and
Abraham B. Herschmann, Socialist-La-
Dor, 49,. OF Ewalds vote 2S were cast
in the First ward, 10 in the Second. 80 in
the Third, 46 in the Fourth and 10 In the
Fifth Herschmann received 13 in the
First ward, 8 in the Second, p in the
Third SO in the Fourth and in the Fifth.
For City Treasurer of Hoboken r. Hurst
Socialist, received 135 votes, and G: B.
Topper, Socialist-Labor. &c. Ernest Fish
er, Socialist received 1873 votes for Water
Registrar, and Lustan Widemeyer, So
cialist- Labor, 80 votes for the same office
William Raumschessel, Socialist candi-
date for Recorder. received 135 votes, and
Arthur Mende, the candidate of the So
calist-Labor party, for the same office
got 80 votes in Hoboken.
The vote of Pankopf, the Socialist cam
didate for Surrogate, was divided as fol-
lows:-Jersey City, First ward, II; Sec
ond, 1S; Third. Il; Fourth, 4; Fifth, 10;
Sixth. 49, Seventh, 81; Eighth, IS; Ninth,
Is; Tenth, %; Eleventh, 1872; Twelfth, 2S4.
Hoboken, First ward, Is; Second, 10;
Third %; Fourth, As; Fifth, ID; Bayonre,
20; West Hobolren, 1856; Town of Union,
III; West Hudson, III; North Bergen, 4s;;
Gutenberg. 80: Weehawken, Is; West
New York, 81; Seeaucus, s; East New
ark, s.
Herschafft's. the Socialist Labor candi
date. vote for the same office, was:
Jersey City-First ward, Is; Second
ward, g. Third ward. 8; Fourth ward, 3;
Fifth ward, g. Sixth ward, 4; Seventh
ward, 81; Eighth ward, II; Ninth ward, I:
Tenth ward. 49,: Eleventh ward, 80;
Twelfth ward, A. Hobolxen-First ward,
Is; Second ward, 8; Third ward, %:
Fourth ward, SO; Fifth ward, 8. Bay
onne-17. West oTIboken, 107. Town OF
Unlon, 81 West Hudson, 2S. North Bel
gen, 40. Gutenberg. 49, Weehawken, Al.
West New York. Is. secaucus, A.
wm Taylor, Prohibition candidate for
Surrogate received 142 votes in Jersey
City, IA in Hoboken, Bayonne II; West
Hoboken. 22;; Town Of Union, %; North
Bergen. 6; Gutenberg. 5: Weehawken, 4
West New oYrk, l; secaucus, 2; West
Hudson IS.