, 1903-11-11
A Review of the Election in the
Four Lower Counties of New
Jersey.
From the Elmer Times.

From the Elmer Times.
The result of the election i'll Salem
county is hardly an occasion for surprise.
This county seems to be normally Re-
publican by a small majority. Last
year there was considerable detection in
Republican ranks from various causes,
chief among which was the opposition
TO Congressman Loudenslager, who lost
the county by 24l votes. This detection
coupled with other causes gave the
Democratic candidates the inside track
and while Harris, for Assembly, recely-
ed only % votes more than Barraclif1,
his Republican opponent, ii put him i'll
the race again this year and after having
him in the Legislature a year, his par
tisan friends were exceedingly anxious
10 give him "a second term. Last Tues
day he polled the normal Democratic
vote and perhaps a little more, but that
is not enough to elect in this county.
He ran well in his home section. The
victorious candidate, Thomas E. Hunt,
was entitled to his party vote. He made
a complimentary showing where he
was best known and will doubtless serve
the county acceptably.
IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
Gloucester county was a centre of
political warfare. The L~oudenslager
forces were pitteG against }. Boyd Avis
without good cause in addition to the
Democratic party opposition, but their
determination to defeat him and teach
David Watkins a lesson at the same
time was apparent in every stage of the
game aud gave the Democrats aid, COM
fort and hope, but the opposition proved
less effective than was expected and
Avis went through with $50 votes to
spare. Wilson, Republican candidate
for Coroner, won with 1000 votes to
spare, $50 more than Avis. The vote
for Coroner is usually conceded to repre-
sent the normal party vote i n an election,
so that the $50 Wilson secured in excess
of Avis probably represents the sum of
the yotes influenced against Avis by
members of his W party. 1t is pre-
sumed that Mr.. AVIS will be made
speaker of the next Housed OF Assembly.
CAPE MAY COUNTY.
While the fight was hot in Gloucester
county it was hotter in Cape May
county. Senator Robert Hand, who has
always been dominated very largely by
the L~oudenslager influence, was defeat
ed for a denomination for Senator after
having been IGNORED with good political
berths for a II lmber of years. He and
a number of his followers at once eXhib-
tied a determination to defeat Assembly
man Lewis Crosse, of Ocean City, for
the Senatorship to which he had been
nominated. The State leaders used al
most every known method of persua-
sion 10 swing Hand into line but he
baked. 1t was generally believed that
the influence of both Congressman Lou
denslager and United States Senator
Kean leaned strongly in favor of Re-
publican defeat in Cape May county.
While it gave Hand the sought for re-
venge, it was supposed to be a blow to
a rising opposition to the re election OF
u. S. Senator Kean and it was also fur
ther figured that Democratic victory
would strike an effectual blow at the
rising supremacy of Chancery Clerk
Edward Stokes, who is in the way of
the aspirations of several other political
lights. Hand went under, however,
with whatever he represented and is a
dead duck politically. SenatOr-elect
Crosse and Assemblyman-elect Hildreth
are both men of more than ordinary
capabilities. Last year Crosse, for AS
sembly, received about 200 more votes
than his Democratic opponent. This,
the opposition cut down about 500 this
wear.