The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
DRYDEN VICTOR; COLBY LOSES.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS HELD ALL
OVER NEW JERSEY.

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tions are that the regular Republican
faction, representing the old machine ele-
ment Of the party. has won q complete VIC
tom In the New Jersey primaries. This
involves the probable reelection Of Senator
John +. Dryden to the United States Senate.
The results,in some counties are slightly
in doubt, but II 10 mot believed that the gen.
eral result will be changed.
Primaries Tor both the Republican and
Democratic @a-tses were held all over
the State yesterday, in connection with
the first day OF registration for the
fall elections. The most important issue
all over the State was the struggle for
control Of the Republican party between
the old machine faction, which supports
Senator John r. Dryden Tor reelection to
the United States Senate at next winters
session OF the Legislature, and the Colbyite
or New Idea element. which aims, in the
first place, at the downfall of the old
machine and the puriRCation Of the politics
Of the State and incidentally at the cleo
ton of George L.. Record Of Jersey City
or somebody else-as Senator, and the
nomination Of Senator Everett Colby OF
Essex county for the Governorship next
year.
The hottest fights were in Hudson and
Essex counties, each Of which returns q
very large dele cation to the Assembly, but
the Colbyites made an organized fight
besides in the counties Of Union, Paseaic,
Morris, Middlesex, Bergen, Bur lington,
Monmouth and Camden.
The polls opened at 1 o'clock in the after
noon and remained open until Q. The work
of counting the votes was then begun. In
the larger counties it proved to be extremely
tedious, and at midnight the results were
still in doubt.
Under the law the Democratic poll officers
take charge of the boxes in which the Demo-
cratic voters deposit their ballots, and the
Republican officers look out for the Republi-
can boxes. Under a ruling Of the Attorney
General, however, all four officers must Co
operate In the count Of the ballots in each
box. This method of procedure naturally
did not contribute to the speed of the count.
COLBY LOSES IN HUDSON.
There seems to be no doub that the
"New Idea" represented by Mayor Pagan
and George L.. Record, was badly beaten in
Hudson county.
At / A. NJ. Secretary of State Samuel ID.
Dickinson, the leader of the regulars in
Hudson county, said there was no doubt
that his wing of the Republican party had
a large majority Of the delegates to the
county convention. This means the nomi-
nation OF twelve regular candidates for the
Assembly. He said the Jersey City con-
ventiOn would also be controlled by the
regulars.
Chief BENJAMIN Murphy Of the Jersey City
police formed the same opinion from the
returns at this time. He was rather more
doubtful about the Jersey City convention
than the county.
The Pagan managers. however, kept on
claiming victory. As late as midnight,
George L. Record said that the New Idea
movement had been successful in Jersey
City and that the Fagan-Colby faction
would elect enough delegates in the outfy-
ing districts to. control the various conven-
tions in Hudson county.
The total to be elected is 800. The re-
turns came in slowly all over the county.
Al midnight the reformers had carried
twentY-three districts and the regulars
twenty-five districts in Jersey City.
The returns received at the headquarters
of the Samuel IL Dickinson Association in
Jersey City indicated that the reformers
had been beaten ? to !: The regulars car
ulars were gene rally victorious in the strong
Democratic wards in Jersey City.
BAYoNNE. Sept. 25.-The Republican
primaries in this city resulted in a sweeping
victory for Col. Samuel D.. Dickinson, the
organization county leader and his fol-
lowers. The Colby-Record-Fagan PROPOSE
ton got a black eye.
As a result of the voting the organization
Republicans will control the full delegation
to the Congressional and county conven-
tions, having elected their entire thirty
three delegates.
BLUE FOR COLBY IN ESSEX.
NEWARK, Sept. 2e.-At 1 O'Clock this
morning only a small part OF the vote had
been canvassed, but the estimates made
by both sides seemed to point toward a
victory for the regular" or Dryden faction.
Contest SoI Rys 'P very c dSss S ME- the 'f bryd iSs
faction claimed a positive victory by a
small margin.
The Republican primaries in Essex county
were the hottest and apparently the closest
in many years. The result was in doubt
for many hours, with Major Carl LentH
and the Colby leaders both claiming the
victory.
Owing to the length of the tickets and
the fact that the election OfhoeB had to
count the votes in a bitter fight for the
Democratic nomination for Mayor OF New
ark the returns were very slo" to come
IN ~
TIE big fight was for the delegates to
the county convention. The aim Of the
Republican organization was to overthrow
the Colby Assembly delegation Of eleven
members, all OF whom are up for renoEina-
ton and all are under pledge not to vote
for John +. Dryden for reelection TO the
United States Senate.
Everett Colby carried his home ward, the
Second of West Orange, by t~wenty-one
votes. The New Idea men carried every
ward in the town. Indications were that
the Congressional fight will be a standoff,
the regulars being apparently ahead in the
Seventh district and the Colby men in the
Eighth district. This will mean probably
hat the present Congressman, r. Wayne
Parker and William II. Wiley, will be Ie-
nominated, although the Colby men in the
Seventh district claimed that JOhn S. Gibson
had beaten Congressman Parker.
The Democratic A ght for the Mayoralty
nomination in Newark is also in doubt
the leading candidates being Edward NJ.
Waldron and Jacob Haussling. The
Waldron men claimed at midnight that
they had broken the power OF the machine,
while the Democratic regulars claimed
q majority Of delegates for HausslinR.
Early this morning Everett Colby, the
New Idea leader, admitted that the issue
was exceedingly doubtful. 1T is a nip and
tuck fight all through the county, he said,
-and II will be some hours yet before the
result will be clearly known. We hope to
win and have every reason TO believe we will.
But il we do not wen start out anew in the
morning and keep up this fight, which is now
at its beginning"
Major Carl Lentz, the leader of the ~regu-
lars" was at Republican headquarters in
high spirits. He said that the returns upto
date clearly indicated a victory for his
faction hnfh in fha otfy and commits oon