The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-06
Crowds Cheer Candidates
but Go HOme Without
Knowing Victor.
LIKE wKATzENBACH
Disturbance Reported in
City and Police Found Little
Trouble With Floaters or
Excise Violations. But
Few Arrests Made.

Tens of thousands of men and women
who had stood in Broad and Market
streets for from three to four hours be-
fore the illuminated election bulletin
screens. started for their homes after Il
o'clock this morning convinced that Kat
zenbach, the Democratic candidate for
Governor. was elected by a plurality OF
5000 or more; that the Democrats had
gained one, possibly two, State Senators,
have a small majority In the Assembly,
and that they had carried Newark by 5000
and Essex County by a fair plurality.
At / o'clock the picture of a big hat
was thrown on illuminated screens III
Broad and Market streets with these words
under the pictures: ''Our next Governor. y
Several thousand men and hundreds of
women who had remained in the streets
until that hour started for home. But the
politicians remained in front of the bulle-
tin screens until no more bulletins were
displayed. and there was a big crowd of
men at the Republican County Commit
tee headquarters, though a great many had
gone away before midnight because re-
turns then Indicated a Democratic victory
in the State. Newark and Essex County.
At the Jeffersonian Club house nearly all
the Democratic leaders and candidates in
Newark and the county were gathered,
and up to 1 o'clock they were jubilant.
But at 1:30 o'clock the complexion of the
election returns from South Jersey favored
Fort, the Republican candidate for Cover
nor, and the returns from Newark showed
a large loss In the Democratic vote in COM
parison with the vote by which Jacob
Haussling was elected Mayor last year.
The men at the Republican headquarters,
who had begun to give up hope, were in
spired by the turn of the tide. and when 1T
was figured at 2:30 o'clock that Fort had
carried Essex County by a safe plurality,
that the county clerk candidate was elected
and the eleven Republican Assembly can
didates, also, while Judge Eggers was re-
turned as a member of the Newar Board
of Works. the enthusiasm of the Republic
cans at the county and State headquarters
great. and at 8 o'clock a band of music
was secured and jubilant men paraded be-
hind 1t. cheering for Fort and Eggers and
the other victorious candidates.
At the Jeffersonian Club wild enthusiasm
Of the Democrats began to subside by 2
o'clock. for then late returns from the
State indicated that the contest was close
between Fort and K~atzenbach, and that
the Republicans might elect their AS
sembly candidates in Essex County. Half
an hour later the election of Eggers to
the Board of Works and the defeat of Dr.
IN Gil ~ 1OSAh~
the Democratic election figures.
The only consolation the Democrats had
when they began to leave the Jeffersonian
Club for home at 8 o'clock was that they
had increased their majority in the New
ark Common Council. and that Kat2en-
baeh might be elected Governor by a pIu-
rallty of a few thousand votes.
When the people Of Newark and Essex
County awoke this morning they were
puzzled when they read the newspapers,
for when they went to bed they had heard
that the Democrats had swept the State
and Essex County and Newark by large
pluralities, and they read in the Morn
ing Star that the latest reports indi-
Gated the election Of Fort; that Essex
County remained Republican, electing the
eleven Assemblyman, and that the Re-
publicans will control the next Legisla-
ture. while the New York newspapers
stated that Katzenbach was elected and
that Essex County was close.
Before s o'clock last night crowds
began to gather in groups near the Four
Corners to get a place to stand In Broad
and Market streets to see the election re-
turns displayed on illuminated screens as
they were received at the newspaper Offices.
1t was estimated at 9 O'clock that more
than 10000 men and women were packed
In Broad street watching the STAR screen
on the west side of the street, on which
moving pictures were shown before any
local election returns were received.
though the result in New York city was
displayed early.
An hour later streams of men and womcn
were pouring into Broad and Market
streets from all sections of Newark, and
trolley cars brought many from adjoining
towns. Several thousand people crowded
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west of Broad. between Washington and
Plane streets, thousands more jammed the
streets and watched the Freie Zeituns
bulletins. But the crowd was greatest il
Broad street, especially where the STAE
bulletin screen could be seen.
The crowd was so dense from Mechani,
street to north of Market street that tn,
trolley cars were moved very slowly, ant
the police made q line through the jun OF
the sidewalks SO that people could fore,
their way up and down the sidewalk II
single file.
Early election returns thrown on tn,
screen favored Fort and the Republican
ticket, but later reports from all parts o
the State indicated the election of Katzen
bach. After 10 o'clock this was 1ashe,
on the screen: "Katzenbach elected Gov
ernor by 6,000.' Cheers followed from tn
Democrats in the several big crowds 0
observers.
Though local returns after IL o'clocl
showed Democratic losses in nearly al
election districts in Newark, and a los
Of 400 in Orange, it was repeatedly fiashe
on the screen hat Katzenbach was electe
and that the Democrats had carried Esse
County, electing their Assembly and coun
ty candidates. When people began to 3
home, after midnight, Republicans wer
discouraged and Democrats jubilant.
Early In the night a big crowd of me
gathered in the headquarters of the Reput
lican County Committee at Academy an,
Halsey streets. The first local returns wer
favorable to the Republicans, and this pu
the men In a happy mood. But after
o'clock the reports strongly favored tn
election of Katzenbach in the State an
that he would carry Essex County by
small plurality. Half an hour afterwar
reports favorable to the Democrats wer
coming in, and a good many men left Il
home. After II o'clock. however, return
from Newark indicated that Judge Eggel
would be elected again to the Board {
Works, and that the majority for Katzer
bach in Newark might not be large enoug
] to overcome the majority for Fort in til
Oranges and other parts of the count,
The room in which election returns wer
fcalled out was crowded, but not more tha
seyenty-ive men were in the big assembl
hall. Chairman Alfred N. Dalrymple, {
\ the county committee. was silent whe