The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-23
CLANCY WINNER
OF HOT FIGHT
IN THE FIFTH
Victor 10 Three orncred Demo.
cratic Battle by Just Twenty
three Votes.
FREEHOLDERSHIP FIGHTS
IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS
Harrington Defeats HoIzner for
Aldermanic Nomination in
Seventh. "a

One Of the bittereet as'ts in the his.
tory Of the Democratic party was the
freebooter and a'dcrnan.c battle in tn,
Fifth ward. Eugene a. Clancy got tn.
nomination Cor freebooter in q three
cornered fight from Frank a. Foley b,
20 yotes, polling a total of al. John
Francis Cahill. the third man. got IA
voter.
Alderman Michael j.. MCGOWAN, jr.
succeeded in getting denomination from
Michael r. Roche hy u votes. polling
sol TO Eoche's 53I. y. f. P~errvty, the
third man In the race. got la4 votes.
There was no Republican contest
John Callagl1an being chosen for the
fr~eeholder nomination and Michael J,
kneuer being the aldermanio choice.
The fsht was an outcropping of the
old regular and "Waldron" factions
battle and was a test of supremacy.
The organization won.
In the seventh Ward.
In a hard fight the Democratic ma
chine In the Seventh ward succeeded in
dsSeating Alderman Adolph Holsner !oi
denomination, despite the fact that Ma
jofity Leader John e, Sinnott fought
hard for him.
The trick was turned by Cornelius
T. Harrington, who PEELED q vote o,
ever 700, or close % 800 more than
Holxner. Former .chool Commissioner
william H. Lie francis also was a can
dfdat<.
John J. BRADY. the organization man
for the Democratic freei,oldcr nominal
ton, ..olled UP a vote of 900. beating out
Jtf 4 Scanlon by over 400 votes and
ttUfn J. Walsh by 500. Former School
Commissioners George Marley. OH the
Republican ticket for freei1older. beat
Louis, A. Maurcr by moro than $40 Of
the 800 VOTES cast. Francis Mcclure.
the Republican aldernlanic candidate,
had no opposition.
In tl1e First ward there was no con
test FOR tho fr~ee1oldership or alder
marie nomination. the Republicans
choosing Frank L. Ward for the For
r,er and Oliver NJ. Cairns Ger the iHt-
ter position. The Democrats chose
walter Fl, Reds for ~frseholder aud
John II, Holmes for the Common Coun-
Gil. Edward Strous beat his opporen.,
fse1trlck l. Hobson. for t,a Dcma-
cratic nomination for The Board Of
rrreel1hiders III the Second ward tt Il
trqnf6vtable sn,at5rlfs aud viii opros.
Christian l.. Nolz. the Republican noin-
inee. Nho aas without opposition
William Pennington and Michael
Leyeeh. candidates respectively o. the
Democratic and Republican ticket for
Alderman, were without opposition.
ouict IN the Fourth.
There was no contest in the Fourth
Wsrd. Horace r. ITo'corah and Joseph
j. Kerry being tie candidates FOR free
holder and Elmer II. Mount and Michael
i. Mul'in fer a'dorTarlc 1onors.
In the SiSth ward William q. Weigcl
g,t Tie Republican nomination for free
holder. With 9i3 votes. William =.
Dodge. who opposed him, received 491.
The henlocrats renomluated ~Fteeholdel
J6hil j. tis. nor. He poiied a vote of
1,15i In 8 clear reld. In Tho aldcrmsnic
race there Nas q Republican contest
and fiydoiph G. Schasfrolled NJ a vote
Of i.12l, his opponent, Frank Meier, jrA
SUCCEEDED in ~corrslling 800 ballots.
Aldermen Frederick J. Fischer was the
Democratic choice and was renomi-
mated without opposition.
q. o. r.. Fight in Eighth.
In the Eighth ward there were Re-
publican contests for Freebooter and
alderman; George ]. Anthem beating
his opponent. Henry Citing FOR the
county position by over 400 votes. Al
derrnan Charles L.. Whitfield. who is
now hlling an ;iucxpired term in the
Common Council. was rcpominatcl.
beating his opponent. Herman c, Sc
man, by some 500 votes. There was no
fight In thu Democratic ranks, AlcXaa.
der McLagsn being the county candi
date and Walter +. Baker the choice
FOR Alderman
In the\ Eleventh ward there was q
three-cornered Republican fight for the
~fre4hoidtf Nomination. Theodore d.
0ottleib landed the prize, with Enos II.
Harrison a good second and J.. Allen
Conklin third. 1t is a duel for the
Democratic freeholdership nomination,
With Alfred N. Fenwick and Charles J,
Watson running close. The Eighth dis
tfict returns are missing. Fcnwlck, SC
far. leads with se5 ballots, GS more than
Watson. The Eighth district Is ex-
pected TO split even. and this will give
tho nomination of Fcnwick.
Peace 10 the Twelfth.
Eoth parties were at 'pencc in tho
Twelfth ward, Thomas LoefIler. re
publican. ard Freebooter Dennis Toye,
democrat. will fight it out at the polls
FOR The county office. Tho Democrats
rererninated Alderman Albert ", Bier-
tuerhpfel. who will be opposed b.
James II. Taries.
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