New-York tribune., 1909-09-29
PRIMARY LAW TESTED
Ner Jersey VOters Apathetic IN Use
of NeSC Statute.

-ne Republican and Democratic voters Of New
-, made their own nomina tons of candidates
a. once ~ the open primaries yesterday. and
- she FIRST time selected the members of their
.,,,tv committees. which will conduct the cam
-, FOR the election OF the candidates chosen at
- ,rirnaries Although it was only after the
,-5est kind Of a fight with the bosses of Both
..-tes that this piece Of progressive legislation
ss placed on the statute books. the voters. as a
bole failed 10 show any great interest in the
,se Of the new power placed in their hands. and as
rss,lt the machines. except in Hudson County,
bere the New idea men were successful. retained
,lsIr hold on both parties.
In Jersev City. for instance. where the contest
,o- +be Republican nomination for Mayor between
,,ark NJ Pagan and James w. Mccarthy was
keen not much more than 80 per cent OF the citi-
ems voted at the primaries. Pagan looked like
,te winner early this morning. Even in Es-
cav County. the hotbed OF progressive Republi-
-,risn the total vote showed a big falling off
,-op that Of last year. In some OF the smaller
,o,nties OF the state. such Burlington. Hunter
don and Sussex, there was big jump in the
ruuber of voters who went 20 the primaries IN
COMPARISON with last year. hut this increase was
sue 70 the fact that there were no contests in
.bese counties year ago.
IN only eleven OF the twenty-one counties OF
.he state were there contests for nominations
~ for members Of the county committees and in
only four OF these counties was the fight between
.be progressives and the regulars. the contests IN
.be other seven being between factions which
stood for the same thing.
There were more contests among the Republicans
than among the Democrats. In Essex Hudson
.pnd Passaic the bosses of both parties had fights
m their hands. The contest among the Democrats
IN Essex against the leadership of eN-United
States Senator James Smith Jr.. the Democratic
boss of the state. while the Republican contest
vas against the. leadership OF Alfred y Dalryn-
PIE who hacked by Ex-Governor Franklin
Murphy, chairman of the Republican State Com
miytee. Both machines won easily. however.
There was biz vote I'm Passaic County how
eer. where DR.. John n. NPrince, Speaker Of the
last House and a professor Of languages at COL
umbis, the regular candidate for the Republ-
can nomination for Senator against Assenblyman
James G. Bauvelt. who was backed hv the New
ldea men Al earlv hour this morning the re-
suit was still in doubt. With the chances favor
ing Dr.. Prince. II Is probable that the result will
not be known definitely until the entire vote Of
the county is heard from. John ]. Hinchlife had
difficulty in defeating his opponent for the
Democratic nomination for Senator.
The New Idea men say they have won every
Thing in Hudson. the county committee
NsTk NJ Fsgan was nominated for Mayor of Jer-
ssy CITY and George Gonzales. the New Idea can
didste for Mayor Of Hoboken. was also . winner.
"Lsrry" Pagan the anti-rnschine candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Mavor. also won. In
nsticas snd county committees
Walter z. Edge was nominated by the Republi-
cans for the Assembly by large primary vote.
General Bird " Spencer was nominated for Mayor
by the Republicans Of Passaic. Mrs Mills. who
wanted the Republican nomination for Board Of
Education in Montclair. was probably defeated by
q small majority.