The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-15
Stars Vigorous Campaign
Against Proposed Re-
vision Is INDICATED.
OVERWHELMING VOTE
IN ESSEX AND CAMDEN
Public Opinion Voiced in No Un-
certain Manner-FOrt Won
Over East Orange.

Latest election returns from all over
the State confirm the reports of last
night that the proposed amendments to
the State constitution were completely
showed under by the storm of ballots
through which the public registered its
emphatic opposition to any change in
the basic law.
The unanimits with which the amend
ments were turned down, only one, or
possibly two counties in the entire
State voting for them, furnishes a SUI
perh testimonial to the strength of the
campaign which the STAR waged
against them. During the week pre-
| ceding the election the prospective
amendments, with simple explana-
tion of their exact meaning and a sum-
mary of the features which made them
undesirable, was printed in the evening
and morning editions of this news
paper, with the result that a splendid
/ hibJoiity was polleu dbdluSt inciii
| throughout the State. This ge
majorty against the FIVE amendments
reached the astounding total in Essex
county of about 400 out of about
10000 votes cast.
! Camden county, "Davy' Baird's ball
iwick, was good second In the matter
of registered opposition to the amend
ments, with record of about 1000
votes against them to 300 which were
cast in their favor.
The general apathy toward the issue
in this special election. which arose
from the certainty that the proposed
amendments would be decisively de-
feated, was reflected in the lightness of
the poll. only about 10 per cent of last
years registration being polled in New
ark and not over 20 per cent. of the
total vote, according to last years fig-
ures, being cast in the State.
East Orange in Lonesome List.
East Orange, Governor Forts home
] tpNu, SdSe MN tne courtesy OF an
acknowledgement of his personal cam
pa!gn in favor of the proposed amend
ments by going on record in their
: favor. remarkable situation was
presented in Hudson and Atlantic coun-
ties, where the vote was against all cf
the amendments. with an exception If
the fourth which advocated an Increase
in the salaries of the members of the
Legislature from $500 10 $1,000 year.
The Democratic party was on record
ilatly against the amendments, and IN
Newark Democrats had a first legal
opportunity To cast their ballots in Re-
publican primary election boxes, as
these boxes We're used here by order OF
City Clerk james F. Connolly So.
ciaists and Prohibltionists had similar
opportunity. Ballot boxes of every de-
scrptlon were used throughout the
State. In some cases it was necessary
to take the top from them because OF
the bulky ballots. Assistant Attorneys
General Nelson B. Gaskil ruling that
such a procedure was within the law
In some rural districts members of the
corner grocery store club We're forced
to go without their regular rest be-
cause of the fact that all the cracker
poNeS ""o peeH Iequisl'Ioned as oailot
boxes
While it was evident from the out
come that New Idea or Progressive
Republicans must, on the whole. have
heen onnosed m Tho on,end,,erts tt.,a
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was ooi'Pe- "eo' was not oue 10 their