Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-09

seventeen years, during which the ne
publicans held sway. With but n eA-
ception, the Democrats swept the VII
lage. Dr.. Wilson ran away anead OF
his ticket and Congressman-elect wal
ter /. Mccoy in his home village showed
his popularity by defeating Major
Wiley overwhelmingly, getting 6ss
against APT. Peter ]. Herman was the
lone Democrat to lose out. His OPP
ponent won a seat in the County Board
of Freeholders. Walter A. Evans was
returned to office by q 153-yote margin.
Normally South Orange Village gives
q G.. o. p. majority of about 200, while
In the township the Republicans usual
ly carry it by at least 800 to spare.
Yesterday, however, the It'd was
turned completely about, Lewis getting
a plurality of 1863 in the village and l6s
in the township. Maplewocl l, he Sec
ond district in the township, always
heretofore a Republican stronghold,
cut Lewis and Wiley numerically,
| Wilson running 81 ahead of his ticke
and Mccoy Is.
In the village the Democratic ticket
carried all three districts by safe mar
gins, while in the township Maplewood
went Republican except for the CUB
ernatorial choice by So, and in Hilton,
the second district, the aggregate Re-
publican majority was 3.
Freebooter Walter A. Evans, In order
to be reelected, ran far ahead of the
other Republican candidates. He was
high man on the ticket in every dis
trict in both village and township. His
credits reached into the hundreds, while
his opponent Peter j. Herman, was cut
in all districts. Herman received a
majority in but one district in the vii
lage, the third, in which ne resides,
This he carried by 16 to spare, getting
1879 to Evans's 1873.
In both village and township the
proposition for the law reducing the
number of Freeholders was carried, while
the village went on record against the
county civil service act and the town.
ship favored it.
l. For register j. Harry Hull. the Dem
ocratic candidate, carried a plurality Of
1874 over Thomas p. Alworth in the viii
lage, and Edward Schickhaus, the Dem
ocratic choice, polled 696 votes. against
sos for Fred l.. Baldwin. The Demo-
cratic Assembly carried the village by
a difference of 79S to 484.
William H. Kemp, Republican, was
returned to the Township Committee,
being Endorsed by the Democrats. The
vote in the township for other local
officers follows: For two surveyors of
highways, Eugene Harrison, Republl-
can, 1853; Edward L. Crowell, Republi-
can, $50, unopposed. For poundmaster,
Randolph A. Gardner. Republican,
$50, and De Witt Smith, 220. For JUS
tice of the peace, Julian Leadbeater,
Republican, 1853, n Robert d. Brewer,
Republican on Democratic ticket, 2S2.
For constable, George w. Howard, en-
both tickets. 577. The total vote polled
for Mr.. Kemp for member of the Town
ship Committee is 572.
Few incidents of excitement marked
the day in either the village or town
ship. Murray w. Ferris, of Scotland
road, a wealthy resident of the second
district, was refused the right to vote
because his name was nor carried over
by the ~canvassers. Michael j. Ryan,
who is employed by Mr.. Ferris. in
sisted that he had informed the cleo
ton officers of Mr.. Ferris's residence
in South Orange when the canvass
was made. Freebooter Candidate Ker-
nan was the last to cast his vote in the
third district. He just barely got into
the polling place when the polls were
declared closed. Candidate Evans
voted shortly. after 8 a. m.