Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-09
NEW JERSEY VOTE,
STATE AND HOUSE,
IN PARAGRAPHS
Democratic Gains Recorded All
Along the Line from
North to South.

Summarized, the results in New Jer-
sew In the twenty counties outside of
Essex on state and congressional nom
inees follow:
Atlantic
Lewis carried Atlantic county, but
by a greatly reduced plurality. Edg
(Rep.). was elected State senator and
Bacharach (Rep.), was chosen as
semblyman. Gardner CRep.), got the
county's vote for Congress.
Bergen.
With practically all of the returns In
Bergen county has gone Democratic.
woodrow wilson's majority over Lewis
will be about $500. Congressman WILL
lam Hughes carries Bergen by at least
1000, leaving Major S. Wood McClave,
the Republican candidate, behind ct
the beginning. For the first time IN
over fifteen years this county Will
have a Democratic senator in James
A. C. johnson, of Englewood. who de-
feated John r. Ramsey by about 1,0oo.
The Assembly will in all probability
go Democratic by a small majority,
William Hinners and Garabrant Alyea
leading R. G. J. Woods n William
Pietz in a close contest.
Charles F.. Thompson, Democratic
candidate for county clerk, and the
dark horse In the race will defeat Harry
P. Ward by a small majority. James
w. Mercer, independent candidate, was
left behind early in the fight. John
s.. Mackay loses to Democratic Candi-
late Robert A. Sibbald for the newly
created office of register of deeds, by
a fair majority. Mr.. Sibbald in his
campaign declared that If he were
elected he would petition the next Leg
islature to abolish the Office, as 1t was
not necessary. For sheriff Robert
conklin, Democratic candidate, de-
feated James Devine by about 800 ma
jority.
Throughout the county all the munich
palities went Democratic by fair major
tiles. Charles w. Bell, Democratic can
didate for president of the Improve
ment Commission of Hackensack, de-
feated MAMMALIAN R. Brinkman by at
least 700. James T. Hutchinson was the
only Republican in Hackensack to be
elected to the Improvement Commits
sion, defeating Frederick Hoth in the
Fourth ward by about 100.
burlington.
Burlington county gives Wilson 500
plurality; Congressman Gardner, Re-
publican, $50; White and Pine, Repub-
licans for the Assembly, 300 majority.
Camden.
Camden county gave Lewis a plu-
rality of 1850 and added 1000 more to
Loudenslager's vote for Congress. The
three Republican Assembly nominees
were elected.
Cape May.
Cape May county complete gives
Republican. for governor, 1859;
Wilson. Democrat. 2,1S1; Gardner, Re-
publican, for Congress. 1852; Hampton,
Z,001. Only 70 per cent. of
voters went to polls. Christopher S.
Hand, Republican, was elected to AS
over Oliver u. Blackwell, Demo
crat. by 2T majority. Frederick J.
Melvin, Democrat, was elected sheriff
by POI majority, over Walter M. Ho-
man, Republican; J. Morgan Dix, DEM
ocrat, whom Republicans Endorsed, was
coroner.
Cumberland.
Though torn by factional fights, the
Republican party in Cumberland
county gave Lewis a majority. Gard
ner (Rep.), for Congress lost the county
to Hampton Dem.).
Gloucester.
This county gave greatly reduced Re-
publican majorities to Lewis for gov
elror, Loudenslager for Congress and
Lee It. Hallock, Progressive, for AS
sembly.
Hudson County.
Woodrow Wilson's majority over
Vivian M. Lewis in Hudson county is
26,327. He carried every ward and all
but about ten election precincts. In the
Eighth ward of Jersey City, the strong
est Republican ward in the county,
which ha a normal Republican ma
jority of 1,200, he ran $40 votes ahead
of Lewis. In Hoboken, where the Re-
publicans elected their ticket last year,
Wilson's vote was 1852 more than
Lewis's. The figures tell the same story
an each of the cities md townships of
the county. The entire Democratic
county ticket was carried through with
Wilson, with the possible exception of
one Republican freeholder in Kearny.
Eugene F. Kinkead is elected congress-
man from the Ninth district by a ma
Jority of 1929 over George l.. Rec
ord. Congressman James A. Hamill
was reelected over Rutherford Seibel,
Republican candidate for representa-
tive in the Tenth district, which is nor
mally from 5000 to 10000 Democratic,
by a majority of 12.13S. the vote being:
Hamilr 25.210 and Seibel 13,072. James
Fielder, Democrat, was reelected State
senator by a majority Of 23,S24 over
Philip Greece, his Republican opponent.
The Assembly ticket vote was about
that which IS recorded for State sem
ator. the entire Democratic ticket Vim
ming by over $4,000 votes.
Luke Clark, county supervisor, whose
election was bitterly opposed at the
primary by Felix Tumulty and at the
general election by Independent Demo
Gratis, as well as Republicans, only ran
a little more thar 5000 behind his
ticket. his majority being 1924. Clark
received 47,115 votes and Ralph Young,
his opponent upon the Republican
ticket, 27,191.
The boulevard commissioners elected
are John p. O'Gorman, Democrat, who
received 1884 votes; John Hass, Demo-
crat, who received 49, 97 votes, and
Frederick H. Otto, Republican, who re-
ceived 25.221 votes. Walter Allison,
Republican. the fourth man who ran,
was only beaten by his partner, Otto,
by 346 votes, his poll having been a.
SIS. In Jersey City Thomas Rooney