Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-11-08
SURE WILSON
WILL CARRY
NEW JERSEY
Democrats See Victory In
Attitude of Great Mass OF
Independent Voters.
REPUBLICANS COUNT ON
PARTY REGULARITY

trenton, Nov. S:-The Democrats
and the unattached voters of New
Jersey were very sure last night that
Woodrow Wilson, whose new kind
OF campaign has stirred the state
from one end to the other, Will be
chosen governor by a handsome
plurality today. They base this pre-
diction upon the fact that every
where they have heard that Repub-
..cans of the more progressive type,
| men who have for years voted the
Republican ticket because they have
felt that it's candidates looked like
better men with better backing, are
sure that Woodrow Wilson is one in
whom they can place the utmost
| confidence, and that with him as
| governor there will come an end of
| the old things in politics, the dom
Iination of party bosses and special
| privilege in legislation. The Re-
pulican- managers declare that Wv
Ian NJ Lewis will be elected because
he has come out squarely for the
progressive ideas presented by his
opponent, and that the state is nor
mally Republican on straight
fight, although previous to the cleo
tion of John. w. Griggs in 1895 it
had had no Republican governor in
thirty years. Some of the unbiased
observers, men who are not tied up
with either party, declare with pos
itiveness there is more apt to be a
landslide to Wilson despite the
claims of the Republican. managers.
In the fifteen years of distress the
Democrats had lost heart and their
organization had fallen weak and in
effective. They have had little
chance of raising funds for legtti-
mate expenses, and that has been a
severe handicap, since their oppon-
ents seem to have almost unlimited
capital for the campaign. Now the
Democrats are heartened by what
appears to have become a great up
heaval of the people under the lead
ership of Mr.. Wilson, who in all his
campaign never resorted to cheap
clap-trap methods or abuse of the
other fellow, but who in every effeC-
tive address direct to the thinkers
among the voters kept his attention
riveted to the desire for good gov
ernment from the political machine.
He has pointed the path for the new
order of things-or the restoration
of the old-and rests his case with
the people of the state Nor is Mr..
Wilson at all harried by the prob
able result. He believes he will
win, and so do many of the best and
keenest among the old-time cam
paigneTs in the state who have ta-
ken any interest in the battle. The
issues are important, but both sides
have proclaimed for about the
same things, and the contest seems
to have settled to an answer to the
question so often put by Mr. Will
son: Which set of men is most
likely to stand by the pledges
nader" He says the other side has
made promises so often broken as
make their party untrustw orthy and
that the peoples only hope lies with
new leaders.
Mr.. Wilson has shown in the cam
paign the qualities of craftsmanship
and patriotism that have made him
many staunch friends all over the
state among people who have no
hesitancy in voting for the candidate
they believe best suited for the office
and in whom they can place the
most confidence. 1t is this class, the
"vest-pocket voters" that will sway
the election today.
Besides the governor New Jersey
will elect ten congressman, and in
the probable trend of the tide Will
sonward there is every chance that
the Democrats will make consider
able gains. They now have three of
the ten from usually Democratic
districts, but there is strong proba-
,, oF h. oln nf et
three in districts now represented by
Republicans-the third, fifth and
eighth.
State senators are to be chosen in
Atlantic, Bergen. Morris, Cumber-
land, Mercer and Ocean counties,
now represented by Republicans,
and In Hudson, represented by a
Democrat. There is some likelihood
of the Democrats winning in
Cumberland and Ocean, which will
increase their present vote in the
senate to eight, while the Republi-
can vote, with the hOld-oyers, Will
be thirteen. OF the sixty assembly
men to be elected the Democrats are
likely to have thirty-two to thirty
six. If the Democrats have the
eight senators and thirty-six assem-
blymen they would have forty-four
of the total of eighty-one votes on
Joint ballot, which would be three
more than a majority for the cleo
ton Of United States senator. II
the Republicans win Ave of the six
senators and hold a majority in the
assembly, they will be able to elect
the senator, but in case of a narrow
margin the party fight for the joint
caucus nomination will be one of
those struggles such as have made
interesting history in New Jersey in
past years Former Governor
Stokes was given majority of the
vote cast at the recent primary, but
Senator Kean and former State As
SCISSOR Baird claim that that vote is
not binding and they will probably
make an effort to walk away with
the prize. In case the Democrats
hold a majority, James r. MARITIME,
of Union county, who had big ma
jority of the vote cast at the pri-
mary, may insist upon election, but
it is said to be hardly likely that he
will win.
Skating and Basketball tonight at
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