Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-27
Fire Bell of Town TOIled as Re-
suit of Election Fight Is
Announced.
HOW CITIZENS TICKET
WON IN SOUTH ORANGE.
Citizens.

BY a th~ree-vote margin the Citizens
Marty managed to queez in its three
candidates for members Of the Viliage
Board of Trustees over their antagon
lists of the Peoples party in the state
only spring municipal election, held IN
South Orange yesterday. 1t was the
closest contest for village trustees ever
held. The result changes the control
of the village board from the People
party adherents, who held a majority
for a year, to the Citizens. who had
been in power the ten preceding years.
The new village board will consist OF
FIVE Citizens and one Peoples lar
The men elected yesterday were wal
ter l.. mccoy, William Arthur Babson
and Oscar S~choenherr. Their antagonists
were Louis V. Blanchet, Russell Mars
ton and Tom c. Watkins.
The newly elected trustees will take
their seats and begin two-year terms
on May 3, succeeding John r. Weeks
and Mr.. Blanehet, of the Peoples party,
and william H. T~weddell, an ~independ-
ent. Mr.. Blanchet sought reelection.
The men in the board who will hold
over for another year are Frank j.
Hill, Charles H. Burke and John F.
McDonough. The latter will be the only
Peoples man in the governing body.
President Ira A. Kip, jr., will also re-
main in office another year.
Although Oscar S~choenherr. q Citi-
zen, won over tie highest man on the
Peoples ticket, Russell Marston. it was
not concered so by Peoples workers
until the board of canvassers of the
+hraa JiStri1fo mat onH nA1Htol1u on
nounced the result. Schoenherr's plur-
atty over Marston was three votes.
Mistakes of Peoples workers in figures
had it that Mr.. Marstcn Nhad won by
four votes. However, this was later
adjusted. Five ballots were rejected,
Had these been properly cast and In
tended for Mr.. Marston, the Peoples
men would have seated one of its
asplrants.
Although it was believed that the
vote would be exceedingly light from
the tardy manner in which the voters
appeared during the midday it turned
out that but eighty-two less votes were
cast than last year. This can be &C
counted for by none of the sixty-two
registered Seton Hall College students
voting.
Enthusiasm reached a. high pitch Ia
the Citizens camp when the result was
ascertained. Each OF the candidates
were carried upon the shoulders OF the
workers and boosted upon a table in
headquarters, and in turn forced tc
make speeches. All thanked the work
ers for their support and promised ar
efficient government. President Kir
also made a short address. in which
he declared that there is no reason
why they should not do good work with
all hands harmonizing.
Mr.. Mccoy, who was called upon as
the Grand Old Man" declared that he
would work for the betterment of the
village, and stated that any d~issatis-
faction should be reported to the mem
bers of the new board, and IL possible
1t would be Strengthened out.
During the excitement one Of the en-
thusiasts shouted that as a death
knell' the fire bell in the Village. Hal
tower should be tolled. In a short time
this was done, three taps being sound
ed, one, it was said, for each candi'
date.
A goat vas secured by the victoriou:
workers and paraded through the
streets with a sign, This is the Peo'
pies Goat" attached.
Mr.. Mccoy received the largest vote
His majority over the highest Peoples
man, Mr.. Marston, was %. Mr.. Bah
sons plurality over Mr.. Marstor
vas Is.
The total vote cast in each of the
three districts, as compared with las
year, follows: