Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-26
Busy Business Men Desert Othef
Duties to Aid FayOrites'
Election as Trustees.
LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES
CLAIM SWEEPING VICTORY
Citizens and Peoples Party
Workers Use Automobiles
to Get Out Large Vote.

when politics interfere with your
business, give up business" That il
the attitude taken today by wealthy
New York business men residing in
South Orange. The annual spring elec-
tion is being held there, with the Peo-
pies and Citizens parties as antagon-
lists. Tonight will decide whether or
not the Peoples party will remain in
control Of the Village Board of Trus-
tees. which it has held for year. or
whether the Citizens adherents will
regain majority. which it held for
the ten preceding years
The vote polIed at 1:20 m. was:
First district, 1875; second district. 1853:
third district 203
The day was marked bychallences ON
both sides and street corner argu-
ments were in evidence in all parts OF
the village centre.
Many men of prominence in Wall
Street and otherwise in New York are
today working on the village streets
for their favorites to win. Many auto
mobiles are in use. conveying voters to
the polls.
Victory is claimed by both sides.
Harold B. Byron, chairman of the ca M
pa1gn committee of the PEOPLES party.
at noon stated that the three Peoples
candidates would win by sixty-five ma
Jority This was ten short of the ma
jority which he claimed last night. on
the other hand, Edward y. Loornis.
chairman of the Citizens Campaign
committee. boosted his stated majority
and instead of claiming seventy five. as
he did last night. he declared that the
Cts will elect their entire ticket hy
at least 150 to the good
Mr.. Byron figured that the Citizens
will win. the Second district by a ma
jority varying from fifteen to twenty,
while the Peoples party men viii take
the First district by fifty votes, ana
the Third by thirty-fve
Village Trustee John r. Weeks. who
is working for the Peoples ticket, says
that there is being much splitting
done in the Second district. He figures
that the entire Peoples ticket will win.
giving Russell Marston a majority of
eighty and the other two candidates.
Louis v. Blanchet and Tom c. Wat
, kins, sixty each.
Candidates on both tickets were
among the ticket ''peddlers.' Workers
were in every corner. The Peopies
men donned red. white and blue badges.
while the "Cits." as usual, wore whits
ribbons.
E Frank Gaudineer, a Peoples lead
CT. declared that the substantial and
moderate majorities which the Peoples
ticket will receive in the First and
Third districts respectively will over
whelm the Citizens "cut-down" ma
jcrity in the Second district
Walter I. Mccoy. Citizens candi.
date, figures that his ticket simply
cannot lose. He claims every vote in
the syndicate section of the village,
where he is a resident Mr.. Mccoy
said that among those who voted the
Peoples ticket in former years and
who told him they would support the
Citizens ticket this year is former
Trustee Timothy Barrett. Former Fire
Chief George E. Versoy said en-
phatically that he would vote with the
Citizens. but Mr.. Versoy was seen on
the street with a Peoples badge.
At 10 o'clock the number Of votes
cast in each district was: First, 1s0
out of 551 registered; Second. 141 out
of 46S, and Third, 157 out of 47s
The candidates on the Citizens ticket
are Walter I Mccoy, William A Bah
son and Oscar Schoenherr The Peo-
pies candidates are Louis V. Blanchet.
Tom C. Watkins and Russell Marston-