Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-27
Wittpenn Captures Jer-
sey City MayOralty
Fight.
REED BESTS BRADLEY
IN CAMDEN CONTEST
Geran Law Tends to
Keep Voters from
Polls.

Executive interference in political al
fairs, particularly when 1t goes so ia
as to attempt to influence the selec
tion of primary candidates, regardless
of rarty lines. was administered {
stunning rebuke in every section o
the state at the primary elections yes
terday
This was particularly true in the
counties where Governor Woodrow
Wilson, in order to insure, as he pu
It, the election of a Legislature tha'
would uphold his policies" took th'
stump and personally attacked legsla
tive candidates who had declined tC
follow him blindly during the last ses
sion of the Legislature.
The Governor referred to ahese legls
lators as being marked. labeled ant
iemembered," and in the face of hi!
attack all who sought denomination a
the polls yesterday were successful anC
those whom the executive so earnestly
advocated were defeated
Result Here Is Stale Wide.
TIE story of the battle in Essex
where the regular organization scored
q n.cai decisive victory, is the same
that comes from every section, from
Warren County on the north to Cam
den and Atlantic counties on th'
south
Ordinarily, Democrats would hav'
but passing interest in the result o
a Republican primary election in coun
ties like Camden and Cape May. This
however was no ordinary occasion.
\ Democratic goVernor-the frs
elected in fifteen years-had gon'
down into the South Jersey Republi
can stronghold to tell the Republican
voters hal they should do on primar!
day urge them to nominate Sena
tor William J. Bradley because tn,
latte was one OF the legislators WHIT
supported the governors policies.
Hot Fight in Camden.
According to the latest returns th'
result outside of Essex indicates {
complete victory for the Regular Re
publ:cans. led by the veteran Soutl
Jersey leader David Baird, who wal
made the special object OF attack b!
Governor Wilson in the atter's plei
for reelection of Senator Bradley il
Camden county, who was defeated b!
William =. Read, a Camden lawyer.
While interest was centred al jut tn,
senatorial contest in Camden, quite al
much prevailed with respect to tn
battle there between Co 4cilmal
Joshua c. Haines, Under Sheriff Georg
f. Starn and Willard r. Gibbs 1t wa
conceded that the latter had but li.ti
chance to win, anG Sheriff Hatch pu
all his strength to his favorite. Starn
1t was the general belief at m dnigh
tina, Iaines had won by comfortable
majority, althouf the country dis
trtcts had not beel- heard from, witt
few exceptions.
There was warm contest among tn
six Republican candidates for the AS
sembly nomination in Camden, wh'
Included George Whyte, Albert D.
Unger, Isaac Coles, w. Penn Corson
John Kates and w. H. Fisher Wnil
the three former candidates had ap
parently won Corson was shown t,
have rade an excellent showing. Al
william J. Browning had no opposition
selection by the party was a foregon
conclusion.
Geran Law Found Cumbersome.
More than ordinary interest wa
taken In the primaries by the citizen
because they were eager to see hov
the new Geran law would operote A
rule 1t was characterized as exceed
ingly cumbersome and calculated t.
keep voters from the polls rather thai
inducing them to exercise tie fran
chise.
The outcome of the three cornere
mayoralty contest in Hudson county
resulting in the denomination of Mayo
H Otto Wittpenn by large plurality
affords conclusive proof of the popula
objection to executive interference Il
local affairs.
Mayor Wittpenn opponents wer
James F. O'Mealia, who had entere
the lists as a Citizens candidate, an
former Judge Mark A. Sullivan. TIL
latter was generally looked upon a
the Governors choice for mayor
although the executive did net 2t an
time publicly express a preference fo
either of the three, and had told then
all individually how much he appre
ciated their sterling qualities.
Wouldn't Quit Race.
While endeavoring to convince tn
people of Jersey City to adopt tn
commits sion plan Of government-whic
their votes showed they did not want
the Governor had requested Wlttpenr
Sullivan and O'Mealia to renounc
their candidates. and speak for tn
plan. They did the latter. but decline
to withdraw from the race.
Judge Sullivan was confident of sc
curing the nomination when he retire
from the bench, and that confidence
it was assumed, was born of the i'm
piled support of Governor Wilson an
the latter's private secretary. Josep
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