Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-25
Essex Man Has Total Majority
of l73 Votes in Three
Towns.
M'KEON BEATS FALLON
IN COUNCILMANIC RACE
Chief Fight in Harrison Was
Among Fourth Ward
Democrats.

With n total of s64 votes former
United States Senator James Smith,
jr., carried West Hudson. He had a
majority of 173 votes over his near
est rival, william Hughes. Frank
McDermit got "a TALES and john
Wescott received a total of 80 votes.
For Assembly nomination the
bracketed candidates received the
most support. The voters Ignored
the brackets in the freeholder con
Test.
Harrison Democrats gave + 'rmer
United States Senator Saith q ma
jcrity of 233 votes over Hughes. The
total vote for Mr.. Smith was $50.
Frank McDermit, another candidate,
received 46 votes and John w. " es-
colt got a total of 20 votes. Hughes
received 1856 votes.
McKeon Beats Fallon.
The fight upon which local inter
est was focused was in the Fourth
ward. where Edward +. Mckeon
and william j. Fallo1 were Demo-
cratic candidates for councilmanic
honors. In this ward. due to the up-
position, the heaviest vote in the
town was polied. The hnaI ceupt
showed McKeon had received @05 tai
lies and Fallon IFS.
C-onsressman Eugene +. Kinkead,
candidate for reelection, was hnop-
posed for the nomination. de re-
ceived a vote totaling ITO. On tie
Republican side Harold Bouton aid
Horace Robertson were the candl-
dates for the congressional nomina
ton. Bouton received 46 woes
against 20 for Robertson.
With forty-four Democrat Assembly
candidates in the race n Twelve 10
be chosen the fight was a merry one
Police Justice Joseph M. Branegan'
of Harrison, and Alfred l.. Moores-
head, of Arlington, were the west
Hudson candidates. The twelve re-
ceiving the highest tallies were 10
seph M. B%ranegan, Alfred l.. Moores-
head. Michael ]. Donovan, Thomas f.
Martin. Walter l.. McDermott, Arthur
F. McGrath, Frank G. Smith, George
J. Stillman, John w. Taylor, James
C. Agnew, Thomas c.. Mulliganf n
Joseph P. Mulligan.
The Republicans had twenty-five
candidates. Councilman Walter X
Chapman, of Kearny, was the only
West Hudson man in the group. The
twelye highest men received an aV-
erage of 46 votes.
Daily Polls Big Vote.
AS had been expected, Councilman
John ]. Daily, Of Harrison, corrailed
the largest number of votes IN the
Democratic freebooter fight. There
were nine berths to be filled, and the
total number of Democratic candi-
dates was eightv-one. West Hudson
candidates besides Mr.. DAILY were
George w. Caparh, Benjamin Pepper
John r. Reilly and Patrick j.. Condon
for two-year terms, and Edward NJ.
Fitzgerald for one year. Three men
were to be chosen for each '"rm.
Those receiving the highest votes
were. for t~hree-year terms,
7. Kielt, Patrick ]. Sullivan aic Haffy
Heller; for two years, John j. DAILY,
Patrick J. Condor and George w. Ca
parn; one-year term, Edward M. luz
gerald. Thomas F. Reilly and Patrick
H. Sullivan.
The Republicans had 20 candidates
for the freebooter berths. Thomas L
Adam and Samuel w. Smith were the
West Hudson candidates. The av-
erage vote received by the highest
men was about 40.
For county supervisor Luke j.
Clark, Democrat, received 200 votes
against so for Ralph s. Young. There
were six other Democratic candidates
and another Republican for the super
visor nomination. ,
For John v. Burke and
william Schlemm. Democrats, were
high men. The Republicans had no
-laaa4oa for this office.