Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-24
IN
FIGHTING TRIM
Heavy Vote Being PolIed by
that Party in Contrast
10 Republicans,
NO CHALLENGES MADE
Republicans Make No Effort
to Keep Progressives from
Voting Today.

With the Democratic organization
working tooth and nail for the NOM
ination of their mayoralty candidate,
Garret Brodhead, and prominent
members of the Civic Union scurry-
ing around gettin; out the vote
which favors the unions four candi-
dates for the excise board nomina-
tions on the Republican ticket, the
primaries opened at o'clock this
morning in the most Democratic kind
of Democratic weather. Heavy
clouds banked the horizon, and
handfuls of rain decended at fire.
quent intervals, but even these dis
couraging signs failed to abate the
activities of the politicians, from
the "big boss" down to the most
insignificant ward healer"
Democrats declare that today's
weather condition is n omen of the
expected Democratic landslide in
ovember, which means the election
OF Governor Woodrow Wilson, of
this state, to the presidency of the
United ,tates. Rainy weather some
times goes a long ways towards a
presidential triumph, because of the
country vote, but it will not affect
lOuty u HI I'LL oil lGSs It lbCpubliNdhS
and Democrats, although voting be-
fore the same election boards, do not
conflict at the primaries They have
separate poll books and separate
polling boxes.
Civic Union Confident.
Peter A. Peterson, leader and or
ganizer of the Civic Union, declares
that his four candidates will become
the Republican party's. nominees for
the excise board without any difficult
ty. He looks to every clear-think-
ing Republican, and every new idea
Progressive to back his men in their
fight for improvement in civic con-
ditions in Perth Amboy. He has
been out working all morning, and
at noon time reported that the DEM
ocrats are eTunning considerable
ahead of the Republicans, in getting
out the vote. He believes, however,
that the men who stay away from the
polls today are not friendly to the
interests of the unions candidates.
There has been no opposition to
the Progressives voting in the Re-
publican boxes in the various wards
in the city. 1t had been expected
that Capt. Samuel w. Hornsby, who
is out for denomination to the Board
of Aldermen from the first ward,
would take steps to challenge all
supporters of William G. Wilson, his
Republican rival, inasmuch as many
of the Wilson admirers are Progress
| ives. The election board in that dis
| trict, as in many others, has ruled
that any voter on the Republican list
can vote in the Republican box.
Nathaniel Cornelison, the Democra-
tic candidate, has no opposition
Brodhead Voted First.
Garret Brodhead, the organization
candidate for mayor on the Demo-
cratic ticket, cast the first vote this
| morning in the Democratic box in
! the first district of the second ward.
Down in that poll the Democrats
are getting out the vote with all
| possible speed and have run far
| ahead of their Republican opponents.
| OF course, the primaries do not ne
| cessarily mean a clash of the two
| leading parties, but the Democrats
are gathering confidence by the poor
1 showing of the Republicans, up un-
! til noon time, as an indication that
the G. O. P. Is helplessly divided by
the "break" between Taft and Roose-
| welt.
All is peace and happiness in the
ranks of county Democracy. Con
/ gressman Thomas J. Scully, Of South
! Amboy, will be renominated for con-
gress without opposition, and is eX-
pected to land the plum on Novem-
| Der 5 because of his record during
the past two years and in view of the
split in the Republican party. Dr.
William e. Ramsay, of this city, will
! be named by the Democrats today
for the state senate, without oppo-
sition, although at one time early in
the campaign it looked very much
like a merry war at the primary for
this nomination. Assemblyman
August C. Streitwolf, of New Bruins
wick, plunged into the senatorial
stream but quickly withdrew in the
! interest of party harmony. The
Democratic assembly ticket will be
named as follows: Arthur A. Quinn,
of Perth Amboy; John P. Kirkpat-
rick, of Jamesburg, and George l.,
Burton, of New Brunswick.
Few Republican Contests.
There is a distinct absence of any
primary contest on the Republican
ticket for county offices, due, it is
believed, to the general opinion that
the G.. o. P. has but little chance OF
winning a place against their Dem
ocratic and Progressive opponents.
Assemblyman John F. Ten Broeck,
Of this city, will be nominated on the
Republican ticket, without oppOs1-
ton, for the high office of state SEN
ator, as will the following assembly
candidates: Walter A. Green, OF
Madison township; Elmer E. Wye
koff, of New Brunswick, and William
Hamilton, of Piscataway. The only
primary fight In the Republican
ranks, exclusive of the ward contests
in this city, is In the Third Congress
ional District, of which Middlesex
| county ia q mart over the nomina-