Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-25
CONGRESS RACES
WON BY REGULARS
Independent Candidates on
Both Tickets Lose in
Three Districts.

With exception perhaps of the
Eighth district the regular Re-
publican and Democratic candidates
for the congressional nominations de-
feated their opponents by large ma
jorities.
Returns from the Eighth. which in,
cludes a portion of Hudson county,
indicate. the nomination of Harold
Bouton, regular Republican, over
Horace Robertson, independent. Bou-
tons vote is estimated at 2,7s7 and
Roberson's 1880. Roberson's friends,
however, claim his election.
In the Eighth district Congressman
Eugene F. Kinkead, Democrat, had
no opposition and therefore was re.
nominated. Former Congressman r..
Wayne Parker, Republican. was also
without opposition in the Tenth dis,
trict and had easy sailing. In all of
the other districts, however. spirited
battles were waged, with the organi,
cation candidates coming out in front.
Progressives showed Under.
The Progressive Democracy candi-
dates. Frank A. Boettner, IN the
Ninth district, and Herbert w.
knight, in the Tenth district. we're
both swamped. Congressman Walter
l. McCoy's majority over the former
was 2.414, while Congressman Edward
w. Townsend was victorious over
Knight by a majority of 1859,
ON the Republican side Bouton and
Robertson carried on a spirited bat
tie throughout the day in the Eighth
district, and the result is still unde-
eided. The returns to date, which
do not include the vote of Jersey
City, Kearny or Bayonne, give Rober-
son 1.91S, as against LII polled by
Bouton. Both ran close in every dis
trict with the exception of the second
of the First ward of this city. where
Bouton failed to get a vote, Rober-
son polling 95. This was the highest
vote polled by Robertson in any one
district. Bouton's high mark was
registered in the First ward of Belle
vile. where he received II votes.
Even here he was beaten by his OPP
ponent, who polled 81.
BOettner Runs Good Race,
Frank A. B~oettner, the choice of the
Progressive Democracy In the Ninth
district, though beaten, ran a better
race than did his running mate, Her
bert w. Knight. in the Tenth district.
Out of the entire congressional dis
trict, Boettner carried but nine dis
tricts, and these b yonly a few votes
A peculiar feature was the fact that
he tied his opponent in three districts
the First of the Thirteenth, In this
city, 81 to 81; Second of the First In
Orange, Is to 25. and the Third of the
First in East Orange, 5 to s. In the
First and Ninth districts of the Four.
teenth ward, Boettner failed to regis.
ter a vote. His highest total was
| registered In the First of the Thir,
| teenth, 81. Mccoy secured his highesl
total in the Second of the Seventh
registering lag to his opponents 16
The complete returns give McCo,
4,721, as against 1907 for B~oettner.
In the Tenth district Congressman
Townsend had a comparative easy
| time of 1t. Here also a tie vote was
| registered in the first of the third
both candidates receiving ten votes
| knight showed his greater strength
in the vicinity of his home n Cald-
we'll and succeeded in carrying the
surrounding municipalities by small
| majorties. The vote east, however
was so light that his advantage her,
| did not count for much. In the Sew
| enth district of the Fourth ward Con.
gresham Townsend polled his high
est vote, 213. but one vote having
been cast for his opponent. knight
reached his highest vote in Caldwell
borough, polling 66 votes against
T~ownsend's "a. The total vote fol
the entire district gives Townsend
5,267 and Knight ,90S.
w. !. Lincoln Adams, the Repub-
lican organization candidate in tbs
| Tenth district, showed under William
| C. Webster, who ran Independently
The total vote gives Adams 5,081 and
| Webster 1881, giving the former Il
majority of 3,435. Mr.. Adams carried
every district with the exception OF
the third OF the Fiftht ward, which
he lost by one vote, the total reading
sc to 65 in Wehster's favor.