Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-29
VOTE FOR STATE
IS DECISIVE
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receive d Single VOTE WDlle Governor
Wilson was showed under by the pri-
mary ballots cast by the followers of
Smith and Nugent for their unin
structed delegates at large and district
delegates.
Comedies R~oosevelt's Victory.
The early returns from some sec.
tions of New Jersey, notably from Es-
sex county, Atlantic City and Trenton,
strongholds of some potential politi-
clans supporting the president, gave
comfort to the campaign manager for
President Taft, but as the returns be
gan to come in from the southern por-
ton of the state and from certain of
the industrial cities, such as Paterson.
Jersey City and Elizabeth, these hopes
were extinguished.
Edward w. Gray, secretary of the
state Republican committee, conceded
that Colonel Roosevelt had carried the
state on the preferential vote and that
he would have the delegates at large
and the delegates from ten of the con
gr~essional districts, leaving only eight
delegates for President Taft at the
best.
ut looks as though the president had
been badly defeated" said Mr.. Gray.
A little later Mr.. Gray, at the Taft
headquarters in Newark, conceded that
Colonel Roosevelt had carried ESSEX
and Hudson counties, the latter by o
vote of two to one In ia of the colo
mel. The Taft people also admitted
that the colonel had carried the Eighth.
Ninth and Tenth congressional dis.
tricts. These take In Essex and Hud.
son counties.
The Taft people, on the other hand,
claimed to have carried Somerset, At,
lantic and Bergen counties. The
Roosevelt people claimed Passaic and
Mercer counties and declared that In
all probab ility Union county would be
carried for the colonel's delegates.
In Burlington county two-thirds OF
the election districts reported Roose-
welt leads of not less than three to one
on the preferential vote, while 1t ap-
peared that the Roosevelt delegates
and alternates would win by similar
majorities.
The polls did not open until l p. m,
and they remained open until 8, This
made the returns very late.
What the Returns Show.
The vote In Burlington showed that
Roosevelt and Wilson easily won.
Roosevelt carried Burlington county by
from three TO foul to one. Wilson dele
gates will have about the same lead.
! About 65 per cent of the registered
vote was polled In the county.
Returns from Hackensack indicated
that Governor Wilson carried Bergen
county by eight to one. without about
one-quarter of the districts heard from
Taft was leading Roosevelt by a small
margin. Taft's vote In 60 III of 10S
districts is 2,760 and Roosevelt's 2,7S9.
Taft will probably carry the county by
about 800.
Twenty precincts out of thirty-eight
In Gloucester county give Roosevelt
754 and Taft 377. Governor Wilson re
ceived $50 votes out Of 1000 cast In
Woodbury..
Morris county will give Roosevelt a
small majority. The voting was close
all over the county. In the rural dis
tricts the colonel piled up good ma
j~orities, while Morrlstown gave Taft
1871 majority.
Hunterdon county will give Taft a
majority of about 200. The county
polled about 80 per cent Of its usual
vote today. Governor Wilson carried
Pennington by 115 majority and Presl-
lent Taft by about 200. The Roosevelt
supporters claim the county by 300 ma
jority. Because of the inability to get
into telephone communication with
many towns and villa ges the result
will not be known until today.
Only One Vote For Taft.
Early returns in Hoboken indicated
that the city had gone overwhelmingly
for Wilson. Hoboken Is q small part
Of the Eleventh congressional district.
which includes the Second ward of Jer
sey City and all of North Hudson. In
the Third district of the First ward of
Hoboken Taft received one vote to
seventeen for Roosevelt.
Inc vote ID HdckettSCOWn was very
light. Taft polled thirty-six and Roose-
welt n~inety-one. Wilson's vote in the
two districts was 103 and the anti
Wilson vote thirteen.
Out Of bs7 votes cast at South Am
boy Wilson received 500 and the anti
Wilson 81. OF the 223 Republican
votes Roosevelt received 1913 and Taft
100. ~Sayreville favors both Wilson
and Roosevelt.
La FoIlstte's Vote Very Small.
Little interest was taken in the yot-
ing at Bayonne. The indications were
that Roosevelt delegates had defeated
the Taft delegates by two to one and
that the Governor Wilson delegates
would win over the anti Wilson dele-
gates by two to one also. Bayonne is
In the Eighth congressional district.
Roosevelt carried Dover, which con-
tains six districts, by a majority of 60
Taft carried only n district, the Sec
ond, by a majority of 4.
In FIVE districts in Passaic Taft re-
ceived 242, Roosevelt 1874 and La Fol
lstte 10. In four districts, Wilson 112,
uninstructed 10.
In Washington, Warren county,
Taft received 65 and Roosevelt 90 on
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