Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-07
DEMOCRATS TO
HAVE COMPLETE
CONTROL IN CITY
Board of Works, for
l3 Years Republi-
can, Changes.
MAKE INROADS INTO
COUNTY FREEHOLDERS
Mayor HaussIing Taking Brief
Rest in Country After
Strenuous Campaign.


branch, the Democratic party. after
the first of the year. will have COM
plete control of the city government.
BY the elimination Of the Repub-
lican majority in the Board of Works,
which has existed for the past thir-
teen years. the conflict of policy which
has characterized the city govern
ment for many years is done away
with. The results of the election on
Tuesday give the Republicans but one
member of that body after the first
of the year, Arthur r. Denman, who
will be arrayed against four Demo-
Gratis, two of whom are hold-overs.
Mayor Jacob Haussling, who was
reelected for the fourth consecutive
time by majority of 6,289 over his
Republican rival, Louis ". Aronson.
will, with the beginning of his next
term on january 1, have the support
of both the Board of Works and the
Common Council Twelve of the six
teen Democratic candidates for the To-
cal body were elected, giving the
party a majority of six. Those who
were elected on Tuesday will, of
course, hold over until 1914, thus max
ing 1t necessary next year to elect but
fve Democrats to hold the control OF
the Council There will be sixteen
vacancies and no fear is felt by the
leaders but that the present majority
will be maintained.
Democrats win County oiflces.
Not alone in the city. but also in
20 n
roads ON the Republicans. Every con-
tested county Office was carried by
the Democrats. The latter IN many
instances were able to carry their
heretofore strongholds by only meagre
msjorities on Tuesday. BY the eiec-
ton of the three Democratic candi-
dates in the Board of Freeholders fhat
party will now have a minority rep
resentation in the board. At the pres
ent time the board of nine members
is made up solely of Repuplicans.
Six of these members will hold over
three for one year and the remaining
three for two years. Those who were
elected on Tuesday, Emmett j. Quinn.
Frederick C. Steck and John H.
Waters, will hold Office for three
years. Their majority was 5,656.
The majority given to the mayor
has more than satisfied his friends,
who claim that 1t is a vindication
which he should be proud of, and he
IN turn declares that he Is proud OF IL.
At the last camapign, in 1910, the
mavor was reelected for a third term
bv 7144 plurality. Since that time,
however. the Progressives, or New
Ideaites. as they were formerly
known. have made rapid gains, and
this in large measure accounts for
the falling off of the mayors plural
itv this year. The strength and pop
ularity of the mayor Is shown in the
result of the tally in the Third WARD.
In this ward claims were made that
the Republicans would carry 1t by
heavy majority. In fact, the Repub-
licans probably did more missionary
work In this ward than In any other
section of the city. When the final
count was made, however, it was
found that the Republicans had car
ried the ward only by matter OF
twenty-five votes
Mayor Haussling Resting.
The mayor left last night for a
short stay in the country, to rest up
after his strenuous campaign Before
leaving. however, he expressed him
self as being perfectly satisfied with
the result. He was very much satis-
fed that he will in the future have
the support of both the Board OF
Works and the City Council, enabling
him to carry out many important i'm
provements which he has been pre-
vented from outlining in the past be-
cause of lack of cooperation on the
part of the Republicans
There was general jubilation
also with reference to the re-
suits of the county election.
All twelve of the Democratic
Assembly candidates were elected by
majorities well over 1000 over the
Progressive ticket. the regular Repub>
lican Assembly aspirants running
third With a vote of 26,601 John j.
Bracken was high on the winning
ticket while Joseph Papscoe, who
poled 25,754 votes, was low man. The
latter, however, was 4,26s higher than
the low man on the Progressive
ticket William B. Harris was high
OIL the Progressive, The large vote
poled by the Progressive Assembly
ticket may be accounted for by the
vote given former President Roose-
welt throughout the county
For county clerk, Joseph Nc
Donough, the Democratic candidate.
received the verdict over the present
incumbent, Jchn b. Woolston, Regu-
lar Republican, by a majority of 6.237.
County Supervisor Edward Schick-
haus, Democrat was reelected by a
majority of 5,34S.
Roosevelt Got Big Vote.
The most surprising part of the
whole election is that, although all
of the Democratic county candidates
were successful, Roosevelt received
nearly "A per cent. Of the county vote.
out Of total of 70.104 the colonel
received s0,374. His plurality over
Governor Wilson was 6,s1o, the DEM
ocratic candidate polling 24,064 votes.
Taft. with only a little more than
half the number Of votes cast for
Roosevelt. was a bad third. The
President received 1866 votes IN the
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