Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
HUGHES NAMED
FOR u. S. SENATE
BY LEGISLATURE
Separate Vote Taken
In the Two
Houses.
COY. WILSON SCORED BY
RICHARDS IN HOUSE
Combined Vote Is 6a-17 for
Democratic candidate-Suc-
ceeds Briggs.
IFrom staR oorrernondent1

'fei|4f = C-Ns N j.. Jan IN Ofing
separately today. the two houses of
the Legislature elected william
Hughes. former Democratic Con-
gresham. Of Paterson. United states
senator, to succeed Frank o. Briggs.
Republican, whose term expires ON
March next
Mr.. Hughes won the senatorship in
the Democratic primaries last fall
and received the full Democratic vote
in each House of the Legislature. He
received sixty-three votes as against
seventeen cast by Republicans for
Senator Briggs. In the House Mr..
Hughes polled ffty-one and Senator
Briggs eight.
The Senate voted on the United
States senatorship before noon and
former Congressman William Hughes
received II votes and Frank o. Briggs
9 votes.
Senator McGinnis. of Passaic
county. placed In nomination the
name of former Congressman William
Hughes
You will remember three months
ago, In the open primaries, through
out the State the people of New Jer-
sey within their respective parties
Indicated their choice for United
States senator" said Senator Me
Ginnis. THE Democratic party Sc
lected as their candidate, in no un-
certain language. William Hughes.
and at the election following, in
equally certain terms. the people
elected a Democratic Legislature
which pledged the election of William
Hughes to the Unifed States senate
/. MIR. Hughes has been tried anc
| found true aud favorably served the
| people,. The people did not take Mr.
| Hughes on faith alone, but they took
him because for eight years he repre-
sented the people in the lower house
of Congress and served them well.
Ten years ago William Hughes
was unknown. but four times the
people of his district sent him to Con-
gress and he made good In sending
Mr.. Hughes we are going to let the
people of the United States know thai
New Jersey is not to be recognized
as reactionary State. He will sup
port the next President of the United
States in his various and progressive
policies, and, therefore, we present for
your consideration the name of Will
lam Hughes"
Senator Davis, the Democratic
leader. seconded the nomination Of
Mr.. Hughes.
| Senator Harry Leavitt, of Trenton
made the nomination of Senator
Frank o. Briggs. Mr.. Leavitt saiC
Mr. Briggs had received the creates
vote in the preferential primaries ant
that he should be returned to tn
United States Senate.
! Mr.. Briggs carried thirteen coun
ties, he argued. and that if he wa
returned to the Senate ne would con
tinue to serve the people faithful.
as he had done in the past.
| Senator Read of Camden, second
ed the nomination After the speeches
of Senator's McGinnis and Read Pres
| ident Fielder directed the roll-call
which resulted in twelve votes fol
Mr. Hughes and nine for Mr. Briggs
During the soll-call Senator Isaat
| Nichols explained his vote in
speech, IN which he said that al tht
expense of being called reactionary
he wanted to go on record as agains
the direct ballot system of choosing
United States senator's. He referred
TO illustrious men who had beer
elected United States senators by
legislators of New Jersey
Mr. Nichols voted for Senator
Briggs. and in expressing regret thai
Mr. Briggs would not be reelected. ht
said the present conditions in the Re.
publican party were due ito tht
treachery of Theodore Roosevelt"
The result of the ballots cast today
in both houses and Senate will bt
announced in joint session tomorrow
when Judge Hughes's election will bt
informally declared
He will take his seat March T.
In the House the vote for senator
was made the occasion of an attacl
on Governor Wilson by the Republi
can leader. Mr.. Richards. who re
ferred to the primary law in thii
State as a farce" Mr.. Richards de
clared that Judge Hughes was foisteC
upon the Democrats by "the bigges
political boss of New Jersey" and
although he did not mention the Gov
ernor's name. the implication wal
plain, for the candidacy of formei
Congressman Hughes had the arden
support of Governor Wilson agains
that of former United States Senator
James Smith. jr.. in the primary elec
tion. At this point, however. Mr.
Richards was called to order b.
Speaker Taylor. who declared i
against the rules to refer to othei
departments of the Legislature thar
the House.
Mr.. Richards was disposed to pro
test the ruling. but the speaker wa;
firm, and Mr.. Richards said that i
his remarks were distasteful to ths
majority. as he saw they were. hs
would close by seconding Senator
Brlggs's nomination.
Mr., Hughes was nominated by As
semblyman Delaney. of Passaic, who
went into the nominees life anc
character at length The nomination
was seconded by Mr.. Egan, Of Hud-
SON.
Senator RrirTSs nomination was