Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-05
MAKEUP
Of LEGISLATURE
STILL IN DOUBT
Essex Is Pivotal Position and
Official Count Alone May
Have to Be Awaited.

When James Fairman Fielder en-
ters upon his new duties as Governor
of New Jersey on the third Tuesday
of January next he probably will End
awaiting him to uplift his hands and
uphold his policies a legislature COM
posed of forty-seven Democratic votes
on Joint ballot as against thirty-four
Republicans.
The Senate, according to revised
figures, will consist of twelve Demo-
Gratis TO nine Republicans, while the
House of Assembly will number thir-
ty-five Democrats to twenty five Re-
publicans, provided there is no
changes in the t In Essex.
Up until an early hour this morning
the result IN Essex county were in
doubt. but returns seemed to infii-
cate that the twelve Republican AS
sembly candidates had won out. In
such an event the House of Assembly
would be left with but twenty-five
Democratic members. which. in con-
junction with the twelve senators,
would total four short of the number
required to constitute a quorum on
Joint ballot. This situation made Es-
sex county a pivotal proposition be-
yond question.
Revised figures, however placed
different aspect on conditions. They
tend to show that ten of the twelve
Democrats won out, two, Messrs.
Papscoe and Castellano. going down
to defeat The successful Republi-
cans are Thomas j. Smith and w.
Give Crosby.
In the contest for member of the
Street and Water Commission, Pat
rick II, Ryan, an incumbent of the
Hafoafn1 btl
Republican opponent, Louis Pfeifer,
by 331 votes. Pfeifer, despite the fact
that the Evening News held him up
to ridicule as mediocre letter
writer, and his defeat had been pre-
t1icted as q foregone conclusion, made
a. remarkably good run, and Buck
Ouayle. the Independent Democrat,
in no sense contributed TO the Repub-
lican candidates excellent showing.
Ryan's fine public record and per-
sonal popularity turned the tide in
his favor. The Board of Works Will
remain as it is composed ut present,
four Democrats and one Republican.
The Democrats are ComInissloners
Ryan. Charles p. Gillen, Alfred II.
Biertuempfel and Charles r. hrae-
mer. and the lone Republican, Arthur
G.. Denman.
ers was developed In the freeholder-
ship fight. 1t was considered as al
most a certainty that the three DEM
ocrats. Louis Lewis, p. Allen Smith
and Thomas Cannon, would be the
victors. particularly az tho Progress
sives had a trio of strong candidates
In Wallace Ougheltree, Edward WINS
low and Daniel Ruder. Yet the Re
nublicans, william Cardwell. Walter
70. Evans and Ernest u. Ryman,
pulled out ahead easily with an aver
age plurality of about 3,100.
The vote on the jury reform act,
known as the chancellor-snerin Dill,
was unexpectedly large, the aftirrna-
tive Of the proposition winning pv
$500 In the county.
DJsannointment was eyinced over
tho moor showing in Essex Of Everett
Colby. the Progressive gubernatorial
candidate. From the demonstrative
campaign he conducted and the
claims of his managers great results
were looked for from him in the
n was nip and tuck struggle in
Ussex between Mr. Fielder and Ed
ward C. Stokes. Republican candidate
for governor, and In face of the con-
fidence expressed that the latter
would carry the county, the Demo-
cratic standard bearer forged ahead
and won the day by plurality OF
Gil 49,
stand twenty-three Democrats, seven
Republicans and two Progressive
Roosevelt aldermen. A surprise was
sprung in the defeat of Alderman
Edward Quigley in the First ward by
hid Republican opponent, Thomas
u. Barnett. Qulgley is recognized as
one of the ablest and most efficient
n,enbers of Common Council. He was
beaten by ten votes.
Tables giving the figures of the
vote of candidates for the various
offices in city and county appear