Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-09-25
Defeated Candidates at Prl-
maries Will Not 60 on In
dependent Tickets.
NO HARD FEELING FOUND
William P. O'Hara Despite
Urging of Friends Refuses
and viii Help Weaver

Although there were bitter con-
tests before the primaries the poll
teal horizon has been cleared and
there will be no Independent can
didates in the field for city officers
on either Of the three tickets.
William P. O'Hara and William ].
Leavy who opposed w. Guy Weaver
for the Democratic alderman at large
nomination will support Mr.. Weav-
er, the successful candidate of the
primaries and will try to have their
friends do likewise. In the sixth
ward where there was three cor
nered contest for aldermanic nomi-
nation on the Democratic ticket be-
tween Chris Jorgensen, John Schultz
and Rasmus Hansen, the latter two
will support Mr.. Jorgensen, who Is
the nominee Mr.. Weaver and Mr..
Jorgensen both had the support of
the organization for nominations at
the primaries and while the former
won by large majority the latter
won out by only IL votes.
1t was a current report last night
that Mr.. O'Hara would run inde-
pendently against Mr.. Weaver, but
the former stated today to an EV-
ENING NEWS man that he had de-
cided not to. Mr.. O'Hara admitted
that a strong effort had been made
to have him continue in the fight,
but he said that after carefully con-
sidering it he had made up his mind
not to run, but to go out and work
for the election of Mr.. Weaver.
Mr.. O'Hara's statement was as fol-
lows:
"Realizing that the primaries were
open and desiring to be the candi-
date for alderman at large on the
Democratic ticket l entered the field.
l did not do so because l had a
political axe to grind or because l
had any personal feelings against
the organization or against the 9TH
er two candidates. The contest was
fought fairly and in the open, and
| lost, although l am pleased with
the showing l made. Many of my
friends yesterday urged me to run
independently, and other influence
was brought to my attention, but
after carefully considering all sides
l have decided not to be an inde-
pendent candidate. / have no desire
to be unloyal or to oppose the reg
ular Democratic organization of this
city and 1t Is for that reason chiefly
tudL du uOI SolhS " uh' ah
out for Mr.. Weaver and will do all
in my power to cause him to be
elected l thank my friends for
their support on primary day and
asked them to give the same sup
port to the present Democratic can
didate for alderman at large. II
am and always have been a good
Democrat. feel that with all the
nnnnciffnn 7 nnuld not ha
elected and that If did run / might
only be the cause of defeating the
party here this year. That l will
not do.'
William J. Leavy, the other Demo-
cratic candidate who opposed Mr..
Weaver for the nomination called
up the latter on the telephone last
night and congratulated him on his
success on primary day and promised
to give him his support. Mr.. Leavy
told a NEWS man that he would
stick to his promise made before the
primaries that If he was defeated he
would work for the successful candi-
date. Mr.. Leavy said he had no in
tention of running Independently.
There was also some talk yester
day that John Schultz would run
Independent against Chris Jorgensen
for the aldermantc nomination in
the sixth ward, but Mr.. Schultz to-
day set the minds of all at rest when
he stated to the EVENING NEWS !
that he was out to elect Mr.. Jor-
gensen. Il have promised my sup
port to Mr.. Jorgensen," he said, |
"and will do all l can to elect him.
I am not an independent candidate
and am satisfied to that l was beaten !
fairly for the nomination" Mr.. Han |
sen has also said that he would not !
run independently.
Realizing that there are two can
didates besides Mr.. Weaver in the
field for alderman at large, the
Democrats have started hard cam |
paign in the formers behalf. Num- |
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