Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-25
FIELDER IS GIVEN
$4,000 MAJORITY
OVER KATZENBACH
Further Returns Show More De-
cisive Victories for Governor,
Stokes and Colby.
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY
NOW TOTALS OVER $4,000
Colby Wins Over Osborne by
1,5o0-Hudson Gives Field
er Majority of 10000.

More complete returns of the prf-
mary election show a more decisive
victory for Governor Fielder. former
Governor Stokes and former Senator
Colby for the nominations for Gov
ernor. respectively. of the Democratic,
Republican and Progressive parties.
The majority for Fielder over Katzen-
bach reaches a total of at least 10000.
Hudson alone gave Fielder a ma
jority of $4,000. Katzenbach carried
but two of the twenty-one counties,
his home county of Mercer by 1,10C
and Essex. The complete returns will
probably show a majority Of over
35, 900 for Fielder
Stokes. plurality over the three
Republican candidates, from figures
now available, total over $4,000
He won out in every county in the
State. except Hudson, where former
Judge Carey has a plurality Of LOO
and Union. where former Congress
man Fowler got scant plurality.
Colby's majority over Osborne was
about 1.500. carrying every county ex-
cept Hunterdon and Mercer. The Pro-
gressive vote was light because Of the
court decision excepting Progressive
recruits from the Progressive prima-
ries.
Hudson FsvOrs Fielder.
In Hudson County, his home, Fielder
/ received a majority of 1900, while
still many districts are missing. War
rem County turned over votes in ia
! vor of Fielder at the ratio Of two Il
one over Katzenbach. The latter car
ried Mercer County with majority
of LOO over Fielder.
Of the many contests that of ths
State committee membership in tbs
| Democratic camp proved in parts o.
| the State, especially in Hudson ant
| in Union, a bitter one, as was like
wise the contest for freeholder candi'
dates. OF the county committee mer
/ in the various counties the fights wer'
sporadic.
! No explanation nor any attempt a
such has been made from any of th'
| parties as to the remarkably lgh
vote all through the State, withou
hardly an exception.
i Fielder. Stokes and Colby proved IN
favorites In Atlantic County. Will
! 500, 5,243 and 1877 in their respective
| favor. The voting in the county, al
though there were contests on, wa
exceedingly light.
The Gubernatorfa1 contest, as far a.
Bergen County was concerned, wa,
settled in favor of Stokes, Fielder ant
Colby. The biggest other contest her
was in the Democratic camp, wher'
eight men aspired to the three As
sembly nominations. This contest wa
] - A A-fks
| A. De Yoe and Thomas Z. English.
/ Burlington was carried by Stokes
Fielder and Colby. In Cape Ma!
County the Republican race for tn
Gubernatorial nomination PRACTICAL.
showed Stokes unopposed. Fielde
and Colby likewise carried the county
In Cumberland County the chic
contest. outside of the Governo
race. was on the surrogate nomina
ton. In the Governor race Stokes
Fielder and Colby won the day. Al
though a loser. the Katzenbach vot
was surprisingly high.
Grosscup Reelected.
Interest In the election in Glouceste
County centred on the Democrati
State committeeman contest. Edwarl
z. Grosscup, the present chairman o
that committee. won out with al
overwhelming majority over his op
ponent, Joseph R. Newton. The Gov
ernor fight resulted as follows
Stokes. Fielder. Colby.
Hudson County was the hot bed o
contests all around. chief anon
which was the fight between the anti
Wittpenn group and the Wittpenl
followers in the race for the nom
nations for Assembly. The fight re
suited In the nomination of five Witt
penn and seven anti Wittpenn mer
Of the aspirants for the Gubernatoria
nomination Carey won out with 1,1S
votes over Stokes. Fielder and Cobb,
were the two other victorious esndi
dates.
Hunterdon County shows for Cub
ernatorial candidates Stokes, Osborn
and Fielder, while Mercer show
Stokes, Colby and Katzenbach.
Fielder was the selection OF tn
Middlesex County Democrats, an