Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-10
HEAVY VOTING IN
COMMISSION FIGHT
FOR JERSEY CITY
Hague Confident That Anti
Wittpenn Men Will Have
Landslide.
MAYORS FORCES PREDICT
VICTORY FOR CANDIDATES
Gubernatorial Aspirant's Party
Imports Detectives to Look
Out for Its Interests.
IFrom a ,taa correspanacnt.I

JERSEY CITY. N. j.. June 10.-Re-
ports of the noon vote infthe commits
sion government election here today
showed that the balloting was fairly
heavy
The fight was between the so-called
.Wittpenn candidates, on the one
hand, and the -wittpennites, on
the other.
Frank Hague, who was particularly
active in the campaign. predicted to-
Gay landslide for the anti Wittpenh
men,
In my own district he said to an
Evening Star reporter. that is, the
Second ward, think it is safe to say
the Wittpenn men won't have much
of a chance"
The Wittpenn forces, however, were
equally confident of victory They
maintained that they would elect
three commissioners. if not all FIVE.
City Collector A. Harry Moore it
was generally conceded, had the best
chance of any of the Wittpenn men.
The others running on the Wittpenn
ticket were City Clerk John H. Nor
ris, City Treasurer Carl G. A. Schu-
mann, former Judge Joseph F. Far
mer and former Assemblyman Charles
P. dwell
The five remaining candidates were
Frank Hague, James ]. Ferris, former
Assemblyman George f.. Brensinger,
former Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan and
Thomas P. Stewart OF these the
first three are Democrats and the last
two, Republicans.
Pagan made a quiet campaign, for
he depended upon the fact that he
had lead all the candidates In the
primaries. At that time he polled
over 1900 votes.
Hague. who ran third at the
primaries, had strengthened his fol-
lowing, it was claimed. by challeng-
ing Mayor Wittpenn to debate the
issues of the campaign with him.
The mayor failed to take advantage
of Hague's offer.
Ferris, 1t was expected. weul5 go
- fairly good vose by Feascn Of the
fact that all the church clubs and
societies had waged strenuous cam
paign in his behalf.
Moore. who ran second in the pri-
mary election, said that he was con-
fident of the result. so far as he per-
sonally was concerned.
The election was quietly and order
ly. The Wittpenn men had hired a
dozen New York detectives to look
after their interests.
Wagons bearing the pictures of the
FIVE -Wittpenn candidates were
driven through the streets in last
appeal for votes.
Mayor Wittpenn declared that all
his candidates would be elected and
was confident that they would win
with little trouble. The three Witt
penn men Moore selected as the
most likely to win were Schuman,
Morris and himself. 1t is known that
if the Wittpenn men are elected
Moore will be their choice for mayor.
Commissioner Hague, leader of the
anti Wittpenn candidates, declared
there would be a landslide in favor
of his colleagues and himself. He
predicted the end of the Wittpenn
machine by nightfall and in all parts
of the city confidence was expressed
that the anti-Wittpenn men would
be returned winners.
1t was noted that here was
marked scarcity of city employees
manning the offices at he City Hall.
The absentees were ieen walking
about the city distributing literature
which advocated the eection of the
Wittpenn candidates fhe city EN-
ployees engaged in tbs work ap-
peared little concerned pver the fact
that their actions weri highly inn
proper.