Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-10
ELECTION
COUNT GIVES c. O.P.
THREE IN ASSEMBLY
Simon L. Fisch Loses Re-elec-
tion, E. Morgan Barradale
Succeeding Him.
DIFFERENCE OF Al VOTES
BETWEEN CANDIDATES
Certificates of Election Are Is
sued by the County
Board.

me County Board OF Elections to-
day canvassed the official vote cast at
the general election last Tuesday, as
certified to by County Clerk Joseph
McDonough, and issued certifictes OF
election to the successful candidates.
The canvass took place in the rooms
of the Board of Freeholders and was
presided over by John +. Murray, jr..
chairman of the election board. The
figures as officially canvassed agree
as to the persons elected with the list
published by the Evening Star on the
day following election, with the ex-
eeption of Simon L. Fisch, Democrat
who Is beaten for twelfth place on the
Assembly ticket by e. Morgan Barra-
dale by II votes
II took the county board less than
an hour to canvass the official vote,
Chairman John It. Murray, jr., stat
ing that 1t was the shortest time ever
consumed by the board in the work.
He took occasion to congratulate
County Clerk McDonough, and his
deputy, George l.. Mahr, for the
splendid manner In which the several
books containing the official returns
had been placed before the board for
the official canvass.
1t was also announced by the board
that the time for the filing of petit
tions for recount would expire at mid
night Friday. November il, and that
all applications must be In by that
time. As yet the county board has
no official notification of any re-
counts, but Ii Is understood that J.
L.. Robinson will demand a recount
In the Third ward OF Montclair where
he was beaten by e. NJ. Kidde by
four votes, while Louis Pfeifer, Re-
publican, defeated candidate for the
Board of Works, may also decide to
have a recount, he being beaten by
only 227 votes.
! The cost of a recount in the city
districts is about $50 district and
as there are 1885 districts in the city,
all of which would have to be re-
counted should Pfeifer decide to con-
test the election of Patrick II. Ryan,
Democrat. 1t woul cost him approxi-
mately $3.50 to $1,000
w Clive Crosby and Thomas j.
smith, Republicans, are also elected,
making the Essex county delegation
| stand nine Democrats and three Re-
publicans, Joseph Papscoe and Mi
/ chael Castellano being the Demo-
Gratis besides Fisch, who went down
to defeat. In the figures first pub
llshed. Fisch was shown az leading
Barradale, and the result between
these two was in doubt until the final
tabulation and comparison of the
Assembly ticket had been made by
County Clerk McDonough's staff at
! 10 o'clock last night
Crosby. Republican, who stood
eleventh on the Assembly list, was
| only eight votes ahead of Barra-
] dale, or forty-nine ahead of Fisch,
| and not until the figures mad been
/ triply checked by the county clerks s
! force was the result of the battle
| between the three men officially
! known.
Eaton Leads County Ticket.
As told in the early figures in the
Evening Star, Edward c. Eaton led
the county ticket with a total of 22,-
S5S votes, with James r. Bryne in
second place with 22,717 These two
men are Democrats, while the third
man on the list Is Thomas j. Smith,
q Republican, who had 22,702 votes.
| There was q difference of but 457
votes between the top and bottom
man on the list of successful candi-
dates for the Assembly.
The registration in the city was
| 45,4s9 and In the county 30,5SS,
total for the county of 76,1TT There
were 40.910 ballots cast In the city
and 27,014 in the county. OF these
ballots. 735 were rejected in the city
and 402 in the county, a total of
1,137, making the net total vote cast
Sc, 7S7.
For the seven candidates for gov
ernor CASTS votes were cast, 2,214
voters failing to vote for any of tho
candidates for governor. Fielder had
o. plurality Of 506 in the county, while
/ Stokes carried the city Of Newark
over Fielder by 107 votes.
The Socialists and Socialist Labor
party cast practically the same vote
on their gubernatorial candidates
this year that they did in 1870 while
the Prohibitionist party made slight
gain, getting a total of FOG votes in
| the county against 1856 in 1910.
| The official figures as compiled by
| the county clerk follow: