Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-24
CLEAN SWEEP FOR
PARTY DEMOCRATS
Nugent Vote Overwhelming.
City and County Show
Large Maiorities.

The regular Democratic candidates
Tor the various city and county Of
fees swept everything before them
and nominated James r.. Nugent for
State committeeman, twelve Assem-
bly, candidates. three freeholders and
Patrick H. Ryan for Board of Works.
Mr.. Nugent's plurality over Mayor
Julian A. Gregory was 4,7O3: Commits
sioner Ryan's for Board of Works,
BIOL, while the Assembly and free
holder candidates won out by over
6,n00 from their Progressive rivals.
Thomas Cannon, of West Orange, led
the freeholders' ticket, while Law
renee McCabe, jr., of East Orange,
whom Gregory has from time to time
made the object of bitter attacks,
was high man of the Democratic as
semblymen
McCabe was o. 1854 ahead of Samuel
kalisch, jr., the high man on the
Progressive Democratic ticket. Gan
non ran 5,69s ahead of Brady, the
high man on the Progressive Demo-
cratic ticket.
Contrary to expectations, Patrick
J. O'Connor of this city, who ram
under the designation Regular Dem
ocrat," and who was expected to poll
a largo vote, did not make much of a
showing.
O'Connor only succeeded in polling
1852 votes, while p. Allen Smith, the
organization candidate, whom O'Con-
nors friends expected he would beat,
polled 1928 votes.
The Colby Assembly ticket was
elected by a close margin over the
Osborneites, and Frank L. Driver sue
ceedeG eli beating Edmund b. Os-
borne for member of the State COM
mittee.
Dodd, the high man on the Colby
Assembly ticket, ran 2I2 ahead of
Alexander, the highest man among
the Osborne dozen. There was no
contest among the ProgressiYes for
freeholder. Ougheltree, Winslow and
Ruder running on both tickets. There
was one Independent candidate, Pier
son, but he was not in the running.
Frank Davenport had no opposition
for Board of Works.
The Republicans had no contests to
speak of. The regular Assembly
candidates were unoppoSed and Card
WELL, Evans and Ryman, the three
freebooter candidates had no opposi-
ton to speak of. There were two in
dependent candidates. For Board of
Works Alderman Louis Pfeiffer, of
the Tenth Ward, had the field all to
ItllLScll, DIS ulQ lOTIutT dlM yOT
NJ Doremus for State committee
man.
The ward contests for alderman de-
veIoped few lively battles. In the
First Ward Quigley, Democrat, de-
feated Pannico for the nomination by
2S7 votes, while in the Second Ward
Alderman Mark A. Phillips COM
pletely showed under his rival,
Charles W. Rooney, running nearly
600 ahead. John d. McQuade, Repub-
lican, easily outdistanced his two OPP
ponents in the same ward.
In the Third Ward. Breidt, Republic
can, had a margin of Z over his op-
ponent, Hirsch.
The battle in the Eleventh Ward be-
tween the clans of Tax Commissioner
Moses Reichman and John M. Rhoda-
beck resulted in a defeat for the
Wilsonites commanded by the latter.
Reich succeeded in landing a
majority of his candidates for
county committee and in landing
former Board of Works Commission
er Thomas Harlan the nomination
for alderman over Thomas A. Fowler
the Progressive Democratic @candi-
date. Harlan's margin was &C.
The f1ve-cornered fight in the
Twelfth Ward for the Democratic
nomination was won by Alderman
John ]. Fitzsimmons by 10 votes over
William Zimmerman. Richard A.