New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-06
Will Control the Essex Delega
ton in the Assembly and
May Figure in Select
ing a Speaker.

ty-one counties. among them Cumberland,
the home county Of Mr.. Stokes. the Re-
publican candidate Mr. Stokes carried
six counties. MIR. Colby. the Progressive.
did not carry single county. His total
vote will not exceed 35, 900, compared with
600 for Roosevelt a year ago.
Mr. Fielder's plurality is about 1o,OOO
less than Mr.. Wilson received when he
ran for Governor three years ago. There
were only two candidates In the contest
then.
Mr.. Fielder cut into Mr.. Stokes's vote
i'm South Jersey very largely. Hitherto
this section of the state has been looked
upon as Overwhelmingly Republican. HIS
largest vote however. came from the COM
muting counties in North Jersey-Bergen.
Union. Essex. Hudson. Middlesex and
Morris all swinging into his column by
good sized pluralities
Mr.. Stokes carried only one commuter
county-Passaic-and that by about 400.
Fielder's Friends Credit Wilson.
Friends OF President Wilson hailed Mr..
Fielder's victory on Tuesday as so strong
an Endorsement Of his administration as
TO make him beyond much doubt the
Democratic candidate for President in
| 1916. despite the Democratic platform.
There isn't much doubt that Mr.. Field
er's success was an Endorsement Of the
pending currency bill and the new tariff
law because these issues were put
squa rely before the voters by Mr.. Bryan
and the corps Of Democratic spellbinders.
In addition Mr. Stokes. the Republican
candidate made an issue Of the tarifi
bill.
It was expected in New Jersey and
hereabouts that the President would use
the New Jersey election as a CLUB 10
force the recalcitrant Senator'S into a
caucus on the currency bill. in order to
BASS Il I'm the form desired by the admin
| istration.
The Democrats also retained control OF
| the Senate By electIng four OF the eight
| Senator's chosen on Tuesday. They VIII
have eleven votes to ten for the Repub-
llcans Senator John Slocum, OF Mon
mouth. will be selected TO preside over
the new Senate. and Senator Peter Nc
| Glnnis. OF Passac will be majority
| leader.
There will be Democratic majority OF
seventeen on Joint ballot. which insures
the selection OF a Democrat TO succeed
| Controller Edward /. Edwards. Mr.. Ed
wards will probably succeed himself
Nearly every Democrat who was re-
| elected To the House is candidate for
speaker
Mr.. Fielder carried his home county
Hudson. by $3.50 plurality. Mr.. Stokes
received a number of Progressive votes,
as he ran about 5000 ahead OF the other
candidates on the ticket and Colby was
| more than 1000 behind the other nominees
on his ticket. Fielder received some Pro-
gressive votes as his total is more than
| . 600 over that cast for Egan, the Demo-
cratic candidate for State Senator, but
the latter has n larger plurality than
Fielder. FISH. IS Greco. his Republican
opronent falls An votes behind Stokes.
Close Fight in Essex.
Mr.. Fielders plurality OF 700 in Essex
County came as surprise, because the
smith Nugept Democrats were openly
against him and 1t was believed that he
would lose the county to Mr.. Stokes by
several thousand. He received good
many Progressive votes, however, Tor
while Mr.. Colby lives in Essex he polled
only about II 900 votes. compared to 33.No
for Colonel Roosevelt a year ago.
That President Wilson's influence was
big factor in the contest was shown By
the referendum vote on the chancellor
fury reform bill, which takes from the
sheriffs the power to draw grand ana
petit Jurors and places their selection IN
commission OF two for each county. the
commissioners to be named by the Chah-
C, llor. This is the bill that the President
came back TO New Jersey 10 nsht for'
but was beaten. Although the returns are
incomplete. the indications are that the
Chancellor Jury reform bill has been
adopted by substantial majority
Asbury Park was the one bright spot
for the Progressives, for 1t was here that
William A. Berry. Bull Mooser. was
elected Mayor over Reginald Bennett, the
present incumbent and a Democrat.
The result OF the Assembly vote in Es-
sex County was unusual. in that ten
Democrats and two Republicans We're
chosen. Inc AsseHlplyiheH "ic '
by counties and, as rule, are all OF one
complexion. The ten Democrats. now
ever, are enough to make Nugent an I'M
portant figure in the coming House, as
without the Essex delegation the Demo
Gratis are three short of the necessary
majority of thrty-one. This means. OF
course. that Nugent, who controls the
Essex ten, will have to be consulted III
the choice Of a Speaker and majority
leader. He will also have a say In the
passage OF all important bills, unless
the Republican members should vote with
the Democrats outside OF Essex.
Mr.. Stokes and Mr.. Colby both sent
congratulations to Ny. Fielder yesterday.
Mr.. Colby, In a statement, said that he
wasn't daunted by the result but In
tended to keep up the fight for the prin-