Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-22
PRIMARY VOTE
LIGHT AT NOON
IN ALL SECTIONS
Candidates and Their Lieuten-
ants, However, Are Hustling
for Ballots.
BANKS ARE OPEN;
SCHOOLS IN SESSION
Fate of Many Ambitious Men
Hangs on the Outcome of
Today's BaIIoting.
BANKS ARE OPEN;
SCHOOLS IN SESSION

But for speeding automobiles bear
ing flags and streamers appealing to
the citizens to vote for so and So
for this office, or Remember that so
and so' is candidate for that office
or that this one is the People 6
choice" and similar legends, so pune
tuated as to convey a request or an
admonition, and groups more or less
large or small at polling places. there
are few other things to indicate that
this is primary day
Business is going n about as usual.
The banks are open as usual, court
proceedings are proceeding on the
same old lines, the school teachers are
inculcatng shooting notions into the
young idea as they art wont to do,
and public and private affairs are be-
ing attended to by the citizens as they
attend to them every working day in
the week.
Chief of Police Long directed the
members of the 'tPlain Clothes squad
to notify all saloonkeepers to close up
shop until after 8 O'clock tonight.
And all the apparent indifference in
business circles despite the fact that
ON the result of today's voting the
fate of many an ambitious person
hangs With the close of the polls at
o'clock tonight it will be a settled
proposition as to which one of five
Republican shrievalty candidates Will
be his partys nominee at the general
election and also along in the process
of elimination as II applies to Con-
gress, surrogate, supervisor. mayor,
Board of Works and other offices.
Candidates on the Go.
The candidates and their friends are
hustling just the same, d they say
that before nightfull they will coax
or drag the sleepy ones to the polls.
One cause advanced for the small
vote during the early hours, is the
fact that the Hebrews are today OBJ
serving the Jewish New Year. The
holiday will end at sundown and from
that time until o'clock 1t is eX-
pected that the voters will go TO the
polls in large numbers.
While having no special issue or
person at stake in the primary tight,
the Democrats are paying pretty ialr
attention to the game and are round-
ing up in an interesting way. DEM
ocrats do not propose to be found
wanting when their votes are needed
on general election day.
Last night witnessed the closing
scenes of the primary campaign, SO
far as speechmaking by candidates
and and Endorsements are concerned.
1t was pretty much the same old
story of hustling by the hustlers.
The Headquarters of the various
political organizations and candidates
were very quiet during the morning
hours. The candidates themselves
and the leaders of the political or
ganizations, it was said, were busily
engaged watching various polling
places throughout the county.
The most interest seems to be in
the outcome of the race among the
various Republican candidates There
is practically no contests among the
Progressives and still less among the
Democrats.
The G. O. p. contest, however, is at
fever heat. The telephone at the Re-
publican headquarters has been busy
with requests for information or tips.
The caretaller of the rooms, however,
Is the only one at the headquarters
and he imparts but little information.
John Flavell, secretary of the Re-
publican County Committee, was in
the headquarters a few minutes, bur
the suspense was too great to remain
inside and he departed early for the
various fields of action.
The various Republican County
Committee and district advisory
members have been equipped with re-
turn cards, Every one of the polling
pla Is is covered with these cards.
A soon as the primaries close at
tonight and the returns are made the
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