The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-08
Republican Gets More Votes
Than Democrat and So
cialist Combined.
PROGRESSIvES NO FACTOR
Many Democrats, Fearing Dem
Arrest, Voted With the
Republicans.

PATERSON. ~ j.. April Dow r.
Drukker. Republican. was elected Repre-
sentative In Congress from the Seventh
New Jersey district to-day to fill the un-
expired term OF Robert @. Bremner.
Democrat, who died OF cancer on Febru-
airy 6. He carried the district. embracing
all OF Passaic county with the exception
OF two townships. with a plurality of
6.27s. His total vote was 1906. or 22o
more than the combined vote Of the next
two highest candidates.
James J. OByrne. Democrat. in the In
terest of whose candidacy President Will
son wrote . letter Of warm Endorsement.
was a poor second in the race with a total
Of 5.22s votes. He was closely crowded
by Gordon Demarest. Socialist, who was
only l73 votes behind him.
Henry c. Whitehead, Progressive, was
fourth man. the big Bull Moose vote OF
the district dwindiing to 60?.
Henry lager. the Socialist Labor can
didate. brought up the rear with a total
OF So.
The Republicans fought the campaign
on the tariff issue, contending that the
present tariff law was responsible in no
small measure for a slump In the business
OF many Of Passaic county's Industries.
The district Is essentially an industrial
centre.
The Democratic campaigners appealed
to the voters to support O'Byrne and thus
give their approval of the Wilson policies
and the national Administration.
Appeal to Indorse Wilson.
United States Senator Ollie James of
Kentucky said in = speech at a Demo-
cratic mass meeting here last night that
the issue was whether the voters wanted
to uphold the efforts OF the President or
to repudiate him. United States Senator
j. Hamilton Lewis declared on the same
platform that IL the election WAS adverse
to the things for which the President
stands 1t would be charged that his home
State had turned against him and that in
New Jersey he was dishonored."
The Republican leaders were in hne
humor tonight and declared that Druk-
the district presaged Republican victory
In New Jersey and elsewhere at the gem
eral elections In the fall. In all Repub-
lican quarters II was insisted that to-day $
election was an emphatic rundown for
the white House.
II 10 freely admitted. however, that one
| OF the elements that contributed much to
Drukker's big plurality was the fact that
citizens were greatly disturbed during the
campaign by the showing made by the
Socialists, and many Democrats voted for
the Republican candidate to make certain
the defeat of Demarest. Many Democrats
prided themselves tonight on their pa
triotic stand in voting for Republican.
Drukker Carries Paterson.
In this city Drukker received s.737
votes, O'Byrne 3.94&. Demarest 1886 and
Whitehead pol. Drukker carried six
wards. O'Byrne four and Demarest one.
When he ran for Mayor OF Paterson last
November Demarest, the Socialist had a
total Of 5.0%S and was second high man.
being beaten by Mayor Robert Fordyce.
Republican.
In Passaic. the only other city in the
county. the returns gave Drukker 1898.
O'Byrne 1913, Demarest ISL and White
head ?33. The city is usually Progressive.
To-day. however. the Progressives as a
rule returned 10 the fold.
In the Presidential election OF 1912
when the late Representative Bremrcr
was elected by plurality OF $500, 49,.
6s1 vots were cast In the district.
Passaic county was last represented by
Republican Congressman in l9o5-07.