Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-22
VOTING IS LIGHT
THROUGHOUT STATE
General Lack of interest Due to
the loft Year." Except
in Spots.
Special to the Evening Star.


TRENTON, Sept. 22-Battles for
party leadership and factional strug-
giles are being fought out in the pri-
mary election all over New Jersey to-
day. There are 1900 districts in the
State where the election is being con-
Quoted. Today is also the second
registry day in all municipalities with
over 5000 population.
Early reports show that the voting
is lighter this year than it was last,
except in spots where there is local
score to be settled. The lack of voters,
however, is because of the 'off year"
The third and final registration
day in municipalities of over 5000
Inhabitants will be Tuesday. October
20. while the last registration day
In municipalities of less than 5000
inhabitants will be Tuesday, Oc-
tober 81.
One of the most important primary
fights is in the Democratic ranks in
Hudson County, where the issue Is
between Governor Fielder and Naval
Officer H. Otto Wittpenn. Fielder
using Congressman Kinkead as a
power.
There is almost as bitter rivalry
6ulOAk the IkoQupnLdIlS III I1Q0oOH
County, where an intense struggle Is
in progress between the two fac
tons. One faction is headed by
William P. Verdon, who has the
backing of former Governor Edward
c. Stokes. This ticket Is headed by
Mayor Charles A. Mohn, of West
Hoboken, for sheriff and contains q
full Assembly slate and other county
candidates. The other Republican
ticket was gotten up by a committee
of fifteen favoring John c. Kaiser.
The committee Is backing ticket of
its own and charges Verdon with
having arbitrarily selected his ticket
and with attempting to be party
boss In the county.
In other sections of the State the
primary voting will involve many
local issues of Importance. In At
1antic County the bitter rivalry in
the Republican ranks between AS
semblyman Emerson L. Richards and
ex-Assemblyman Isaac Bacharach
for the nomination for Congress in
the Second district will no doubt have
post-primary effects. Mr.. Richards
having failed in his legal fight to bar
Bacharach as a candidate, the in
terest in Atlantic In the voting for
these two candidates Is at white heat,
OverShadowing all other features of
the primary election.
In Burlington and Gloucester coun-
ties the temperance people have taken
an active part in the primary cam
paign and have Endorsed candidates
VINO pledged themselves to prohibit
ton or strict enforcement of the
liquor laws. In Salem local option
has been made squarely the issue by
the fight of the local optionists
against Senator Isaac r. Smick for
denomination. This contest is also O
test of the Democratic organization
IN Salem, and all the organization
leaders, including United States Dis
trict Attorney ]. Warren Davis, are
behind Smick.
In Camden County Assemblyman
and former Prosecutor Henry S.
Scovel has waged a hot fight against
the Republican organization leaders
for the nomination for sheriff, and
the voting in that county tomorrow
Will determine the strength of the
independent element of the party
against former Sheriff David Baird
and the other organization leaders.
Ocean County presents the oddly
or three parties with only two tickets,
the Democrats and Progressives hav-
Ing fused on the county tickets. AS
semblyman David g. Conrad has no
opposition for denomination. The
Democratic Progressive candidate for
the Assembly is James F. Comfy, a
Democrat.
In Central Jersey most of the
primary fights are open, with numer-
Gus candidates. Hunterdon County is
again experiencing the fight in the
Democratic ranks between the Pid-
cock and Gebhardt factions for party
control, the contest being hotter than
ever before.
Passaic County also has fusion
Democratic Progressive ticket as to
some of the county candidates. In
Bergen County lively fight will be
in progress over the adoption of the
small Board of Freeholders act, with
the Progressives of both parties favor
ing adoption and the regulars and
party bosses opposing it. This mat
ter comes to vote on November 3,
not tomorrow.
In Union County there is much in
terest, but the vote may be very light,
as 1t will be in all the rural and SUBJ
urban districts of the State.