Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-23
Anti-Wittpenn Ticket Makes
Big Sweep and Fielder Claims
State Leadership.
M'GLENNON SEESAWS
WITH GERALD MCDONALD
Capstick Gets Republican Con-
gressionaI Nomination from
Union and Morris.

Groth. the Wittpenn candidate. Will
liam f. Clossey made commendable
showing. but his resources were not
quite SO extensive as those of the
Kinkead followers.
Kinkead, of course, made his strong
est showing right in Jersey City,
where he polled a plurality of be-
tween 1900 and 1000 votes North
Hudson was almost solid for Groth
and gave him plurality of 1900.
kinkead carried West Hudson. by
about 900, but he lost Hoboken by
300. Bayonne gave him plurality
of 1000.
Fielder Now State Leader.
The contest in Hudson was the ma
teriAl evidences of a struggle between
Governor James f. Fielder and. Naval
Officer H. Otto Wittpenn for the Lead
ership Of the State. Governor Fielder,
by virtue of the success of most of
his candidates, now lays claim to
that leadership.
John Crosby, candidate for the
nomination for county clerk on the
anti -Wittpenn ticket, was defeated
by Recorder John j. McGovern, of
Hoboken Sheriff Nicholas P. Wedin,
who was also a candidate for county
clerk, Is blamed for Crosby's loss by
splitting what might otherwise have
been successful support.
Anti-Wittpenn Assembly Candidates.
Ali of the twelve anti -Wittpenn
Assembly candidates were victorious.
They ran away ahead of Kinkead,
as they had the support of both the
Glossy and the Clark factions. John
Magner. the -Wittpenn candidate,
Is the nominee for county supervisor,
and John Mcmahon was renominated
for register by safe margin.
The three freeholder nominees will
be two anti -Wittpennites, Louis
Finke and Oscar Auf der Heide, and
James p. Meehan, present free
holder, who ran on the Wittpenn
ticket.
The Democratic primary vote in
Hudson was greater than the vote
cast in the general election last year.
1t is said that the vote in Jersey City
alone was about 5000.
Details of the returns from Eliza
beth are coming in rather slowly, al
though but so per cent. of the normal
vote was cast. The striking feature
of the primary was the Progressive
slump from 914 to 289.
A considerable falling off was looked
for, but not so much, because of the
contest for the nomination for mayor.
Elwood Phares won by twenty votes
from Mayor Mravlag, who was unoII-
posed in the Republican primary, as
was General Daniel F. Collins, the
Democratic candidate.
Union Assembly Candidates.
Francis v. Dobbins, Charles E.
Dooley and William J. Callahan are
the three successful Democratic non-
inees for Assembly.
William A. Leonard defeated Ed
ward Neafsey for the Democratic
nomination for county clerk. The
largest primary vote for years was
cast in Elizabeth yesterday. The AS
sernbly fight on the Republican ticket
resulted in victories for Arthur N.
Pferson, of Westfield, who was the
high man, and William N. Runyon, of
Plainfield The closest fight was be-
tween Charles L. Morgan and Arthur
E. Warner, both of Elizabeth, fee 49,
Third Assembly nomination. Mr..
Warner carried Plainfeld. Summit
and Railway, and tied Mr.. Morgan in
some of the wards of this city, but
lost out by sc votes.
Percy II. Stewart is the Demo-
cratic nominee for state senator,
there being no contest.
Michael r. Devine leads the
Democratic ticket for the nomination
for sheriff. James p. Kelley lead
James J. Potts for the nomination OF
register of deeds
James c. Calvert, the present in
cIrnbent won the Republican NOM
ination for county clerk over William
III. Wright, George c. Otto leads
the race for Republican nomination
for sheriff. Frank III. Smith, the
present register Of deeds, was unop-
posed for denomination on the Re-
publican ticket.
: State Senator Carlton B. Pierce will
be Republican nominee for the same
position he now holds on both the
Republican and Progressive tickets.
In the Fifth congressional district,
which comprises Union and Norris
counties. John H. Capstick was given
a big plurality over the other Repub
lican candidates. former Congressman
Charles y Fowler and pev. VILLA m
It. Stuchell. With four districts mis-
sing, this was 1,010 William III.
Thompson was elected sheriff by S04.
Prince Nominated n sixth.
Professor John D. Prince, of Column
bfa University, and ex-president OF
the State Senate, was nominated for
Congress by the Republicans in the
Sixth district, comprising Warren,
Sussex and Bergen counties and two
townships in Passaic county He de-
feated Major s. Wood McClave, his
only opponent. Representative A. c..
Hart, Democrat, was renominated.
In the Seventh district, Passaic
county, excepting Pompton and West
Milford, Congressman Dow H. Bruk-
ker, Republican, was renominated.
His opponent will be Judge Walter G.
Cabell, Democrat. ~
The regulars Of the Republican
party secured the Assembly and
freeholder nomiDations In Passaic
county. One Democratic candidate
for Assembly honors broke through
the bracket around the organization
candidates.
The Republican party renominated
all five Assembly candidates. They
are: George III. Dalrymple, William
j. Barbour, William Hughes, Ed
mund B. Randall and John Hunter.
The Democratic Assembly candi-
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