Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-07
WILSON 00' |C|ES
IN TIL. LANCE
At POLLS TODAY
Eyes of the Nation on Election
in Seventh Congressional
District.
DRUKKER, REPUBLICAN,
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Trio of United States Senators
Speak for O'Byrne, Demo-
cratic Nominee.
Especial to the Evening star.l

Especial 10 the Evening start
PATTERSON, April THE Seventh
congressional district is voting today
to elect a successor to the late Repre-
sentative Robert G. Bremner The
morning vote indicated that nearly Td
per cent. of the total vote Of the dis.
trict would be polled.
The candidates are: James J.
O'Byrne. Democrat; Dow II. Druklxer,
Republican,: Henry c. Whitehead
Progressive. and Gordon Demarest
Socialist,
Drukker, who is expected to win,
went to the polls today without hav-
ing addressed a single gathering OF
voters. O'Byrne and the other cam
didates. on the other hand, have made
dozens of speeches during the two
weeks of the campaign.
Prosecutor Michael Dunn today
swore in nearly 100 special deputy
sheriffs to watch for corruption at the
polls. No arrests were made in this
early hours.
Rumor had it today that money was
being freely used By workers at the
polling places. This could not be veri-
fed however.
Plead for Wilson'S Cause.
The Democratic campaign was
brought to close last night In this
city and Passaic by United States
Senators William Hughes, Ollie NJ.
james, OF Kentucky, and James Ham.
ilton evils, of Illinois,
All three senators spoke at the
meetingmeeting in this city, which
was held in the auditorium of this
| high school. 1t was presided over by
/ Judge Abram l<lenert Senator
James, the first speaker spent mos
of his time discussing the tariff, the
currency bill and the Wilson policies
on the Panama canal tolls question.
He made a slight reference to the
NJ exican situation. He said it was
an easy task TO fight battles in edi-
torial rooms but conflict on the field
/ meant widows and orphans and pen.
/ sions for three or four generations
/ NOT for all the oil wells, not for ali
the gold mines. not for all the zinc
mines not for all the y'salth. u
Mexico he exclaimed, "w = Ii :, 20 e.
the life Of single factory hand isG
/ Paterson" Z"
.'Do you want every newspaper in
y the cotrtrya fe asked. no say thar
/ New Jersey, Wilson's own State, has
turned down his policy after four
] teen months' trial?'
| Senator Lewis spoke in much the
same strain and urged that the fail
4 ure OF. elect Mr.. O'Byrne would dis
honor the State and show contempt
for its first action.
Let 1t be O'Byrne aud Democracy
he said. Wilson and New jersey for
! eVermore'
Speaks at Passaic ON Tolls.
Al Passaic, Senators James ana
i'm K A n
! The former urged that no favors wera
! due to. coastwise shipping for that
belonged not to the people, not TO
small owners, but to o great mo-
nopoly 1t would cost, he said, $l0,-
100000 to operate the canal and nearly
ST. 800 for every vessel which passed
through it, and there was no reason
why the coastwise shipping should be
exempted.
! Senator Hughes urged the claims
Of Mr. O'Byrne ON the ground that, az
his secretary for ten years, he had ac-
CURED much political experience, and
was far more capable of representing
this district than was he (Hughes;
when he was first sent to Congress-
Senator Hughes made q flatfooted
statement that the Republican party
had all kinds of money and planned
to use it today. He likened the stu.
alton to the one In which he took the
| prominent part ten years ago, when
Colonel William Barbour, million
aire flax manufacturer, was his oppo-
| nent for Congress.
At that time said Senator Hughes,
the eRpublicans said: The money 10
there for you If you want it But
the Democrats answered: We don't
want it, and you all know what the
result was.
Let US all go to the polls tomor
| row." said Senator Hughes "and
| show to the entire country that thu
eSventh Congressional District can
not be sorrupted. You can do this
| by voting for james J. O'Byrne.'