Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-01
G|LLEN ISSUE
BIG QUESTION
IN CAMPAIGN
Fight Of Board of Works Man
for Reelection Over
shadows Al Else.
FOLLOWERS SEE VICTORY;
ORGANIZATION SAYS NAY
Democratic Party Leaders De-
clare He Can't Get the
Necessary Vote.
FOLLOWERS SEE VICTORY;
ORGANIZATION SAYS NAY

will Charles r. Gillefi, milltan,
Democrat. be successful in his cam
paign for reelection to the Board of
Works at the polls tomorrow and
thereby infiict defeat on the Demo-
cratic organization, or will be go the
way of many others who have sought
to fight the organizations. and be
crushed under their might? This Is
q question uppermost in the minds of
nine-tenths of the Democrats in the
city. whether they are for or against
Gllien, and also of a very large num-
Der Of Republicans.
The Gillen question has been by all
odds the overshadowing issue in
E>n1he present campaign, and 1t has
cd practically all other issues
cectacular fight, through his
bis party organization. his
pf the operations being
INST him. and the bitterness
This charges and the replies
nave been made to them has
few. IL any. parallels in Newark
ne whole affair Is very similar to
ndependent campaigns. which In
years past have been the features of
New York city elections. In the latter
4 the independents have sometimes won
and sometimes they have lost, more
often lost
There is no doubt that Gillen is
the candidate popular with the rank
and file of the peepI who are inde-
pendent in their ting and who
have no compuncti about leaving
1 their party candid and voting for
man whom the or who is on
popular wave. ere are hum
dreds of these .e too, but
against such q is the party
organizations, WI workers viii
get out a party which will fol-
low these stands
Partisaus WI TX to Parties.
Party men inclined to vote
FOR the regul fndidates. either
Democrat or 9liean, as the case
may be. ) a Democrat and
It is expecte t most Of his vote
viii come froi, fe Democrats. Thus
he is going to dfFide mat party vote
but how much and then how is the
going tn overcome the Repui51ican
vote? Ordinarily the dopester would
say that split OF the Democratic
vote would mean the defeat OF the
Democrats, the Gillen strength being
SUFFICIENT to kill the regular nnmi-
nee, but not sufficient to elect its
candidate. Consequently tho two Re-
publicans would be carried into of
flee
The Gillen people. however, can see
nothing but success, and some of
their more enthusiastic followers say
that he will sweep the city in the
biggest silent vote that was ever cast
in Newark. They point to the en-
thusiasm which is being shown in his
cause, especially the meeting of Gil
len workers held In Oraton Hall yes
terday afternoon This latter struc-
ture was crowded to the doors and
filled all available standing room. i
Every ward in the city was repre-
sented. and Gillen hackers say that
the sentiment which enabled such an
organization to be perfected in such
brief period viii be the winning
factor tomorrow. The organization
men of the Democratic fold pooh
pooh this and cite some figures to
1ubstantiate their claim.
How Dopestcrs Fgure.
First the Democratic organization
people say that figures don't deceive,
and then they point to the fact that,
in round figures, there were 38, 700 ball
lots cast in the Board OF Works cleo
tiof last year. Now an equal division
Y Of these would give $1,000 to both the
Democrats and Republicans, Further,
there were $500 Democratic votes
cast at the recent primaries for the
Board of Works. Subtracting this
latter number from $4,000 there re-
mains 1000. which is a figure. the or
ganization men say, Gillen will have
to get before he can begin TO figure as
a possibility. Then, they say, they do
not believe that he can get this num-
ber.
Against this the followers Of Gillen
point to a straw. vote, taken by sealed
envelopes in Johnston & Murphy's
shoe factory. The canvass was made
and each man placed his vote In an
envelope and sealed It. When the
count was made sGillen had an over
whelming majority, getting total of
1873. Monahan, Democrat, was sec
ond, with 30; Haas, Republican, had
Ia; Smith, Republican, IL; kraemer,
Democrat. g. 1t is said that in pre-
vious years straw votes taken In this
factory has invariably indicated how
the election has gone,
Much Discussion Heard.
Discussion on Gillen pro and con
can be heard wherever the voters
congregate, whether 1t is at luncheon
or at other functions and whether it
is in public places or in the homes.
In fact, it hRs even spread to the
churches, and many were the men
either going to or coming from re-
ligious service yesterday who talked
the matter over. Invariably, too, the
man who vas not bound to any party
by some strong Organization tie was a
GiIlen advocate.
An instance OF the interest, in the
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