Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-01
G|LLEN ISSUE
BIG QUESTION


Gillen phase of the campaign was
given Saturday night In hall on
Springfield avenue. Charles c. Hahn,
Democratic candidate for alderman In
the Thirteenth ward, entered the
place on his campaign tour. He re-
ceiyed a warm greeting. said few
words, and then left for other meet
ings. When he went politics was the
topic. but the subject was Gillen, and
whether he would win or lose.
There are many factors in the CAM
paign which will have their influences
either for or against Gillen- One OF
these is the jitney agitation. The jit-
| ney men are for GiIlen mostly. They
are energetic in their work, too, as
was demonstrated by their turnout
Friday night, when something in the
neighborhood of 275 cars were in line.
These cars, too, have CARRIED Gilien
posters on their sides, and they have
proven novel sort Of advertising.
Democratic Organization Is Busy.
While the enthusiasm on tap is
favorable to Gillen the Democratic
organization has been working with
even more than It's accustomed vigor-
It has very strong organization, too,
and 1t expects its strength to show
effectually at the polls. Even with
the Democratic energy there is no
strong belief among the organization
men that both organization candi-
dates viii be successful The opinion
seems to prevail that DR.. Charles f.
Kraemer will be low man among the
| five men seeking the Office and there
are many organization Democrats
who can be heard saying that John
r. Monahan, Democratic. and Thomas
y n .I.Is ~.-4I h. ~
choice. In this case 1t VIII mean that
the Republicans will obtain control
of the board, as there are two hold
| over Republicans.
GilIen and Mopahan, Maybe.
There are organization Democrats,
who are friends Of Gillen and still
| loyal otherwise to the organization.
and they are shouting for Gillen and
Monahan, and many profess to be-
| lieve that this Is how the vote will
turn out IL the Democrats are to win
at all. 1t can be remembered that
prior to the election of candidates
hat there were many organization
,orkers who favored Gilien for the
egular Democratic nomination., and
ii was only when they were outvoted
that they submitted to the Will of the
majority.
Still another angle to the campaign
Is the fact that many of the men
who are advocating Gillen are deolar-
/, ing that they will vote for Gillen
alone. and in that way seek to hold
down the vote of some of the others,
making their ballot doubly effective
for the commissioner.
Betting Against Gilien.
Like all events in which there Is
much difference OF opinion consider
able money is being wagered on the
result. Right here, though. the odds
are against Glllen and IL the men
who bet have any better line on the
| situation than other people. why,
j Gillen will be beaten. This betting,
which started briskly Saturday, Is
1 continuing with activity today and
/ by tonight it is. expected that thous-
ands of dollars will be placed on the
outcome.
With the closing OF the polls al I
o'clock tomorrow night, indications
OF the trend In things should be
known by 10 o'clock. That the people
will want to know as early as possible
is natural, and Indications now are
that one of the old-tifne election
crowds will be about the -Four Cor
ners' to get the returns. This crowd
may not be as large as presidential
election crowd, as the people from
| the suburbs will have no particular
occasion to come to town. Newark
ers In themselves are numerous
enough though to form large crowds
and they will be here