Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-03
REELECTION OF
G|LLEN PROVES
RECORD VICTORY
Far outdistances the Rival Re-
publicans and Regular Demo-
cratic Nominees.

Carried ON the crest OF popular
movement which was unparalleled. In
Newark, Charles P. Gillen. inde-
pendent Democrat. registered d vic
tory saz'sz~l lhatlx the- isepublicaa and
Democratic organizations at the polls
yesterday and was reelected to the
Board og Street and Water Commits
sioners by a plurality Of s.s56. His
total vote was 2s,S0s
The man to sit in the board with
Mr. Gillen viii be Thomas ]. Smith,
Republican,. who polied 16,S47, ma
jority OF los over his Republican run
ming mate. William f. Haas This
result will give the Republicans con-
troll Of the board for the first time in
five years. There are two Republican
holdovers Commissioners Arthur r.
Denman and William Tries, jr, and
the Republicans will reorganize the
board. The Democratic hoIdover is
Patrick IL. Ryan, now board president.
The regular Democratic candidates
were completely smothered in an ava
lanche Of votes. They were pfacti-
cally nowhere in the running, and DIR.
Charles r. Kraemer. who made the
strongest attacks against Commits
s.oner Gillen, was low man on the
ticket. being 1882 votes behind Com
missioner Gillen.
Gillen waged one OF the most spec
taculap campaigns in the history of
Newark and he benefited from the
vote of Republicans as well as Demo-
Gratis. In fact, he carried every ward
but two, the Fifth, Monahan's home
ward, which Monahan carried. and
the Ninth, the strong Republican
ward of the city, which gave Haas,
Republican, majority. The Repub
lican vote for Gillen was of such
large proportions that it made the
fight a very close one between Smith
and Haas, the Republican nominees,
and it was not until the last district
was in that Smiths victory was as
sured.- While Smiths plurality over
Haas stands at 105, at one time IL
was only fifty. BY an almost solid
vote in the First ward, Smith re-
ceived 1,057, which helped him ma
terially in winning out for one OF the
most important city Offices
1t had not been generally conceded
that Commissioner Gillen could over
come the powerful opposition of the
Democratic and Republican machines,
but when the vote of the large Re-
publican wards began coming in it
was seen that Giiien's election was
Eassuredsa
Giiien's Run Phenomenal.
His running throughout the city
was phenamenaI in Essex county poll
tics and the returns amazed even the
most conservative politicians. Gilien's
two Democratic opponents. former
sheriff Monahan and DIR. kraemer,
could not overcome the great senti-
ment among the citizenship of New
ark that had been created in favor
OF Mr. GilIen. DIR. Kraemer, who is
a former member of the Board OF
Works, only secured 1871 votes, fall
ing considerably behind his running
mate.
The Eighth ward, which is recog-
nizcd as a stanch and solid Repub-
lican section. and incidentally the
home ward of DR.. Kraemer. was car
ried by GiIlen. Here Monahan Sc
cured a total vote of 547 votes, as
against 43l polled for his colleague,
DR. KraemerA
The Fifth ward. which was expect
ed to 20 strong for Monahan. was
only carried by vote Of 9S for
Monahan. as against S7g for Gilien.
DIR. Kraemer received 519 votes
Another Republican stronghold
where the Gilien vote was heavy was
IN the Ninth ward, which was carried
by Haas, with a total vote of 2,ls0
Gillen received 2.067, while Smith. the
|other Republican candidate, secured
!, TBS votes
with the exception of the Fifth and
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