The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-26
Big Slump Shown in Number of
Progressive Ballots
SOCIALISTS ALSO FALL OFF
Prohibitionists Gained in Only One
county-Hudson County Progress
sive Stronghold - Remarkable
Interest Shown for OFF Year.

Trenton.-The total vote on Novem-
Der 2 on the Assembly ticket, as shown
by the returns filed with Secretary
of State Martin, was S82,089. This
was divided as follows:
Republican, 185,OS1; Democratic,
100, Socialist, 1858; National
Prohibition, 11,847; Progressive
(Roosevelt), 6,903; Independent Citi-
zen's ticket in Essex County, 6,649;
Socialist Labor, 292; rejected ballots,
5,228. These figures are found by tax
ing the average vote for Assembly in
those counties electing more than one
Assemblyman, this being the usual
method of calculating it.
This shows that the Republican
plurality was 34,505.
The total Assembly vote last year,
exclusive of rejected ballots, was &c.,
100, as follows: Republican, 1880;
Democratic, 1859; Progressive
(Roosevelt), 21,236; Socialist, 16,152;
National Prohibition, $3.50; Socialist
Labor, 837; Independent Republican
ticket in Cumberland County. 437. Re-
publican plurality, 19,411.
The Republican gain this year,
therefore, was 1904.
The total registration in the State
this year was 512, 1877, while the total
number of ballots cast, including the
vote for the Wharton tract purchase,
was 415,467. The voting this year
made a remarkably good showing for
an off year.
One of the most noticeable features
is the big slump in the Bull Moose
vote. The Progressives lost 1888
votes, falling from 21,236 last year to
only 6,903 this year. This is much less
than the required five per cent. of
the vote to make them a legal political
party and hence they pass out of ex-
istence as a party to participate in
the primaries. Next year, if they de-
sire to nominate candidates, it will
have to be done by petition as do the
Prohibitionists and Socialists. The
Progressive vote for Roosevelt for
President in 1912 in New Jersey was
145,41O.
The Socialist vote this year shows
a falling off of $50, while the Prohibit
tionists gained 1858 votes.
The Prohibitionists gained 1890
votes in Passaic County alone, this
being credited to the effect of the
Billy" Sunday campaign in Pater-
son last spring. In Hudson County,
the Prohibitionists this year lost 989
votes compared with last year. In
Union County they gained 535 votes,
this probably being largely due to the
city of Elizabeth.
Bergen, Camden, Essex, Hudson,
Passaic and Union Counties gave the
bulk Of the Socialist vote, their total
in these counties being 1921.
Hudson County provided the largest
Progressive vote, the figures being
1853.
The Democratic campaign fund col
lected by the State committee for use
in the recent election was $500. From
this fund the committee expended ST.
472.43, leaving a balance of $625.57
as a nucleus for next years campaign.
These facts are disclosed in a state
ment filed with Secretary of State
Thomas F. Martin by General Dennis
F. Collins, of Elizabeth, treasurer of
the State committee. The 11S contrib
utors to the fund gave sums ranging
all the way from IS to $1,000; the con
tribution of 81, 900 being credited to
State Controller Edward I. Edwards.
OF the total amount expenshrdlpupn
Will Continue Ship Canal.
The State Board of Commerce and
Navigation has started action which
will insure the continuation of the pre-
liminary work upon the New Jersey
Ship Canal from B~ordentown to Rari-
tan Bay, near South Amboy.
The board has passed a resolution
to adopt as a State project the mat
ter of the location of the canal. 1t has
also appropriated $4,000 from it's avail
able funds to continue the survey and
properly mark the waterway route
with monuments. The surveying will
be undertaken under the direction of
the Boards engineering force as soon
as the arrangements can be made.
The work on the ship canal was
started three or four years ago by the
old New Jersey Ship Canal Commits
sion.
Jersey Railroads Taxes Soar.
Unless the courts intervene the rail-
roads of New Jersey will pay $685.
675 to the state in taxes. This is an
increase of $532,S29 ju the tax since
last year.
Trust Company Escapes Wreck.
1t was emphatically stated that the
financial difficulties that have arisen
to temporarily embarrass former
United States Senator James Smith,
jr., have no bearing upon the Federal
Trust Company, of Newark. Commits.
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