The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
LEGISLATURE
is REPUBLICAN
Forty-Nine G. O.. P. Members
to Thirty-TWO Democrats.
CONTROL ON JOINT BALLOT
MAJORITY of Twenty-seven In Both
Observation-Disclosures Tract PROPOSE
ton is Lost-FieIder Not Sur
prised by Result, He Says.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-The complete election
returns from all part of h State
show that the Republican victory
was even more sweeping than earlier
returns indicated.
No county was in doubt with the
exception of Bergen, where 1t was
first announced that the Democratic
candidates for the Assembly were
successful. When all the scattered
districts had been heard from 1t was
found that the Republicans had won,
swelling that party's majority in the
Legislature to twenty-seven on joint
ballot.
These are thirteen Senators of the
Republican stamp and eight Demo
Gratis. In the Assembly there are
forty-one Republicans and nineteen
Democrats.
The proposition to authorize the
purchase of the Wharton tract in
South Jersey for a watershed was de-
feated by a large majority.
Governor Fielder made a tour
through Middlesex, Burlington, Hun
terdon, Passaic and Sussex counties
in the interest of the Senatorial can
didates on the Democratic ticket.
The Democratic candidates were
elected in Hunterdon, Sussex and Mid
dlesex, but Republicans were named
in Passaic, Cape May and Burlington.
With the result known, Governor
Fielder issued the following state
ment:
There is nothing to be said. The
result speaks for itself. New Jersey
is still a Republican State. When
there are no issues at stake all men
who claim to belong to that party cast
the party ballot. There was very lit
tie interest displayed in the election,
because in nearly all the counties there
were no offices to be filled outside of
the Assemblymen, and Senators in but
six counties.
81 am sorry to lose Senators from
the counties represented by Demo-
Gratis, because l think it better for
good government hat the Legislature
should be close. Especially it is bet
ter that the Senate should not have
much of a majority either way, but
McCran Stevens and Wells are all
good men, and I think they can be de-
pended upon to do the right thing.
am sorry the Wharton tract propo-
sition did not carry. l did not expect
it would, because the people did not
have sufficient information, but l had
hoped they would permit the State
Water Supply Communication to inves-
tigate the matter further
County Issues.
In two counties-Mercer and Ocean
the question as to the adoption or
rejection of the proposition to sub
stitute a small Board of Freeholders
for the present large board was de-
cided, Mercer asserting and Ocean dis
senting. a
In the four counties where county
clerks we're chosen the Republicans, in
Camden and Hunterdon, won, and the
Democrats in Bergen and Warren
were successful
Only two counties Essex and Cam
den, elected registers the Republicans
winning n each.
The sole sheriff chosen was a Re-
publican in Passaic.
But one surrogate (Passaic) and but
one county auditor (Burlington) were
selected, the winner in each case be-
ing a Republican.
In the cites of Trenton, Patterson
and Atlantic City the ~advisabilty of
installing in their respective fire de-
partments what is known as the two
platoon system was referred to the
voters. 1t was lost in Trenton and
carried in Paterson and Atlantic City.
Another referendum in Paterson
ing to do with the proposition to raise
the pay of policemen was lost.
The question of introducing civil
service in the city of Passaic was de-
feated by a majority of 303.
All but a few of the returns in Der.
gen County are in, and they indicate
that the Republican candidates were
elected by over 1900 majority. 1t is
believed the seven Republican free.
holdrs will get at least 1000 majority,
formerSheriffJamesW. 9uq
The only big surprise was the defeat
of former Sheriff James w. Mercer
Republican, for county clerk, his OF
ponent, George Van Buskirk, winnins
by about 1900. Hackensack went Re
publican with one exception-Evan G
M. Hardness for tax collector.
Morris Court Reversed.
The judgment of the Morris Circuit
Court was ordered reversed by the
Supreme Court in the suit of the
Mayer Ice Machine and Engineering
Company against Preston A. Var
Voorhis and others. The record in the