The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-13
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1916
State News
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Martin after his canvass of the vote.
Here is the official vote in detail:
Republican primary vote for Cover
Record, 2S,6S6. Edges plurality, 3,611.
Republican primary vote for United
States Senator: Frelinghuysen, S9,361;
Murphy, S1,4S3. Frelinghuysen's ma
jority, 1878.
Democratic vote for United States
Senator: MARITIME, 50,961; Wescott, 90
627; McDermit, of Essex, 1873;
Bruggemann, of hudson, 6,559. Mar
tines plurality, 21,334.
The total Republican vote at the pri-
maries was 1877, Ala, and the total Dem
ocratic vote, 1858. The total vote
cast for the three Republican candi-
dates for Governor, which was 1T $50,
was 1891 the total vote by which
Governor Fielder was elected in 1913,
and was only $50 less than the vote
which was given President Wilson in
1912. This shows that an unusual IN
terest was taken in the Republican pri-
mary.
The total Democratic vote polled Sep
TENDER 26 was 53,635 less than the
Fielder vote in 1913 and 5S, 776 less than
the Wilson vote in 1912. But since
Wittpenn was the only candidate for
Governor, this vote cannot have the
same significance as that of the Repub-
licans, where the contests were much
~livelier.
The official vote for the Congression-
al nominations in the First District was
as follows: Democratic, Willard F.. Cat
tell, ~unopposed: Camden, 3,072; Glouces-
ter, S1S; Salem, 667. Total, 4,557.
Republican, William ]. Browning, I'M
opposed: Camden, 1880; Gloucester,
1916; Salem, 1869. Total, 19,205.
Prohibition, Grafton E. Day, Camden,
IS; Gloucester, So; Salem, 1. Total,
ia. Charles e. Lane, Camden, %;
Gloucester, 20; Salem, 5. Total. 81.
Days majority, II.
One of the remarkable features of the
primary election September &c was the
number of close votes in various sections
of the State. As the result of these
narrow margins in the balloting, sew
eral r~ecounts have been ordered by the
State Courts, and are under way. Upon
the application of former Congressman
Charles n. Fowler, of Elizabeth, the
Republican primary vote for the Con-
gressional nomination in the Fifth Dis
trict is being recounted. Fowler was
defeated by Congressman John II. Cap
stick by 1873 votes on the face of the re-
turns. The Republican vote for the
nomination for State Senator in Morris
county is also being %recounted, upon the
application of Senator Charles A. Rath-
bun, who was beaten by Assemblyman
Harry W. Mutchler by only a few votes.
In Bergen county, former Assembly
man Randolph Perkins, who was defeat
ed for the Republican nomination for
Senator by William B. Mackay by 1913
votes, is having a recount. In Hud-
son county, Assemblyman Alexander
Simpson has secured a recount of the
Democratic vote rcr the nomination for
Senator. Simpson was beaten by Cor
nelius McGlennon by 242 votes.
The official vote in Ocean county
shows that Assemblyman David G. Con-
rad won the Republican nomination for
Senator over Senator Thomas A. Math-
is by only Al votes, but no recount has
yet been requested.
The State Department of Agriculture
has declared a quarantine against the
importation of Christmas trees and
green s from the area of the New Eng
land States known as the moth quaran-
tine area. This action is taken to guard
against bringing into New Jersey the
gypsy moth which has worked such
havoc in New England forests. Tit
brown tail and gypsy moths have done
millions of dollars of damage in New
England and more than 81, 100000 has
been spent there 10 eradicate them.
In his campaign speeches Fl. Otto
Wittpenn, Democratic candidate for
Governor, is attacking the Republicans
for the large sums they spent in their
primary election campaign. Wlttpenn
and United States Senator MARITIME have
been campaigning in South Jersey the
past few days. Wittpenn spent the lat
ter part of this week in Jersey City
banning the remainder of his campaign.
II is estimated that in Cape May county,
,t,rr he just completed his first cam
paisn tour, he met, talked to and shook
hand with 5000 persons.
Ten additional men were added 20
the New Jersey forest fire patrol this
week, increasing the force to twelve men.
During the fall hunting season this State
has the protection of a Federal fire pa
troll, provided by the Weeks law. The
men on the patrol nave authority to ar
rest persons guilty of violations of the
forest fire laws of the State.
Displeased at the sidetracking of
their planks in the Democratic State
convention last week, Assemblyman Can
didates Charles G. Colgan, Frank F..
Dolaa and William McGovern, of Hud-
son county, are asking the Hudson coun-
ty Democratic candidates to adopt a
copnty platform embodying these planks.
Their planks include an investigation of
fire insurance rates; ~exempting personal