Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-03

rlous CountIeS Is working Out FdVor-
ably to Their candidates-WiII Fer
ret Out Alleged Democratic Frauds
In Hudson.
Newark, Oct. 23.-Senatorial contests
are under way in eight of the twenty
one New Jersey counties. Atlantic,
Ocean, Morris and Mercer now have
Republican representation in the Upper
House, Bergen, Cumberland and Hud-
son are represented by Democrats and
Essex is without a Senator, owing to
the resignation of Austen Colgate
when he was making his primary fight
for the Gubernatorial nomination.
AS the Legislature Is now made up,
there are thirteen Republican Senators
and eight Democrats. At Republican
State Headquarters here today Newton
A. K. Bugbee, chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee, said that in the
next Legislature the Republicans
would positively hold their own in the
Upper House and in all probability
would gain n and perhaps two in adj
dition to what they now have.
Prospects Look Bright.
Atlantic, Mercer, Morris and Ocean
are regarded as certainties in the Re-
publican column. 1t is also confidently
predicted that Cumberland will come
back with a Republican in place of a
Democratic Senator, and there are
great hopes of electing a Republican in
Bergen, although conditions there are
generally regarded as somewhat prob
lematical.
The situation in Essex is regarded
with distrust by certain Republicans
in the light of the fact that a man of
somewhat radical tendencies, Edmund
B. Osborne, won out at the primary
over the candidate of the county COM
mittee, Assemblyman w. Give Crosby.
Osborne, however, has been officially
Endorsed by the committee, along with
the other party candidates, and those
who are in the best position to judge
of the situation predict that he will be
carried through with the rousing vote
Essex is sure to give for the Republic
an ticket this Fall.
OF course the Republicans are not
deluding themselves with any false
hopes for Hudson, the banner county
of the Democracy, although the situa-
ton in the Democratic party there Is
such that they would not be surprised
to see almost anything happen. 1t Is
becoming increasingly evident that
Hudson this year is a greater source OF
worry to the Democrats than to the
Republicans.
The Contests For Assembly.
There is also a lively fight in every
county over the election for Assembly.
In the Lower House the Republicans
now have forty and the Democrats
twenty. The Republicans expect to
hold the present majority and in all
probability to increase it. They say
that in the various counties their tick
cts are especially strong While their
opponents cannot validity make the
same assertion and have not the vim
in their campaign the Republicans are
showing everywhere.
The Republican State leaders and
county chairmen are predicting success
for their Assembly tickets in Atlantic.
Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cum
berland, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer,
Norris. Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somer-
set and Union, with Bergen doubtful
md a hope in Monmouth and Middle
sex, This would leave to the Demo
Gratis their rock-ribbed strongholds of
Hudson, Hunterdon, Sussex and War
rem as the only counties in which they
are Justly entitled to positive claims.
Have Proof of Fraud.
"When the final registration of voters
is completed mex Tuesday, there will
be something doing of more than ord1-
nary interest in Hudson County" said
Mr.. Bugbee. "As l have said before,
we have absolute knowledge of heavy
padding of the registration lists in GER
tain districts and we propose to get
after those who are responsible for it.
Copies of all the Hudson County lists
to date are in our possession. and we
are taking our own means to check up
every name. The same course will be
followed with the names added this
week. We shall be ready to take be
fore the court all the evidence we OBJ
tain of illegal registration and every
person we may find to be involved in
illegal practices. We don't intend to
wait until the eleventh hour to do this,
but will act Immediately upon obtain.
ing the evidence. The State committee
recently made the necessary appropria.
ton for the work and our men have
been busy, reports to the contrary not
w~ithstanding.
Republican Progress In Hudson.
THE situation in Hudson County is
decidedly encouraging to the Repub'
lioans. A plan has been worked out
hu which the hest efforts of the men