The sun., 1916-11-09
JERSEY G.. O.. P. HAPPY
OVER STATE SWEEP
Points With Pride to Election
Of Governor, Senator and
12 Congressman.

Democratic politicians in New Jersey
who came up for air after reading the
morning papers yesterday found little to
interest them In the results of the cleo
ton in their own State. and devoted
themselves almost exclusively to keeping
pace with the reports that came out OF
the West.
Republican politicians. On the other
hand. rejoicod 81 vigorously over the
q. o.. l.. sweep IN President Wilson's
home state. tina .hc edge was taken on
their uneasiness as to what was hairen-
ing to MIR. Hughes in California and
Minnesota.
Not only did New Jersey give Mr..
Hughes a rousing plurality over MIR.
Wilson, but II elected State Senator wal
ter Il. Edge Governor. sent ex-State Sem
! ator Joseph =. Freltnghuysen to the
United States Senate. elected ten out OF
it's Congressional delegation OF twelve
and captured both branches OF the state
Legisla II which now has a majority
Of t~hirty-scven on n joint ballot.
Returns from all but So OF New Jer-
scy's 1893 voting districts gave Mr..
Hughes 59.26l over Mr.. Wilson. Joseph
:. F~'relinghuysen 1924 over James r,
MARITIME for United states Senator and
/ Walter r.. Edge 69.12l over II. Otto
Wittpenn for Governor.
Mr.. Wilson carried only four OF the
twenty-one counties in the state. Hud-
son. Warren. Hunterdon and Sussex. The
other counties went for Mr.. Hughes by
| plaralities ranging from COO in Salem to
1876 In Essex. In Hudson, which has
long prided itself on being the biggest
and most thoroughly Democratic county
in the state. Mr.. Wilson sQueaked
through with a plurality of only ASIA.
The Presidents own polling place In
Princeton returned a vote OF 100 for
himself and 1871 for Mr.. Hughes. The
town OF Princeton went against him. Civ
ing him a vote OF S2j 20 $50 for the Re-
publican candidate. The Princeton Uni-
versity district gave Princeton's ex-prexy
- slight majority, but the precinct where
a large number OF Princeton students
voted reported a tie.
Governor-elect Edge described the vic.
tory as a wonderful one for the party"
II was confident that we would win"
he said. The party never put up q
more gallant fight and never has IA more
satisfying election been won IN New Jer-
scy. The Republican party conducted its
campaign along clean cut lines and ad-
h"r"d 10 the true principles Of f.epubli-
! caniem We shall carry out every plank
~ Jul lltN.'l Hls ~ va W ~ aHii NHi
Ing my ~incumbency TO give New Jersey
a business administration
zone thing stands out clear in the re-
suit in New jersey Senator-cle" Free
l.nghuysen said. namely. an emphatic
protest against the Underwood tarif bill
as a menace TO the prosperity OF this
great industrial state
The poor showing made by Mr.. Witt
poun. the Democratic candidate Cor Cow
. grYAr in hfa hnunp county az Hudson
d!dn't surprise anybody familiar with the
. situation there. lie received a plurality
: Of 1857. although the county has often
gone Democratic by majorit!es ranging
from 1900 70 $4,000. He confidently cX-
pected that he would carry Hudson by
$4,000.
Mr.. Wittpenn has led a warning Dem
ocratic faction In Hudson for years, and
the other faction took a Herdish delight
in reducing his vote, James +. Norton.
a popular Democrat. running for sur
rogate, swept the county with a plurality
% 1889. M. Norton is a newspaper
reporter and Deputy Director OF Public
safety at Jersey C!ty.
The plurality OF 1926 that Mr.
Hughes got In Essex county caused a big
wrtnkllng of eyebrows from dyed in the
wool Wilson men. James H.. Nurent. the
Democratic leader IN Essex. WAS once
'll'F'' W ''F
lie got aboard the Wilson M wagon
In the early part OF the year, lie pro-
fessod To work hard FOR the President
during the campaign. II has been suS-
gcsted from some mean spirited Demo-
Gratis that Mr.. Nugent didn't have much
influence with the boys on election day.
The vote for Congressman In New Icr-
sey resulted in the following pluralities
First District, William i. Browning.
Rep. S,t00 Second District. Isaac
Bacharach. Rep. asst; Third District.
Robert carson, Rep, l,lUH Fourth Dis
trict. Elijah g.. Hutchinson, Rep. l,l09
Fifth District. John II. Capst.ck. Rep
zoo Sixth District. John Il. Ramsey,
Rep. l,2ld seventh District. Dow II.
., Drucker. Rep, 5000 Eighth District,
Edward W. Gray. Rep, 3.207; Ninth
District. Richard W. Parker. Rep. 9sl
Tenth District, Frederick II, l.chlh,ch.
Rep. 9.l67 Eleventh District. John J
Fagan. Dem, 6,s09: Twelfth District,
James \. Iiamill. Dem, h.367.