The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-25
EDGE NAMED TO
RUN FOR SENATE
Governor of New Jersey Wins
in Primary Probably
by $4,000.
LA MONTE Is LEADING
Democratic Three COrnered
Fight for Same Office De-
velopes Local. Surprises.

Walter Il. Edge, whose term as Gov
ernor OF New Jersey expires in January.
1920. WAS nominated by the Republicans
for United States Senator. full term. at
yesterdays State wide primaries in that
State. He was big leader in a Bit
terly contested battle with ex-Congress-
man Edward w. Gray of Essex. and
George L. Record of. Jersey City. long
known as the leader of the radical forces
of the G. o. p. Edges plurality was
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
There were four candidates for sim
liar honors in the Democratic primaries
They were George W. La Monte, former
State Commissioner of Banking and In
Bergen. Assemblyman Alexander Simp-
son of Hudson and Frank NJ. McDermit
of Essex. Early returns indicated that
La Monte was leading his particular field
by a narrow margin. He was backed by
most of the Democratic county organiza-
tions. The most notable exception was
in Hudson. where the boys" were out
for Simpson.
Some of the winners.
Partial returns indicated the nominal
tion of the following candidates for
Congress:
First District-william J. Browning.
Republican,; Edwin s. Dickerson. Demo-
crat.
Second District-Isaac Bscharach, Re-
publican; John T. French. Democrat.
Third District-Robert Carson. Re-
publican Thomas F. Scully. Democrat.
Fourth District-Elijah II. Hutchin-
son. Republican; Oliver C. Holcomb,
Democrat.
Fifth District-Ernest r. AcKerman,
Republican; Otto Ross. Democrat tfull
term).
Sixth District-John r. Ramsey. Re-
publican Robert A. Sibbald, Democrat.
Seventh District-Amos II. Radcliffe,
Republican; Joseph A. Delar0y. Demo-
crat.
Eighth District-William B. Ross. Re-
crat.
Ninth District - Richard Wayne
Parker, Republican Daniel F. Minahan.
Democrat.
Tenth District-Frederick r. Lehlback,
Republican; Dallas Flanagan, Demo-
crat.
Eleventh Distr! Edward c. Bren-
nan, Republican: John J. Eagan, Demo-
crat.
Twelfth District-Theodor l.. Bierck.
Republican: James A. Hamill, Democrat,
Easy for Baird and Hennessy.
David Baird, for more than quarter
OF a century the Republican leader OF
south Jersey, and Charles o'Conor Hen
nessy, VINO also ran for the long term
Democratic Senatorial nomination, had
no opposition in their respective party
primaries for nomination for United
States Senator for the short" term
running from November TO March
next.
When Senator William Hughes died
last January Gov. Edge appointed Mr.
Baird Senator to fll the vacancy until a
successor to Mr.. Hughes could be elected
at the general election. The latter's tern,
would have expired March 4, 1913. had
he lived.
Candidates for a full delegation oi
ConEressmen. a brand new delegation to
the Assembly, several State Senators
and many county and municipal officers
were nominated.
Much interest was manifested In vari'
GUS counties In the effort OF the anti
saloon and local option folks to brins
about the nomination OF members Of
Assembly and State Senators who Will
voted IL elected November 6 for the ma
tional prohibition amendment
The polls didn't close until late anC
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i Coattaaed on Eiohth Pa1s.