New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Indications Are That Geo
M. Lamonte Has Received
Democratic Nomination
$4,000 Soldier
Votes to Come In
David Baird and Charles
O'C. Hennessy Unopposed
for Short Senate Term

tellIUS 4IOUl tN% -NLN Jersey
mar;es indicate that Governor WALTZ,
L. Edge has won the nomination as e..
publican candidate for the long tern
in the United States Senate. The earl,
yote for Governor Edge was abou,
equal 20 the combined vote for mis- tx,
opponents, Representative Edward v
Gray and George l.. Record
At the same hour the indications
were that George NJ Lamonte, Of Bound
Brook, former State Banking Cornmis
sioner. had won the Democratic non.
ination for the long ter,o in the SENATE
The nominations for the short tern
go to David Baird. o. Camocn, Repub
lican. and ex-State Senator Charlie
O'Connor Hennessey, Democrat, o:
Hackensack, both Of whom were unop.
posed.
In sixty-fve out of l23 districts in
Passaic County Governor Edge received
d vote Of 1909, Record l.572 and Grsy
431, Edges majority being 1851 in
these early returns.
In the contest for Congress Radcliffe
leads with 1885 votes. Smith had .
lead OF more than 5000 over Blauycl,
in the contest for the State Senate
Hcnnessy in Lead
In the Democratic contest or United
State Senator in thirty-ninc out Of l2g
Passaic districts Hennessy led witt
296 votes against 236 votes for McDei-
nit Lamonto had ITO and Simpson IL
In .ifty-one out of the i59 districts in
Jersey City the Republican vote in tn
primary election gave Edge 3s2. Recor4
297 and Gray 232. and in The Demo
cratic race in the same number Of dis
tricts Simpson got 2.0ls. Hennessy 49,
and I.amonte POS.
In many precincts actual counting
of the votes did not begin until nearly
10 o'clock. The returns we're slow IN
coming in. owing 70 the fact that tn,
entire ticket was counted before .he
result Of the voting for United States
Senator was announced.
Grafton f. Day. o. Collingwood wa:
unoppcsed on the Prohibition ticke'
tor the United States Senatorial choice
of his party.
The arr. about 5000 Now JERSEY
voters in the Fedora service. and K
Will be thirty days before their votes
are tabrlatoG.
Governor Edge Delighted
ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. "a Gover
nor Edge ran ahead of the ticket IN
his home country. defeating Kecoro
and Gray by vote Of 10 % |. The
last two getting only lew scattering
votes.
Outside of the Senatorial contest the
chief interest in the primaries in A.
lantic City was centred in the contest
for county clerk. The Republican coll
testants were Commodore LOUIS
Kuehnle. former political boss OF A.
lantic County. and the present county
clerk, Edwin A. Parker. At midnight
with about half thc voting places IN
the city and county heard from. the
vote stood: kuehnle, l.l79: Parker
1O61. Parker had the support of the
powerful Republican or--nization Be
hind him. Governor Edge a, MS nom
here tonight gave out the following
statement:
"Whilc I expected to win. am de
lighted with the oNerwhc lining test
monial OF appreciation given me by the
citizens Of New jersey. From al IL
dications. | appear 10 ha,e won os
about ten TO one. II is = gratifying
recognition Of my services a.
Governor.
NEWARK. seps. 94.-Eary return.
in the Republican primary contests IL
dicate that Governor Edge will carr
the city by about 100. in thirty-thre'
districts Edge had -; Gray, S6s. am
Record, ISL. Indications are that Free
K. Lehlbach and Parker will secure
the Republican nominations for Cor
gress in the eth and 10Th Disirlc;s.
In the Democratic primaries 'ndlca'
tons are that La Monte viii carry l''
city by at least l.00o. with Mclern''.
running second. Hennessy. third, ana
Simpson. fourth.
FLEMINGTON. n J.. sept "a
Governor Edge carried Huniefdoa
County by an estimated 1000 v'1a
Record second, and Gary. third, III
the Democratic primaries La Nos~
captured the long term nomination ~
nited States Senate. The count lnS. ne
Gated that La Monte would have ~"
Hennessy, 1900; Simpson. ~.