Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-05

The unexpected happened In sew
eral cases in Middlesex county yester-
day at the general election Newton A.
K. Bugbee, Republican, being favored
over Edward I. Edwards, Democrat,
for Governor; two Republicans and
one Democrat being named to the
General Assembly; Bernard M. Gan
non, Democrat, being returned to the
office of county clerk for another five
year term, and Clarence M. Haiaht
and Louis j. Belloff, Republicans, re-
named as members of the Board of
Chosen FreeholderS.
The closest race in the county was
for the Office Of Assembly, Andrew j.
Wight, Democratic present office
holder, being defeated by the small
margin-of thirty-one votes by C. Ray
mond Lyons, Republican, as the third
asSemblyman from Middlesex. Albert
w. Appleby and Fred w. De Voc had
safe margin, they being first and Sec
ond respectively in this race.
Bugbee carried Middlesex by 1872
votes, he being defeated in Perth Am
boy by sixty-two votes and in New
Brunswick by ESQ votes. Bugbee
polled total of 1876 votes in this
county as compared to 10,374 by Ed
wards. The Perth Amboy total for the
Republican candidate was 2435 and
for Edwards 2497.
In New Brunswick Edwards was
given 2514 and Bugbee 2264. The
smaller districts in the county favor
ed Bugbee, they being responsible for
more than discounting the ead-piled
up by Edwards in the cities. Wood
bridge gave Bugbee 200 plurality over
Edwards while South Amboy gave
eighty-four more than his Republican
opponent.
=. William Hilker, Republican
candidate for county clerk, was de-
feated in Middlesex by his Democratic
opponent, Bernard M. Cannon, pres
ent incumbent, by 1902 votes.
Perth Amboy gave Cannon a ma
jority of 971 over Hlker while, in
New Brunswick the present county
clerk defeated his Republican oppon-
ent by 543. Hilker ran strong in other
parts of the county, but the majorities
piled UP against him in New Bruins
wick and his home town, Perth AM
boy. were too much to be overtaken
by his total from other parts of Mid
sdlesex. In PerthIAmboy sIilker car
ried but one out of seventeen polls.
Albert w. Appleby, Republican,
headed the six candidates for assem-
bly,, he polling 11,282 in the county
as compared with 10,468 by Fred w.
DeVoe, Democrat; 10,2s5 by C. Ray
mond Lyons, Republican; 10,264 by
by Charles E. Tindell, Republican,
and 1904 by John E. Toolan. Demo-
crat.
Wight ran high in Perth Amboy
with 1921. Toolan was second In this
city with 2,758 and De Voc third with
2,454. Appleby received 2,414 Lyons
2,103 and Tindell 1,947. In New
Brunswick De Voc was high with
1904, Lyons being second with 2.434.
and Appleby third, 1887.
Tindel lreceived 1902 in New Bruins
wick Wight 2,236, and Toolin 2,167.
: In te contest for freeholder, Clar-
enc Haight. present Republican
Il of that body led the field of
+.~ur candidates with a total of II, ,07S.
Louis ]. Belloff polled 1O,S21 in the
county; Edward E. Clark. 10.058. and
Alfred Kerr. Democrats, s,737.
Perth Amboy gave Kerr the biggest
vote among the candidates for free
holder, the South Amboyan setting
2,540, Clark secured 9493; Haight,
2,47O, and Belloff, 220S. In New
Brunswick, Belloff led with 2,617,
Haight being second with 2,3S3, Clark
third with 2.So1 and Kerr last with
2,164.
In Middlesex county 1880 votes
were cast for Hilker and Cannon,
which was $50 more than the total
cast for either Bugbee or Edwards.
The total number of ballots cast for
Edwards and Bugbee in the county
WAS Al,loV.
The large vote polled by Appleby
one of the Republican assembly can
didates, came as one of the surprises
of the election. After running fourth
in Perth Amboy and third in New
Brunswick, this candidate gathered
in sufficient votes in the smaller COM
munities to put him head and shoul-
ders above his nearest opponent, Fred
w. De Voc, who he defeated by 814
votes in the county totals. De Voc led
C. Raymond Lyons. the other success
full candidate by 173.
Appleby last year made hard run
for election, he being but eighty-four
votes behind Andrew J. Wight, the
third man elected to the Assembly.
Fred w. De Voc and Andrew Kirkpat-
rick. both Democrats, were the two
high men in the Assembly race in.
1918. AppIeby's vote then was 7,746
as compared with Wight's 1880. APP
pleby ran far ahead of his ticket in
191S, his nearest Republican compet-
itor being Charles e. Tindell, who re-
ceived 7,l46, while Lloyd p. Johnson,
the other G. o. P. candidate, secured
1913.
AS the result of Appleby and Lyons
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