Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-24
Bugbee and EdUdrds
Nominated in JERSEY
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wards, who piled up 1000 majority.
The vote was fairly close. In Essex
county, Nugent beat Edwards by 10,-
900 majority.
Fourteen hundred and forty election
districts in the state, by a tabulatcd
vote today. gave Republican candidates
these votes:
Bugbee, 45,TT2 Ruuyon, 3S.2i2
Raymond. 22,479.
In the same election districts the two
leading Democratic candidates for the
governorship nomination pollcd votes
as follows:
The Republican assembly ticket nom
mated in Trenton includes William $.
Moore, formerly in fhc 3t1th United
States Infantry. who as a draftcc won
n lieutenanCy for valor overseas.
William II. Blackwell. of TituSvillC,
and George Guthrie. of Trenton, arc
the other two successful nominees for
assembly on the Republican ticket in
the Trenton district Moorc'S vote was
zoos, Rockwcll's. NG0S. and Guthric's $.
6219.
The three Democratic nominees arc
Charles H. English. Of Trenton. who
got 2S06 votes; Richard Stockton Of
Princeton. n world war veteran. who
pollcd 3O97 votes. and Israel Howell,
who received 22j7 votes.
Early returns from the polling places
in Trenton showed the Democratic vote
TO be light and the Republican vote
heavy in nearly all sections of tho city.
There were few Democratic contests.
apathy.
Many Republican Fights
The Republicans fought bitterly over
nominations for every Office. Feeling
among partisans ran high throughout
Trenton and contiguous counties, and
wagers were freely made during the
day.
Strangely enough. no contests were
waged by the battling hosts Of Rcpuhli
canism for the posts of state committees
men and even tho Democrats refused to
hoist banners of rival candidates.
Among the Republican coutcS ants
for the surrogatcShip. a fat $G000 ioh
much coveted. Lloyd Grover. of Prince e
fton. was the winner. with total vote
Of 5247. Walter Firth. ST. and Robert
Fielder. both Of Trenton. received 1904
and 720 votes respectively
The lone Democratic candidate,
Walter Madden, had no competitor. ii"
will oppose Grover in November.
John f. Gill, Of Trenton. is to carry
the Republican senatorial banner. lie
is an asscmblyman and won over his
rival, George W. Adams. Of Trenton.
The vote stands: Gill. 10J9; Adams.
1860. The Democratic senatorial can
didatc. who ran without opposition. j.
Roy Heath, oc Trenton.
Assembly Contest
Keen interest cpntcrCd in the fight for
the Republican nomination for Assembly
in Trenton. Hervery Studdiford Moore,
Trenton. assemblyman. and William II.
Blackwell. an assemblymau. were can
didates for re election, 50 were vii
liam II. Moore, George Guthrie and the
Rev James f. Divcrty. we'll known
lay preacher of Trenton.
Moore received TOO5 votes. Blackwell
S69S. and Guthrie 62l9, and all were
elected the Republican nominees for
the Assembly. having received the high
est votes of the five who contested fOI
the three places.
The Democratic contestants for tn,
Assembly nomination besides lsra"
Howell, were Richard Stockton. OF
Princeton; Charles II. English. former
assistant public prosecutor of Mercer
county. and DR.. Lawrence Rogers.
The candidate for Democratic stat,
committeeman is Joseph :. Huff. ("
Princeton. He stood alone in the field
The Republican candidate for STATE
committeeman. A. Dayton Oliphant, ("
Trenton, public prosecutor of M"rcrI
county, of which Trenton. besides being
the state capital. is the county seat
had no opponent. He will succeed Bug
bee. OF Trenton
State Controller Bugboo Swep
Mercer county like Il tidal wave. de
feating Runyon. his next nearest op
ponent by 5S0I votes. BugbCr vot
was 1880, RunyOn's. 2163s
Thomas l.. Raymond. city commits
sioner, of Newark. received only 1O3
votes. and he and Warren {. King
president of the Manufacturers COun
ell, Bound Brook, were literally snOwc
under by the avalanche of ballots cas-
for Bugbee. King pOlled only POS votes
Strong in Country
In the rural districts Bugbce had an
other walkaway, polling 2:iNG, a
against sos for Runy0n. The other
finished a poor third and fourth an
were never in danger.
The state controller was given a fin
vote by his own townsfolk in eyer
ward, especially his own ward. the Sec
ond. which was recorded in the Bug
bee column with substantial margin
On the Democratic ticket "Jim
Nugent carried the county by