Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-25
Many Factors Will Decide
Contest In Third District

with the three congressional Re-
publican candidates all conducting
their primary campaigns at full
speed now that only three days re-
main before the voters of the third
district shall decide who will be
their standard bearer al the Novem-
Der election, IL is a difficult matter
to pick the man who stands the best
chance OF being elected.
The general consensus of politi-
clans from each of the three coun-
ties in this district. Ocean, Mon
mouth and Middlesex. is that the
women's vote-the first In the his
tory of the state for a congressional
candidate-will decide the winner.
If the women's vote is to swing
the election 1t would be the logical
thing to compare the strength of
the three candidates as far as the
women is concerned. 1t was through
the efforts OF certain men that the
suffrage amendment was added to
the constitution and II is natural to
believe that the men who favored
women's suffrage would receive
their supper at the elections. II 1t
had not been for these men the
women would not be voting this
year.
The question then arises as to
which OF the three candidates
stands in the strongest with the
women because OF his activities in
their behalf in the past. ALI three
men have welcomed the women to
politics and declared that 1t will
mean better and cleaner politics in
the future. 4. Frank Appleby, of
Asbury Park. has gone a little far
Their than the other two candidates
along this line by emphasizing his
activities in behalf OF women's suf-
frage in 1915 when he was a work.
er for that aus As a result Of
this activity he was selected by the
women Of Asbury Park as a school
commissioner. the women having a
, vote for this office.
Another phase which should be
considered in connection with the
women's vote, however, is that
which Is closest to practically all of
them now that they have their vote.
This Is the high cost of living and
the prohteer. 1t is along these two
lines hat Joseph NJ. Thompson, the
candidate from New Egypt, has
pushed his campaign the hardest.
This man declares himself to be out
to get" the prolteers, Jail them
and see that one kind of justice is
handed out to rich and poor Offend
ers alike. While both the other
candidates have touched upon the
H G. of l.. in their campaigns, nei-
Their Appleby nor John w. Herbert,
of Helmetta, have laid theA emphasis
on this question as has Thompson.
Although 1t Is said that the eigh-
tenth amendment, Volstad act or
prohibition will not be an issue in
the primaries or general election 1t Is
likely that a majority of the women
will vote for the man who stands
mos Arm on the dry" issue. Both
Appleby and Thompson have clearly
described their position on this sub
ject, both being as dry as the Sa-
hara," but the complicated ANN
In which Herbert has announced his
stand on the possibility OF amend
ing the Volstead act has resulted in
his stand not been thoroughly IN
derstood. He states that the eigh-
teenth amendment Is q part Of the
constitution and he will see that
the constitution is not violated. He
asserts, however. that he is the SER
vant of the people and must be
guided by their wishes, which would
indicate that II a certain number of
the residents in the third district
wanted the Volstead act amended TO
allow light wines and beers he would
carry out their request and vote for
the amendment. 6
Thus the dope" would point to
Appleby and Thompson being the
Two strongest candidates as far IS
the ONE are concerned. When 1t
came to a question of sitting out the
mar who had the better chance of
election between these two. the adj
vantage would go to the Asbury
Park man who has the advantage
af ha wing bean in the rQnQ the lnn0ar
and covered the territory so thor
oughly that he is better known to
the women OF the district.
When the size of the counties
from which the three candidates
come is considered and 1t is figured
that each man will carry his own
county the advantage would go to
Herbert. the Middlesex county can
didate. as this county has the largest
vote of any of the three In the dis
trict. Appleby would be expected
to draw big in Monmouth county,
while Ocean, the smallest county,
would naturally favor Thompson.
It is a question of whether or not
the issues which will play such an
important part in deciding the vote
Of the women will apply in the same
name to the men of the district.
1t Is not likely that the fact that
the candidates favored woman's suf-
frage will play a very important
part in helping the male voters to
decide whether which candidate
they will vote for.
When the campaign first started
Herbert, because of his high posi-
ton as chairman of the state high
) way commission and his business
Z experience, was looked upon as the
candidate who would easily receive
the nomination. Persistent work