Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-26
Wood Seems Winner
in Jersey Primary
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A victory for johnson would be vic.
tory for the radicals"
Stokes said probably T5 per cent Of
the state organization is working for
Wood. The state committee as a body
is not allowed by law to campaign for
any candidate at the primary.
\ johnson triumph here, it is be.
| lieved, would hang black crepe on
Woods Chicago hopes and put the
! Californian leagues ahead Of the army
man.
! Two delegates are to be chosen from
| each of New jerseys congressional dis
| triCtS. III addition. four delegates at
large, the So-callPd big four" will be
elected. The stiffest fight is around
the latter.
Among the candidates are United
States Senators Edge and Frelinghuy.
son. former Governor Stokes and
! City Commissioner Thomas L. Ray
Inopd, Of Newark.
Stokes and Raymond Unpledged
Stokes and Raymond arc for Wood.
| The senators will support the choice
| Of the Republican primaries" the bal.
| lots proclaim.
Then there are State Senator Will
liam y. Runyon. who was acting gov.
, Crnor for a brief time. and former
Governor john W. Griggs. They are
I for Wood, and one of them may break
! the slate, knocking out a senatorial can
diIntc.
Two Johnson men arc candidates for
J delegate at large. Thomas r. Laydcn.
one of the Californian's supporters
halls from Paterson. section where
radical votes are said to be plentiful.
The other is Mulford l.. Ballard, of
East Orange.
Two negroes complete the ten candi-
dates for delegate. at large. Isaac Nut
ter, of Atlantic City. is running un-
pledged, Us is Sylvester l.. Corrothers,
a Newark preacher The negro vote
normally is about 10. 900 in New Jer.
sey. Neither candidacy is looked on
seriously by organization leaders. but
there is an undercurreut Of feeling that
their effort will slightly weaken the DO e
sition of the slated big four"
"Wets" 10 Be Reckoned With
The wet and dry alignment is an
other factor to be rcckoned with. The
vets are said to favor former Governor
Stokes, Commissioner Raymond, Mr..
Griggs and Senator Edge. The lat
ter is moist, favOring what he says
might be termed state local option. -
The dryS are credited with supporting
Senator Frelinhuysen and Senator Run :
you.
Ii Stokes is defeated for place on
the Big Four it is believed his retire :
ment aS state chairman will shortly
follow and be will cease 10 be the factor
in tho party that ho has been for the
past score or more of years.
StOkCS' ambition. as is we'll known
is to be a United States senator. II he
drops out of tho chairmanship this po-
litical ambition will be blasted. IlC
has been through tho legislative chairs
and has had a term a. governor. Moth
ing else matters to him politically but
III" senatorial toga and seat in th'
councils of the nation. This contest vii
drtrrmine whether he was wise or un.
wise in tying to the Wood kite. As d
candidate for tho Big Four pledged fol
Wood many think that he has narrowed
his chances.
Candidates in South Jersey
Candidates for Republican delegate,
in south Jersey arc:
First district Camden. Gloucester
and Salem counties l-Francis +. Pat.
tcrsop. Jr.. county clerk, of Camden
and Senator Edward l.. Sturgcss
GlaSsboro, delegates; Charles S. Boyer
Camden, and William Riclman, Sharp
town, al lternatcss, oil pledged to Wood
Second district atlantic. Burlng
) ton. Cape May aud Cumberland cOun
! tics)-Scnator William II. Bright
Wildwood, and William W. WorreI
Mount Holly. delegates, pledged t.
Wood; Emerson l.. Richards anc
James A. Liehtfoot. Atlantic City, 8nC
| f. Wallace Armstrong delegates. un
pledged; Joseph G. Champion, Ocear
City, and benjamin Stevens, Nineland
altcrnatcs. unplcdged.
Third district (Middlesex. Monmouth
, and Ocean countics)-David c. Rose
: Bradley Reach Ford Garretson. PCrtl
Anboy, aud Lewis s. Thompson. Rec
Bank. delegates. pledged TO Wood
William r. Kline. South River, anc
William NJ. Thompson. Red Bank. del
cgatcs. pledged TO Johnson; Samuc
Hcilncr. Spring Lake. and Arthur X
SmoCk. Lakewood. altcrnates, pledgeC
70 Wood James A.. Morris, New Bruins
wick. and Andrew +. Van Clcvc. OceaT
Fourth district (Mercer, Hunterdor
and Somerset countiesI - Ogden II
Hammond Bernardsyille,, and Major
Arthur +. Foran. Pennington, dele
gates, pledged to Wood Walter Firth
Jr., Trenton, and William Y. Howe
Pennington. delegates. unpledgcd Johr
II. Mccullough. Trenton, alternate
pledged to Wood: Charles A Eaton
Watching, alternate, unplcdged
There Is no contest for the Demo
cratic Big Four. The candidates ar,
Governor Edwards, Mayor Frank
Hague, Of Jersey City, Edwards'S chiet
political adviser; james r. Nugcnt. u
Newark, the Esscx Democratic leader
and former political foe of Woodrow
Wilson, and Mayor Frederick w. Don
nelly, Of Trenton Al are wet ant
all are pledged 10 Edwards.
The primary returns will be very lat'
tomorrow night. The official closing
time of the polls is o'clock, standard
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