New-York tribune., 1920-04-30
With Only Four Districts
Missing, General Has
Total Vote of 52.597
to 5l,377 for Rival
Johnson Men Will
Ask for Recount
Senator's Aids Allege
There We're Irregular.
ties in Several Counties

Major General Leonard Wood was
leading Senator Hiram w. johnson
by 1920 votes in the New JERSEY
Presidential preferential primary on
returns from all but four districts
tabulated late last night. The miss
ing districts are in Huntcrdon
County, which has given Wood
majority IN the incomplete returns.
The vote there will not be available
until to-day. The vote now stands:
Wood, 52,597; johnson, 51,377.
Despite the probability that the
missing districts will increase the
Wood lead, Angus McSween, Eastern
manager of Senator johnson, an
nounced at the Hotel Pennsylvania
last night that Senator johnson
would demand a recount in certain
districts. The Johnson men believe
Senator Johnson carried the state,
and that the majority against him,
as shown by the unofficial returns.
was due to manipulation of the
ballots.
The Wood men, after looking up the
law, said last night it would take sew
eral days for the various county clerks
to tabulate the returns, and until thew
nave been tabulated it would be useless
for the johnson lawyers, attempting to
have recount, to obtain a court order.
Winners in Contest
On the unofficial returns, with four
election districts missing, the winners
in the contest by Congressional dis.
tricts, with their political leanings,
follow:
l. Patterson (Wood); Sturgess Gum
pledged.
2. Bright Wood; Worrcll (Wood).
.. Kline (Johnson); W. NJ. Thomp-
son (Johnson).
4, Foran (unpledgedD; Howe Gun
pledged.
). Ennis Wood; Townley (Wood).
6. Hart (Wood); Pomeroy (Wood).
= Hardy johnson; Wise (John-
SOM.
5. Doremus (Wood); Archibold (John-
SOM
9. Parker (Wood) Colgate (Wood).
10. Glorieux (Wood); Duffield
Wood)
Il. verdon Johnson); Mclcher
~. Doherty (Johnson) ;vierow Iohn-
SOM
Big Four" winners-E. C. Stokes
Wood, William F. Runyon (Wood),
senator Walter Z. Edge governed by
state preference votc) and Senator Jo-
seph frelinghuysen governed by state
preference vote.
Nineteen Delegates for Wood
As the state undoubtedly was car
red by General Wood, the count
stands: Wood, l6; Johnson, 8; un-
pledged, but probably for Wood, 3.
Mr.. McSween, Eastern manager. in
explaining the reasons for demanding
recount, said:
Johnson had virtually no organiza-
;on in New Jersey and no means of
watching the count. In several Of the
counties, notably in Camden, Glouces-
ter, Cape May, Morris and some other
counties, the election machinery was en-
tireiy In the control of the state organ
zaslon, which was running the Wood
campaign. This organization had been
WIN iUi IHOUiHS, WHEREAS ACTIVE
work in behalf of Senator Johnson's
candidacy was confined to the last three
weeks before the election. The Wood
organization had used tremendous sums
OF money, of which it made no ac-
counting, because in each county the
expenditures ~erc made by so-called
Wood clubs or Wood leagues
WHICH It seems, under the law of New
Jersey, are not required to make any
statement of their expenditures.
The Wood votes were cast chiefly
IN COUNTIES and districts where we had
neen warned that the count would be
against us, no matter how the ballots
we're cast. In some of these districts,
especially districts in Camden, proceed
i'gs 70 obtain an investigation of the
suspicion returns will be started i'm
mediately. Harry Kalisch, former City
Attorney Of Newark, will be in chMgc
"i the proceedings apd viii have asso-
ciated with him Frank J. Pfaf, Of the
i'm cf Stein e. Pfaf, Of Elizabeth, and
Ralph J. VI. Bullowa,o of New York.
VIII Act Immediately
Ir. Kalixh said last night:
Application viii be made imme-
stely for A recount in those counties
where any suspicions exist concerning
ire results. We have not yet decided
whether the count wiz cover the entire
STATE or viii be limited TO certain coun-
tics in the state.
Ia Horris County an error Of LII
woods majority in that county from
oa7 70 726. The mistake was found in
!echeck made at the County Clerks
once, after William p. Vcrdon. Of Hud-
son COUNTY. a Jchuson worker, had
fcssusysd sase thrss)