Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-04
Dorsey Carried Second, Third
and Fifth Wards, But Vote
in Others Won for Wilson.
CONGRATULATE ALDERMAN
City G. O. P. Have Working
Majority in AIdermanic
Board Besides the Mayor.

Alderman William G. Wilson, the
successful Republican candidate for
mayor, was still receiving the con-
gratulations of friends today as a
result of his victory over Mayor
Frank Dorsey. The first ward al
derman in an interview this MORN
ing said that Mayor Dorsey had been
one of the first to phone his con-
gratulations to him yesterday. Tel
egrams, personal congratulations.
telephone calls and bouquets of
flowers were received by the sue
cessful candidate.
The mayor-elect declared this
morning that he did not care to
make any lengthy statement regard
ing his victory but wanted to thank
the men and women voters of this
city for their solid support in giving
him such a large majority over a
strong opponent.
81 have realized all along that one
candidate must lose and / do not
care to assume the attitude of a
braggart now that / have been re-
turned the winner. The part of the
election which impresses me mostly
is the fact that 1 have so many
friends among the women and men
of this city. / will remember the
support given me by them when l
assume the office of mayor on Janu-
ary / and will try to act in a man.
ner which will justify their conf
dence in me-"
incidentally Alderman Wilson
pointed out a peculiar coincidence
this morning which has resulted in
his believing that "13" is a lucky
number-at least for him. At a
dinner party a night or so before his
election there were thirteen seated
at the table but he announced that
he was not superstitious in the least.
When he went to vote Tuesday he
was offered ballot 49," taken as an
i'll omen for his chances by many.
but it proved to be a harbinger of
good luck, he carrying all four polls
of the first ward.
Official election figures showing
the city results available today in
the office of City Clerk Arthur +.
Graham showed that Alderman
Wilson, Republican, defeated Mayor
ward, from which complete returns
had not been received when the
EVENING NEWS went to press at
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon, gave
Wilson a majority of $50. Complete
returns show that Wilson carried
the first, fourth and sixth wards OF
the city--where the largest vote was
regiStered-while the remaining
three wards favored Mayor Dorsey.
Wilson's total vote in the city was
1927 as compared to 1851 secured by
Dorsey. In the first ward Wilson won
by 313 votes, in the fourth 524 ma
jority was given him and in the sixth
he led by 365. making total lead OF
1902 piled up in these three wards.
In the fifth ward, Dorsey's strong
hold. majority of 293 was given
the Democratic candidate. The sec
ond ward. Dorsey's home district,
gave him but twenty-three majority
while in the third ward which in
cludes the main business section of
the city, a ten vote lead was secured
by the mayor. In all these three
wards he secured majority of 32G.
This 326 majority compared with
Wilson'S 1902 gave the first ward al
derman the election by S76 votes.
Out of the eighteen polls in the city
Wilson carried fourteen and Dorsey
four. The four which went Demo :
cratic were the two polls of the fifth
ward, the second poll of the second
ward. and the second poll of the
third ward. The first poll of the sec
ond ward, Mayor Dorsey's home dis
trict. gave Wilson a thirty-one ma
jority.
Harding carried Perth Amboy by
about 1900, his total vote here being
1864 as compared to 22S6 for Cox. In
only one poll of the eighteen did the
Democratic presidential candidate
secure a majority, that being in the
second poll of the fifth ward where
Cox secured forty-two votes more
than Harding. In the first poll of the
fifth ward. the strongest Democratic
district in the city, Harding won by
sixty-eight votes.
Next to the mayoralty race the
congressional contest brought forth
the most interest in Perth Amboy.
The election of Harding was conced-
ed in this city and it was merely q
question of majority. so the intereS'
naturally turned to the contest in
which the results were expected to
be close. t. Frank Appleby, Repub-
lican, former mayor of Asbury Park,
who will succeed Thomas j. Scully
Democrat, in the House of Represent
atives as the third district congress-
man. carried Perth Amboy, which is
the home of DR.. William +. Ramsay,
CONTINUED on page 3D.
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