New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-28

%oso ercn various counties of the state
received up to a. NJ, follow:
Hudson (Z63 dstricts) - Johnson,
Ga; Wood, 3,91o
Essex Goo districts ~ ohnson, 1888;
Wood, 2.1le.
Atlantic 80 districts johnson 1895 j;
Noo9. ,3c9
Aonmouth (5a districts j ofnson
.563; Wood, 1,0to.
Sussex GA districts --Johnson GO;
Wood, ia
Burlington (2s ,dstrcts) --Jo hnson,
.67: Wood. SGT
Warren ca is.:;cts)-Johnson 254 :;
Wood, $50.
Ocean (twen.y-c;ght districts)-
Johnson. as; Wood. 3S7.
7assaic (ii dstrcts) 49, Johnson
.,sae; Wood, l.465.
Salem GA districts u ohnson, 1885,
Wood, 559.
Cumberland $50 districts -Jo Johnson,
$50; Wood i.499.
Gloucester I34 districts j ohnson
SG2; Wood. 654.
Camden (i39 d;strcts) y ohnson,
1872; Wood, 5,26I.
Mddlcsex CAS- districts JIG
1926; Wood. -.
Delegate Race Chief Contest
Ths polls in New Jersey did not close
until 10 y. m. The law provides they
snail be open until o'clock, but the
state has no daylight saving law and
attorney General McCran ruled that
Eastern standard time must govern,
since ali the large cities in North Jer-
sey use daylight saving time to accord
with New York's.
Chief interest centered in the contest
for the Presidential preferential vote.
, rt,<~ a. -
i've strength of General Wood and
Senator johnson, the names of no other
Presidential candidates being printed
on the ballot. In addition the New
Jersey primary was Senator Johnson s
first real trial in the East, and his sup
porters pointed out that if he defeated
General Wood it would dispose Of the
argument that he was too radical to
suit Eastern Republicans.
Barely second to the preferential
vote in point Of interest were the
efforts of United States Senator'S
Frelinghuysen and Edge to be
named as delegates at large. Both
ran as uninstructed candidates, with
no other pledge than that they would
cast their ballots in the convention for
the candidate who received plurality
of the Republican preferential votes in
the state. The fact that the Johnson
managers placed only two candidates
for delegate atlarge in the field, while
a full ticket of four ran pledged to
Wood. undoubtedly worked to the ad
vantage of Edge and Frelinghuysen.
Angus McSween, Johnsons Eastern
manipulated this deal in the interest of
the two New Jersey Senators, and it
left many sore spot among the rank
and file of the Johnson forces.
Dry Issue lnterjected Into Fight
The wet and dry issue played a
prominent part in the closing hours
porters opened the question by charg-
ing in newspaper advertisements that
Senator Johnson voted for the
Eighteenth Amendment and the Vol
stead act. The Johnson men retorted
With the accusation that one of Gen
eral Woods campaign managers, Will
lam Cooper Proctor, was one of the
principal angels" of the Anti-Saloon
league. They also called attention to
the work of j. Frank Hanly, well-known
prohibitionist, in behalf of Wood in
Indiana and to Senator Johnson's
stand in favor of exempting light wines
and beers from the operation of pro-
hibton.
The Wood candidates for delegates
at-large were Edward c. Stokes,
Thomas L. Raymond, William N. Run
yon and John ". Griggs. The johnson
candidates were Thomas r. Layden and
milford l.. Ballard. In addition to
Senator's Edge and Frcinghuysen
there were two negro candidates for
delegates at-large-Isaac H. Nutter
and Sylvester l.. Corrothers.
. In each of the twelve Congressional
districts, except the 1st I'd and 4th
therc were opposing candidates on the
aohnson and Wood tickets In. the list
tCamder) District the two candidates
Of the Baird organization were unop-
posed One of them was pledged to
Wood and the other unpledged In the
I'd (Atantic City) District the Wood
people put two candidates III the field
a-air 81 those of the Edge organization.
who ran unpledged. In the 4th (Trcn-
tom District the two places were
fought for by one Wood candidate and
three who ran unpledged. In the 18th
Jersey City, District. in addition to
the Wood and Johnson candidates,
there was a Harding ticket