The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-04
JERSEY GIVES
REPUBLICANS
273,0OO LEAD
Harding Gets Four Times
More Than Any Previous
Candidate.
SWEEP FOR CONGRESS
Eleven Out of Twelve Rep
rescntatives in State Will
Be Republican. :.
HUDSON COUNTY UPSET
Final Returns May Show That
Democrats Have Won Only
One Asscmblyman.
HUDSON COUNTY UPSET

TRENTON, Nov. s.-In the unprecs-
dented Republican :idal wave which
swept the country yesterday New Jersey
contributed 27a0Oo votes toward the pop
ular plurality OF Senator Harding. That
figure, or nearly four times the largest
plurality ever given In this State before,
was announced tonight when returns
from 1857 of tho 2.o4s districts of the
State had been tabulated. The vote was
Harding. <,0.982: Cox. 1895.
All previous records we're smashed In
several other particulars. The Repuoli
cans elected eleven Of New Jerseys
twelve Representatives In Congress.
were successful in seven OF eight coun-
ties In which State Senators were elect
ed. and probably left the Democrats
with only a single representative in the
Hous. OF Assembly. The political COM
positi "a OF the Assembly hinges upon
the results In Hudson county. which
was In doubt tonight. If the Demo-
Gratis carried the Hudson Assembly
ticket they will have thirteen members
in the House. II they did not. which
seems probable. Harry Runyon OF War
rem county will be the only Democrat In
that body.
The tidal wave was Of such proper
tons as to upset all calculations OF even
the most optimistic Republicans In this
section of the country. Not only were
Republican pluralities doubled, tripled
and In some instances quadrupled In
Republican strongholds. but in sections
heretofore regarded as certainly Demo-
cratic Republican candidates were elect
ed This vas noticeably true in Sussex
and Hunterdon counties. where the
Democratic party has held undisputed
ewSv almost since its fnCeptiOn.
Hudson County Turned Over.
Among the many surprises disclosed
by the election returns we're the un-
precedented Republican votes In Hud-
son county, where a Democratic plu-
rality of 5000 last year was turned into
a Republican plurality of approximately
10000 for the head of the ticket: the de-
feat of Representative John j. Eagan
in Hudson county. in one of the two
strongest Democratic districts in the
State. and the complete routing Of hum
dreds of Democratic candidates In To-
calities where Republican success here
tofore has been almost unknown.
AS the result of the Republican victory
In Essex county there will be two women
ard ore negro in the next House II
Assembly, establishing two new prece-
dents n this State.
Generally speaking. the New Jersey
results indicate set desire for a change
in the national Administration rather
than victory based upon any particula-
Issues of the campaign. In the accom-
pli = lent of this desire party lines were
swept aside, the wet and the dry Issue.
acute in some localities. was almost for
gotten and thousands of Democrats
j~ined with Republicans in recording
their dissatisfaction with the national
Administration.
The strength Of this feeling was sucn
that local Candidates on the Republican
ticket were swept into office. unexpec-
tcdly in many instances. This was aided
by the party column on the ballots. made
effective for the first time In New Jersey
this year Popular approval of the Hud-
SON River tunnel and Delaware River
Bridge projects. together with the sol
ders' bonus bill. was given In every
section of the State by the ratification OF
two referendums authorizing bond issues
for these purposes. The estimated ex-
penditure for the bridge and tunnel was
sSs.0OO,000, and for the soldiers bonus
bill s12,000.000. In many localities the
soldiers bonus bill was ratified almost
unanimously and naturally the bridge
End tunnel project received the greatest
support IN parts Of the state adjacent TO
New York and Philadelphia.
Vote for Represented ves.
New Jersey Representatives In Con-
gtess elected yesterday and their esti-
mated pluralities follow by districts:
First: Francis F. Patterson. Jr.. r.. "a 900
Second Isaac Bacharach, R.......... 5000
Third: T. Frank Appleby, r.. ......... 10000
Fourth: Elijah c. Hutchinson. r. 5000
Filth: Ernest r. Alderman. R......... 1000
Sifth: Randolph Perkins. R............ 1000
Seventh; Amos Radcliffe. R........... $500
Eighth Herbert w. Taylor, R......... $500
Ninth; 4. Wayne Parker; .............. 1900
Eleventh: DR.. Archibald r. Opp. r.. 900
Twelfth G. Il. X O'Brten, D.......... 5000
Seven OF the twelve Representatives
in Congress. seven OF the eight State
Senator's and thirty-four of the sixty
Assembymen elected yesterday are
classed as dry
In the Fourth district comprising
Mercer, Somerset and Huntrdon coun.
ties, Representative Hutchinson was
returned by plurality OF apr oxmate-
ly 5000, while Senator Harding car
-ried the district by approximately $4,000.
Mr.. Hutchinson was dry and received
plurality of only a few hundred In his
own county of Mercer. which gave SEN
ator Harding approximately $4,000 plu-
rality and the other Republican candi-
dates from 10000 to $4,000. Mr.. Hutch.
inson raised directly the wet and dry
issue and in consequence lost tho city
of Trenton by more than 1900. His loss
here. however. was made up by his gain
in rural communities and especially
those of Hunterdon and Somerset coun-
ties.