Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-27
VOTING TOMORROW
IN NEW JERSEY
Contest Promised in Many
Districts in State Pri-
mary Election.
Special pispatch to The Star.

| TRENTON, N. j., September 81
New Jersey will hold her primaries
| throughout the state tomorrow. Now
that SO few of the cities elect mayors,
! owing to commission form of mu-
nicipal government in Trenton, New
| ark and Jersey City and other large
| places in the state, chief interest
| centers in the selection of the candi-
dates for Congress. This state has
at present twelve representatives, and
at the election of 1918 seven repub-
licans and five democrats were Sc
lected. At the present time there are
lively contests in nearly all of the
districts, with several candidates in
many of them.
Representative William ]. Brown
Ing of the first district. the oldest
member in age in the New Jersey
delegation. died last spring. The
vacancy caused by his death was not
filled by a special election, and only
one republican, Francis r. Patterson,
jr., of Camden. has filed a nominating
date here is William p. Kramer of
Woodlynne. At the election two years
ago the district gave Representative
Browning a plurality of more than
$4,000. including the soldier vote.
Contest In Second.
Four counties-Cape May. Cumber-
land, Atlantic and Burlington-are in
cluded in the second district. now
represented by Isaac RachaFach. re-
publican. of Atlantic City, State Sem
ator William H. Bright Of wildwood.
Cape May county. is also seeking the
republican nomination. William c,
posed democratic nominee. Thomas j,
Scully, present member of the third
Observation-Disclosures, Monmouth and
Ocean counties-announced several
months ago that he would not run
again. and William e. Ramsay Of
candidate. There is a real fight here
for the republican nomination. The
three candidates are T. Frank Apple
by of Asbury Park, Joseph NJ. Thomp-
SON Of New Egypt and John w. Her.
bert of Helmetta. Scully won two
over Bob Carson. Appleby in the pres
emit battle appears "a the favorite.
Eight candidates-feur of each
party-are lined up in the fourth or
Hunderdon-Som Mercer district.
Representative Elijah C.. Hutchinson Of
terms and who carried the district in
1918. 10 opposed by PERKS F. Ripley and
]. Irving Davidson, both of Trenton, and
Horace M. Reading of stockton.
The four democratic ea a.i VINO
have fled petitions are Oliver e; ll9Is
Browne Of Princeton. ference R.
cowell of Glen Gardner. In the
Union Morris or fifth congressional
district. Ernest r, Alderman of
Plainheld. elected two years ago. is
Westheld. Richard 3. Clement Of
elizabeth, whom he defeated in 1918
by 1856 plurality, will be the oppo-
nent of the successful republican NOM
inee. Mr.. Clement is unopposed.
Democrats are making no contest IN
Of Hackettstawn Is the sole candidate.
Representative John r. Ramsey of
Hackensack is seeking third term,
and Ia opposed by Randolph Perkins
of Woodcliffe Lake. a lawyer, with an
office in Jersey City. The seventh or
contest this year. Amos H. Radcliffe.
elected two years ago over Judge
Joseph A. Delaney by 3.934 plurality.
is the republican candidate. Nicholas
Hughes Of Totowa is without demo
cratic opposisie,n A 81 Tss. aew
ark 10 the only democratic candidate
in the eighth district. This embraces
parts of both Essex and Hudson coun-
ties. There Is . real contest here,
however, among the Republicans. Two
of the candidates, Herbert w. Taylor
and George g, YaFrow, are fFom Es-
sen county, and Alfred Chapman, who
was a candidate two years ago. and
Judge Arthur Archibald reside in Hud-
son county.
Parker Running Again.
Richard Wayne Parker, a member
Of Congress, is one of the five repub-
licans seeking the nomination in the
ninth district The woman's vote is
expected to play a big part In this
district SO far al the two democratic
candidates are concerned.
Dallas Flanagan OF Montclair, who
two years ago was defeated in the
tenth district, IL again candidate:
Representative John ]. Eagan of
Weehawken lis not opposed in the
democratic primaries in the eleventh
district, which ia a part OF Hudson
county James C. Kane and Archibald
70. Olpp, the rst-named of Union Hill
ana the latter of West Hoboken, are
opposed for the republican nominal
ton. This district is normally strong
ly democratic. Representative James
j. Hamill is net seeking the re-elec-
completed six terms. Charles F. X.
O'BFien of Jersey City is the only
democratic candidate here. with Wal
ter williams and Theodore L. Bierek.
both of Jersey City, in the republican
race. The former was the nominee in
1918, but polled only SOS votes to
17,7S1 cast for Representative Hamill.
This district also 10 stronHly dema-
cratic, and the nomination on that
ticket at the primaries snella election
in November.