New-York tribune., 1920-04-29

enough what has been done. Various
city clerks, especially in Morris, Essex
nnd Camden counties, have been chang
ING the vote.
Early this morning they thought
they had enough to swing the election
to Wood, but when they found that
Johnson was overcoming their advan-
the sheets. It now looks as though
they will have to do some more chang
ing at the last moment, which is the
reason why many of the districts have
been held out"
Nothing was Forthcoming from any
source last night to indicate whether
the johnson people would seek a re-
count.
The five Congressional districts car
ried by General Wood were the 1st,
I'd, 9th. 9th and 10th.
johnson had majority of the
preference votes in the Sd, 4th, 7th,
11th and 18th districts.
Wood carried the preference vote in
the 9th and Sth Districts, but it was
close in both, and he seems to have lost
one delegate in each to Johnson.
The only place in the state where
Senator Warren G. Harding. of Ohio,
was afforded chance to test his strength
was in the 12.h Jersey City) District,
where candidates pledged to him OPP
posed the Wood and Johnson mon.
His showing was very poor.
The vote in this district was:
Judge Richard Doherty (for John
SOM. 2,s12; Thomas S. Vierow (John-
son), 2,737; Robert Carey (Wood>. p
247; Howard R. Cruise (Wood). 2.246;
George G. Warren jr. (Hardine>. 251;
Charles L. Meyers (Harding), 1876.
The fight between Senator Edge and
State Chairman Stokes for the Repub-
lican leadership of New Jersey, which
many observers professed to see in
their rival candidates. for delegate at
large, was not settled by the primary.
for both were elected to the "Big
Four" 1t is true that Edge ran ahead
Of Stokes, but that is attributed to
the fact that he had the support in
johnson forces. 1t is considered likely
that Stokes and Edge will be contend
ers for the craftsmanship of the delega-
tion to Chicago.
The states vote on the "Big Four"
with eighty-eight districts missing out
Of zoos, was:
lFrelinghuysen (unpledged), eo1ee;
Wood, 52,446; Runyon (Wood), 49,
4s5; Raymond (Wood), 42ss1; Ballard
(Johnsonl, 42,so4; Layden (Johnson),
42.434; Griggs (Wood), 1850.
Bitter criticism of the course of
Angus McSween, Johnson's Eastern
manager. in placing only two candi-
dates for delegates at-large in the
held and tying up his candidate to the
fortunes of Edge and Frelnghuysen,
terday. They declared that had the
Californian had full "Big Four"
ticket he would have carried the state
and that Edge and Frelinghuysen bene-
fted from the Johnson vote without
giving anything in return. They
pointed out that Thomas r. Layden and
Mu!ford L. Ballard, Johnson candidates
for egates-at-large, polled as many
votes as Thomas L. Raymond and John
W. Griggs, the two on the Wood slate
who were defeated.
Incidentally, the fact that Raymond
was defeated, while Runyon, who was
on the same ticket, won, proved dis
comfting to New Jersey VETS Ray
mond is an ardent foe of national pro-
hbition and Runyon is of pronounced
bone dry tendencies. The drys were
also cheered by the results in the 4th
Congre ssional District, which includes
the wet city of Trenton. Of the four
candidates for the two places, one
tagged himself on the ballot as op-
posed to prohibition and another as
in favor of it. The dry won. The wet
was defeated.
The see e-sawing which marked the
ta abulation of preference returns all
Tuesday night continued yesterday and
last night First Wood would be in
the lead then Johnson would overtake
him. At no time were they separated
by as many as 800 votes.
Early returns, most of them from
Hudson. Tuesday night led to the be-
lief that Johnson had won by a big
majority. Then Camden began to come
in and wipe it out. 1t was evident
that "Davy" Baird, in the south, and
Billy" Verdon, in the north, were
wing with each other. They broke |