Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-04
WILSON IS GIVEN 876
VOTES OVER MAYOR DORSEY
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the Democratic candidate. by 1871.
In only three OF the eighteen polls
here DIR. Ramsay succeeded in lead
ing Appleby, two of these being the
districts Of the solid Democratic fifth
ward while the other was the second
poll of the second ward. where he
resides. The remaining fifteen polls
gave Appleby their majorities. APP
pleby'S total vote in Perth AmboS
was 449S as compared to Ramsay's
3O71.
Despite the fact that one of the
Democratic candidates for the as
sembly, Joseph Maloney, was a
Perth Amboy man, he failed to
figure among the three high men
running for the legislature seat here.
Maloney was about 700 ahead of
either the other two Democratic as
sembly candidates but was 400
votes behind the lowest Republican
candidate. Edward j. Peterson,
Republican. of this city. was high
for the assembly with 5174 votes.
The other two Republicans. Albert
W. Appleby. of Old Bridge. and G..
Raymond Lyons. of New Bruins
wick. were next in order. the former
receiving 4767 and the latter 4717.
Elmer Wyckoff, Republican shriev-
atty candidate from New Brunswick,
carried Perth Amboy by almost 1000.
His vote here was 4911 as compared
TO 304i secured by Anthony Geb-
hardt, Democratic candidate from
Highland Park. Wyckoff led in six
teen polls here, the two fifth ward
polls being the only ones to favor
Gebhardt.
DIR. Edward X. Hanson, Republi-
can. of this city, and Eugene Mullen,
Democrat, also of this city, led the
four coroner candidates in the Perth
Amboy vote. Hanson polled 5144 and
Mullen, 41S6. Arthur *. Hillpot. of
Metuchen, Republican. was given A.
O56 and William Morgan, Democrat.
of South River. received 2344. Null
en- was high in five of the city's
eighteen polls while Hanson polIed
the highest vote in the remaining
districts. The two fifth ward polls,
the second poll of second ward, the
second poll of the third ward and the
first poll of the sixth ward came out
for Mullen.
Walter Quakenbush, Republican,
of this city, was high here among
the freeholder candidates for the
f"il term. He received 1925 votes
and carried every poll with the ex-
ception of the fifth ward where
Patrick j. Fallon, Democrat, OF
South Amboy. led. The other two
Republican candidates, William S.
Dey, of South Amboy. and j. Fred
Orpen. of New Brunswick, ran high
in this city. Dey polled 5197 votes
and Orpen 1851. Fallon, who led
the Democrats, received 1854, L.
Leon Loblein. of New Brunswick,
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gent, of South River, 2403.
In the contest for freebooter for
n year Robert r. Vandenbergh, of
Cranbury, Republican. Won over his
Democratic opponent, Daniel Della
ney, of South Amboy, by votes OF
1921 TO 30S3. Vandenbergh lost out
in the fifth ward. and second polls
of the second and third wards, but
carried the remaining fourteen polls.
For recorder Harold L. Pickers-
gill, Republican, was a two to one
~favorlte owe Jacob Klein. his DEM
ocratic opponent. The G.. o. L.
candidate polled 5767 votes as COM
pared to 27S0 secured by Klein.
Even in the first poll of the fifth
ward Pickersgill was given a ma
jority. he losing but one poll in the
entire city. That was the second
poll of the fifth ward. Here he was
beaten by the small margin of four
teen votes.
The vote on the soldiers bonus
bill went seven to one in favor of
this measure, the vote being 5651
to 774. The tunnel bond question
resulted in about four to one in
favor of a bond issue. The vote was
4422 for and 1925 against. Not n
poll in the city voted against either
question.
The Board of Aldermen will con-
tinue 10 be composed of four Repub-
licans and three Democrats as a re-
suit of Tuesdays election, two DEM
ocrats and one Republican being
elected to succeed a like number on
both sides. With a Republican
mayor. however. the power of the
Republicans in the council will be in
creased. owing to his power of veto.
In the first ward John Sofield. Re
publican. was elected to succeed
James Henderson, Democrat. by a
vote of more than two to one. Sofield
carried all four polls, securing a to-
tai vote of 1895 as compared to Hen
derson's $50.
The third ward reelected Thomas
Patten, Democrat. as their represen-
tative on the Board of Aldermen. by
nIty-tWO votes. This was a close
contest with Frank Woglom, the Re-
publican candidate, carrying the first
poll of the ward by eighty-two votes,
the count here being 800 to 218. In
the second poll however Patten was
given a 1874 majority which more
than made up for his loss on the
first. The total vote in the third ward
was: Patten SAT, Woglom 495.
John j. Clark, alderman in the
fifth ward. was reelected in this
strong Democratic ward by 254 votes,
he carrying both polls over his Re-
publican opponent, Harry Tooker.
The first poll gave Clark 295 and
Tooker 1874. a cad of Ill, while the
second poll vote resulted in Clark
getting 2S2 and Tooker 1879, a differ
ence of 143. The total vote in this
ward a Clark SIT, and Tooker