Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
REPUBLICANS KEEP
CONTROL IN JERSEY
Democrats Gain Fifteen Seats
in AssembIy-Mrs. Van
Ness Suffers Defeat
STATE BOND ISSUE BEATEN

SDectu! Dispatch 70 Evonro pnbifr Ledger
Trenton. Nov. O. Virtually com.
pctcd returns from yesterdays election
! in New jersey for tho Legislature show
that the Republicans have control Of
The Assembly by majority Of twenty
eight and the Senate BY majority Of
eleven. making Il margin of thirty nine
/ on joint ballot, thus insuring the re-
election Of William I. Reed, Of Cam
den. Us state Treasurer and continued
control of the State House Commission.
The new House will be forty four
Republicans and sixteen Democrats,
the Senate sixteen Republicans to five
Democrats. Essex was the pivotal point
in tho election. and it was not until
today that there wnS any degree OF
certainty about the result there. tn"
Essex Assembly delegation will consist
Of eleven Republicans and one Demo
crat. the defeated Republican being Mrs.
, Jennie &. Van Ness, of Newark. intro
| dQccr of the Van Ness State Prohibition
! Enforcement Act. on which the chief
ISSUE OF the campaign hinged.
The fight made against Mrs. Van Ness
was bitter. Speaker of the House
! George :. Hobart, Republican. Of New.
! ark. who Wns active in pressing through
/ the Van Ness net. was reelected, Hs
was also Mrs. Margaret Laird, Repub-
| ncnn. Of Essex who. while having
/ voted for the net in the Legislature,
stood for modification Of it in the late
campaign. The Democrat vino defeated
! Mrs. Van Nest was II. W. Lambert.
who received 80 4S5 votes to Mrs. Van
! Ness 3s,771
The Democrats gained fifteen seats in
! the Assembly and the Republicans
gained one vote in the upper House.
The Democrats ran on a State plat
| form for the modification or repeal Of
! the Van Ness act. The Republican can
didntcs. with fcw exceptions, stood for
upholdiH; this law, which was passed
! last year by n Republican Legislature.
| and which was said TO be one of the
, most drastic enforcement acts OF any
State.
Returns indicate that the S1i 900, 900
bond issue for maintenance Of the State
institutions for period OF ten years
was defeated. Hudson County was
strongly against the issue. while in
Essex the issue wns treated lightly be-
cause of the fight against the Ropub-
hcan candidates. II was reported that
W per cent Of the voters in Essex voted
against It.
| lkHllNlUR 10 luf SulpOIl bI Tue IItdNr
ure vas Atlantic County, with an over
wheming majority. Cumberland went
in favor Of the bond issue with ma
jority os q. 900. The vote for the bond
issue in Camden and Cape May Coun-
ties WAS reported as close.
In Gloucester County the issue was
defeated. The same fate was metcd ont
to the project in Somerset County by
n vote Of three to one. Little interest
WAS displayed by the voters in Hun
terdon County, and. according to late
reports. the proposition there was lost
by 500 majority. The measure was
aisn defeated in Mercer County.
In Hudson all twelve Democrats were
elected to the Assembly, inclu ling one
/, woman. In Essex the "olorcl Assem- :
tIvman. DR.. W. G. Alexander. Re-
: publican, Of Newark. was rc-elorted, nN
was also the Rev. Warren i. Coon,
Republican, of Newark. \. Lincoln
! Moore. Republican Assemtlyman from
IIunterdon, was detected for rc-clcc.
ton.
Spcc.at Dispatch 20 Evcrtr0 Pubrc Lcd0"y
Wildwood, Nov. o.--ln tn" Qui"tcNt
election Of years Senator Bright. OF
, Wildwood, was reelected 10 r"nr"Sont
! Cane May County. d 'ieating his Demo-
cratic opponent, .NhJ"l ~ ~ 49,"
Jr., of Avalon. with n majority az 1i'
: votes. This represents twenty four oNt
, If twenty nine precincts. The tota
. votes cast iu the senatorial contest Il
, the prccints heard fror were: Bright
/ 34Nl, and Howell. 2SH5, ut II o'clo,h
; last evening.
: Major Howell CONCEDED III" clcc'Io
os his Republican Opponent. IL tN'
contest for the seat for tn" Assembly
! Robert ]. Kay, Wildwood, running or
= the Republicans ticket, defeated Walter
r. Taylor, Democrat, With n majority
Of 1543 YotCs.
4 Wilson A. Lake, Republican Candt,
late for Coroner, vaq elected, ~ il,
lad practically no opposition. lam"
r McLinden, incumbent was rC.electc'
II Mayor Of North Wildwood, drfratiui
~ Frank Stockholm with majority o
= go votes. Stockholm, had tho backing
0! the reform clement.
=. Brtdgcton. y. j., Nov. 9.--A-sen
-; blyrnnn David c. Blizzard, Ir., Re
4. publican, Is reelected hy about 250
= plurality in Cumberland County owe
:, Morris v Mcdonald, Uonorrat Dr
y John S Halsey, of NincIaul, Repub
=, lican. has 5000 majority for Coroner
i Samuel G. johnson. Republican,
- elected Mayor Of Briigoton over Georg
= Elmer. Democrat. by 600. Robert /;
So,