Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-28
THE PRIMARY RESULTS

THE PRIMARY RESULTS
The primaries yesterday were noted mainly for
the light vote cast all over the state. Here and
there whore a local contest aroused interest
there were a goodly number of votes cast, but
in the main the election was a most perfunctory
affair.
The men who have been nominated by their
respective parties now become the regular can
didates. They rightfully claim to be the regular
representatives of their party and they ought to
be given loyal support. The contest now mar
rows down to whether those bearing the Repub-
lican label or those bearing the Democratic
label will be finally chosen.
Apparently yesterdays election was a great
victory for the so-called Organization" While
all candidates at the primary are supposed to be
Irregular" it is nevertheless a fact that the party
leaders pass along the word as to who shall be
the nominees and the workers in the respec-
tive districts see to it that the wishes of the
leaders are carried out. The fact that the direct
primary gives to the people the right to name
whomsoever they desire apparently makes little
difference in the outcome. 1t requires a genuine
uprising on the part of the voters to over
come the machine"
It might have been supposed that yesterday
was one of the occasions when the people
would have been aroused on account of the high
taxes they are paying and the apparent waste
Of public funds in a great many ways. But
there was no such out-pouring of the taxpayers
as one might expect so those holding office have
a right to feel that their policy has been vindl-
Gated and they will be justified In going on IN
exactly the same way should they be reelected.
There is a lot of satisfaction here in the NOM
nation of Morgan f. Larson for state senator
on the Republican ticket. Mr.. Larson is a clean'
high class young man with much ability. While
he has never held an elective office he has seen
in public life for some time and as one of the
leaders in his party he is not a stranger to poll
tics and knows the game from start to finish.
Ha will make an excellent representative for
Middlesex county in the upper house of the leg
~islature., His Democratic opponent, Fred w.
Deyoe. Ia also a man of excellent reputation
with a record that is much to his credit IN leg
NATIVE work. With either of these men in the
ssnate Middlesex county has every reason to be
satisfied.
The two present members of the Board oil
Freeholders have been re-nominated by the Re
rublicans. The record in regard to the patent
movements did not make much difference to the
taxpayers. We congratulate these men on their
victory. Perhaps, after all, they have been CIV
ing the people what they wanted. At least, as
far as the Republican voters are concerned the
record of the freeholders during the past year
has been satisfactory. AS our present form OF
government is intended to give the people what
they want in the way of candidates it is natural
to suppose that the way the county affairs have
been conducted is satisfactory to the Republi-
cans, at least. A reelection of these two Repub-
lican candidates in November will be a COM
plete vindication. They stand on their record;
there can be no claim of Misrepresentation.
All the other candidates were either unop-
posed or were strictly local excepting the Re-
publican assembly ticket. Here the people ran
true to form and renominated those who were
candidates for denomination and picked a man
comparatively new in politics as the third can
didate.
The run made by Alderman Waters for re-
nomination in the second ward is notable be-
cause of a determined fight made in some
quarters against him in his own party. Mr.
Waters has made a good alderman; he ha'
shown much independence in his attitude ane
has frequently taken issue with the recognized
leader Of his party in the Board of Aldermen
1t Is gratifying to see that the voters OF th'
second ward appreciate the good work or MT
Waters. If a majority Of the people there decide
to re-elect him, Mr.. Waters will have a right tt
claim the leadership of his party as far as tn
Board of Aldermen is concerned for he Will nav
been given the acid test of appealing to the PEG
pie and gained their approval.
All in all. the people of the respective par
ties have spoken, as far as they were intereste'
enough to speak. Those who were too indiner
emit to go to the polls and vote yesterday hav
no ground for fault-inding because of the kim
of government they receive.
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