Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-23
CONTESTS HOLD
SOME INTEREST
Primary Election Will be Held
Tuesday--Final Campaign
ing is Now Being Done

Tuesdays primaries will include
one state contest, five county and
three city contests which will be of
interest to Perth Amboy voters.
The contest between United States
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen and
George l.. Record for the nomination
on the Republican ticket for United
States senator, is a fight which is
attracting attention throughout the
state. The former has not conduc-
ted any campaign tour of the state.
having made his appeal to the voters
through literature sent out by his
campaign headquarters. The latter,
on the other hand, has been holding
tent meetings in all parts of the
state practically every night for the
past two months or more. There is
but one Democratic candidate for
United States senator, he being Gov
ernor Edward 1. Edwards.
The withdrawal of William Tuttle
from the Democratic race for gov
ernor in favor of Judge George S.
Silzer does away with a contest for
this office and Senator William N.
Runyon, Republican, Is unopposed.
The same condition exists in the con-
gressional contest, Elmer Geran be-
ing the only Democratic candidate
and Congressman T. Frank Appleby,
the G. o. P. choice.
Both parties have contests for the
assembly, the Democrats having four
candidates: Andrew ]. Wight, Fred
w. DeVoe, James T. Cunningham
and James A. Murray while there
are five Republicans seeking the
nomination, George Anderson.
Franklin M. Ritchie, Harold Hoff-
man. Wilton Il. Applegate and
Thomas l.. Hanson.
John T. Kirkpatrick is unopposed
on the Democratic ticket for sur
rogate but three G.. Q. P. men seek
the nomination they being William
A. Spencer. James A. Edgar ana
Charles Forman.
In the freeholder race Il. D..
O'Connor, David j. Perrlne, James
J. Flynn and William A. Allgair are
the Democratic entrants. the Re
publican candidates being Frederick
Gebhardt. Sr., Louis j. Belloff and
Clarence M. Haight.
On the city ticket Mayor William
c.. Wilson is the Republican cholce
and John X. Sheehy tie Democratic
candidate for mayor. Recorder
Harold E. Pickersgill is unopposed
by any Republican candidate for re-
election but has as his Democratic
opponent William Hallahan. The
Democrats have a contest in the
first ward for the aldermanic nom
ination between Edward l.. Hardl-
man and w. E. Olsen. Alderman
John f. Sofield, Republican, is un-
opposed in this ward.
In the third ward l.. Burt Moore
and A. F. MunoZ are the Repuoican
candidates for alderman, the Demo-
Gratis being solidly behind Alderman
Thomas Patten for reelection. In
the fifth ward Michael P. Trygar is
the only Republican candidate Tor
alderman while Joseph f. Maloney
and Alderman John j. Clark seek
the Democratic nomination.
City Clerk Arthur E. Graham an
ncunced this morning that all bal
lots keys and books must be secur-
ed from his Office Monday nlght'
between Z and 8 o'clock by the var
iouz election officers. The polls open
Tuesday morning at O'Clock ana
remain open until o'clock at night.
This will be the second registration
day also, making it possible to regis
ter for the general election. Only
those who voted last general eiec-
ton or registered on September Il
are eligible to vote Tuesday. NO
changes have been made in the 10
cation of voting polls, they remain
| ins the same as last year.
A list OF sketches of the various
candidates will be found In today's
| Evening News on Page 4.