Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08

have split about even. 1t looked
as IL the vote for Unite1 States
senator aid governor befwe~n the
respective candidates would be very
close. The Republicans apparently
elected their three assembly candi-
dates. including the first woman to
represent Mercer county, Mrs Bes-
sic Mann and have also won out
with their three freeholde., aspir-
ants. On the other hand the DEM
ocrats seemed to have elected Harry
Hartpence IS county clerk the first
Democra. to win this office ir years.
Mayor Browne, of Princeton, candi-
date for congress on the Demo-
cratic cicket, carried Mercer by
approximately 1000, which virtu-
ally asspted his election.
A dosa fight was in progress
for state senator between Walter
ID. Couge;, Democrat. and William
b. Blackwell. Republican, 18th the
latter a probable winner.
Overwhelming Victory
NEWARK, Nov. 8-Gov. Edward
/. Edwards, Democrat. overwhelmed
U. S. Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuy-
sen, friend of President Harding
and administration spokesman in
the race for the seat in the senate
at Washington in the New Jersey
elections yesterday.
Running far ahead of Judge Sill
yer, the Democratic candidate for
governor. who was also elected. Gov
Edwards held ~ - L lead
over his colleague and won the
election ty close to 10000 votes.
With only 17S districts missing
and fourteen of those in Hudson
county where Edwards was return
ed with a constantly mounting ma
jority, Edwards had 416,3 votes,
while his Republican opponent
could count only 329,728.
f. The landslide which roared down
around the ears of Senator Freling-
huyysen, however, did not carry with
it the backbone and structure of New
Jersey Republicanism. The state
senate and assembly will be Repub-
lican. There were minor changes
in the representation, but for the
most part gains by Democrats were
offset by losses at other points. Gov
ernor Edwards announced he at
tributed his victory to discomfort in
New Jersey. He said that discomfort
was caused by the Republican tariff
and by the prohibition laws.
lHc NOlSlcdu AT, he COiilsNlutus
has much to do with our victory.
Wa asked a modification of this law
so as to legalize light wines and
beers. To be sure W. were against
the return of the saloon, but we
made a fight on the ground that the
rights of the people had been in
fringed upon and that their per-
sonal rights had been taken away"
Gov. Edwards became chief eX-
ecutive OF the state on the same sort
of platform except that It was more
radical. Then he stood on a plank
which advocated as he expressed it
making New Jersey as wet as the
Atlantic ocean" Yesterday he won
on a modified plank.
Judge George S. Silzer, also a
Democrat, was carried into office On
the smashing landslide. He defeat
ed State Senator William N. Runyon
by about $4,000 votes. The exact
figures with the same 176 districts
missing being Silzer 3S9,15?' Run
yon, 345,951.
A feature of the election was the
Hall-Mil,s murder mystery. which
for seved weeks has occupied the
center of politics in New Jersey.
A Democratic prosecutor of Md
dleseX failed to solve 1t. but beyond
being the Democratic prosecutor of
the county he was when the case
opened the campaign manager for
Judge Silzer. 1t was openly feared
by Democratic leaders tina. the sit
uation might hurt the party's
chances. Yet Edwards carried
Middlesex by 5000 and Silzer-it
was his own county-won by al
most 1000.
The 81 me condition was feared in
Somerset county which Scmerville
is the county seat. The prosecutor
there aided the Middlesex rrosecu-
tor in tie mystery until he was
superseded. but Edwards carried
Somerset by about 1000 and Silzer
had about the same lead.
On the highway bond issue the
state appeared to have voted yes"
but the result was close and the
returns were slow in coming in.
The New Jersey legislature re-
mains Republican by a large ma
jority on the face of nearly COM
plete returns. OF eight places filled
in the state the Republicans elected
seven, giving that party = gain of
one in The upper branch. Senator
Alexander Simpson of Hudson, was
the only Democrat to win in the
senate. The 1928 senate will con-
tain seventeen Republicans and
four Democrats.
In the assembly the Democrats
gained ona place. Even so, the
lower branch remains Uverwhelm-
ingly Republican, A to 10. The
division a year ago vas As Republic
a n and is Democrats.
Three of ten women candidates
won seats in the assembly Essex
county electing two Republican
women and Hudson county re-
eIecting Mrs. Z. W. Brown. Dem