New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Managers of Democratic
Candidate Claim State
at Midnight ; Silzer
Has Edge for Governor
Rebuke to Harding
And Nolstead Seen
Republican Ahead in the
Seventh Congressional
District, Democrat i'm 9th

The election of Governor Edwards as
United States Senator for New Jersey
was claimed by his managers at mid
night. Az the same time, the claim
was made that former Judge George
S. Silzer had been elected Governor.
At o'clock tabulated figures on 1872
New Jersey election districts, out of a
total of 2,464, showed these figures:
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
Treinghuysen rMspds gdhsuy;sseen,,,.'...,. 1Ss' % so sSs
FOR GOVERNOR
Silzer. .....-..,,...,,... .;.....,... 1o3.56S
Passaic County returned solid Re-
publican ticket to the State Assembly,
electing all five Republicans. Mercer
County elected three Democratic AS
semblymen and one Democratic Sem
ator. Hunterdon returned Frank FL.
Walsh, Democrat, to the Assembly,
with the other seats in doubt.
Republican Leads In 7th
Seger, Republican, was leading Cad
mus for Congressman from the
7th Congressional District, with
nlnety-eight polling stations reported
out of 154. McNulty, Democrat, was
leading. Coon, an Anti-Saloon League
Republican candidate, in the 9th
District, by three to one, with seven
teen districts in out Of 100.
In Morris County Republican candi-
dates Ackerman, for Congress SIS. and
Whitney, for State Senator, were lead
ing, with less than one-t third of the
election districts reporting, and David
Barkman apparently had beaten Mrs.
Veronica Williams, Democrat, by two
to one.
Edwards Issues Statement
Governor Edwards issued a state
ment shortly after midnight claiming
the election, He said:
There never was time since the
first week after the campaign opened
that was in doubt about the result
Judge Silzer and myself in our tour Of
the state met large and responsive au-
diences. I attribute the success of the
Democratic party principally to the
discomfort in New Jersey, as well as
in other states of the country, held by
the do-nothing policy of the Harding
administration. They failed to keep
their campaign promises to the people,
but in passing the excessive tariff law
it was evident they were keeping their
promises to the rich manufacturers. to
the corporations and to the protiteeTs.
'The Volstead act, too, in MY opif-
ion had much to do with our victory.
We advocated modification of this
law so as to legally provide for light
wines and beer. To be sure we were
against the return of the saloon. We
felt that the peoples rights had been
infringed upon and their personal lib
erty had been taken away from them.
The people evidently. judging from the
overwhelming vote given to Judge Sill
ger and myself. thought about these
matters as we did. The attempt of the
Public Service Corporation to continue
it's control of. state affairs under Re-
publican rule met with utter failure.
The Democratic platform pledged the
party to bring about return OF the
scent fare through legislation provid-
ing against the impairment of fran
chise contracts. The Republicans were
inconsistent on this issue.
Praises Women Voters
81 am greatly pleased with the fact
that the women were with us IN this
campaign. This was due in measure
to the failure of the Republican party
to keep its platform promises OF 1921
to enact legislation prohibiting night
work for women. To the women voters
of New Jersey / extend my sincere
fcantInued on next hauel -