Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-07
HOFFMAN HIGH
IN COUNTY VOTE
DeVoe Only Democrat to Win
in MiddIesex Election
GoWen Winner.
HOFFMAN AND HANSON
G. O. P. Freeholders Renamed
Hoy and Mason CoronerS
Heavy Vote Cast.
HOFFMAN AND HANSON

Although the Democrats swept
all of the municipal positions before
them in yesterdays election in Perth
Amboy, the nine county candidates
of this party failed to fare so well.
Only one of the nine Democratic
candidates for county office succeed
ed in defeating Republican rivals.
This enc exception was in the case
of Assemblyman Fred W. De Voc
who was reelected, he being third
among those elected to again serve
in the lower House.
Assemblyman Harold G.. Hoffman,
of South Amboy, who was reelected
for another term of one year, won the
honor of receiving the greatest nurp-
ber of votes of any candidate seek
ing office in the county. He was
1000 votes ahead of Assemblyman
Thomas l.. Hanson, of this city. one
of his running. mates who finished
second in the assembly race. As
sem hlyman Hoffman received almost
1000 more votes than Frederick
Gowen, the successful Republican
candidate for sheriff. Freeholders
William S. Dey, of South Amboy,
city who usually poll large votes,
were eclipsed by Hoffman's show
ing, the assembly candidate having
of these men.
As a result of the election Middle
sex county will be represented by the
same three men in next years as
sembly who held office this year. The
delegation consists of Hoffman and
Hanson, Republicans, and DeVoe,
Democrat. The election of the two
Republicans would indicate that the
efforts of Governor Silzer to per-
suade the people of MiddleseX coun-
ty to give him Democratic delega-
ton in the lower House were with
out results. In order to more strong
ly urge the voters to give him a
friendly" delegation .A the assembly
Governor Silzer mounted the stump
on more than one occasion, he hav-
ing spoken in both Perth Amboy and
New Brunswick during the cam
paign.
The contest between Frederick
GoWen and Anthony j. Gebhardt was
expected to be close and there would
not have been much surprise shown
If the margin had been less than 400
votes in favor of either man. Despite
the fact that Gebhardt carried New
Brunswick by 1900 and Perth AM
boy by 1000 the vote polled by
Gowen in the smaller polling dis"
trlcts in the county more than over
came this big margin. This race was
in doubt until practically all of the
county had been heard from, Geb-
hardt looking like a winner several
times during the night.
The two Republican coroners were
elected by safe margins, both DR..
Joseph S, Hav of this city, and Rob-
ert Mason of South Amboy winning
from their Democratic opponents,
James j. Flynn of this city and VIII
liam Maher of New Brunswick, by
more than 1900 votes.
The freeholder race brought about
the closest fight Of the county cleo
tion reports prevalent about New
Brunswick throughout the night and
this morning being that Klemmer
Kalteissen, Democrat, of that city,
had nosed out J. Fred Orpen also of
New Brunswick as the third free
holder elected. Walter Quakenbush,
of Perth Amboy was high man on
the freeholder ticket. He and his
running mate Director Dey, were
both returned to the Board of Free
holders, by margins of about 375
votes over their nearest Democratic
opponent. Kalteissen. The complete
county returns as received by the
Perth Amboy Evening News, show
Orpen to be the third freeholder
elected. his margin being about 200
over the vote OF Kalteissen.
The fact that Gowen had been
elected sheriff had not been known
long before politicians began to
figure out who would be selected for
the position of under-sheriff. Gowen
at present holds this office under
Sheriff Elmer Wyckoff. Former Ac-
semblyman Edward ]. Peterson of
this city, an active Republican work.
er is known to be one OF those seek
ing the position of under-sheriff.