Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-11-06
New Record Set Here fc1
Counting Ballots in 9th
Ward Situation
25 HOURS TAKEN UP
$50 Ballots in District-Pick-
erSgilI High in City-The
Mayor Greatly Pleased

1t was not until $3.50 o'clock last
the first poll OF the fifth ward hda
been completed and turned in at city
hall thus making it possible for City
Clerk Philip Costello to deterrnine
the total vote in the city. The tins
taken by the fifth ward poll clerks
to count the ballots set a new rec
ord. The polls closed at o'clock
Tuesday night and despite the fact
that the counting of the ballots
started. at once 1t was not until more
than twenty-five hours later that the
count had been completed. There
We're in the neighborhood of 75n
votes cast in this poll
The count of the first poll OF the
fifth ward showed Alderman John J.
Clark to be a sure winner over his
| Republican Opponent. Michael Try
gar. in that ward, having lead ~
ia votes in this poll. Clark led r.
the second poli BY IL TbEes .<<zSfz<
him majority of 127 votes far fhS
entire. Joseph Hornsby, ReouhfI4
can. carried each of the four po17s
in the first ward, winning over W.
lam Olsen, Democratic alderraanfc
candidate, by sos votes. In the
other aldermanic race, Alderman
Patten, Democrat, defeated Mau-
rice Cohen as the third ward repre-
sentative by 3sS votes.
Recorder Pickersgill ran high on
the city ticket. porang more votes
than any of the local or county can
didates and coming with $50 votes
of the tremendous tuiaf given Presi-
dent Coolidge here. Eugene Muilen
his Democratic opponent, succeeded
in defeating Recorder Pickersgill IN
only a small proportion of the city's
twenty-three polls.
Mayor Wilson's victory over f0r-
mer Alderman Albert G. Waters by
more than LOO votes was the big
gest surprise of the campaign. Many
of the mayors hackers were optimis-
tic that he would win but il was
generally conceded that the result
would be close. possibly less than
100 votes. Mayor Wilson's popu-
larity among the Democrats as wel1
as the Republicans is shown in his
fifth ward run where he secured
fifteen more votes than Waters. de-
spite the fact that this Is the strong
est Democratic district in the city.
In the third ward, which may soon
rival the fifth as a Democratic
stronghold. the mayor lost out TO
Waters by sixty-seven votes. The
second ward, in which tins Demo-
cratic candidate resides, gave Wii-
son a forty-one vote majority. The
other wards. the first, fourth and
sixth made possible the mayors ma
jority of more than 1,100 votes.
Never have I bsen the recipient
of more cards, letters and telephone
calls Offering me congratulations on
my election" Mayor Wilson said to-
day in his Office at city hall. II am
greatly pleased with the result as I
believe it shows conclusively that
the majority of the people here are
satisfied with what I have done In
the past and have confidence in my
ability to look out for their best in
terests in the future. / want TO take
this opportunity to publicly state
my sincere thanks 20 all of those
who voted for me and to those who
worked so hard TO make my election
certainty. During my next two
years in office 1 shall try to do my
duty to the people as they would
have me do 1t and I hope and trust
that my actions meet with the ap~
proval of my fellow citizens
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