Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-09-25
PRIMARY VOTE
IS TABU[ATED
Excise Board Contest Winners
Announced-PubIiShed
Vote Was Correct

The Republican and Democratic
candidates for excise commissioner
were selected here In Tuesdays pri-
maries, the Republicans having ten
names on their ballot from which
five were to be selected whereas the
Democrats had only four candidates.
the voters writing the name of their
fifth choice on the ticket.
The successful Republican candi-
dates and their official vote follows:
Russell Smith, 1,744; Thomas Lucas.
|1,591: Rudolph L. Schuck. 1850;
Raymond Jensen, 1,556 and George
E. Mills, 1,467. The other candi-
dates polled the following number
of votes: Andrew Pfister. S34: Jack
Weiss, TOO; Harry Oppenheim. 664;
Michael Yuro, Jr., GA; Stephen Tar
loske, 403.
The four Democratic candidates
whose names appeared on the bal
lot received the following number
of votes: James j. Connolly, 1,277;
Peter J. Smith, 1,276: Thomas
Feeney, 1853; Rudolph A. Kish,
1,184. There were many names
written in on the ticket by voters,
many of which were in a spirit OF
Jest. Simon Dwyer received the
largest number OF written-in votes,
Is.
The city primary table, as publish
ed in the Evening News yesterday,
was correct with two exceptions, City
Clerk Costello finding two minor er-
rors in checking over the primary re-
turn sheets. Mrs. H. Thayer Mar
tin of Woodbridge, candidate for the
assembly on the Republican ticket
received 1902 votes in the city in
stead of 1903, and Alonse c. Winant
of South River. Democratic candi-
date for freeholder. received 782 in
stead of 763. All of the other fig
ures were correct. City Clerk Co.'S
tello took the necessary primary
election data and material to the
county Clerks office in New Bruins
wick this morning.
Lack of contests on the Demo-
cratic ticket kept down the vote In
this city, with the exception of that
in the fifth ward. where Alderman
John J. Clark defeated William Mas
sopust by 23 votes. The only other
aldermanic contest was in the first
ward where Joseph Hornsby, Repub-
lican, made a clean sweep, defeating
his opponent, William Hoy by 400
votes, carrying all four polls.
= Although unopposed many of the
andidates received complimentary
q otes. Mayor Wilson received 1855;
Recorder Pickersgill 2,757; Maurice
Cohen, aldermanic candidate in the
third ward, 80 and Michael Trygar,
154 in the fifth ward. where he will
oppose Alderman Clark.
! County Clerk B. M. Cannon, who
seeks reelection, again showed his
old time popularity receiving a
Democratic complimentary vote OF
1,656 which was the largest given
any Democratic candidate. Mayor
Donnelly. of Trenton. candidate for
United Sttaes senator received
1857; Congressman Elmer H. Ger
an. 1,571; Albert G. Waters, candi-
date for mayor, 1882; DR.. William
| i. Ramsay, candidate for state SEN
ator. 1927; William f. Harding.
candidate for coroner, 1,497 and
Eugene Mullen, candidate for re-
corder, 1,43S. The assembly candi-
dates polled the following votes:
Raymond White, 1.4S0; Leo Lowen-
kopf, 1850 and Maxwell Sosin, 1887.
The two aldermanic candidates, who
are unopposed. were voted for as
| follows: William Olsen, first ward,
155; Thomas Patten. third ward,
il32