Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-27
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NEW BRUNSWICK
LOSE INTEREST
Refuse to Run for FreehoIder
Fearful of Being "Cut"
in Perth Amboy
USE RECOUNT FIGURES
To Prove Arguments that Lo-
cal Democrats Defeated
Their Men Last Year

NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 27:-So
certain are the Democrats of New
Brunswick and this end of the
county that the Perth Amboy Demo-
Gratis will "cut" freeholder candi-
dates from this section, leaders are
experiencing a great deal of diff
Guilty in persuading prominent DEM
ocrats to become freeholder candi-
dates.
Klemmer Kalteissen, of this city.
and Howard Butcher. of Cranbury,
candidates for freeholder last year,
have fatty refused to run this year.
William Allgair, of South River. and
former Sheriff Edward Il. Houghton.
OF this city, have been approached
and both have declined to become
candidates. Mayor Frank Hartman
of Sayreville, Edward +. Burt and
John Snitzler, both of this city, are
three others who have been offered
a place on the freeholder ticket by
the Democrats, but have refused to
run.
The recount of the freeholder vote
last winter disclosed the manner In
which Perth Amboy Democrats
other than John Bird, their own
be political suicide to run for free
holder with the Perth Amboy Demo-
Gratis voting as directed as the result
of a deal, New Brunswick Democrats
are showing little interest and others
in this part of the county take the
same attitude.
New Brunswick Democrats closely
followed the Kalteissen recount last
winter and have the figures to show
that 1,093 Democrats who voted
straight Democratic tickets failed to
vote for Kalteissen and Butcher,
casting their lone vote for Bird. On
the other hand, it is pointed out, An
thony Gebhardt polled about 1,20O
votes more than Frederick Gowen,
in the sheriff race. This state OF
affairs, local Democrats say, would
indicate a deal whereby the Demo-
Gratis of Perth Amboy were instruct
ed to vote for a Democratic sheriff
but to 'lay off, the Democratic free
holder candidates. with the exception
of Bird, their ''native son."
1t is pointed out as significant that
Perth Amboy elected a solid Demo-
cratic city ticket, gave Gebhardt a
good majority but failed to support
the two freeholder candidates, Kali
teissen and Butcher.
One prominent Democrat today
declared: 1.-THE Democratic party has
struck a snag as candidates for free
holder of the desired high callbre
cannot be procured because they do
not want to be slaughtered at the
hands of the Perth Amboy voters"
The manner in which Perth Am
boy Democrats cut Fred w. De Owe,
Democratic candidate for state sena-
tor, when he ran against Morgan F.
Larson three years ago, was largely
responsible for his decision to keep
out of the race this year. local Demo-
Gratis say.
Although this Is presidential
year and the registration Is always
greater on such year than at any
other time, Democratic leaders here
prophesy that existing conditions In
Perth Amboy will so discourage
voters here that the registration Will
not equal that of last year. Those
aspiring for political Office" one
Democrat declared today, "are not
anxious to sacrifice their chances for
the future by having their political
heads chopped off by the Perth
Amboy Democrats this year"