The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-03-28
HEARING THE PROTESTS.

The Real Points in the Contests for Places
in the City Convention.
The contests before the Democratic City
Executive Committee on Friday night show
that the anti-Jordan party realized the fact
that they were out-veted at the primaries.
The first movement of the evening was de-
signed TO be an attempt to s'pack" the City
Executive Committee against Jordan. By
all the precedents, Assessor O'Neill had the
right to call the six members of the City
Executive to order; but Alderman Davis,
assuming to be ex-oficlo member of the
committee, because of his being chairman
Of the City Committee, slipped in, called
the convention to order, and announced
that he had determined TO unseat Charles
Esterbrook, the member of the Executive
Committee from the Fourth District, and
to appoint Committee man Cosgrove in his
place. Mr.. Davis, SO far as the TATTLER
has been able to learn, had no right to
change the composition of the committee !;
but then it IS assumed that the committee
was not unfavorable to Jordan, and that it
was therefore necessary to change its COM
plexion. Having done this, Alderman
Davis retired, and allowed Assessor ONeill
to take the gayel. The first protest was
from the first and second precincts of the
First Aldermanic District. Freebooter
Norton, as member of the committee,
provided ballot box and had it at the des-
ignated polling place. By the time the
voting had begun Policeman Short tripped
along with another box, and put it down
by the side of Norton's Lenahan and
Kelly, two well known local politicians, ad-
vised their friends to vote in Policeman
Shorts box, and the result was that two
primaries were held at one place.
By the rule governing the primaries the
box provided by the County Committeeman
for polling place, is the one to be voted
in and Norton had perfect right. it
seems to the TATTLER, to insist that the
Committee should accept the returns from
his poll but he was content to have the
Committee order new election, and the
matter will be decided tomorrow night.
In the First and Second precincts, of the
Third district, Coogan and Purcell, were
arrayed against Treasurer Dugan OF the
County Committee and Committeeman
Cronley. When the polls closed it was seen
that there were 135 tickets in the box.
Cronley assisted in tie count which showed.
on the first count, tie, one ballot being
missed, and on the second count 6S for the
OOOSdA party nAu VI EUE tu6 OlOuley p8fty.
Finding himself beaten Crowley set up the
claim that there had been only liz names on
the tally, went off and made q new count
that gave his side majority, and sent
in ssdoctored returns to the Committee
showing the election of his delegates. Ker-
rigan, the clerk or inspector, whose name
was on this return, declared that he did
not put it there and it he didn't put it
there, it is of course forgery. The City
Executive Committee will decide tomorrow
night whether Mr.. Cronley's little scheme
to count his friends in whom nobody was
looking on. shall be allowed to succeed
The members of the committee from the
Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth Pre-.
cincts of the Third Aldermanic District
agreed to have joint primary on Coles
street. The box in which the voting was
to proceed was properly provided; but
Freebooter Birdsail, John ONeill and
Statesman Gallery, seeing defeat before
them probably, refused to Vote there. They
were offered the privilege Of having repre-
sentative inside, but they declined and
providing themselves with box, hocked
off in corner by themselves somewhere
on Jersey Avenue, and held a little pri-
mary on their own hook. Thea they
rushed down to the City Executive Com
mittee with demand for certificates for
they delegates. They did not get them--