The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-19
ALL FOR ADBEHT.
The Hudson County Demo
cratic Committee Solid
for the Ex-Governor.
TALKS WITH THE LEADERS.
Davis, 0'Donnell and Mclaughlin in
Line Edwards on "What Might
Have Been"- n"--T0night's Probable
Action.

Tonight the Democratic County Com
mittee will meet at Roche's Hall, and the
question of the Gubernatorial candidate
is expected to come up.
To find out what action would probably
be taken, / called on Sheriff Davis. /
asked him if an effort would be made to
pledge support to any candidate. He
laconically answered, II don't know"
In further conversation he said that the
County Committee would undoubtedly
take an active interest in the canvass of
Ex-Governor Albeit, and that with the
exception of perhaps ten committeeman,
Albeit has them all.
eff vote should be taken today in the
committee" said he, ''Abbett would on
second ballot be unanimously the choice
of the committee"
"Who will the ten men support who are
not considered Albeit men?' asked.
'"They will probably support E. F. C.
Young, who is the second choice of the
commi ttee. If Governor Albeit should
withdraw from the campaign l would
support Mr.. Young as well as / could.
1.-The Ex-Governor has so many personal
friends in the County Committee, many
of whom are under obligations to him,
that it gives him great strength.
"Do you think the Ex-Governor will
withdraw from the canvass?"
"No sir; he is in the race to stay"
NJ. j. o'DoNNELL's ESTIMATES.
NJ. j. O'Donnel, chairman of the County
Committee, said when l saw him:-"At
least seven eighths of the members are
Albeit men, and the attitude of the COM
mittee as a body is decidedly for him."
viii an effort be made tonight to
pledge the committee to Abbett?"
mot that know Of"
~"Well, won't some pressure be brought
to bear in his behalf?"
eff so | have not heard of it. I don't
know that any extraordinary effort will
be made by the committee for the ex-
Governor, but the sentiment of the mem
bers now is decidedly in his favor"
'How does the Executive Committee
stand?"
with but two exceptions solid for Alb
bett, and those two may change their
opinion. Albeit is very solid with the
| committee"
SENATOR EDWARDS TALKS YOUNG.
| Senator Edwards declared, when saw
him, that he believed Mr.. Albeit has
| with him large majority of the commit
tee, and that they will work for him.
He thought that the delegates would be
about equally divided when the conven-
| tion takes place, and he had no doubt but
! that Mr.. E. Il. G. Young would have had
the unanimous support of the County
| Committee if before he became candi-
date the members had not pledged them
selves to Albeit.
DENNIS M'LAUGHLIN FOR ALBEIT.
County Clerk Dennis Mclaughlin had
just returned from Keyport when saw
him today. He had come home to join u
conference with Senator Edwards, Sheriff
Davis and couple of other leaders of the
He said that Albeit "has the County
Committee solid," and then added:-'I
am with him, too, and will be. Ever
since the second day after his defeat for
Senator l have been with him, and mo
matter what Senator Edwards says it
will not affect in this county the friends
of the Ex-Governor.
COMMITTEE DISCIPLINE.
The County Committee is o peculiar
body. 1t can discover more excuses than
a Philadelphia lawyer. Last spring it
Thomas Reynolds, Commissioner of
the Board of Works; Assistant United
States District Attorney William d. DAILY,
ex-Police Commissioners O'Donnell and
Nugent, Jack McCarty and James
Sheehan.
IN DuG one case Une QlSc1pllne was en-
forced, and that is in Sheehan's, and to-
night he will probably be received back
with open arms. The charges against
Judge Davis were dismissed because he
did nothing but protect himself and the
Police Board when he fought the new
charter, although the County Committee
had peremptorily declared the new
charter must be supported
Thomas Reynolds voted against the
new charter, but he said he sent men to
the polls to work for it, and that was
enough to excuse him. Counsellor DAILY
succeeded in having the charges against
him referred to the City Committee of
Hoboken.
He said that he had right to bolt the
regular nominee, Mayor Grassman, be-
cause the Mayor the year before was an
independent candidate.
O'Donnell and Nugent "are of no
account said committee man to me,
"and we did not bother with them" The
charges against Mccarthy who was work
ing against the new charter,
were dismissed because willy Jack
told the innocent committee that
he did not know the committee wanted it
supported, and that as soon as he learned
it he stopped opposing it. James Shee-
han will be disposed of tonight, and the
charges against him will also be dropped
no doubt.