The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-04
A GRAND KICKING MATCH.
"R4S'' LEWIS NOMINATION. SET
THE THIRD DISTRICT CBAzY.

There Was Fuss Enough, Anyway, but
That Capped the Climax-Republican
WIiet Their Knives and Don't Intend
to be Beaten by Less Than Five Hun
dred.
The nomination Of "Ras" Lewis for AL
derman by the Republicans of the Third
Aldermanic district has stirred up a hor-
nets nest. There is disaffection at almost
the whole ticket. Joe Acton is everything
but acceptable to the managers in the dis
trict, and George Jones is unknown to the
voters, and both will meet with opposition;
but "Ras" Lewis nomination capped the
climax.
Last spring at the Republican primary
in the district saloonkeeper was put
upon the ticket. The Republicans were
about to make an anti-saloon fight for the
district and the saloon man was uncere-
moniously hustled off the ticket. The last
time the district was heard from in poll
tics Speaker Dickinson ran on his
record as the chief promoter of the high
license bill. The saloon element turned
on him and rended him.
HOW ABOUT THE SALOON?
In years gone by "Rasn Lewis travelled
on his shape. He is the head of the Fat
Mems Association, and he had enough
shape-aS to quantity, of course-to go q
long distance. But he found travelling on
his shape not sufficiently remunerative,
and he went into the saloon business. He
is in it now, and the stories that come
from there every now and then do not es-
tablish its reputation as that of one of the
choicest resorts in the city
The Republican element that made the
temperance fight last spring and fall feel
outraged by this particular nomination,
and they are up in arms against it. 1t is
said by those best posted that his nomina-
ton will be speedily reconsidered, and
that he will be as unceremoniously read
off the ticket as was the saloon keeper
who managed to carry the primary last
spring.
THERE is NO PEACE.
His displacement will not, however,
smooth the surface of Republican waters,
SO as to make victory possible. In fact,
embitter the Republican saloon men
and they will give the ticket one of the
liveliest '.razzle-dazzles' a Republican
ticket has ever yet reeeivedin this district.
Beyond and above all this, the Third is
noted all over the county for its kickers
1t is largely Republican on a straight
vote, and its very sureness politically has
tended to the creation of factions. The
men who have been on the outs for years
past have got their inning now, and the
bosses of the district are preparing to
teach them a lesson.
THE KICKER'S NATIVE HEATH.
The surprising feature of the primaries is
that the only kicker who did not succeed
in getting place on the ticket is Alder
man Marinus. He represents more re-
volts and more opposition to the
square inch than any other man in
the district. And yet while the
" kicking" element secured general
recognition at the primary, he was
knocked out. He was a candidate for re-
nomination, and claimed divine right to
it. His defeat will serve to increase the
bitterness and vigor of his kicking. and
this chief of kickers will kick harder than
ever against the ticket of the lxickers
Altogether the muddle in the Third is
the most beautiful and perfect specimen
of its kind ever presented to the eyes of
local voters, and everybody comedies
that the Democratic candidates cam
not fail of an election. The ticket
headed by Edward Hoos, of Hoos &
Schulz, is an unusually strong one There
are no disaffections in the ranks; and pre-
senting q solid front to the demoralized
enemy, the Democrats every one says,
will carry the old Third by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority.
"Put it down at 50O'' says Colonel
Dickinson, the leading Republican in the
district. s'We don't intend to let our side
be beaten by less than 500 this spring"