The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-27
LAST NIGHTS PRIMARIES
Delegates Chosen to the Al
dermaniC and Freehold
erS' Conventions.
A ROW IN THE FOURTH

Makes Work that the executive
Committee Will Be Asked to
Review Tonight.
The Democratic parimaries for the
choice of delegates to the DistrictC Conyen-
tions were held throughout this county
last night
The delegates are to make nominations
for Aldermen and other city officers, and
another set are to nominate candidates for
Freeholders The city officers are elected
in Aldermanic districts; the Freeholders
in Assembly districts, and hence the ne
cessity for two sets of delegates AS o
general thing the elections were quiet and
there was no opposition to the tickets.
Democrats had a lively time last night
in the Fourth district. There was an
animated fight to down William II.
Kern, the indicted president of the Board
of Works. William F. Cosgrove, the gas
filter and brass-fnisher, has for some time
desired to cast a cloud over his reputation
by becoming member of this Board.
Mr.. Kern, who has 1877 men from the
Fourth district appointed to good, sub
stantial offices in the gift of the Board, OBJ
jeeted to this interference So did the III
appointees, although Kern has been a
member of the Board two terms and has
been twice indicted for malfeasance IN
Office.
The 1877 office holders were carefully dis
tributed in the twelve places in the dis
trict where the primaries We're held, and
directed to nominate Kerr. AS many cltl-
zens were sent to the same polling places
instructed to see that Cosgrove was hon
estly dealt with.
Kern's faction learned this, and they
brought to their aid the Police Depart
ment:. Two policemen, known to be b.
friendly to Kern, were detailed at each
polling place, and the Cosgrove men say
that the police ran the primaries.
The Fourth Aldermanic district includes
the Second precinct Of the Eighth Assem-
bly, district Here there was war-real,
genuine and unadulterated war. County
Committeeman Michael Casey wanted to
down Kern and Kern used all the effort
!. he could bring to bear to prevent it.
Sergeant MeGinness, of the Second
precinct, was sent from there to the Third
and two patrolmen were placed in his
charge They entered the polling place and
County Committeeman Casey objected.
He declared they had no right in the
building and ordered them out They
refused to go and Captain Newton
was sent for He bounced the
sergeant
Casey refused to hold the Primary In
consequence, none was held in this pre-
cinct.
When the primary in the Fifth precinct
of the Fourth district was opened at No.
22O Nelson avenue, Committeeman Cos
grove asked if the opposition had man
whom they wished to represent them.
The mob Immediately took their cue
from this, and insisted on certain Joe
Cavanagh representing them in the Board.
Then the fun began. Mr.. Cavanagh step
ped forward and demanded to be recog-
on several occasions before caused
great deal of trouble. and the
Board refused to recognize him,
but Mr. Cosgroye, the County Com
mitteeman, in order to amicably
sentatives be named. This Mr.. Cavanagh
strenuously objected to, and with the as
sistance of his cohorts finallybroke through
the back of the hall into the room where
the Primary Board were sitting. The
officers on duty remained in state OF in
nocuous desuetude and allowed the crowd
to do as they pleased. By this time
the meeting became converted into
bowling mob and the Board, seeing that
no business could be transacted. adj
iourned to No. 147 Germania avenue, where
the following delegates and and alternates
were elected:
Delegate to District Convention, Mathew
Coffey: alternate. James Donovan; dele
gate to Freeholder Convention, Thomas
Coleman; alternate Michael Doran,
The names of the delegates elected as
far as they could be gathered. were as
follows
First District.
DlsrRIcT CONVENTION - Frank Moran, Peter
Cannon Patrick Malone, Arthur QBrien, John
Bell Thomas Hanley, w s Weed, John Fay.
James Flynn Andrew Fallon- Thomas Mcclure,
John Brill, Harry Spears, Thomas Trotter, Cor
nelius O'Connor, George Grace, Charles Loddick.
Second District.
Ai.nrRMASrc CONVENTION William Farrell,
michael Kelly John Flannery, Dennis Gallagher,
r. Corliss John Kelly, jeremiah Hogan, John
Dunnegan, John 0'Donnell, Michael Kane
FREEHoLDERs CoNvEHTIoN-James Hanley.
Patrick Sheridan, Thomas Wabraven, John
Mahoney Arthur Eagan, Patrick Reilly, James
Battersbee, Timothy Cronin, John T. Madden.
M f. Failahee Thomas Dooey.
Third District.
AEpERMAS1c CONVENTION A. Dugan John
Carroll Martin Purcell, George Russell, Martin
Kelly, John Russell. Charles McGovern, Thomas
Drum, John Conner, John Flanagan, R. Eagan,
FREEHoLDERs' CONVENTION Thomas Crane,
Frank Napoleon Charles Nugent, Edward Drum
John Powers, Louis Horwede Charles Murphy,
S''t' Fourth District.
ALpRRMAsrc CONVENTION Richard Weiss,
James Dunn, stephen Z. G0e, Patrick Nolan,
William Brennan. D. Hollngshead, William Bis.
she'll
FREEHoLpERs' CONVENTION Fred German, John
Kneiss John Lynch William Suhr, James Allen,
John Ryan, James Duane.
Fifth District.
ALprnMAS1c CONVENTIONAL August Erlecty
William Morrissey. John j. Lellls Thomas
Collins, John w Kelsey and Henry Finck
EprrHoIpEHs' CoNyESTIoN--Chares Munzing
.7anles Downey James r. Hennessey, James
Doran. Jeremiah Byrnes, William Kellegher and
Samuel Kane.
Committee will meet this evening. There
will probably be aruction over the Fourth
district delegates, and intimations are
made that there may be contests in the
Second district.
CARROLL DEFEATS DONOH0E