The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10

| substantial benefits derived from this
| systematic collection of the returns are
reaped by the newspaper men.
A SMALL CROWD AT HEADQUARTERS.
The knowledge that the returns are
received, and announced as received
at Police Headquarters always serves
to draw a throng of interested citizens
| to the room in which Police Justice
Stilsing holds his court. Within the
| bar, at times of great excitement, one
| is sure to meet every conspicuous
public man, OF both parties, in the
city. Outside the bar is the less
| favored, ii not less distinguished as
semblage.
Last evening was no exception to the
usual rule. The crowd outside was
not so large as on some occasions in
| the past. The fact that the Commis-
sioners running for Office under the
old charter have small show of reach
ing the places for which they ran,
naturally tended to diminish the in
terest of the men who expected Off
cial favors at their hands, in their
success, and they were not on hand in
| the usual numbers to see whether
their particular ''Commish" had won
or not.
Which accounts, in large measure
| for the comparative slimness of the
crowd that assembled in the outer
chamber last night
A FAMILIAR ELECTION FIGURE.
Inside the railing and in the room
off the Inspectors room, which the
Chief reserves for himself, the scene
was the same as usual DIR. Leonard
j. Gordon, with big pasteboard rec
ord sheet, lined and cross-lined be-
fore him, predicting general results
from few scattered returns, is a
familiar election night figure. He was
on hand last night. engaged in the
inner chamber at the occupation that
no man is better fitted for than he.
Around him sat Sheriff Davis, John
Boyd, Justice Wanser, Mike O'Don-
nell and few other choice spiritss
watching his figuring and never dis
putting the accuracy of his calcula-
tions.
BON MOT FOR EDWARDS.
Up stairs Clerk Gil Robinson marked
blue-pencil figures on another piece of
pasteboard. Postmaster Kelly, done
up in spectacles, Police Commissioners
Roberts and Smith shared his room
with him. At eleven o'clock Senator
Edwards rushed in--the Senator is
always on the rush - looking quite
pleased with the sesults which he
knew had been reached.
81 Is the charter safe?n was the first
question he put
Whym ) Postmaster Kelly,
who locked quizzical!y at him through
his spectacles as he answered him
"Why, what difference does it make
to you?'
The Senator fired good natured
reply at him, and then sought the
room down stairs where Chief Murphy
stood with a telephone receiver at his
ear gathering some late figures.
A FAMILIAR FIGURE MISSING.
A figure quite as familiar in the
upper headquarters room as DR. Cor
dOn's is IN the lower room, was miss
ing, however, last night. 1t was the
tall form OF the blonde Lange, once
Police Inspector, but now Captain
in the Greenville mosquito region
Jack Smith-a Captain, breveted In
spector received the returns from
Clerk Robinson after that official had
entered them in his pasteboard record,
and read them to the crowd of listen
ers outside. These received the an
nouncement with such demonstrations
as suited their varying notions.
One precinct from the Third dis
trict-the Tenth-which gave 1876
votes for the charter and not one
against it, was received with storm
of laughter and applause.
In Sheriff Davis precinct-the
Third of the First--there were only 2
negative votes of 1873 total vote cast.
In Commissioner Gannon's precinct
4 votes out of about 400 were against
the charter.
''One in a hundred votes" said the
Commissioner, against the new bill"
THE CONTEST IN THE SECOND.
Among those present not O small
degree of interest was shown in the
result of the Aldermanic contest in the
Second district. 1t was quite early in
the evening when Alderman Denny
Reardon's brother walked in with the
announcement that the Alderman had
been defeated.
Connolly, his successful competitor,
came in shortly afterward.
''They killed my brother by running
him for Alderman" he said, as he
went by an assemblage of loungers;
s'let's see 'em kill mep
His brother committed suicide lust
allGT 1l6 1ldQ OCCh tiCiChbGtA lQI AlQGT-
man two or three years ago. An
Aldermanic predisposition seems to
run in the family. His father was an
Alderman many years ago
AT CITY CLERK SCOTT'S OFFICE.
At City Clerk Scott's Office the
scene was not quite so full as at Police
Headquarters; but Mr.. Scott and
his lieutenants, "Timn Cummings.
Tommy Halsted and "Tim Long
were just as busy. A constant stream
of election clerks and policemen
passed in through the door. i
They carried the weighty ballot
boxes, sealed and tied with red tape,
and the ballots that had been cast in
them during the day, between them.
All election clerks are required to take
the boxes, Immediately on completion
of the count, to carry the boxes to the |
City Clerk. Two policemen accom-
panied each box to see that they were
safely delivered, and City Clerk Scott |
kept two policemen in constant re- |
serve in his office to see that no body |
of bold conspirators swooped down on |
the office to steal the boxes.
There are always more or less bitches |
in the delivering of these boxes. Men
who are fresh at the election business |
do not easily fall into the rut. Last |
night there was only one embarrass
lnent of any seriousness at all encount- |
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