The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-01
LAST EDIT ION.
SURVEYING TEE FIELD.
Who the Local Candidates
Are and Their Claims.


Der. is fast drawing to close, and long
before midnight of next Tuesday it will
be known in every village and hamlet in
&he State that Leon Albeit has for the
Vsecond time in his political career been
fchosen to preside over its destinies. The
NJ newQcratic State Committee, with that
,litician. Allan L. McDermott, at
ID, has done excellent work and the
iof its labors is already apparent.
advices from all sections of the
~ lthe victory will be most substan-
me, and it would not be surprising if
iett's majority were to reach 1900;
certainly will not be less than eight
4 lousand.
IN BEAUTIFULLY ORGANIZED.
The local situation is just as encourag-
Sing. In no county in the State is the
party so well organized. and those who
do not expect to see one of the old time
lnajorities rolled up for the several can
didates will be greatly surprised. While
the Democrats are full of confidence and
fight, the Republicans are apathetic and
are making only half hearted contest
for the morgue ticket. They now see the
mistake they made in forming an alliance
with the handful of "kickers" and they
are thoroughly disgusted with their bar
gain The decent men in the party have
4 repudiated the ticket, and many of the
politicians who, in the convention advo-
Gated fusion, thinking the Republicans
I would get the Senator, have declared
Atheir intention of voting for the Demo
Acratic candidates.
The Republicans have no use for the
mBKickers" except to use them. The lat
yster are beginning to find this out, and it
safe to say that on election day it will be
game of knitting all around.
HE ALONE HAS FRIENDS.
The only candidate on the morgue
ticket who seems to have any friends is
James Roche, the candidate for Director
at-Large, and although it is conceded that
he will run ahead of his ticket, it would
be safe to wager that he will not come
within five thousand votes of his op-
ponent August M. Bruggeman.
( AS for the other morgue candidates,
y Walker, for County Clerk; Hopken, for
Register, land Stuhr, for Senator-they
Twill hardly know, after the votes have
Ibeen counted, that they had been engaged
d bin a political contest.
VI The nominations for Member of Assem-
lbly and Freeholder have all been made
hnd The tickets are now complete.
\ ] With the view of ascertaining as near
las possible the probable results for As
SembIynan and Freeholder, NEWS re-
porter made tour of each of the ten dis
tricts in the county He talked with
Democrats, Republicans, "Kickers' and
Prohibitionists, and as a result of his
enquiries is willing to venture the opin-
ion that the Democrats will elect nine of
the ten Assemblymen and eight Of the ten
Freeholders.
THE FIRST DISTRICT.
The Democrats of the First district did
wise thing when they nominated
Michael Mullone for Assemblyman. The
Republicans could not get candidate to
f run against him, but they induced George
Blakey, a Warren street grocer, to allow
his name to be put on the ticket SO as to
4 fill 1t up.
Candidate Blakey may get few votes,
= but If he gets more than 100 he will sur
z prise his friends. Edward McCaffrey got
! the "Kickers'" nomination, but it is
understood that he will not run. The
Democratic majority in the district is
estimated at 600, but Mullone's majority
y will be about 1900. Mullone was
\ formerly newspaper publisher, but is
4 now engaged in the real estate business.
He is large property owner and will, as
member of the Legislature. guard well
the interests of the people.
Like Candidate Mullone, John ID. Cor
man. the nominee for Freeholder, will
practically have walkover. tom"
McDonough, who was slated for the Re-
publican nomination. forseeing defeat,
declined to run and the convention en-
nomination by the half dozen "Kickers"
in the district. Fox was not willing to
be made target of and he, too, declined
the nomination The County Committee
will put name on the ticket.
IN THE SECOND.
The Democratic candidates in the
Second district are Henry Byrnes for
Assembly and Michael HennesseY for
Freeholder. Patrick Sheeran, who is one
of the boss "kickers," lives in this dis
trict, and he has succeeded in making a
deal with the Republicans. The fusion
candidates are Hugh Albernethy, Repub-
lican, for Assemblyman, and Thomas
Egan, Kicker" for Freeholder Martin
Kelly. a Montgomery street saloon keeper,
who lives in the Lafayette section of the
district, is out as an Independent candi-
date for Freeholder.
The district has Democratic majority
of 900. Byrnes is the street cleaning con-
tractor. He has been active in Second
district politics for several years. and is
popular. His opponent is the Superin-
tendent of the Conmunipaw Coal Com
pany, and is also a Lieutenant Colonel of
the Fourth Regiment. He was once an
Alderman from the Third district:
Byrnes will poll his party vote and will
be elected. The Freeholder contest will
be q hot one, but Hennessey will probably
be elected.
Egan. the "Kicker" candidate, is SON
in law of Sheeran and is candidate for
some Office or other at almost every cleo
tion. He has been a Freeholder. Kelly,
the independent candidate has never be-
fore sought office. He win get good
vote in Lafayette, which will tend to help
denneSS6yS cnanceS OF election.
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There are any number of candidates in
the Third district and of every variety.
James Murphy is the regular Democratic
candidate for Assembly. He has as OPP
ponents William F. Midlige, regular Re-
publican; John Watt, Independent Re-
publican; G. D. J. Noelke, Kicker and
Robert Butler, Labor. Murphy has the
best chance of being elected, as he is the
only Democratic candidate and has 800
majority at his back.
Midlige, who is a young lawyer. will
have the support of the machine Repub-
licans, who are trying to get Watt to
withdraw in his favor. Noelke has no
backing to speak of. Some of his friends
say he will get four votes, others think
he may get eleven, while there are others
who estimate his probable vote as high
as forty -four Butler. who il a self-nomi-
mated candidate, may be relied upon to
vote for himself. even if no one else
should.
For Freeholder the candidates are
Peter 7. Donnelly, regular Democrat;
Joseph Griffin, independent Democrat;
john McCaffrey. Kicker James Nichol,
regular Republican. Freeholder Charles
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