The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-13
RAMSAY ON TOP.
He Vanquishes His Enemies in the
First District.

Hot! It was just red hot. And the
poor Majah. Well, to borrow from the
powerful effort of one of the brilliant and
polished editorial writers of an alleged
local newspaper, the Majah ''got it-in
the neck" 1t was not the interest the
voters had in the Majah's antipathy and
command that caused the strong and
bitter opposition to General Ramsay,
there would have been practically no OPP
position on that score. The name OF ex-
Fire Commissioner John Brennan had
not been put on the ticket of the
regulars. His friends were offended at
the supposed Intentional slight and rallied
to his support. They made q splendid
fight. but the skiIful old political warrior
they combatted had anticipated a big
battle and he was not caught mapping
He had his army out in command OF able
heutenants, and the First district was
secured for the absentees. The enemy,
too, hustled, and the colored troops,
under command of Captain Cosey, fought
nobly. Scarcely a dusky voter in the
lower section of the city was missed.
THE PRIMARY.
The primary was held at Nathan's shoe
shop, in Gregory street, opposite the
police station. The proximity of a squad
of conservators of the peace undoubtedly
had restraining influence and prevented
several collisions. Boasts and threats too
were abundant, but no blood. The calm
est man at the poll was General Ramsay.
His effective work told. Two hundred
excited or curious men were congregated
about the I'D dingy n P polling place, place
vote had been polled. but the
announcement when the polls closed that
612 votes had been cast, astonished the
experienced politicians. 1t was suspici-
ously high. When the votes were counted.
and only 500 could be tished from the
dark corners of the chest, which served
as the ballot box, the defeated faction in
stantly raised the cry of fraud and skin.
The voting was SO active that not many,
if any, bogus tickets were deposited ex-
cept by the old trick of folding one ballot
in another. The gentlemen in charge of
the tea chest were Oscar Frieburg,
Charles Ellis, Thomas Durancey and
John Murphy.
EFT TU, M'GIRR
A singular feature is that Cattle In
spector James McGirr, who was appointed
with the aid of General Ramsay, was on
the opposition ticket and openly worked
for it. There were three tickets. The
regular had the names of Flavel MCGEE,
William NJ. Brien, Horace H. Farrier,
John Ramsay, Abram Post and John A.
Blair as the delegates. The opposition
ticket was headed by John Brennan, and
those who joined in the sad chorus, "And
went with him, " were James McGirr, A.
B. c. Cosey, John Graham and William
d. Ives. The name of Horace Farrier, who
was ON the regular ticket, was also on the
opposition ballot. Another ticket that
was peddled was the regular ticket, with
Brennan's name substituted for Blair's.
1t was midnight when the vote was an
nounced. All the regulas werer elected
by handsome margin. The vote was as
follows:-Re Regulars-McGee. 321; Brien,
1928; Ramsay, 800; Post, 1923; Blair, 3O5; Far
rier (no opposition) $50. The opposition
Brennan, 223; Ives, 1856; Graham, 1873; Nc
Girr, 191; Cosey, 1914. The delegates are
not pledged for any candidate. They
will have caucus before going to Tren-
ton, however, and decide which one of
the aspirants for the empty honor to sup