The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-22
LOCAL POLITICS.

The Fifth district Democratic County
Committeeman will meet at Masonic Hall
tomorrow night to perfect the organiza-
ton in that district.
The First District Democratic Associa-
tion, meets this evening, at No. 80 Grove
street.
The John F. Kelly Association will
meet in their club rooms, at the corner of
Erie and Tenth streets, this evening.
Nine of the sixteen delegates to the ad-
journed Democratic Freeholder's Con-
ventiou, for the Third district, met at
Union Hail. on Newark avenue, last even
ing and cast their votes for Peter Il.
Donnelly. The dispute over the creden-
tials which led to the postponement of
settled last night by the Executive Com
mittee OF the County Committee, just
prior to the meeting of the Convention,
by deciding that Rush, Donnelly dele
gate, and Harriott, Griffin delegate,
held the proper credentials. This gave
Donnelly one majority The Griffin men
refused to go into the Convention and
Griffin announced himself as an indie
pendent candidate. Joseph Weinthal, of
the County Committee, called the Con-
vention to order and Henry Il. William
son presided.
The John P. Feeney Association has
endorsed all the regular Democratic
nominations thus far made.
The Third District German Republican
Club will meet tonight at No. 1856 Third
street.
The "Jeffersonians' held another secret
meeting last night at Germania Hail. 1t
was whispered upon the streets that,
among other things, the "Jeffersonians'
were to decide whether to fuse with the
regular Democracy by endorsing the
nomination of Secretary John Hart, of
the Liquor Dealers Association, as As
semblyman from the Third district if the
Third District Labor Club would endorse
the nomination of John McCaffrey, "Jef-
fersonian," for Freeholder. The Labor
somewhere in the district, could not be
found. Mr.. Mccartney denied that such
q scheme had been broached, and de-
clared that Mr.. Hart's name was not
mentioned at the "Jetfersonian" meeting
The Fourth District Democratic Club,
with the committees of ten from each
precinct, held an enthusiastic meeting
last evening at No. 1886 Palisade avenue.
Henry Spielman presided. Arrange
ments were completed to secure COM
plete registration of the Democratic vot-
ers, by the Executive Committee of the
club and members or the County Com
mittee from the district.
Brief speeches were made Hon Mr.. Will
liam G. Heppenheimer and Surrogate
James H. O'Neil, and Counsellor Thomas
+. Noonan made an excellent address
without harming Webster to any great
extent.
Assemblymen P. II. O'Neill has decided
to decline a denomination, and at the
First District Convention. to be held this
evening, ex-Editor Michael Muilone will
be nominated. John German will be the
nominee for Freeholder.
A Democratic mass meeting will be
held in Odd Fellows Hall, Hoboken, this
evening. Mayor Grassrnan Will preside.
The Democratic leaders in the Third
district have been so busy fighting over
lost sight of the Assembly contest, and
'.Mikeo Murphy amused himself by Sc
curing the pledges of eleven delegates,
The convention has been declared off for
q time Ex-Assemblyman Clarke. for
N erly of the Second district, Is also look
ing for REORGANIZATION.