The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-15
A Split in the Third.

n cpltC IN bne InlTos
In the Third district two distinct
primaries were held, the Central Republi-
can Association Tor rather the Watts AS.
sociation) disputing the authority of the
County Comnitte to designate the place
for holding q primary. In the call pub
lished by the County Committee the
primary was set down at No. 435 Grove
street, the committee having secured the
A subsequent call, signed by the Central
Republican Association, designated No.
549 Jersey avenue as the place.
The Central Association called the
primaries for the recent election of dele
gates to the State Convention and no
question was raised. Upon this, accord
ing to the assertion of members of the
thority to call all future primaries.
The Central Association workers were
led by ex-Aldermen Marinus, who is but
yice-president of what is known dis
| tinctIy as the District. Association which
seems to have had authority in the past
to suggest to the County COMMITTEES a
suitable place for the holding of pri-
mary. Postmaster Dickinson lis still
president of the association, though since
his appointment to the Postmastership
he has not taken an active part in the
affairs of the association. Still he has
never resigned.
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET.
The old and better element of the party
seemed to gather about the polls of Grove
street primaries, where it was afterward
decided to hold the primary in the cigar
store in front of the Scottish-American
Club room. Among those who were OBJ
served among the 80 voters were Colonel
Samuel D. Dickinson, Justice Stilsing,
Justice Allan, John c. Robbins, ex-
h1uO,op FradaPirk pauna II M
Porratt, Andrew j. Van Horn. Martin
Finck, Thomas Leather, ex-Fire Commits
sioner Daniel Shea, 0. III. Lohsen, John
Clos. William Holcomb and Finance
Commissioner E. E. DATE. To use the apt
but rather inelegant phrase Of one of the
workers, there was no ''gravel train" in
the vicinity of this primary,
This is the only ticket found at this
primary
County Conventional Creveling, William
Cole, Q. H. Perry, John Knoop, William Moore,
Charles A. Stetman, Philip Ebert DR.. w. A.
Durrie, Jr., E. Closter1nan, E. w. Conklin, John
e. Cronham, Thomas Mouds, John H. Keeney,
A. Van Horn, Garret Felter, H. +. Crawford, e.
E. DatZ, Thomas ]. Stewart William J. Crow
ley, Charles E. Gardner and Robert Edgeworth.
Members of the County Committee, two
years term-George w. Peterson, William G.
Broas, f. w. Payne, F. NJ Porrett, Charles E.
Kluge, William Castor, James H. Whitlegge, W.
A. Bickell, Frederick Hanf, John A. Smith. w.
H. Wolford Martin Finck Charles L. McQuiness
George w. Harding, Jacob Sherry, John II.
Brown. Thomas Leather and Thomas K Bilby
For one year-William Holcomb John w. Smell,
Louis d. Cassell, William P. Lane, DR.. j. Loch-
ner, George Hearson, Thomas McComb, DR..
James T. Mcbride, Daniel 4. Soule and George
f. Stevens.
A KERN KoALITIoN PRIMARY.
At the primary held in the hallway
leading to the Watts Association rooms
on Jersey avenue about dozen men
loitered about the polls. The first one [
noticad etandin0 dirantIv in front of tho
box engaged In earnest conversation
with the judges was Secretary John H.
Cronan of the new Democratic County
Committee.
The little incident Immediately brought
to my mind hint involuntarily dropped
by one of the workers at the Grove street
primary that the Jersey avenue fellows"
were working in the interests of the Kern
coalition movement, whereas they (the
Grove street workers) apparently re-
pudiated the idea of fusion.
Mr.. Watt said he was surprised that
there should be another primary going
on In the same district. 1t had always
been left with the Central Association to
designate the place for holding a primary.
This Is the Central Associations ticket.
County Convention = Conrad Reichenbecker,
Charles Streicher, H. Smellie, Silas G. Baldwin,
Lewis D. Cassell, Charles c. Johnson, Edward
Walmsley, George Harding, Frederick SCHROEDER,
Michael Kapper, William Midlige, John Die
derich, Samuel stilsing, G. W. Holdane, Freder
ick Porrett, James W. Symes Ellsworth Purcell,
Martin Finck, George Kleiniger, Daniel F. Shea
and Ferdinand Sauer
Members of the County Committee for two
year\ H.. SmeliIe, John Cody, A: F: Smith,
L. H. NMarinus John Watt Martin Finck, G. W.
Holdane E. ]. Barsotti, Charles Strecher,
Charles w. Pearson, William Barlow, Samuel L.
Barry, John Gallery, Daniel +. Shea, Conrad
Reichenbecker Silas G. Baldwin, James e. Clark
and T. r. Mcdonnell. For one year-Lewis D.
Cassell, Henry Gocha, Robert McCully, James B.
Niblett, s. V. Norris NJ. D., Charles Turner
John W. Smell, George Harding, Edward Walms-
Icy and Frederick Porrett.