The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-11
BAY0NNES GOVERNMENT.
WHAT WIS ACCOMPLISHED BY
THE LAST ELECTION.

and Albert Post Is Not Over Yet
Make-Up of the Council and the
Board of Education.
The reelection of Mayor John New
man, of Bayonne, and the five retiring
Councilmen indicates that there viii
be comparatively little, If any,
change in the control of Bayonne's
municipal affairs during the ensuing
year. None of the city officials who
are chosen by the Board show any
apparent distress over the result OF
the election, and everybody and every
thing at the City Hall is working with
unruffled serenity.
The large vote brought out for their
candidate as the result of the work
performed by the friends OF ex-
Councilman William G. Farr IN
their still hunt to give him n
Mayoralty is considered remarkable.
1t is believed by shrewd politicians
that had Mr.. Farr been a regularly
nominated or endorsed candidate he
would have received not more thar
two hundred votes in excess OF the $40
he polled ON the still hunt. On
the other hand, the 1,442 votes cast
for Mayor Newman would have been
augmented by those of several humid
reds of his supporters, who imagined
he would have a walk over, and con-
sequently remained away from the
polls. To this latter fact is attributed
the light vote cast in several wards OF
the city.
The bare success of President John
w. Goddard in his canvass for a re-
election as Councilman from the First
ward is due to the strenuous
efforts made by his henchmen, and
the abandonment of Wilson j.
Haver, the republican candidate, by
members of his party. Mr.. Hayer
merited better treatment than he re-
ceived, but he can ascribe his defeat
largely to his unfortunate selection
of men to mar the polls in his behalf;
Where the supporters of Mr.. Goddard
We're persistently active, those of Mr..
Haver were extremely indolent.
POST AND M'QUILLAN.
The face of the returns in the Sec
ond ward indicate the reelection OF
Councilman Charles McQuillan by a
majority of three votes, and he has
been sworn in by City Clerk Hamil-
bOIl. i WO Vi bl6 clCCtlO1 OlIICOlo III viz
First district of the ward have refused
to sign the returns, which bear only
the signatures of William w. Broker
and Jacob Haasmiller, the democratic
election officers. Garret L. Post and
Lawrence V. BREASTED. the republican
election officers, assert and their
fellows do not deny that four
ballots containing the name of
Albert Post, the republican nomi-
nee for Councilman, and one bear
ing the name of Councilman Nc
Quillan were rejected because
they bore the subcaption, Second
District" They argue that the bal
lots should have been counted, as the
subcaption had nothing whatever
to do with the intention of
the voter, and was merely a
point of information. Ex-Free-
holder Post says he will contest
the returns if they are not corrected,
and will ask for a recount. Council
man McQuillan's friends claim that
the recount will give at least ten ma
jority for him.
The reelection of Councilman Will
liam Sanford in the Third ward was a
~foregone conclusion. In the Fourth
ward Councilman Nicholas Carroll
had all he could do to gain a re-
election over School Trustee John HI.
Donohue, whom he defeated in
the triangular fight at the
wards democratic primary. The re-
election of Councilman Edward O'Far-
rell in tho Fifth ward, after Liquor
Dealer Charles MCGEE had beaten him
for the democratic primary nominal
ton, is only an indication of the
vagaries of politics.
1t is said to be due to a compact
made with the German voters of the
ward, by which George F. Schmidt, a
German Republican, was chosen a
School Trustee. Except to the Coun-
cilman's opponents his success gives
general satisfaction throughout the
city.
DEMOCRATIC BOARDS.
The Board of Councilmen for 1889
so will contain nine democrats and
n republican, if Councilman Nc
Quillan is seated either by the Board
or a new election in the
Second ward. The republican
is Councilman Sanford. Councilman
Gilbert Scofield will probably be chosen
president.
The roll of the Board is as
follows = First ward, Henry Meigs
and John W. Goddard; Second
ward, Ebert Scofield and Charles
McQuillan; Third ward, John A. Cad
mus and William Sanford; Fourth
ward, William Kelly and Nicholas
Carroll; Fifth ward, Timothy J..
Cronin and Edward O'Farrell.
The political complexion of the
Board of Education for 18S9-90 will be
overwhelmingly democratic, like the
Board for 1S8S-S9. The outgoing
Board comprised twelve democrats
and three republicans.
The republicans lost two of their
number by the results in the First and
and Second wards, but retrieved the
loss by gains in the Third
and Fifth wards. None Of
the retiring School Trustees stood
for a reelection. The only School
Trustee in the incoming Board who
was a member of the Board previous
to 1887 is President Nathaniel w.
Trask, who will undoubtedly be re-
elected president.
The School Trustees, the years their
terms expire, and their political affiilia-
lions, are a. follows
Terms expire in 1890 First ward,
Andrew r. Donnell, dem.; Second
ward, Morgan Thomas, rep; Third
ward, Vedder Van Dyck, dem. Fourth
ward, Thomas Doyle, DEM; Fifth
ward, John A. Shepner, dem.
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