The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-02
BAYONNH DEMOCRATS.
Wading Through Mud to
the Ward Primaries
Last Night.
LIVELY WORK IN THE FOURTH.
The Carroll Party Ahead---Politlcal
Conventions in Jersey City.

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With an utter disregard of rain and
mud the Democrats of Bayonne
turned out strong last night and held
their several ward primaries for the
nomination of ward tickets and the
election of delegates to the Democratic
Mayoralty convention.
The First ward primary was held in
Nag's Head Inn, at Bergen Point.
Seventy-six votes were polled,S and
William H. Wheeler was elected with
out opposition as delegate to the
Mayoralty Convention The naming
of a ward ticket was delayed, as the
leaders of the First Ward Democratic
Club are anxious to see what action
the Republicans of the ward will take
at their postponed primary this even
ing.
The Democrats of the First district
of the Second ward held their primary
in Cassidy's Hall at Centreville. They
polled 102 votes, all of whichever cast
for the following ticket:-For Council
man, Charles McQuillan; School
Trustee Charles G. Kane; Commits
sioner of Appeals, John III, Bruins;
supervisor Ol 1dAeS, COlIli Ii 1piAOii !
Justice of the Peace, Sidney l.. Cara
jackson, Inspector of Elections, Rich
ard Mullen; Clerk of Elections, Jacob
M. Haasmiller; Delegate to the May
orally Convention, Frank Mcintyre.
In the second district of the ward
the primary was held in Hendricksons
Assembly Rooms, and thirty nine
votes were polled. Thomas b. Met
tam was chosen delegate to the
Mayoralty Convention and Brent w.
Mettam was nominated for Judge of
Election. Egbert Seymour received
the full vote as a candidate for short
term as School Trustee, although
there is no vacancy. The full vote
was also polled by Messrs. McQuillan,
Kane, Bruins, Zaller and Carragan.
No primary was held in the Third
ward, where the Republicans, Demo
Gratis, Prohibitionists and Mugwumps
are pursuing their customary hide-and-
seek tactics. John w. Howell was
slated several DAYS ago to represent
the ward as delegate to the Mayoralty
Convention,
A LIVELY THREE-CoRNERED FIGHT.
The triangular fight between Coun-
Gilman Nicholas Carroll, School
Trustee John H. Donohoe and Liquor
Dealer Edward ] Clark, for the Coun-
cilmanic honors of the Fourth ward,
made the primary which the
Democracy OF that ward held
in Reilly's Hall, at Bergen Point,
bolstered by complete ward ticket,
and partisans were unusually active in
wire pulling schemes and other politi-
cal devices. For nearly three hours
struggling crowd of brawny electors
stood lnassed in the street outside
of the primary. They paid no atten-
ton to the fact that the mud was
ankle deep and the drizzling rain was
making their clothing wet and un-
comfortable. Each man pulled,
hauled, fought, shouted and made
other demonstrations to enable him to
get nearer the polls than were his
fellows.
When the primary officers an
nounced that the polls were closed,
several hundred of the enthusiastic
voters crowded into the little
room to watch the count. Those
who were unable to gain
admission, stood outside awhile
and discussed the situation before
drifting homeward. Only the votes
candidates were counted.
Thomas Kenah, who was on the
Clark and Donohoe tickets, and John
J. Knight, Carroll man, were chosen
as delegates. They received respect
lively TIA and 155 of the 324 votes
polled. Michael Lonergan, who was
ON the Carroll ticket with Knight,
received 1877 votes, John O'Brien, a
Donohoe man, polled 104 votes. and
James lDriscoll, a Clark adherent, re-
ceiyed 54 votes. The vote for Coun-
Gilman gave the nomination to Car
roll. He received 141 votes to 11S cast
for Donohoe and GA polled by Clark.
THE CARROLL MEN AHEAD.
The remainder of the ward tickets
were as follows:
Carroll For School Trustees Qong
term), Daniel j. Hennessey; short
term, Thos Doyle; Supervisor of Taxes,
Chas. Wirth; Commissioner OF Appeals,
George Russell; Justice of the Peace,
Charles Hayes; Constable. John Keat-
ing;. Judge Of Elections, Michael
Doyle; Clerk of Elections John j.
Michael Shanahan and Frederick
Donohoe-For School Trustees Qong
fer1n) Patrick Nugent; short term,
Michael Doyle; Supervisor of Taxes,
John Smith, Commissioner of Appeals,
James Flynn; Justice of the
Peace, Charles Hayes; Constable,
Thomas Whalen; Judge of Elections,
Edward j. Gilbertson; Clerk of
Elections. James ]. Cooney; In
spectors of Elections, John
Growley and William Brice.
ClarlS-For School Trustees Qong
teri1s), Daniel J. Hennessey short
term. Walter Surman; Supervisor of
Taxes; Patrick O'Connor; Com
missioner of Appeals, Thomas
Twomey. Sr.; Justice of the Peace,
Charles Hayes; Constable, Thomas
Whalen; Judge of Elections, Edward
Gilbertson; Clerk of Elections, John
Magner: Inspectors Of Elections, John
Crowley and William Brice.
Although the Carroll ticket received
the largest vote and was little cut, all
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