The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-19
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Hard Battle Between Erwin and
Pnster---McPhillips Not In 1t.


One of the liveliest battles of the cam
paign will be fought in the Sixth district.
The rainbow chasers in each party don't
see how they can lose It. and so they
claim 1t by all sorts of ridiculous figures
The practical politicians, however. realize
that they have hard fight before them,
and the most conservative estimates give
the district TO Erwin and Wanser by about
400 majority
The Jersey City section of the district
is Republican and the Bayonne seclion
Democratic. The Democrats always
for them. At the election last fall ABB
bett carried the eutire district by a plur
atty of 42S. Suthr by lis and Erwin by
215. The Jersey City section was carried
by Grub by 1866. Stuhr by 492 and Erwin
by 1872 over the two Democrats, Smith and
Donnell. 1t will readily be seen by these
tigures that the Bayonne section is not
such remarkably strong Democratic
factor as it has been supposed TO be.
PERKINS VOTE.
Mr.. Perkins carried the Jersey City
section of the district last spring by $50
With nearly the same anti-Ring element
in the fight this fall as there was last
year. it is reasonable to suppose that
Wanser will receive majority over Nc
Phillips of 1000. Allowing the Demo-
Gratis the 400 plurality they claim in
Bayonne and which Albeit received
tn ere will still be left majority of
600 for Wanser. But it is not so certain
that Bayonne will do any more for the
Democrats this year than offset the Re-
publican vote. The feeling against the
Ring in Bayonne is as bitter as it is in
Jersey City, and there is strong defer
mination there to rid the county of its
baneful embrace. Moreover the Jeffer-
sonians have some strength in that sec
ton of the district Smith, the JefFer-
ceived about one hundred votes last year,
which together with 100 more will 90 to
Thinker. In the Jereey City section of
the district Smith received 1856, which
with at least 100 more eau be safely
counted for Timken
PUsTEls'S GERMAN CLAIMS.
The Democrats are claiming the dis
trict for Puster on the ground that he is
q German and strong man throughout
the district They claim that he will poll
a larger vote in Bayonne than usual, and
thst his election by three or four hum
dred majority is foregone conclusion.
The facts, however, do not warrant these
claims In the first place there is no rea-
son to believe that Bayonne will do any
more for Puster than it did for Donnell
last year Puster is Jersey City man,
and it is only when the candidate is from
their section OF the county
that the Bayonnites hump themselves
and bring sufficient majority
to the canal to elect him. Moreover Err
win for a new man made an excellent
record last year at Trenton. and there is
no reason to believe that he will lose q
single vote he received last year Then
again he is likely to receive the AIS votes
whi:h were cast for Smith, as he has been
endorsed by the Jeffersonians. The labor
element has also endorsed Erwin. and he
has developed considerable strength
among other doubtful elements. Nc
Erwin will carry districts with his ticket.
Mcdonald did not carry it last year and
will have the same lack this time
ONE UNCERTAIN ELEMENT
A prominent politician or this district
in speaking of the result said that there
was one uncertain element in this election
which no man can count on and that is
the number of people who, though they
shout for McPhiliips and Puster, will
vote the other way under cover of the
secrecy of the new law.
81 tell you,' said the politician, ssthere
are lots OF these people and it looks to be
as though this election would be a big
surprise party TO many people in high
places in this county"