The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-21
RING OUTRAGE.
A Gang of Davis Hee1erS
File Protests Against
the Jeffersonians.
TIMKEN ALONE AIMED AT.
The Joker Boss Snubs MePhil-
lips Insolently and In
sists on Abjeet
Obedience.
TIMKEN ALONE AIMED AT.
A TERRIBLE BOOMERANG.
Germans Greatly Excited over the
Effort to Disfranchise Them
Huge Gain for Wanser.

A llan l.. McDermott fled an opinion,
yesterday in the office of County Clerk
Dennis Mclaughlin relative to the rights
of the Jeffersonian candidates to have
their names printed on the official ballots.
The opinion was published in full
in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS yesterday.
Summarized it declares that the County
Clerk ought to cause to be printed official
ballots for the Jeffersonsan candidates,
provided no protests were filed as proyid-
ed for by law. The last day to file the
protests was yesterday, and for the ac-
commodation of any objectors the County
Clerks Office was kept open until six
o'clock, two hours later than is usual
AS soon as the opinion was placed on
file, the telephone in the office of Sheriff
Davis began some lively work, and the
rtnqleaders in the ten districts in the
county were hastily summoned there.
By 2 O'Clock, a person standing in the
corridor noticed Michael j. O'Donnell,
chairman of the Democratic County Com
mittee, Police Commissioner James E.
Kelly, his colleague, the president of the
Police Commissioners, john p Feeney.
County Clerk Dennis Mclaughlin,
Frederick Mersheimer, Simon Kelly,
Pooh Bah of Weehawken and several
other politicians go into Sheriff Davis
office. The consultation there was a long
one, and it was John McPhillips' intro
duction to active submission to Davis in
the campaign. McPhillips, it is said,
feared that to leave off the Jeffer-
sOnianS from the official ballot would so
incense them that the supporters of those
candidates would retaliate by voting
a straight Wanser ticket. Davis shut
McPhillips up III contemptuous manner
by asking what he knew about politics
and by intimating that it was his simple
duty to obey and not to recommend.
SHALLOW BOB.
When John received this from the
Ring boss he remembered he had impera-
tive business elsewhere and departed. No
one attempted TO detain him. He was
not needed.
The effect of making the protest was
then carefully considered Davis was de-
cidedly in favor OF it, and claimed that it
would throw the blame of the result on
the court, for the Jeffersonians would
Immediately appeal to the court for
protection. Under Mr.. McDermott's
opinion the court could do no otherwise
than to declare the Jeffersonians not
legal party as defined by the election
law. This Davis Thought would enable
the Ring TO appeal to the people as being
the only Democratic party in the contest,
and in that way would procure Demo-
cratic voters VINO would not vote for
Wanser and would have voted for Tim
ken 1t is said Davis got off this delight
iui speech.
sIt'u save McPhillips and the Assem-
bly,. The Iimken gang are only Dutch,
and they live in the Ninth and Tenth dis
tricts. They amt the fellers' to bother
with pastors, and they are most all Demo
Gratis. They don't care for politics, they
only want to vote for Dutcnman. When
they find they will have to use pastors
they won't go to the bother, fer most of
them work in New York, and the III be in
q hurry. We kin work the Dutch right
if they amt on the ballot"
A WISER VIEW.
County Clerk Mclaughlin was not SO
certain that the .'Dutch" could be
"worked,'' but he thought 1t would help
the Democratic candidates for members
of Assent In this manner the matter
was discussed, and finally decision to
make general protest was made. 1t
was at first suggested that the candi-
dates make the protests, but this Boss
Davis would not have.
Don't you fellers see that 1t won't do"
said he. It'll put the Timken gang
down on 'em at once Let some one else
protest who aint candidate, and we can
claim then that it was done by citizens
who had the welfare of the Democratic
party at heart. We've worked the citizen
racket before and with success. They
don't know nothin'."
Emissaries were at once sent for the
,'ciriZens,n but none could be found who
desired to do the dirty work of the Ring
and finally, in sheer desperation, the
Ring was forced to use lis slaves for the
purpose.
Michael j. O'Donnell. as Chairman OF
the Democratic County Committee, pro-
tested against the Jeffersonian candidates
on the county ticket, Allen for Congress,
Timken for Sheriff and Burns and Crane
for Coroner. Then Pete DAILY. Ring
constable attached to the Grand Jury,
was looked up and ordered to protest
against Edward McCaffery for Assem-
biyman in the First district.
James Kelly performed the same work
for the Ring by protesting against Pat
rick Sheeran In the Second. Chl1s5y +.
Smith. Ring County Committeeman,
was dragged from the Registers office
and ordered to protest against Simeon
Smith. Republican and Jeffersonlan can
didate for Assembly in the Third district.
Fred Mersheiner, another Ring constable
attached to the Grand Jury. oDeyed the
order of the boss and protested against
Timothy j. Lynch in The Fourth district.
Mervyn Armstrong, one OF DAVIS at
taches, was ordered to protest against ].
Herbert Potts Republican and Jefferson
ian candidate, Myles McCarron, Demo
cratic County Committeeman was brought
from his desk in the Surrogate's office to
protest against James 5. Erwin. Republl-
can and Jeffersonian candidate. JohnP.
Feeney signed the protest against Morris
Walsh. John f. Madden had already
done this, but as it did not look well. he
being a candidate, Mr.. Feeney did
il for him. There were no protests
in the Eighth district, because there were
no Jeffersonian candidates, but in the
Ninth district .Ionn j. Fallon protested
AGAINST M II Barrett. Republican candi-
date for Freeholder aud William Wise, a
constable attached to the Sheriff's office,
protested against Emil Schultz, Reoubli-
can and lJeffersonian candidate Tor AS
sembly, and George Schintzel for Free
holder There were no protests in the
Tenth district, because there were no
Jeffersonian candidates.
FORMALLY FILED.
It was 0 O'Clock when these protests
were formally filed. and the nnR departed
ated from The Court House well pleased
with the result OF dirty work. Several
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