The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
FIFTH DISTRICT.

DiOl 1tlOAs
The Eveniag Journal company were
transplanted last night from the building
they have for some years occupied to
Fairmount Hall. on Bergen avenue.
The cause of this immigration
was the meeting of the Fifth District Re-
publican Association, and subsequently
the election of delegates to nominate
Mayor. If there is anything the Journal
people like it is a Mayor, and because of
this fondness Mr.. Frank Sutherland, Of
that paper, presided, and was ably assisted
in his work by Police Commissi oner Ben
son, his city editor; Major Pan gborn, his
managing editor, and Joseph A. Dear,
the managing EDITORS manager.
Others present were:--State Treasurer
Toffey, Charlie Roe. Humphrey w. Carr,
George A. Hamlin, r. A. Williams, As
semblyman Potts, Charles w. Laws,
Jacob Ringle, John Archibald, Captain
Busch, Joe Locke, Nick Newkirk and
Freeholder Nelson.
The fun was commenced by the intro
duction of a resolution that there should
be elected as delegates one from each of
the eight districts and three from the pre-
cincts which cast the largest vote. These
precincts were the Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh. This resolution was in accord
with one adopted some time ago by the
association, but which the Executive
Committee of the County Committee re-
fused to accept. That committee wanted
three delegates -at-large elected by all the
precincts.
Police Commissioner Benson knew
hat If the County Committee schemes
were not followed the three men SO
selected would be strong Washburn dele
gates and his tenure of Office created by
Mayor Cleveland would probably be of
short duration, and he objected.
Ex-Commissioner Carr, who knows
AH,s
him on record. asked, HAS Mr.. Wash
burn a legal residence in this city" and
the Major, in his usual good natured
manner, replied, he had. Assemblyman
Potts evidently thought that this asser-
ton needed substantiation, for he vol
unteered the information the intorma--
tion that the Major was right, and
declared that Mr.. Washburn lived at No
305 York street. The Major bowed his
thanks for having some one to support
his assertions and the resolution was
adopted.
Then Freeholder Nelson got in his work.
He offered resolution that the sense of
the meeting be ascertained as to the en-
dorsement of citizens ticket
Cries of 'sNo fusion, no Kern" at once
filled the room.
When the noise had ceased, Mr.. Nelson
explained thus
II do want to see one good Mayor and
should not be selected let us get an indie
pendent who will honestly do his duty"
This gave Major Pangborn an oppor-
tunity to continue creating dissensions in
the Republican party and he at once de-
clared himself in favor of such a plan and
said that ii a good Independent was NOM
mated he could win, for there is now
only 1.500 Democratic majority in the
city. Why the major does not favor
good Republican as a candidate he did
not say, and Messrs. Dear. Benson and
Sutherland made no attempt to explain
what the majors reasons were.
The meeting then adjourned and the
primary took place, electing the fol-
lowing deiegates:--First precinct, Will
liam H. Mead; Second precinct, Joseph
Locke; Third precinct, g. B. Eaton;
Fourth precinct, Richard a. Williams;
Fifth precinct, Andrew White and
Charles Droescher; Sixth precinct, j. w.
DuzenburY and z. K Pangborn; Seventh
precinct, Gustave Blau and Police Com
missioner Benson; Eighth precinct,
Joseph r. Ward.