The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-25

Duuqed. Iley were armed with opposl-
tion tickets, and the best part of them
carried theu home or threw them away:
at any rate, they never touched the ballot
box Things were progressing favorably
for the regular ticket when the opposition
saw they were not getting nearer
the box. and a rush was made.
The other section Of the angle
followed suit. and bowling mob block
AIDED the street clear across. Suddenly
the long night sticks Of the police were
seen above the heads of the excited
throng, and several hats bear mute wit
ness today to the result
POLICE PROTECTING FRAUD.
This helped to clear a small circle
around the small window, but by this
time cuss words Of all descriptions made
the air sulphurous. Getting in line was
out OF the question, for the three police
men formed Gordon, and none but the
privileged few were I'm il" while those
who were not Tin it' howled vengeance.
There was crushing aud pushing, and it
began to look as If the entire business
would be cleared out, when promptly
at twelve minutes to eight =
twelve minutes before the hour
at which the polls were supposed to have
been ciosed--the window was pulled
down, the shutters slammed to and
barred, and between one hundred and
fifty aud two hundred voters were shut
out. A yell Of indignation went up that
made the windows in the vicinity rattle.
After that the policemen devoted their
time to clearing the sidewalk, but the
opposition got out on the street and
breathed vengeance deep aud strong
George Heaney, the defeated candidate
for Assembly in the last election. came
along after the polls were closed and fell
in with a crowd of the ''disgusted. They
Immediately button holed him and told
him that it was doings like this that had
defeated him in his Assembly race.
1t was stated that the four men in
the polling place were employees of the
Street and Water Board, and. said one
outsider, They know which side their
bread is buttered.n
The ticket which was declared elected,
and which was known as the "Dugan
ticket" is as follows
First precinct, Louis Horwedel;
Fourth precinct, John Kilmurray; Sixth
precinct, Thomas Cox; Seventh precinct.
John O'Neil; Ninth precinct James n.
Davis; Fourteenth precinct, T. A. Dugan.
One hundred and ninety-seyen votes
were said to have been cast.
APRoTEsT.
Aftea the result had been made known
interviewed Mr.. NJ. Lawless, and asked
him what he thought Of it.
THAT primary, il yon could call 1t
primary" he said, will be protested. |
myself was dubbed and pushed away
from the ballot box, and 1t was an out
rage. We will not stand this kind of
thing any longer. 1t was ali fixed before
the polls opened at all !"
There was another primary held at No.
172 Eighth street for the Sixteenth pre-
cinct, and Martin w. Herrick was very
quietly elected without opposition.
VOTER CANE LATE
A determined effort was made to elect
an anti-Davis man in the Second precinct
of the Fourth district. Meryin Arm
strong was the old member of the com
mittee and recognized by all as staunch
Davis man. Ex-Freeholder Pairson and
a number of others ran Harry O'Ne.ll,
pronounced enemy of Davis domination
In the County Committee. John j.
Kouhn was also candidate, and it was
said by the Davis men that his only OBJ
ject in running was to draw votes from
Armstrong.
The primary was held in the back room
of the saloon No. $50 Newark avenue, and
the polls were open from seven Co eight
O'Clock. The contest was a warm one.
and the excitement ran high Il w=s eyi-
dent that the vote was close, and the
Davis men were filled with apprehension
until the result was announced. Every
effort was resorted TO By both factions to
get voters TO the polls, and to persuade
them to vote for their candidate. When
eight o'clock had arrived, and the polls
were declared closed, a man rushed
breathlessly into the room and wanted TO
vote; but he was too late and his vote
was not received. He was an O'Neill
man, and if he had been a few minutes
earlier he would have changed the result.
and a new election would have been
necessary. When the vote was counted
it was found that Armstrong had re-
ceived As O'Neill A, and Kouhn sc.
AS soon as the result was made known
the Davis men began to celebrate in the
usual fashion. to the profit of the Droprie-
tor of the saloon. Armstrong; friends
were loud in their denunciations of Pair
son, and predicted all sorts of direful
fates for the ex-Freeholder when the
''little one" came TO consider his case.
There was another contest in the Fifth
precinct OF this district upon the same
lines. Ex-Alderman Joseph Keogh, the
present member, was opposed Dy Patrick
McKenna. The primary was held in the
rear room of Keogh's saloon at West
Newark and Tonnele avenues. IL took
TWO hours to poll the 90 votes which were
cast. At nine O'Clock the polls were
closed aud the vote counted. 1t was
found that three triple ballots had been
cast for Mckenna. The inspectors th rev
out two of the ballots and counted one.
Everything was orderly, though at times
the discussion was exceedingly lively.
Keogh was reelected, receiving 90 votes
to McKenna's %.
In the Fourth precinct James boucher
was eelected without opposition and in
the Sixth precinct William Connors was
also reelected without opposition.
POET ADAM SMITH BEATEN.
The election of the primaries in the va
rious Assembly districts were held last
night, The meeting in the Eleventh pre-
cinct of the Fourth district was very
lively. Henry Prigge was elected over
Adam G. Smith by a rousing majority.
After it was accomplished he and his fol-
lowers went up to Gunsberg's Germania
Hall on Central avenue. where, with the
assistance of a drum corps and lop-
sided transparency, they made Rome
howl"
The other precincts were very quiet ex-
cept the Tenth, where John Crosby was
chief kicker Charles Esterbrook was
elected over George Wehrenberg. In the
Sixth precinct Owen \ olan had q walk
ouer.
THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
The list of members elected at the
primaries in the Sixth district
are. in the Second precinct,
George Thompson; Third, Patrick
Kenny; Fourth. Thomas Brennan:
Fifth, John ReddY; Ninth. Patrick
Rock; Eleventh. George White and
Twelfth, Joseph Lewis.
A SILK STOCKING FROM BAYoNNE-
Four of the six primaries held in Bay