The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-08
COMING UP THE STRETCH
The Race for Votes is AL
most Finished.
CLEVELAND WELL In THE LEAD.
The Vote Is Not Very Heavy,
but the Result Is Sure.

but the Result Is Sure.
Both the Republican and Democratic
City Committees held, their final meetings
before election last evening. At the Dem
ocratic headquarters the meeting was
simply to supply watchers and go over
the general details Of the work to be done
today.
Business was heavier at the Federal
Club, where the Repu blicans met. Gen
eral Ramsey told me that the only work
to be transacted was to appoint watchers
and deliver ballots, but, Notwithstanding
this, at midnight cabs containing Repub
licans who were we'll supplied with
money were going from precinct to pre-
cinct. It was said this morning that an
enormous sum was put into the hands of
those who knew where it would do the
most good.
This morning the ballot boxes were
opened under a bright rising sun. and the
day bid fair to be perfect, but the indi-
cations have not been borne out, and this
is true Democratic day. If the rain
continues the silver headed cane voters,
who are clerks in New York offices, will
not get off the street cars and soil their
clothes for the mere privilege of voting.
They never do.
During the day Mayor Cleveland re-
manned in his office calmly attending to
the ordinary routine business of the city,
being but occasionally interrupted BY
politicians.
Tosee him at work no. one would have
imagined he was a candidate for re-elec-
tion; but he looked as he felt, confident of
the result
Mr.. Perkins could not be found, but
was told ne was fitting from precinct to
precinct, slipping all the sweets he could
nnd. but the quantity was not particular
ly great
HOW IT LOOKED AT NOON.
A tour OF the different polling precincts
In the city showed that up to one o'clock
light vote had been cast, much lower
than last fall. but equal to the Mayoralty
vote two years ago. 1t was confidently
expected that it would grow heavier
during the remainder of the day.
In the First Aldermanic District it was
said that Pinkerton detectives were scat
tered In every precinct to watch the
count. bdt did not find any. 1t was said
that they had been placed thereby Re-
publicans. At every polling place in this
the "pop corn'' precinct, where at
about eleven O'Clock, colored fellow,
who gave his name as Charles
Thompson, of No. 81 Gregory street, at
tempted to vote Republican ticket with
Il.
Captain Graham, OF Senate Investigating
COMMITTEES fame, challenged his vote and
Tom Trotter, an election officer pushed
Graham away. Graham had Trotter ar
rested and arraigned before Justice Still
sing on charge of assault and battery
Trotter was released on 5000 bail. Mr..
O'Neill becoming his surety. Trotter
had a warrant issued for the arrest of
Graham for interfering with an officer at
the polls.
Tom Trotter turned the tables on Cap
tain Graham by having him arrested on a
sued by Justice Martin Ward Gilbert
Collins went Graham's bail for $500.
s1Fhe .hoaters' that the Perkins men
talked SO much about failed to make
their appearance in the Second district
up to this hour, and the voting, Though
lighter than usual was thoroughly DEM
ocratic. At the bath House" precinct I
found Patrick Sheeran, Street Superin-
tendent Tumulty and Assemb lyman
Byrnes, besides others.
There was an undivided opinion among
them that the Mayor was run ming strong
there, but opinion was divided as to the
Aldermen. All three of these gentlemen
thought the fight between O'Rourke, in
dependent, and Norton. regular Demo-
crat, would be a close finish In the dis
trict. but that Norton would win this
precinct easily.
In Nolan's precinct, beneath the rocks
the Fifth of the Second district-there
was no animation but plenty of beer The
precinct was heavily for Cleveland and
O'Rourke. The same was said Mahan's
stables, at Eleventh and Erie streets and
SO Oh all through the district
There is no doubt that the Third dis
trict will give Mayor Cleveland fair ma
jority. and the friends of John Hart claim
his election as Alderman.
IN THE FOURTH.
Tn tho Ef.urth diSfriot 10 f7rrl.f 4. 1,1k
and the vote light Alderman Prigge
and Tax Collector Mersheimer said thar
they were confident that Mr. Cleveland
would receive at least 300 majority, and
Coroner Brackner placed it as nigh as
800; but this is believed by many to be
too great.
Fred Bluem. a Republican leader, said
he believed that Perkins would carry the
district. Other Republicans made the
same claim, but owing to the heavy vest
pocket vote in the different precincts no
reliable information could be obtained.
The Fifth District will give Mr. Per-
kins probable majority of 700, il the Re-
publican leaders are not at fault in their
estimates. There, as in all the other dis
tricts, the vote up to noon was light
The struggle for Aldermen is hard, and
It is anybody's fight
THE BOXES WERE BROKEN.
In the Fifth precinct of this district
when the polls opened the ballot box
furnished 1t would not work 1t
could not be opened. Another
was sent for, and until it
arrived a cigar box was used to
receive the ballots, and ten were
placed in it. The newly ar
rived ballot box was opened without
any trouble, but that was all the good it
was, it would not ring the bell or
register or the dial The boxes were two
of those taken to Trenton.
The Sixth district vote is not at all
in ineavy, ana s. Democrats zen ,n claim tnat Cieye-
In the district has been reported.
Guilty and Not Guilty.
In the Court of Special Sessions this
morning the following were arraigned:--
John Boyce pleaded guilty to assault and
battery and was sentenced to thirty days