The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-19
TENDING 10 FUSION.
The Republicans, However, Insist
ON Naming the Sheriff.
Fusion hangs in the balance.
III ere may be fusion.

Fusion hangs In the balance.
III ere may be fusion.
There probably will be fusion.
But upon whom? That's the question.
The political conferees met at the Re
publican League club house on York
street last evening. There were. among
others, Dick Allen and ex- Coroner Will.
lam Burns on behalf Of the Labor party
ex-senator Rabe, William Stuhr, G. D. J.
Noelke, John H. Cronan and William b. .
Rankin on The part of the Jeffersonian
Democracy, and ex- Mayor Collins, John
Brennan, ex-Judge r. b. Seymour. John
H. Hopken, Colonel S. d. Dickinson, ex-
Coroner John r. Virgins and General
John Ramsey, of the Republican County
Committee.
The situation that brought them to-
gether was just this. The Ring has con-
troll of the public places in the city and
county; it is to be in control of the com.
ing Democratic Convention. A vast
majority of the people, disguested by its
mai administration, are opposed to it. If
all the anti-Ring sentiments can harmon
ize on one ticket the anti Ring forces will
out number the Ring forces, and the Ring
candidate will be beaten. Is it possible
to harmonize?
The Jeffersonians were disposed to
favor the nomination of ex-Sheriff Cor
nelius j. Cronln for Sheriff. They doubt
less went to the conference in the hope
of inducing his acceptance by all the con-
ferees, or to pave the way for his accept
ance by them. But they are not so welded
to him that if another equally accept
able candidate can be produced to over
come Ring cohorts, they willnot go to that
other man.
When they got down to conferring
after ex-Mayor Collins had called the
joint meeting to order last evening, they
found themselves confronted by senti-
ment among the Republicans that the
candidate for Sheriff should be a Repub-
lican. The Republicans claim that they
have safe anti-ring man in their ranks,
and that as they will bring the largest
support to the tripartite alliance they
should be allowed to choose the coalition
candidate.
The Jeffersonians and the Labor men
were not averse to that course being pur-
sued If, after careful canvass of the sit
uation, it should be decided that it is the
safest course to beat the Ring.
The thing is to beat the Ringl
That's what all said.
Even General Ramsey said it.
Show the conferees the surest method
of doing 10, and they will all join hands
in that direction.
The discussion showed, however, that
some OF the Republicans favor a straight
ticket clean through. These argued that
with Jeffersonian and Labor ticket in
the field, the Republican candidate can
beat the Ring candidate in fair up and
up fight at the polls. But they made 1t
merely as suggestion to be considered.
In fact the idea of fusion and of no fusion
and of part fusion were all put
out as mere suggestions. The
conferees will go out among their people
and find out what the sentiment is The
committees of the three parties repre-
sented by them will be solicited to give
their views aud to take action either one
way or the other, and conference com
mittees will be appointed probably to
see if united action can be had, and. if it
can, for whom.
The Republican County Committee
may do something about it tonight.