The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-12
They Shout Frauds" and
Will Contest the
Election.
PERKINS SAYS GO AHEAD.
$1,000 Raised by Their City Com
mittee for Preliminary
Expenses.

The City Committee of the Republican
party, at lively meeting last night, de-
cided to contest the election of Mayor
Cleveland. Early in the evening, when
State Treasurer J. J. Toffey. General
John Ramsey, Postmaster Dickinson and
J. Herbert Potts were observed at the
Federal Club. it was conceded that Gem
eral Sewell had issued the order and that
it would be obeyed humbly. The conjec-
: lures were correct. By eleven o'clock the
At had gone forth. and the pressure
Drought to bear succeeded in squeezing
$1,000 out of those present for the ex-
penses of beginning the contest.
Among others present were:-Corn
Doctor Pangborn. United States Commits
sioner Romaine, ex-Corporation Counsel
John A. Blair, Police Justices Wanser
and Stllsing, Siegfried Hammerschlag,
ex-Fire Commissioner Thomas Leather,
City Health Inspector Daniel Benjamin,
School Trustee John Reid, Hoboken, ex-
Clerk Of the Board of Public Works
Martin Finck, ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins
and ex-President of the Board of Finance
Emil Datz.
1t does not require very strong pair Of
cPrStdClcS w See tutbb Uue DIETS, Wlbu
but a very slight exception, are all ex-
office holders, and because they are on
the outs it is but natural to expect them
to feel gloomy and willing to obey General
Seweil's order to manufacture political
material for the fall campaign.
W Elk Finance Commissioner Datz I'M
mediately called to order the City Com
mittee of which he is chairman. Mr..
Hamnerschlag as soon as possible
brought up the question of fraud last
Tuesday, and declared Perkins had been
fraudulently deprived of his office. He
was certain he knew of several cases of
fraud, personally, and that the Fourth
district had been filled with repeaters.
In strong terms he advocated contest of
the election.
Mr.. Hammerschlag is the probable
candidate for Congress next fall. He as.
5000 to be used for the purpose OF contest.
Of the election.
MATERIAL FOR NEXT FAIL.
Not a single man in Hudson county be-
jeVes. That the proposed contest is expect
Id to reveal frauds that viii in any wise
id in ousting Mayor Cleveland from his
flee, which was justly earned. No, it is
IMPLY tor Republican campaign matter
hat this action has been decided on.
When the Assembly room had been
iilled by members of the County Commit
tee, ex-Mayor Collins, the chairman.
the room, and the sergeant alarms was
directed to see that none but County
Committeeman should be present. This
bounced two reporters but left one pres
ent. He was a member of the
committee and the two others repre-
sented Democratic papers. Any one may
draw an inference from this. The Re
publicans did not want Democrats to
know their business and the Republican
press representative could only write
what Corn Doctor PangDorn permitted.
After considerable routine business had
been transacted the COMMITTEES adopted
unanimously resolution denouncing
"the frauds" at the recent election and
adjourned.
insisted on recount (IIe is one of Sc
Wells pets). and he was sure that awful
and dreadful frauds had been perpetrated
on kthe innocent and unsuspecting repub-
licans OF the Fifth district. Corn-Doctor
Pangborn knew this to be true and he
could not held smiling for he was win
ner. When his face got in its nonal con-
dition he made his little speech and had
DR.. JekylI heard it, his admiration for
his partner, Mr.. Hyde, would have been
unbounded. He declared the election
should be contested, for he knew that
fraud had been committed. No one dis
puted his word on the subject because he
is an authority frequently quoted.
NIX. PEkkINS SAYS go AHEAD.
Freeholder Nelson had his say next and
he declared there was nothing left to be
done but TO take the matter TO the courts
and he was certain il this was done Mr..
Perkins would get the office. In this
connection ex Mayor Collins said he had
received the consent of Mr.. Perkins to de-
lnaDd a recount and he advised the COM
mittee to say go ahead. !"
There was more talk from more mem
bers, and when all had succeeded in con-
vincing themselves thtt there had been
plenty of fraud, General Sewells order
was carried out and the resolution to in
vestigate was unanimously adopted. The
chairman then appointed Messrs. Sieg-
fried Hammerschlag, j. A. Blair, ID. w.
Allen, j. G. Young and Z. w. Wooisey
committee to act with the Ballot Reform
Association and other societies desiring
to cooperate in the investigation to be
demanded, and the COMMITTEES was also
directed to prepare for a public indigna-
tion meeting to be held at the Tabernacle
next week.
subscriptions were next called for and
1000 was raised to begin the contest.
Ex-Judge Blair told me later that it
would probably cost from 81, 900 to $4,000
to have the recount. but the money will
be supplied. He also said that applica-
ton would probably be made to the court
for the recount next Monday or Tuesday,
or as soon az the necessary papers could
be prepared.
Before the committee adjourned the
members seized the opportunity to get
square with the EUening Journal by
adopting a resolution that committee
be appointed to Investigate any charges
of disloyalty that might be preferred
against any member OF the committee.
This was a direct attack on Benson,
sPangborn and Ramsay.
THE 0FFICIAL VOTE.