The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-09
SHERIFF STANTON, MAY Be,
Named at a Hoboken Ban
quet as Davis Sue
Cessor.

The dinner given at the Hotel Belvi-
dere to Chairman Edward r. Stanton, of
the Hoboken Council; by his friends last
evening was of some significance in local
politics. AT the head of the main table
sat Mayor Grassman, the chairman of the
banquet, and to his right the bronzed
countenance of the popular Councilman
was visible. Before the banquet had
been concluded Mr. Stanton received
such boom for the Shrievality nomina-
ton that the Jersey City delegation was
some of those present: - Sheriff
Davis, County Clerk McLaughlin,
Police Commissioner Feeney, ex Finance
Commissioner Joseph Warren, Police
Commissioners Coyle, Kaufman and
Utz, Corporation Attorney Minturn,
James P. Laverty, Councilmen Bonce-
let, Timken, Londrigan and Snyder,
| Water Registrar Lohman, School
Trustees Rudolph, Darcy, Russ, Arata
and Dynan, Sergeant Marnell, Hon. Lau-
| renee Pagan, G. A. Seide, Assistant City
| Clerk Kirschner. Roundsman Tanning,
| Water Commissioners Murray and Hay
| den, Assessor Dollard, Comptroller Kauf-
man, Director-at-Large Bruggeman,
Freeholder German, Chief Donovan,
Mayor Kelly, of Weehawken; Mayor
flnnegau, Oh w eSU dODOKen; coroner
O'Hara, DR.. S. A. H Helfer, Collector
| Bowes, w. d. DAILY, Librarian Thomas
f. Hatfield, Detective Guinan, G. J.
| Tahen, Thomas McAleer, William Fen
| ton. I. H. McCann, NJ. t. Connolly, NJ. ].
| O'Donnell and Captain Christie Smith. of
| Jersey City; James Lawson, Isaac Ingle-
son, H. Fierabend, Gustav Hauser,
| Graham Sincair, Henry Barck, Ernest
| Fischer. w. II. Mutschler, Joseph Vilar,
| Thomas Callahan, George w. Stanton,
ex- City Treasurer p. H. NuRent, C. Fl.
| Winfield, Fred Mersheimer and Joseph
| M. Noonan.
| After the inner man had been appeased
| the toast making began. and for over two
hours the company was kept in constant
good humor. Mayor Grassman, with his
| usual grace, welcomed Mr.. Stanton home
| after his European tour In brief
| speech Mr.. Stanton thanked the chair
| man and those present for the manner in
| which he had been received w. d. DAILY
| resp ed to the toast of "Our State"
| She fl )avis being called upon to respond
| for L.. county said, with very peculiar
| smile, that of course Hudson county
was the largest county in the State and
that Jersey City was Hudson county. He
talked also about rolling up big Novem-
| Der majority. Corporation Attorney
! Minturn, in responding to the toast of the
/ City of Hoboken, turned to Mr.. Stanton
| and addressed him as the next Sheriff of
| Hudson county. Wild applause followedss
t''The time when man can be elected at
q primary Is at an end,n said the elo-
| quent young counsellor. "The time OF
| packed conventions is passed. The future
| of the Democratic party will not here
| after be subservient to heelers. A man
will not be elected by convention, but
| by the honest votes cast on election day"
| lApplause.]
Assistant Prosecutor Noonan, John J.
| Breen, County Clerk Mclaughlin and
others also made speeches.
| After the Acting Chief Edmond9son.
i At the meeting of the Hoboken Police
Board last night charges of being asleep
on post were preferred by Acting Chief
! Edmondston against Policeman Weeks
| He was suspended ana cited to appear at
/ the next meeting. Commissioner Kauf-
man didn't want him suspended. Acting
/ Chief Edmondston reported that he had
| Investigated the cases of Policemen Ham
| mond, Whalen and Kenney. who were
absent from duty. In the cases of Ham
mond and Whalen he said that they had
| just cause for being absent.
Commissioner Utz wanted to know on
| what grounds certain policemen had
been excused from duty. He said that
| the report of the Acting Chief relative to
| excuses was q marvel of stupidity and
l'moved that it be referred back to him,
| which was done
| Commissioner Utz arose, under the head
| of new business, and said that certain
newspapers mad published statements
which placed Acting Chief Edmonston in
| a very bad light in connection with the
/ Phalon case. He moved that the Acting
| Chief be cited to appear at the next meet
| ing and answer the charges contained in
the newspapers. The motion prevailed.
/ Run Down by a Ferryboat,
| The ferryboat Montclair of the Barclay
street line, struck sailboat on her seven
| O'Clock trip from New York on Sunday
| night. The two occupants of the sailboat
were thrown overheard. One of them
| was picked up by the tug Sterling. The
other occupant was drowned. 1t is
| thought that the drowned man was the
son of Joseph Logomazino, a Hoboken
Italian.
Freebooter Kilduff and His Wife.
James Kiiduff, the ex-Freeholder, of
No 9 Grand street, was arrested by Po-