The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-12
THE TOWN ELECTIONS.
How They Went all over the State--
other State News.

Inc 0iocUlOn III 0AkAlueu ySSOcAAtby
passed on quietly, although there was
a bitter contest in every ward for Ex-
else Commissioners. There were four
sets of candidates, Republican. Demo
cratic, Prohibition and Citizens.
There was a large vote polled, and
the complete result was not known
until three o'clock this morning. The
Republicans elected three Excise Com
missioners and the Democrats two.
There was . large vote in favor OF
bonding the city for 81, 900, 600 for
water improvements.
At Atlantic City yesterday the en-
dorsement of Mayor Hoffman by the
Democrats gave this official a walk
over. The only opposition, which
was feeble, was made by John E.
Blake, a Prohibitionist. But the
Democrats after a warm contest
elected John b. Champions Council
man-at-Large, owe Mahlon z.
Frambes, Republican. Charley s.
Seeds, Republican, is elected City
Treasurer without opposition; James
Stokes, Republican, Tax Collector;
and Henry Wootten, Republican,
Assessor.
The result of the election at Sea
Isle City was as follows:-Mayor,
Thomas E. Ludlam; Council, j. y.
Delaney and John Gegan, Democrats;
Clerk, r. II. Lee, Democrat; City
Assessor, r. S. Muller, Republican.
The election at Vineland was close.
Those probably elected arc G. L.
Lord. Republican, Mayor; w: E.
Allen, Republican, and Frank Love,
Democrat, Councilmen; G. HI. Berk-
enshaw, Republican, Freebooter;
John P. Asworth, Republican. Col
lector. The Prohibitionists will elect
one man through the help of Demo
Gratis.
Haddon Township, Camden county.
elects T. Haines, Independent, Town
ship Assessor.
Merchantville cast FOG votes. The
Citizens ticket elects every man over
the regular Republican ticket, by an
average majority OF thirty. The only
political contest was for Freebooter,
in which GotIieb G. Mick, Democrat,
beat Charles P. Spangler, Republic
cam.
At the municipal election at Mill
vile the full city Republican ticket
was elected:-City Solicitor, Harry 0.
Newcombe; City Treasurer, Edward
H. Stokes; Commissioners of Appeal,
John Pike, John Lopez and Robert B.
Naylor. The Council will be strongly
Republican.
The election in Mount Holly was
closely contested. The Republicans
elected every man on their ticket but
one, who was defeated for Overseer of
Highways by William H. Hinkle.
Ill., 1Soonvn fiaxaf for En1nnil in
Cape May was successful by about
eighty majority.
At West Cape May the Rev. George
Hooyes was elected Mayor and r.. S.
Hoffman and Barclay L. Schellenger
Council. No election was held at
Cape May Point because of the uncon-
stitutionality of the Borough act.
The Union Ticket was elected in
Pleasantville. This is the first union
ticket ever elected in Pleasantville.
Charles III. Richman was reelected
Mayor of Woodstown without opposi-
ton and Frank Wright and James E.
Bollinger Bouncilmen.
Rum and Republicans defeated the
reelection of Mayor Hartford, Demo
GRAFT, at Orange, and Henry III. Tru-
man, Republican, was chosen Chief
Magistrate. In honor of the rum vic
tory q general jollification in all the
saloons was held last night. In South
Orange the entire Democratic ticket
was elected, but Irvington elected a
straight Republican ticket. Mont
clair elected q Republican Assessor,
Collector, Clerk and Overseer of the
Poor. Bloomfield was also Republi-
can.
A Fire Al the Market Street Depot.
An alarm of fire at twenty minutes
to three this morning from box 36
called the department to the new
depot being built by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company on Market
street, Newark. In the southern end
there is a small shed covering a
dummy engine used for hosting. 1t
is supposed that there was a fire left
in the engine, and that in some way
it ignited the straw that laid around,
thus causing the fire. The chemical
engine was the only one in action and
subdued the flames in a few minutes.
The loss was trifing.
A Newark Alderman Pardoned.
Ex-Alderman Frederick Krais was
pardoned yesterday afternoon through
the efforts Of Assemblyman Charles
Trefz.
Mr. Krais arrived here last night on
the s0:45 train in company with AS
semblyinan Charles Trefz. He i'm
mediately went to his home on Hol-
land street. His hair is now white.
What Mr.. Krais proposes to do in the
future has not yet been settled.
A Conductor Killed.
@. HI. Morris, aged thirty-six, a con-
ductor on a drill engine of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, was horribly man
Z gled yesterday and died shortly after