The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-08
DIR. PANGBORN'S CIRCUS.
He Adopts Ring Methods in the
Fifth District Primaries.

The Fifth district Republican primary
was held last night at the Avenue House.
Five Corners. The selection Of this loca-
tion brought expressions of joy from few
and curses deep, loud and fervent from
many. The ones whose faces were
Illuminated by blisstul content, and
frequent visits to neighboring bar, were
the friends of Richard A. Williams.
Richard is pleasant faced and much
whiskered old gentlemon, who has a
genuine longing to hang somebody in
the capacity of sheriff of Hudson county.
The others, the faithful members of the
G. o. p, who swore like good enthusias-
tic Republicans can sometimes swear,
were the unfortunates who had been
compelled to go from the lower part of the
district TO the upper part to declare their
faith in Farm. Wanser. The distance
was too great for their faith and the
representation was small.
Mr.. Williams had been very energetic
during the day, and after having had a
pleasant chat with his friend, DR.. Pang.
born, he had several pleasant chats with
several other friends. and in consequence
at about eight O'Clock Mr.. Williams was
self-constituted reception committee,
and his hand was kept busy shaking the
hands of Colonel John J. Toffey, State
Committeeman James Young, Assembly
man j. Herbert Potts, Freeholder w. G.
Nelson, United States Commissioner
Isaac isonisiDe, ex-Frcehoider Charles
Laws. Constable Joe Locke. Al. Headden,.
II N.,x. Il<.t., naf L,.% l.xx
means least, his old friend ''the Majah"
When Mr.. Williams WAS not thus en-
gagged he occupied his time in preparing
ballots for delegates who regarded MIN
with an admiring eye.
Freeholder Nelson called the primary
to order and announced that 1t would be
an "open" one, and after Secretary Laws
read the call to elect delegates to the
Congress and County Convention and to
elect eighteen members of the County
Committee for two years and twelve for
one year. Mr.. Nelson invited the voters of
the twelve precincts to retire TO separate
places in the building and elect the dele
gates and committeeman they desired to
represent them. There was no trouble
about this except In the Sixth
and Twelfth precincts. The Sixth
precinct after long and
vigorous search was unable to find n ore
than one voter. He explained that he was
of himself and two county committee
men, but asked for Instructions. He
really did not know how to do it. Mr.
Willloms, like good natured general
utility man came to the rescGe and made
dive into the highways and the byways
and returned with another voter, who Is
fortunate enough to live at Marion
These two men soon divided the four
offices by taking them all, and the diff
Guilty was over.
PANGBoRN's TRIBULATIoNs.
The Twelfth precinct is the one that
DR.. Pangborn honors by living in it. He
also honors it by trying to run it. The
great corn specialist has ideas peculiar to
himself about running primaries and one
of these is that he believes the voters |
need watching. The Doctor is u cautious |
old gentleman and last night was pre-
pared for emergencies. He had printed |
The ticket he wanted elected. 1t was the |
Doctor distributed it literally among the |
faithful in the Twelfth precinct, and as |
chairman of the precinct primary held |
his hat for the faithful to place their bal |
lots in when they voted. DR.. Pangborn |
counted eighteen Of the faithful as they |
smile for he saw many of his printed bal |
lots placed in his hat. Then the Doctor |
and another individual counted the bal |
lots and the Doctors smile vanished. He |
found thirty-one ballots in the hat. His |
ticket was defeated. A flush of honest |
indignation spread over his face and he |
Gentlemen. this is not right. | count
ed the voters myself. There were but |
eighteen of them. There must be some I
dishonest Republicans here"
This imputation was too much for the |
voters. general howl went up, and
old "Pop' Cooper clasped his 250-pound |
corporation firmly with both arms and
shouted
Don't you talk about dishonest Repub-
licans, Major Pangborn. Do you forget +
what you said in your paper when we
Jonathan Dixon for Gov
ernor? You said he could not be elected |
because he came from across the ocean;
that's what you said. Doa't you talk OF |
dishonest Republicans the good old |
gentleman spluttered, amid the applause
Of the Twelfth precincters.
'Order, gentlemen, order" commanded |
the Indignant corn specialist. II declare |
this election illegal. DO you want an
other?"
mo, no." shouted majority Eyes,
yes,N howled II minority.
s.It is so ordered" the Majah decided. I
Now said he. 1--WE will go to room by
ourselves and vote for delegates again"
FLoCKING BY HIMSELF.
He led the way and was followed by his
while some OF the Others in
iignantly refused to go.
After half an hour DR.. PanGborn, all
smiles, reported that his ticket had won.
He was in favor of Frank o. Cole or John
Il. Hopken for Congress and Richard
for Sheriff.
The full list OF delegates elected will be
ound in the proper place below
The delegates are unpledged and Mr..
Williams believes he has them. Colonel
roffey said he thought Wanser would get
hem oil and John A. Blair could have
hem for Congress If he wanted them.
lie did not think Frank Q. Cole would
lccept the nomination for Congress, but
The worstcases OF scrofula, salt rhuem and
ther diseases Of blood, are cured by Hoods
arsapGriIa.