The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-25
out that that same gentleman is about
the only Hudson man who introduced an
increase OF salary bill"
ARCANUM JUBlLATION.
Bayonne Entertains Brooklyn in Right
Royal Style.


Royal Style.
Two hundred members of Bayonne
Council No 695, Royal Arcanum, took q
night off last evening TO aid in royalty
entertaining in Arcanum Hall, Bayonne,
delegation of fifty members of Burnside
Council No. 625. of Brooklyn. The re-
ception was given in return for the hos
pitable treatment received several weeks
ago in Brooklyn by a delegation from
Bayonne.
The visitors were met in New York by
a committee and taken to Bayonne In a
special car. The party was received at
the station by thronk of Bayonnese and
was escorted to the hall. Three long
tables elabordtely decorated with palms
and ferns supported tempting arrays of
solid and liquid refreshments. Fronting
the head of the centre table and standing
upon the rostrum was an easel bearing a
large steel engraving OF General Ambrose
L. Burnside artistically draped with the
national colors. Beneath the picture was
a card bearing the legend Welcome to
Burnside
After Regent D. T. Crispin had well
coined the visitors with brief and happy
address the gathering attacked the cola
ton, a corps of the Entertainment Com
mfttee acting as walters. A flash light
photograph of the aSSemblage was TAKEN
and during the long programme which
followed Orator Joseph III. Wright offici-
ated as master. An orchestra comprising
Messrs. Charles E. Colbeck, pianist; Coun-
Sanborn and Messrs Arthur Muller and
Justin Martin, violinists, gave some ex-
cellent music Toasts were drunk, and
the evening passed in jovial style until it
was time for the Bayonnese to escort the
Brooklynites to the railroad station, where
1fl
singing songs of good fellowship.
Bayonne Politics.
The Democrats of Bayonne will hold,
this evening, their ward primaries for the
election of delegates to the City Re
corder's Convention and the nomination
of ward tickets. The places designated
are as follows:--First ward, No. 13 West
Eighth street; Second ward, First pre-
cinct, No. 437 Avenue ID; Second ward,
Second precinct, No 715 Avenue d; Third
corner of Hage and Orient streets; Fifth
ward, No. 1876 East Twenty-s street.
Several dozen citizens of the First
ward disregarded party affiliations last
evening by meeting in the ST. Charles
Hotel to endorse the candidates. of Coun-
Gilman Henry Meigs and Recorder John
HI. Besher for denomination. George H.
Gale, a Republican, was made chairman,
and Major Goddard, Democrat acted as
secretary. The endorsements were given
unanimously.
The First ward Democrats held eau
Gus preliminary to this evenings primary
atNo. 13 West Eighth street last even
ing j. M. Bolton was chairman and
Allan Benny, clerk. After Editor Henry
G. Page, of the Bayonne Herald, had de-
clined to become candidate, Attorney
Allan Benny defeated Councilman
Henry Meigs for the Councilmanic
nomination The rest OF the
ticket selected was as follows:-School
Trustee, Andrew r. Donnell; Commits
sioner Of Appeals, Martin r. Cook; Su-
peryisor of Taxes, Michael Y. R. String
ham; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Nc
Curnin; constable, Joseph Ii. Carter;
judge of elections, Edward Fischer. clerk
of elections John S. Mcdonald; inspector
of elections, William M. Beach; delegate
to the Recorders convention, John M.
Anderson
The Fourth Ward Regular Democratic
Club will place ex-School Trustee John
III. Donohoe before the ward primary to-
night as a candidate for the Councilmanic
nomination. It will also support Hugh
H. Mara for School Trustee, and John J
Knight, Cornelius S. Brady and Philip
Dwyer for delegates to the Recorders s
Convention. Last evening the opposition
club held a caucus and decided to support
Patrick Flanagan for Councilman.
Flanagan only beat Donohoe five votes.