The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-25
DISGRACHFUL WORK.
The Davis Rascals Let
Loose on the County
Last Night.
GROSS FRAUDS AT THE PRIMARIES.
The Story Of the Battle in the
Precincts, as Learned by
Watching "News"
Reporters.
GROSS FRAUDS AT THE PRIMARIES.

The joint primaries of the Fifth, Sixth.
Seventh. Eighth and Ninth precincts of
reelection Of members to the General
Democratic County Committee, held at
| No. $40 Grove street last night. was a
tame affair. AT most times it reminded
one of a Methodist prayer meeting.
Boss Davis was candidate himself at
this poll. His colleagues were Alderman
Robert Jordan. Seventh precinct; City
Collector P. H. O'Nein, Fifth precinct;
Clerk OF the Tax Board James E. Con-
molly, Sixth precinct. and Thomas Rey-
nolds, Ninth precinct. all candidates for
reelection.
The usual quota Of Ring satellites, par
asites and ballot box maniDulators were
| on hand to make il appear that there was
1 interest in the election; but during the
| two hours the polls remained open not
| vestige Of the silk stocking" element
made its appearance. When the votes
were counted 1t was claimed that 167 votes
had been polled. There was no opposition.
| The regular" ticket lay in piles about
| the ballot box, aud all who came in to
vote, at least for the first hour. did so un-
| der the personal supervision of the Joker
distance away. Behind the table sat
Judge William Heller, Clerk Thomas
O'Connor and Inspector Peter Daley.
President Charles Somers OF the Street
and Water Board and City Clerk p. H.
O'Neill were both on hand early and ex-
plain to NEWS reporter that the reason
why things appeared so quiet was that
there was no opposition. Had there been
there were plenty Of associations in the
district whose members could be hustled
down al moments notice to knock out
anyiopposition. As 1t was there was no
necessity OF this.
II was painfully evident that with but
| few exceptions the knowing ones OF the
district who claim even title of inde-
pendent respectabiiiGy. gave No. 80
Grove street wide berth.
SECOND DISTRICT REPEATERs
An organized band of repeaters went
from precinct to precinct III the Second
district last night and at each place they
voted for Bob Davis. Protests were made
against this outrage but it did no good.
The judges were Davis men, and the re-
peaters did as they pleased.
In the Tenth precinct Leonard j.
Kaiser, a Davis man. was candidate for
reelection. The polls were advertised to
open at seven and close at eight.
Mr. Kaiser was afraid Of the
opposition TO him, headed by Frank
Kachler and so he sent down into
: opened the primary hfseea minutes be-
fore the advertised time the Davis gang
of repeaters had all voted. Mr.. Kacnler
was told what had been done and he
hurried about for reinforcements aud got
them too, but was too late to benefit him.
As soon as the Davis gang saw defeat
staring them in the face they closed the
polls. The time was fifteen minutes be-
| fore eight.
The primary in the Thirteenth precinct
was lively affair in which Davis voting
| tactics were introduced. The primary
was advertised to take place at No. 1853
| Bramhau avenue, but the place could not
| be secured, and so County Committee
man George Slickmeyer got place at No
| 366. Slickmeyer is the outgoing member
| of the Committee for this precinct, and
| Charles Jobs was elected his successor
last year. Jobs is Davis man. He made
no objection to the primary until he found
| that Davis was being showed under. and
then he protested.
| AN OPPOSITION PRIMARY.
| Slickmeyer claimed that he had simply
| obeyed the rules and intended to do SO.
| Jobs declared Slickmeyer had no right
| to call the primary and that the primary
was illegal. He gathered his gang of
| Davis followers together and opened
new primary at No. 26y Van Horn street,
where they proceeded to 90 through the
| form of eiecting Davis committee man.
The regular primary elected Edward J.
Sweeney, a Mclaughlin man. The vote
stood:-Edward j. Sweeney, So; John E.
Kelly, 40. Jobs and Kelly filed a protest.
In the Fourth precinct Danny Moran,
Davis man, was given hard hgnt.
There were three tickets in the field, and
Moran barely got enough TO be reelected.
DEFEATING A BALLOT BOX STUFFER
Joseph Friend. Mclaughlin man,
knocked out John A. Whelan, the Davis
ballot box stuffer now on trial, after
spirited contest
The gang of repeaters made the pri-
maries i'll the Ninth precinct farce, and
protest against the primary was filed
didates, William Feulon, John Fall
lon and James A. Condrew. The
primary was held in Condrew's
and he probably was elected, but the
Judge did not decide so. The decision was
Falion, 80; Fenlon, 81, and Condrew, q,
with three ballots rejected. Condrew
claims that he was defrauded, and Will
demand the Executive Committee 10
order new primary.
John J. Dougherty, a Davis man, was
also reelected In the Eighth precinct, but
p. ]. Monahan gave him a hard struggle.
Everywhere else in tnis district the PHI
maries were quiet.
These are the successful candidates.
Michael Z. Harney. First precinct.
Joseph Friend, Second precinct.
Daniel Moran, Fourth precinct.
John McEntee, Fifth precinct.
James Hennessey, Sixth precint.
John J. Dougherty, Eighth precinct.
John Fallon, Ninth precinct
Leonard j. Kaiser, Tenth precinct.
Michael 4. keating. Eleventh precinct.
Edward j. Sweeney, Thirteeth precinct.
RIOT IN THE THIRD.
One of the liveliest primaries ever held
in the Third district took place last night
at the corner of Fourth and Coles streets.
Tn ere were four tickets in the field and
there was some lively work. The polls
opened at seven o'clock and crowd
Immediately formed in line. Three police
men were on duty. and they compelled
the voters to stretch out in Indian file un-
til they reached the corner. Then the war
opened. Matthew Lawless the candidate
from the Fourth precinct demanded the
right to have representative at the
polls This was refused, and when the
crowd heard il the line burst mp concer-
tina fashion and became an
indistinguishable mass around the
polling place. Then the police
men attempted TO right things by getting
them In line again, bat instead of one, two
lines formed at right angles to one
another. While ore reached up TO the
front door of the corner saloon the other
stretched across the street IL did not