The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-13

Republican Convention condemned
yesterday, in the most practical
/ wayi and with the most crushing
emphasis, the insults and outrages
whidh the Republicans Of the rest OF
the State have been INJECTING on
Hudson county for the last W years.
THE impression has gotten abroad
thatlunless the Republicans succeed
in finding q candidate for State Sen
ator today and file his nomination
with the County Clerk they will be
unable to get Il Senatorial candidate
printed on the official tickets
This difficulty is easily overcome.
Mr.. Lewis was regularly nominated
by tAe convention yesterday. If his
name is filed with the other candi-
dates who were there nominated,
and he files a formal d~eclination
with County. Clerk Mclaughlin,
the committee has until within ten
days of election or October "a. to Sc
cure a candidate as provided for in
Section Al Of the Amended Ballot Re-
formllaw, which reads as follows
d. That whenever any person nominated for
public oiicc by any Of h modes in thls act pro.
vidsd, shall, at least ten days 70 fore the day OF
election, in o writing signed by him and duly
acknowledged. notify the officer with whom the
oriX.n4I certifi ;ate OF hts nomination was ned
that bib declines such nomination., the same
shall lie void and his name shall not be printed
upon THE ballots; the officer to whom such
notification is given shalt fo-thw.t tn infor II. by
mai 4 otherwise, the chairman and secretary
whoseInames are attached TO the original cer-
tificath OF nom nation, If the; nomination was by
certificate that such nom nation has been de-
clinedd or IL the nomination was by petition,
then the officer to whom the notification or de-
ciinaiipn IS given shall forthwith, by mail or
otherwise. in orm at least five OF tbs persons
who signed the petition nominating such clndi-
date I'll at such nomination has been declined.
AZ. That should any person SO nominated die
efore|election day or decline the nomination as
in this act provided, or should any certificate or
nomination be Insufficient or mop srative. the
vacandy or vacanc es thus occas,oned may be
flied ih the manner required for original NOM
nations; ii the original nomin alton was made
by a party convention wlicn had delegated 70 q
| committee the power to I'll vacancies, such
| committee may, upon the. occurring of such
| vacandies, procsed to fl | the same; the chair
/ man aid secretary of such committee shall
thereubon make and file with the proper officer
a certificate setting forth the cause of the va
| cancy,I the name OF the person nominated, the
Office for which he wa: nominated. the name OF
I the psfson for whom ths new nomin se is to be
| substituted. tn. fact tnat the COMMITTEES was
EautiUrfz-d to I'LL vacancies. and such fur Their in
| formation as is required to be given in an orr
| ginal certificate Of nomination; the certificate
| 80 made sha Ibe executed, acknowledged and
sworn to by the chairman and secretary OF such
| comanittle in the manner prescribed for the
| original certlncatso of denomination, and shall, up
| on being filed at east eight days before cleo
| ton Lave the same force and effect as an ORR
ginal certificate of nomination.